Suwon City to Hold 'Lifelong Learning Festival' at Suwon Convention Center on November 1

Suwon City in Gyeonggi Province will host the 19th Suwon City Lifelong Learning Festival at the Suwon Convention Center on November 1, 2025.

This year’s event, themed “Connecting Eras Through Learning: The Lifelong Learning of Time Travelers,” will serve as a venue for a learning culture created together by lifelong learning institutions and organizations, learning clubs, local communities, and citizens.

Starting at 10 a.m., the event will feature 42 booths where lifelong learning institutions and organizations, learning clubs, and local communities can experience various lifelong learning programs. At 2 p.m., there will be performances by eight lifelong learning clubs.

In the Future Experience Zone opposite Exhibition Hall 1, visitors can experience AI through activities such as virtual reality (VR) sports and playing Omok against AI. The Sungkyunkwan University Intelligent Robot Living Lab will also be available.

Suwon City Lifelong Learning Festival Poster

Library-linked events include a program commemorating the 80th anniversary of Liberation, the K-Book Demon Hunters, immersive reading experiences within different universes, and making small crafts. The Adult Literacy Festival, in which adult literacy learners participate, will feature an acrostic poem and writing contest, poetry recitation, and “Challenge! Youth Golden Bell” (Korean language quiz and speed quiz).

Learning Center Open Day will offer one-day classes such as traditional rice cake making, making mood lamps with barley art, creating K-Pop Demon Hunters wooden tea posts, and AI happiness and mental wellness experiences.

Lee Jaejun, Mayor of Suwon, stated, “Suwon City aims to be a lifelong learning city where learning never stops and connects generations and eras. We will continue to support citizens’ learning so that it leads to the growth of the city.”