President Lee to Meet Nobel Laureate Peter Howitt on May 15

President Lee Jae-myung will meet with Peter Howitt, the Nobel Prize-winning economist from Brown University, on May 15.

Chief Presidential Secretary Kang Yoo-jung announced in a written briefing on May 13 that President Lee will host Professor Howitt at the Blue House on the morning of May 15.

Kang described Howitt as a leading scholar who has theoretically established that innovation is the key driver of economic growth. She noted that President Lee intends to hear Professor Howitt's insights on strategies for South Korea's economic leap and innovative growth.

The meeting will also include Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Koo Yun-cheol, along with Kim Yong-beom, head of the Policy Office, Ha Jun-kyung, chief of economic growth, and Moon Jin-young, chief of social affairs from the Blue House.

Professor Howitt was also Lee's doctoral advisor when he pursued his Ph.D. at Brown University in 2003.