Co-organized by English-language news agency AJP and its Korean-language affiliate Aju Business Daily, the University Presidents' Future Forum 2025 will bring together leaders from prestigious universities and other academic institutions including the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Seoul National University (SNU) and Yonsei University.
Organizers said the forum would offer in-depth insights as the country currently grapples with political turmoil along with an economic crisis in the wake of President Yoon Suk Yeol's aborted declaration of martial law earlier this month.
Under the theme "Renovation and Revolution of Korea," the forum is expected to offer insightful wisdom and timely solutions to weather the anticipated challenges in the Year of the Wood Snake.
It will open with keynote speeches by Seong Nak-in, a law expert and the former SNU president, Jeong Kap-young, an expert in international economics and the former president of Yonsei University, and Lee Kwang-hyung, artificial intelligence and neuroscience and the incumbent president of KAIST.
It will open with keynote speeches by Seong Nak-in, a law expert and former SNU president, Jeong Kap-young, an expert in international economics and former president of Yonsei University, and Lee, a renowned specialist in artificial intelligence and neuroscience and the incumbent president of KAIST.
Hyun Oh-seok, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance, will serve as the moderator for the discussions. Koo Yun-cheol, an economics professor at SNU and former Minister of Government Policy Coordination, will deliver a special lecture. There will also be a debate between Koo and Lee Chan-hee, a senior adviser at law firm Yulchon.
The forum will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the main hall of the National Assembly in Yeouido.
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