Kookmin University hosted the second IFIP WG 8.4 International Symposium on E-Business Information Systems Evolution (EBISION 2026) on its campus in Seoul from July 8-10, the university said Tuesday. The symposium was the flagship event of WG 8.4 under the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), a leading international organization dedicated to information and communication technologies and sciences. The event was organized to share research achievements and industry trends in areas including e-business and ICT convergence, information security and data-driven digital innovation. Professor Yoo Il-sun of the university’s department of information security, cryptology and mathematics, served as the general chair of the symposium. He is concurrently director of the Global ICT Convergence Security Innovation Research Center. In his welcoming remarks, Kookmin University President Jeong Seung-ryul emphasized the importance of international collaborative research and cooperation between industry and academia in addressing the challenges and opportunities presented by artif