SK Group will host the "2026 CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Seminar" on the 12th. The event, which aims to share key management issues and finalize the broad direction for next year's business plans, will be held at the SKMS Research Institute in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, through the 14th.
Chairman Chey Tae-won and executives from affiliated companies are expected to gather. In recent personnel changes, SK Group retained most of the CEOs of its major affiliates while also appointing figures such as Jeong Seung-il, CEO of SK Innovation. This was interpreted as a move that prioritized organizational stability while placing practical, hands-on personnel at the forefront of energy and chemical businesses and the group's control tower.
The seminar is expected to yield strategies related to the AI (artificial intelligence) full-stack infrastructure construction emphasized by Chairman Chey. SK Group is pursuing an AI full-stack strategy that connects everything from semiconductors to data centers, and energy and power. The goal is to strengthen business competitiveness by linking SK hynix's HBM (High Bandwidth Memory), SK Telecom's AI data centers, and SK Innovation's energy solutions.
In September, Chairman Chey visited Ulsan and stated, "Only when the SK AI Data Center Ulsan, a symbol of AI infrastructure, and SK Innovation Ulsan CLX, which actually implements that AI in production, are ultimately connected will the 'AI full-stack provider' that SK aims for be completed." He added, "Let us lead the AI (artificial intelligence) era through synergy among SK Group member companies."
Calls for operational improvement (O/I) are also expected to continue. This year, SK Group has made decisions such as the sale of SK Siltron, the absorption merger of SKIET by SK Innovation, and the delisting and subsequent sale of SK Signet. Three companies—SK Innovation, SK E&C, and SK Discovery—have agreed to sell their renewable energy business assets to KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) through business and equity transfers and establish an integrated entity.
At last year's CEO seminar, Chairman Chey stated that the group should build a virtuous cycle system leading from "continuous pursuit of O/I" to "strengthening core competitiveness," and then to "securing leadership in the AI era." He said, "O/I may sound like difficult terminology, but it is about establishing fundamentals. Only by doing O/I well can we build more AI on top of it. Let us transform our business core through structural reorganization to suit the AI era."
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