The 7th World Cultural Industry Forum 2026
Culture-based Regional Development
and Global Collaboration
The 7th WCIF in 2026 continues its journey in Daegu with a new agenda: Culture-based Regional Development and Global Collaboration. Amid rapid digital transformation and global uncertainty, the World Cultural Industry Forum will never cease its solidarity for human happiness and world peace under the firm vision of the Culture Universe.
The main forum, featuring culture-based urban development, K-musicals, the Korea-Japan special joint seminar, and the 2026 speakers.
A special stage of free, open podcasts hosted by trendsetters leading fresh cultural trends.
An idea competition reviving the idle and aging spaces of Daegu and Suseong-gu through the cultural industry.