2021 SFC Topic

Age of Hyper-Uncertainty, the Big Change

Even in this year's ongoing coronavirus, the time of abnormal being normal life,
<2021 Seoul Future Conference> aims to present a topic that can predict and prepare for a new future

Under the theme of <Age of Hyper-Uncertainty, the Big Change>, 「Seoul Future Conference 2021」 will be the reflection on the discourse of the way to overcome the crisis caused by climate change and de-globalization with top experts and future citizens

Program

Time Title Speaker
08:30 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 09:20 Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks Tae-Heon Kwak CEO of the Seoul Shinmun
Congratulatory Remark 1 Boo-Kyum Kim Prime Minister of South Korea
Congratulatory Remark 2 Kwang-Hyung Lee President of KAIST
Congratulatory Remark 3 Se-Hoon Oh Mayor of Seoul
Keynote Session The History of Climate Change and Response, Strategies for a Sustainable Planet
09:20 - 12:00 The History of Responses to Climate Change throughout the world Dagomar Degroot Professor of History at Georgetown University
The Path to the Korean Society and the Korean Economy in Climate Crisis and Carbon Neutral Era Jong Ho Hong Professor of Graduate School of Environment at Seoul National University
There is No Border for Climate Cooperation Frank Rijsberman Director General of GGGI(Global Green Growth Institute)
The Condition for a Sustainable Planet:Green New Deal and The Great Shift of Societies Yu Jin Lee Assistant Director of Green Transformation Research Institute
The Strategies of Growth Momentum to Overcome Crisis Won Jun Kim Dean of the KAIST Graduate School of Innovation and Technology Management
12:00 - 13:00 Luncheon
Seoul InsightThe world would change dramatically in the next 10 years
13:00 - 14:00 Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years Ian Goldin Professor of Globalization and Development at Oxford University
Session IThe Crisis of De-globalization, the Great Shift of Technology
14:00 - 15:00 The Era of Hyper Acceleration and Great Acceleration Dae Shik Kim Professor of Electrical and Electrical Engineering at KAIST
15:00 - 15:10 Networking & Break time
Session Ⅱ Rise of the New World, the Great Shift of Paradigm
15:10 - 16:20 Metaverse and Virtual Economy Hugh Choi CEO of The Future Designers
Gold Rush to Space Peter Schneider German Professional Journalist of Science
The Future Society after AI Zhouying Jin Professor of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
SFC Talk Paradigm shift in thoughts, shaping the future together with the Gen MZ
16:20 - 18:00 Social Adaptation of Generation MZ Min Ji Hong Director of <MMTG>
Gen MZ and the older Gen: Last resort to inheritance structure Jeong Woo Koo Professor of Sociology at Sungkyunkwan University
The Enterprise Culture Shaped by MZ Generation Ki Chan Kim Professor of Business Management at Catholic University of Korea
Seeking the Way to Communicate and Coexist with the Future Generation Kyung Il Kim Professor of Psychology at Ajou University
18:00 Closing Ceremony / Wrap up
* We will thoroughly follow the government quarantine guidelines for COVID and the above will be subject to further changes.
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