Overview

The 13th

Navigating a Turbulent World : Korea’s Way Forward

Date : Nov 26 (Wed) - 27 (Thu), 2025

Venue : Seoul Shilla Hotel Dynasty Hall

Timetable

9:20 - 9:30

Opening 

Opening Speech 

Joo Yong-joong | TV CHOSUN CEO

9:30 ~ 10:30 

[Keynote Speech]

A Challenging Global Landscape 

Carmen M. Reinhart | Minos A. Zombanakis               Professor of the International Financial System at Harvard Kennedy School

Jun Kwang-woo | Chairman of the Institute for Global Economics

10:30 ~ 12:10 

[Session 1] 

New Trade Barriers and the Ascendance of Technological Hegemony

<Moderator>

Jong-hoon KIM | Former Minister For Trade

<Speaker>

Kazumasa Iwata | President, Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER)

<Panel>

Hyeon-Wook Kim | Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management 

Seokyoung CHOI | President, Lee&Ko Global Commerce Institute

Yoon Heo | Chairman, Advisory Committee on         Economic Security Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

13:30 ~ 15:10 

[Session 2]

South Korea's Foreign and Security Strategy in a Shifting International Order 

<Moderator>

Sung-Hwan Kim | Chairman, The East Asia Foundation

<Speaker>

Amitav Acharya | Distinguished Professor, and         UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance, American University

<Panel>

Kim, Byung-Yeon | Chair Professor, Department of Economics, Seoul National  University

KIM Jaechun | Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Sogang University 

Kim Hyoung Zhin | Visiting Research Fellow, Institute for Future Strategy, Seoul National University 

Charles A. Kupchan | Professor, Georgetown University, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations   

15:20 ~ 17:00

[Session 3] 

Inter-Korean Relations and Reassessing the ROK–U.S. Alliance 

<Moderator>

Kim Chun Sig | President, Korea Institute for National Unification

<Speaker>

Sydney Seiler | Senior Advisor to the Korea Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies

<Panel>

Tae Yongho | CEO, OneKorea

Park, Ihn-hwi | Dean, Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University  

Shin-wha Lee | Professor, Department of Political     Science and International Relations, Korea University

HONG, Hyunik | Honorary Research Fellow, Sejong Institute

13:30~15:00

[Special Session 1] 

Rising Housing Prices amid the Supply Crunch: Searching for Lasting Solutions 

<Modeartor>

Lee Chang-Moo | Professor, Department of Urban  Planning and Engineering, Hanyang University

<Speaker>

Kim, Jinyoo | Professor, Department of Urban and Transportation Engineering, Kyonggi University

<Panel>

Kim, Jun Hyung | Seoul City's chief housing and real estate policy officer

Shim HyungSeok | Head of WooDaeBbang Real Estate Research Institute

Ji, Kyuhyun | Professor, Hanyang Cyber University

15:30~17:00

[Special Session 2] 
The Light and Dark Side of Stablecoins 

<Modeartor>

Jaewon Choi | Professor, Department of Economics, Seoul National University

<Speaker>

Young Sik Kim | Professor, Department of Economics, Seoul National University

<Panel>

Ryu KyoungEun | Associate Professor, Korea University School of Law

Seo, Byeongyun | Director, DSRV Future Finance Research Institute 

Yun, Sung-guan | Director General of Office of Digital currency Research, Bank of Korea

※ Program and speakers are subject to change.