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3Ps (Peace, Prosperity and Partnership) Beyond Security
Global Engagement & Empowerment Forumon Sustainable Development
February 4(Thu) - 5(Fri), 2021Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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WELCOME MESSAGE 02
GEEF OVERVIEW 04
PROGRAM AT A GLANCE 06
CAMPUS MAP 10
DAY1 PROGRAM DETAILS 12
DAY2 PROGRAM DETAILS 32
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY 52
The Global Engagement & Empowerment Forum on Sustainable Development (GEEF),
takes place at Yonsei University and is co-hosted by the IGEE, the Ban Ki-moon
Foundation for a Better Future and the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens (BKMC).
The GEEF is an international event where all stakeholders convene to collaborate towards
accomplishing the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
GEEF 2021, as the cornerstone for fulfilling the mission and vision of Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), is organized under the theme of “3Ps (Peace, Prosperity
and Partnership) Beyond Security,” focusing on the need for facilitating global
partnerships, multilateralism and sustainable development. GEEF 2021 will take place
on February 4-5, 2021; due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire event will be live
streamed online.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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WELCOMEMESSAGE It is my honor to welcome everyone to the 2021 Global Engagement & Empowerment
Forum (GEEF), titled “3Ps (Peace, Prosperity and Partnership) Beyond Security.” Faced with
the continuing challenges of COVID-19, it is now more important than ever that we support
this growing platform to facilitate global partnerships and multilateral engagements which,
accordingly, is the theme of this year’s forum. GEEF provides an open and inclusive stage for
international cooperation and knowledge sharing and I am confident that through these
discussions we will further our goal of common prosperity. As we build upon the productive
sessions from previous years, I very much look forward to our innovative and critical discussions
on global partnerships and sustainable development at GEEF 2021.GEEF 2021 Organizing Committee ChairPresident of Yonsei University
SEOUNG HWAN SUH
BAN KI-MOON
HEINZ FISCHER
Dear friends around the world, let us join together in our recovery towards a more
sustainable and inclusive world. This past year, we have faced unprecedented challenges and
obstacles. While the COVID-19 pandemic has caused untold devastation around the world,
it also provides us with a generational opportunity to build back better and greener. Yonsei
University, the Institute for Global Engagement and Empowerment (IGEE), the Ban Ki-moon
Centre for Global Citizens are co-hosting the 2021 Global Engagement & Empowerment Forum
to promote global partnerships, multilateralism, and sustainable development. Our partners
seek to facilitate a gathering of key stakeholders and actors to foster collaboration which will
be the key to developing an inclusive people-centered recovery process. As vaccines begin its
distribution and the world looks towards reopening its doors, we must work together to ensure
that no one is left behind.
GEEF 2021 Organizing Committee Honorary ChairThe 8th Secretary-General of the United NationsHonorary Chair of the IGEE at Yonsei UniversityCo-Chair of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens
Since 2018, the Global Engagement & Empowerment Forum has served as a gathering
place for leaders in politics, economics, environment and other sectors to join together and
discuss ways to achieve sustainable development. In the face of COVID-19, the need for global
collaboration, especially in the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals,
is now greater than ever. The theme of GEEF 2021, “3Ps (Peace, Prosperity, and Partnerships)
Beyond Security,” focuses on the need for cooperation between countries and stakeholders
when facing global challenges like COVID-19. Together, we will present and discuss ideas and
ways to build a more resilient and sustainable society in the post-pandemic world. I believe
that through the GEEF, we will contribute to the process of rebuilding our communities and our
world for the better. GEEF 2021 Organizing Committee Honorary ChairCo-Chair of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global CitizensThe 11th President of Austria
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| Co-Hosts |
| Sponsor |
United Nations (UN)
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Global Center on Adaptation (GCA)
International Telecommunication
Union (ITU)
Sustainable Development Solutions
Network (SDSN)
International Organizations
Carnegie Mellon University
College of Surgeons of East,
Central and Southern Africa
(COSECSA)
Columbia University
Harvard University
Makerere University
McGill University
Seoul National University
Tsinghua University
University of Bordeaux
University of Zimbabwe
Yonsei University & Yonsei
University Health System
Academia
2kg
Africa Future Foundation (AFF)
Zimbabwe
Christian Medical & Dental
Associations (CMDA)
Clean Air Asia
Dentsu Mcgarrybowen
Global Infrastructure Partners
Naver
One Club
Paulus
NGO & Civil Organizations
| Collaborating Organizations & Affiliations of Speakers |
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development is a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and
ensure that no one is left behind. The SDGs were adopted by world leaders
in September 2015 at a historic UN Summit, and officially came into force on
January 1, 2016. They build on the success of the Millennium Development
Goals, while including new areas such as climate change, economic inequality
and innovation. The 17 goals are interconnected, meaning the key to success
on one will involve tackling issues more commonly associated with another.
While the SDGs are not legally binding, governments are expected to take
ownership and establish national frameworks for the achievement of the 17
goals by the year 2030.
ABOUTSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTGOALS
Delegation of the European Union
to the Republic of Korea
Government of the Republic of
Colombia
Government of the Republic of
Kazakhstan
Institute for Global Environmental
Strategies (IGES) of the Japan
Korea International Cooperation
Agency (KOICA)
Ministry of Environment of the
Republic of Korea
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Korea
Ministry of Foreign and European
Affairs of the Luxembourg
Ministry of Health of the Republic
of Fiji
National Council on Climate and
Air Quality (NCCA) of the Republic
of Korea
The Export-Import Bank of Korea
(Korea Eximbank)
Government
Institute for Global Engagement & Empowerment (IGEE)
at Yonsei UniversityIGEE is based in Seoul, Korea and headed by the 8th Secretary-General of the
United Nations Ban Ki-moon. It was launched in April 2017 at Yonsei University
to contribute to implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
by integrating various missionary and volunteer activities within the university,
directing intellectual and human resources to address social issues, and
educating the next generation of global citizens. IGEE has three organizations
under its umbrella: Ban Ki-moon Center for Sustainable Development, Center
for Social Engagement and Yonsei Institute for Global Health.
Website: igee.yonsei.ac.kr
Ban Ki-moon Foundation For a Better FutureThe Ban Ki-moon Foundation For a Better Future (the Foundation)
was established to serve commitments towards building a world free from
conflict and deficiency under the ultimate goal of creating a better future for
all. The Foundation aims to do so by following its core values of: Integration,
Communication and Coexistence, and Dedication. Therefore, the Foundation
intends to play a pivotal role in not only advancing efforts towards building
peace and security, accelerating sustainable development, and enhancing
gender parity, women’s empowerment and human rights, but also in tackling
global conflicts and pursuing action against climate change in line with the
aforementioned core values of the Foundation.
Website: eng.bf4bf.or.kr/
Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens in ViennaInaugurated on January 3, 2018, the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens is
co-chaired by Ban Ki-moon, the 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations,
and Heinz Fischer, former President of Austria.
Based in Vienna, Austria, the Centre is recognized as an independent non-
profit, Quasi-International Organization under Austrian law. It focuses on
empowering women and youth to thrive as global citizens through leadership,
mediation, advocacy and education and works within the framework of the SDGs.
Website: bankimooncentre.org
GEEFORGANIZERS
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09:00 (KST, Feb 4th) | 19:00 (EST, Feb 3th) | 24:00 (GMT, Feb 3th)
REGISTRATION
ON-Line: www.geef-sd.org
09:15 - 10:45 (KST) | 19:30 - 21:00 (EST) | 01:15 - 02:45 (GMT)
FEATURED SESSION 1TITLE: Artificial Intelligence for Better Engagement & Empowerment
HOST: Underwood International College in Yonsei University
Moderator
•Keeheon Lee, Professor of Underwood International College, Yonsei University
Panelists
• David Rolnick, Assistant Professor at the School of Computer Science at McGill University
• Priya L. Donti, Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University
• Chaesub Lee, Director of ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
• Jung-Woo Ha, Head of Naver AI
10:45 - 11:00 (KST) | 21:00 - 21:15 (EST) | 02:45 - 03:00 (GMT)
BREAK TIME
11:00 - 12:30 (KST) | 21:00 - 22:30 (EST) | 03:00 - 04:30 (GMT)
FEATURED SESSION 2
TITLE: Creative Solutions for a Sustainable Society
HOST: Institute for Global Engagement & Empowerment (IGEE) at Yonsei University
Moderator
• Thomas Hongtack Kim, Founder of 2kg, Visiting Professor of Yonsei University
Panelists
• Kevin Swaenepoel, CEO of One Club
• Saffaan Qadir, Creative Director of Paulus
• Merlee Jayme, Global President of Dentsu Mcgarrybowen & Chairmom Dentsu Jayme Syfu Philippines
12:30 - 13:00 (KST) | 22:30 - 23:00 (EST) | 04:30 - 05:00 (GMT)
BREAK TIME
13:00 - 14:30 (KST) | 23:00 - 24:30 (EST) | 05:00 - 06:30 (GMT)
FEATURED SESSION 3TITLE:Safe & Affordable Surgery
HOST: Yonsei Institute for Global Health, Yonsei University Health System
Moderator
• Shinki An, Professor and Director of Yonsei Institute for Global Health, Yonsei University Health System
Panelists
• John Gerard Meara, Kletjian Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine in the field of Global Surgery,
Professor of Surgery, Harvard University
• Ifereimi Waqainabete, Minister of Health, Republic of Fiji
• Hyunwon Kim, Director General of Climate Crisis & Pandemic Response Department,
Korea International Cooperation Agency
• Tae-Soo Kim, Executive Director of Export-Import Bank of Korea
14:30 - 16:00 (KST) | 24:30 - 02:00 (EST) | 06:30 - 08:00 (GMT)
BREAK TIME
16:00 - 17:30 (KST) | 02:00 - 03:30(EST) | 08:00 - 09:30 (GMT)
FEATURED SESSION 4TITLE: Future of Higher Education, Higher Education of the FutureHOST: Institute for Global Engagement & Empowerment (IGEE) at Yonsei University
Moderator• Hongwon Suh, Professor of English Literature, Yonsei University
Panelists
• Joon Heo, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University
• Min Song, Professor of Library and Information Science, Yonsei University
• Travis Lovett, Assistant Dean for Civic Engagement, Harvard University
• Jae Shin Park, Vice-President of Korea International Cooperation Agency
• Joanne Pagèze, Vice-President for Internationalisation at the University of Bordeaux
17:30 - 18:00 (KST) | 03:30 - 04:00(EST) | 09:30 - 10:00 (GMT)
BREAK TIME
18:00 - 19:30 (KST) | 04:00 - 05:30(EST) | 10:00 - 11:30 (GMT)
VIRTUAL GALA CONCERT
1. Johann Sebastian Bach, Suite for Cello Solo No.6 in D Major BWV1012
• Jungran Lee, Cello
2. Jean Sibelius, Symphony No.3 in C Major, Op.52
3. Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125, IV. Finale
• Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
19:30 - 21:00 (KST) | 05:30 - 07:00 (EST) | 11:30 - 13:00 (GMT)
BREAK TIME
21:00 - 22:30 (KST) | 07:00 - 09:30(EST) | 13:00 - 14:30 (GMT)
FEATURED SESSION 5
TITLE: Global Partnership & Higher Education “Postgraduate Medical Education in Africa: the status quo and challenges”
HOST: Medical Mission Center, Yonsei Institute for Global Health, Yonsei University Health System
Moderators
• Chin Pak, Professor and Director of Medical Mission Center,
Yonsei Institute for Global Health in Yonsei University Health System
• Paul Choi, Professor and Director of International Program of Medical Mission Center,
Yonsei Institute for Global Health, Yonsei University Health System
Keynote Speech
• Mike Chupp, CEO, CMDA ; former medical superintendent of Tenwek Hospital, Kenya; faculty for PAACS, General Surgeon
Panelists
• Mark Oloo, General Surgeon of St. Luke Medical Centre, Kenya
• Dong-Won Kang, Representative of Africa Future Foundation Zimbabwe; Volunteer
Lecturer, Dept. of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences
• Jin-kyong Chun, Medical Director of Africa Future Foundation Zimbabwe; Volunteer Lecturer,
Dept. of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences
• Abbo Kasimo Betty, Medical Officer Special Grade of Makerere University, Uganda
PROGRAM AT A GLANCE DAY1 PROGRAM AT A GLANCE DAY1Thursday, February 4 Thursday, February 4
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PROGRAM AT A GLANCE DAY2 PROGRAM AT A GLANCE DAY2Friday, February 5 Friday, February 5
08:00 (KST, Feb 5th) | 18:00 (EST, Feb 4th) | 23:00 (GMT, Feb 4th)
REGISTRATION
ON-Line: www.geef-sd.org
08:00 - 08:20 (KST) | 18:00 - 18:20 (EST) | 23:00 - 23:20 (GMT)
OPENING CEREMONY
Welcome Remarks
• Seoung Hwan Suh, President of Yonsei University
• Heinz Fischer, the 11th President of Austria & Co-Chair of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens
Congratulatory Remarks
• Kang, Kyung-wha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea
08:20 - 09:00 (KST) | 18:20 - 19:00 (EST) | 23:20 - 24:00 (GMT)
KEYNOTE SPEECH
• Jim Yong Kim, Vice-Chairman of Global Infrastructure Partners & the 12th President of the World Bank
• Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev, the 1st President, Republic of Kazakhstan
• Iván Duque Márquez, the 60th President, Republic of Colombia
09:00 - 09:10 (KST) | 19:00 - 19:10 (EST) | 24:00 - 24:10 (GMT)
BREAK TIME
09:10 - 10:40 (KST) | 19:10 - 20:40 (EST) | 24:10 - 01:40 (GMT)
ROUND TABLE SESSIONTITLE: Global Partnership during and post COVID-19
HOST: Yonsei University
Moderator
• Kim, Donghoon, Senior Vice President for Administration & Development at Yonsei University
Panelists
• Margaret Chan, the 7th Director-General of the World Health Organization
• Jeffrey David Sachs, University Professor of Columbia University
• A. K. Abdul Momen, Foreign Minister of Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
• Maria CASTILLO-FERNANDEZ, EU Ambassador to Republic of Korea
10:40 - 11:10 (KST) | 20:40 - 21:10 (EST) | 01:40 - 02:10 (GMT)
SPECIAL CONVERSATION WITH A HIGH PROFILE GUESTTITLE: Leaving No One Behind in a Post-Pandemic World
HOST: Yonsei University
Panelists
• Ban Ki-moon, the 8th United Nations Secretary-General & Honorary Chair of IGEE
• Angelina Jolie, UNHCR Special Envoy
11:10 - 13:00 (KST) | 21:10 - 23:00 (EST) | 02:10 - 04:00 (GMT)
LUNCH BREAK
13:00 - 14:30 (KST) | 23:00 - 24:30 (EST) | 04:00 - 05:30 (GMT)
FEATURED SESSION
TITLE: Redesign Our Future: The UN SDGs, 5 Years and the Next 10 Years
HOST: Ban Ki-moon Foundation For a Better Future
Moderator
• Rae Kwon Chung, Former Ambassador for Climate Change, Republic of Korea
Keynote Speech
• Tae Yong Jung, Professor and Director, Center for Global Sustainability, Yonsei University
Panelists
• Jooyoung Kwak, Professor of School of Business, Yonsei University
• Tae In Park, Academic-Industrial Cooperation Professor of Seoul National University
• Eunhae Jeong, Director of Green Transformation Policy, Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea
• Bernard Woods, Director of Strategy & Planning Department, Asian Development Bank
• Junichi Fujino, Programme Director of Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan
14:30 - 15:00(KST) | 24:30 - 01:00 (EST) | 05:30 - 06:00 (GMT)
BREAK TIME
15:00 - 16:30 (KST) | 01:00 - 02:30 (EST) | 06:00 - 07:30 (GMT)
PLENARY SESSION
TITLE: Towards Carbon Neutrality for Planetary Sustainability
HOST: Yonsei University, National Council on Climate and Air Quality (NCCA)
Moderator
• Kim Sook, Chairman of the Strategic Planning and Coordination Committee, NCCA
Panelists
• Patrick V. Verkooijen, CEO of Global Center on Adaptation
• Soogil Young, Chairman of SDSN Korea
• Bindu N. Lohani, Chairman of Board, Clean Air Asia, Philippines
• Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Luxembourg
16:30 - 16:35 (KST) | 02:30 - 02:35 (EST) | 07:30 - 07:35 (GMT)
CLOSING CEREMONY
Closing Remark
• Ban Ki-moon, the 8th United Nations Secretary-General & Honorary Chair of IGEE
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CAMPUS MAP
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In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its subset applications such as machine
learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) have gained widespread attention, as well as
some skepticism about its major promises in increasing productivity and efficacy in
activities previously undertaken by humans. AI can be divided into two types: narrow
and general. General AI describes a type of application that effectively replicates the
processes of a human brain without any human intervention. This is the type of AI
usually depicted in popular media, which has often led to suspicion by the general
public. However, this type of AI is at present theoretical and there are no applications
in use today. The type of AI that surrounds us is Narrow AI, which is trained to
perform specific tasks under human supervision. Some AI capabilities include object
recognition, decision making, problem solving, understanding language, learning from
examples, and other combinations or variations of these.
For the purpose of sustainable development, AI can serve as a valuable tool to keep
track of SDG achievement and help arrive at the best decisions that take into account
multiple societal, environmental and economic considerations. Many movements have
emerged from this opportunity, such as AI for social good and AI for sustainability, as
well as more focused activities like machine learning applications for climate change.
Some misdirected applications of AI could result in higher income inequality, narrower
work opportunities, and concerns for personal privacy. Yet, we must be reminded that
technological advancement does not occur spontaneously but is steered by human
intention and need. The international community has already established principles to
direct AI solutions to ensure a better future for all. In 2018, the European Commission
established the High-Level Expert Group on AI and published the Ethics Guidelines
for Trustworthy AI. The following year, the OECD published the Recommendation of
Background and Rationale
the Council on Artificial Intelligence agreed upon by all member countries and several
partner countries.
Borrowing from the case of Korea, we can observe how different actorsgovernment,
industry and academia are engaging in AI to serve society. In 2017, the Korean
government established the Presidential Committee on the Fourth Industrial Revolution,
with the mandate to suggest policies pertaining to AI and other data technology. A
leading example of industry's work in AI is that of NAVER LABS, hich ecenl ceaed a
3D model of Seol and mapped all of its roads, enabling the development of safer and
more efficient transportation services, and thus bringing positive benefits to the city's
population. Yonsei University has also come into agreements with top technology
companies such as NAVER and Kakao to implement educational services based on AI.
The University has also gone beyond and integrated AI-based solutions to its very own
Yongin Severance Hospital, part of the Yonsei University Health System.
The case of Korea portrays how multiple actors can engage and empower one another
at the national level. On an international level, there are also many critical issues that
call for the engagement and empowerment of different stakeholders in the AI and
development spheres. A recent and vivid example is the COVID-19 pandemic and
related issues, such as vaccine development and distribution. With global issues
in mind, panelists are encouraged to discuss current and future approaches for
international and interdisciplinary cooperation.
Intergovernmental organizations, governments, industry and academia are all engaging
in different AI applications for sustainable development. However, we must avoid
fragmented efforts and recognize the need to empower one another. The Featured
Session will offer a platform to discuss current activities and possible directions
for mutually empowering partnerships among different stakeholders to deploy AI
solutions that can accelerate the achievement of the SDGs.
Artificial Intelligence for Better Engagement & Empowerment
DAY1 FEATURED SESSION 1THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 at 09:15 – 10:45 KST
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[Moderator]
• Keeheon Lee, Professor of Underwood International College, Yonsei University
[Panelists]
• David Rolnick, Assistant Professor at the School of Computer Science, McGill University
• Priya L. Donti, Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science and Public Policy,
Carnegie Mellon University
• Chaesub Lee, Director of ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
• Jung-Woo Ha, Head of Naver AI
Panelists
DAY1 FEATURED SESSION 1
• Introduce current efforts by early career academics, intergovernmental organizations,
government and industry partners who work on utilizing latest science, technology and
innovation to achieve the SDGs
• Share lessons learned from offering interdisciplinary research and education of SDGs at
higher education institution
• Examine actionable ways to overcome the short-term oriented trend in collaborations in
AI for SD and move towards more sustained and deeper partnerships
• Discuss the role of intergovernmental organizations in establishing global regulations on
the use of AI and how to encourage policy co-creation with other stakeholders
• Explore strategies to align private sector activities in AI with the achievement of the SDGs,
balancing the creation of monetary revenue as well as positive returns to society and the
environment
• Present successful cases of AI applications to address global issues. For example, use of AI
to help develop COVID-19 vaccines and determine distribution
Session Objectives
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 at 09:15 – 10:45 KST
• SDG 9 Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization
and foster innovation
• SDG 17 Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership
for sustainable development
- Target 17.16 Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development,
complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge,
expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the
sustainable development goals in all countries, in particular developing countries
RelatedSDGs
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEFOR SOCIAL GOOD
TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE
Insights for socially conscious AI applications and issues to consider for forthcoming initiatives
with machine learning
URBAN COMPUTING
AI is used to enhance urban infrastructure, such as transportation,
communication and distribution systems. For example, better
transportation can enable access to healthcare, education and jobs.
HEALTH
Some opportunities for AI in healthcare include support decision tools for
targeted therapy for chronic diseases, using social media data to collect
self-reports of health conditions and predictive tools for illness development.
CROSS CUTTING ISSUES
Given the intersection of multiple fields in the AI for Social Good sphere,
it is suggested that teams are also made up of individuals from multiple
disciplines. At their core, all AI for Social Good initiatives should uphold
the principles of transparency and accountability.
SUSTAINABILITY
AI can contribute to ecosystem and endangered species conservation
through data collection, decision making and monitoring to develop
models of species density, patterns and habitats.
PUBLIC WELFARE
AI applications in public welfare focus on issues of justice, economic
development, workforce development, public safety, policing and
education to promote inclusive and equitable provision of public services.
How can ML help climate change mitigation?
How can ML help climate change adaptation?
ML & Tools for change
ELECTRICITY SYSTEMSForecasting energy supply
and demand optimizing
electricity systems, enhancing
monitoring and stimulating the
development of clean energy
technologies
INDUSTRYSupporting more efficient
supply chains enhancing
production quality,
forecasting equipment
malfunctions and optimizing
energy use
BUILDINGS & CITIESReducing GHG emissions
through building
management optimization,
better planning and
collecting data for
policymaking
TRANSPORTATIONBetter vehicle engineering,
foundational intelligent
infrastructure and collecting
relevant data for policymaking
FARMS AND FORESTSMonitoring land condition,
carbon sequestration and
GHG emissions for more
sustainable management
CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVALAutomating afforestation,
providing data to inform
research and monitoring
carbon sequestration
INDIVIDUAL ACTIONSuggesting behaviors
that reduce carbon
footprints based on
personal or
household data
EDUCATIONGenerating AI-based
tools to educate
individuals about
climate change and
prompt action
COLLECTIVE ACTIONAssisting multilateral
collaboration by
helping anticipate
long-term effects of
collective decisions
FINANCESupporting climate
investment and
analytics by
identifying risks and
optimizing portfolios
CLIMATE PREDICTIONUpgrading scientific models
by harnessing vast amounts
of data and offering faster
and less costly alternativesto
produce climate forecasts
SOCIAL IMPACTSIdentifying areas of high risk,
collecting and providing
relevant data and helping
pool resources and risk
SOLAR GEOENGINEERINGSupporting this field by
helping identify better
materials and climate models
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Source: Hager, G. D., Drobnis, A., Fang, F., Ghani, R., Greenwald, A., Lyons, T., ... & Tambe, M. (2019). Artificial intelligence for Social good. arXiv preprint arXiv: 1901.05406.
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Session Objectives
• To share prominent creative ideas in the advertisement industry and their results.
• To discuss current opportunities and challenges in different phases, such as
development, implementation, and monitoring of the ideas.
• To promote partnership in advertisement industry and private sector in
sustainable development.
• To propose ideas for detailed action plans and solutions for year 2021.
Throughout the history of international development cooperation, bilateral,
multilateral, and international organizations centered around the Global North,
were the major actors and donors. Despite their continued inputs, the development
aid effectiveness has been controversial because sometimes, international aid
exacerbated the crisis or made no change, perpetuated corruption, and was used
as an exploitative tool by developed countries to gain leverage. The dire state of the
African continent, especially Sub-Saharan African countries and a few Southeast
Asian countries are unfortunate examples of such failed international development
aid. With such a critique in mind, the need to improve international development by
addressing the shortcomings and promoting the strengths has become indispensable.
In contemporary discussions on how to improve development cooperation, the role of newly
emerging actors such as Global South countries, civil society, and the private sector
has become more integral than ever before in achieving sustainable development.
Advertisement industry, particularly film making and digital platforms, has been
contriving and spreading interdisciplinary ideas to alleviate poverty and gender,
education, and economic inequality, promote good health and well-being, and engage
in environmental issues. Advertisements and digital contents are no longer simply a
sales promotion tool for enterprises but have evolved and must evolve to establish
creative ideas with positive social impact and raise awareness of noteworthy ideas,
products, and issues. A quote from Bill Gates Foundation’s Museum, “Use your
creativity to help”, highlights the potential of human creativity in development
cooperation field.
Background and Rationale
Creative Solutions for a Sustainable Society
DAY1 FEATURED SESSION 2THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 at 11:00 – 12:30 KST
The private sector alone has manifold parties. The partnership within the private
sector and with other actors is a critical part of enhancing development cooperation.
The GEEF 2021 will provide a suitable platform for experts in the advertisement
industry around the globe to come together and discuss their creative solutions,
ideas, opportunities, and challenges. During the session, the speakers will introduce
examples of creative ideas that devise positive impact and their roles in development
cooperation, while addressing current challenges and changes. Especially because of
Covid-19, 2021 needs specific and concrete advice and goals to fulfill by this year.
Beyond abstract discussions about post Covid-19 and private sector, the session
aims to provide ideas and raise critical questions about what we should be doing in
the advertisement industry for sustainable development. Ultimately, the GEEF 2021
will promote collective intelligence and partnership for augmenting the work of the
private sector and conclusively, international development cooperation, particularly in
the areas of SDGs 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 14, 15, and 17.
[Moderator]
• Thomas Hongtack Kim, Founder of 2kg, Visiting Professor of Yonsei University
[Panelists]
• Kevin Swaenepoel, CEO of One Club
• Saffaan Qadir, Creative Director of Paulus
• Merlee Jayme, Global President of Dentsu Mcgarrybowen & Chairmom Dentsu
Jayme Syfu Philippines
Panelists
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DAY1 FEATURED SESSION 2THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 at 11:00 – 12:30 KST
• SDG 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
• SDG 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning
opportunities for all
• SDG 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
• SDG 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and
productive employment and decent work for all
• SDG 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable
industrialization and foster innovation
- Target 9.5 Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of
industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by
2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research
and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and
development spending.
- Target 9.b Support domestic technology development research and innovation in
developing countries, including by ensuring a conducive policy environment for, inter
alia, industrial diversification and value addition to commodities. (9.b.1 Proportion of
medium and high-tech industry value added in total value added)
• SDG 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for
sustainable development
• SDG 15. Protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems,
sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land
degradation and halt biodiversity loss.
• SDG 17. Partnerships for the Goals “Strengthen the means of implementation and
revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development”
RelatedSDGs
-Target 17.6: Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and
international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and
enhance knowledge-sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved
coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level,
and through a global technology facilitation mechanism (17.6.1 Number of science
and/or technology cooperation agreements and programmes between countries, by
type of cooperation)
-Target 17.8: Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and
innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and
enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and
communications technology
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In 2020, COVID-19 pandemic changed many parts of the society. In order to prevent
the spread of COVID-19, we have taken a global response to pandemic, prioritizing
preventive measures such as social distancing, tracking down the contacts and
isolating the confirmed patients. However, although these restrictions are necessary,
they have also caused many social obstacles, including economic burden, limited
opportunities for education, and so on.
Health care sector is also experiencing various obstacles. Concerns on direct infection
of COVID-19 have resulted in delays in essential medical services, and the burden
of disease of primary healthcare and chronic diseases has increased dramatically.
Even for developed countries with well-established health systems, these issues are
burdensome, and for developing countries, the issue is worse.
A strong and resilient health system is essential to maintaining the health and
sustainability of the members in this period of uncertainty. Rapid and accurate
testing requires skilled personnel and sufficient supply of testing equipment. From
simple treatment and medication to respirators, critical care, operating room and
rehabilitation, medical care must be delivered within a single organic system. We
experience that the strong and sound health care ecosystem that developed countries
enjoy is thought of as simple relief or ideal state in many countries. The discomfort
from this experience makes us feel a lack of universal health coverage (UHC) that we
ultimately intend to achieve, and the COVID-19 pandemic starkly illustrates this issue.
We know what the last mile to achieve the UHC is. It is safe and affordable surgery.
This is not just a story about surgical procedures. This is about the change and
development of the health system. Through MDGs to SDGs, maternal mortality has
Background and Rationale
Safe & Affordable Surgery
DAY1 FEATURED SESSION 3THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 at 13:00 – 14:30 KST
reduced, and the number of healthy children increased, but this is not enough for
the SDGs to be achieved by 2030. In order to overcome the last hurdle, it is essential
to introduce safe and affordable surgery. Surgery saves the lives of millions of
people every year and improves their quality of life. The economic benefit of surgery
is very high compared to the ‘Cost of Doing Nothing’ we must bear when we don't
conduct surgeries. Medical personnel trained for surgical procedures improve the
quality of medical care, and logistics systems designed to maintain surgeries enable
a stable supply of medicines. Therefore, surgery, referred to as the last stepchild of
international health care, is an important component of a strong, resilient health
system that will increase responsiveness to infectious and chronic diseases.
Yet 5 billion people do not have access to safe and affordable surgical care. This issue
is most prominent in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) where 9 out of 10
people are unable to access true surgical care, resulting in surgery avertible deaths
and disabilities. In the Western Pacific Region, access to safe and affordable surgery
remains limited.
In October 2020, the World Health Organization Regional Committee Meeting for
Western Pacific received the approval of the Action Framework for Safe and Affordable
Surgery from all member states. The agreement on surgical treatment in the Western
Pacific will be an important cornerstone of health care development and the resulting
economic prosperity in the region. In GEEF 2021, we would like to discuss safe and
affordable surgery in the Asia Pacific region and discuss future partnerships. We
hope this will serve as a new chapter in cooperation with Asia Pacific region, which are
facing a new challenge of improving health care quality and responding to the current
COVID-19 pandemic.
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• Introduce the role of universal access to surgical, obstetric, anesthesia,
and trauma care in achieving the SDGs.
• Discuss opportunities and challenges in providing access to safe and affordable
surgical care in the Asia-Pacific region.
• Suggest action plans to support the financing of access to surgical
care in the Asia-Pacific region.
• Propose international and regional partnerships to facilitate the strengthening of
surgical systems.
Session Objectives
DAY1 FEATURED SESSION 3THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 at 13:00 – 14:30 KST
[Moderator]
• Shinki An, Professor and Director of Yonsei Institute for Global Health,
Yonsei University Health System
[Panelists]
• John Gerard Meara, Kletjian Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine in the
field of Global Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Harvard University
• Ifereimi Waqainabete, Minister of Health, Republic of Fiji
• Hyunwon Kim, Director General of Climate Crisis & Pandemic Response Department,
Korea International Cooperation Agency
• Tae-Soo Kim, Executive Director of Export-Import Bank of Korea
Panelists
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• Discuss the necessity of innovation in higher education based
on SDGs 4: Quality Education
• Introduce Y-EdNet being built by Yonsei University in line with the shift in the
educational paradigm that values digital lectures.
• Share each university’s plans for innovative higher education
• Propose international and regional partnerships to facilitate
the innovative change in higher education
• SDG 4. Quality Education
- Target 4.7 By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills
needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through
education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights,
gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global
citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to
sustainable development
Session Objectives
RelatedSDGs
[Moderator]
• Hongwon Suh, Professor of English Literature, Yonsei University
[Panelists]
• Joon Heo, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University
• Min Song, Professor of Library and Information Science, Yonsei University
• Travis Lovett, Assistant Dean for Civic Engagement, Harvard University
• Jae Shin Park, Vice-President of Korea International Cooperation Agency
• Joanne Pagèze, Vice-President for Internationalisation at the University of Bordeaux
Panelists
Higher education needs to change in line with the Fourth Industrial Revolution which
requires talents associated with diversity, connectivity and resilience. Higher education
already has faced several phases of change, including the transfer to online from
offline classrooms due to COVID-19. Online classes further emphasize the importance
of communication and the need for changes in teaching style and its contents.
Therefore, Yonsei University has been building an online class platform, Y-EdNet, by
forming partnerships with several other schools. The platform would be open to not
only Yonsei students but also to many others from domestic and foreign universities
so that a wider audience becomes eligible to high quality lectures. In this challenging
era, the role of universities is becoming essential as they need to foster more active
communications among students and support them to learn more effectively even
in non-face-to-face situations. Furthermore, it would be crucial to prepare classes
related to human rights sensitivity and respect for diversity to promote a healthy
communication environment.
Background and Rationale
Future of Higher Education,Higher Education of the Future
DAY1 FEATURED SESSION 4THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 at 16:00 – 17:30 KST
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DAY1 FEATURED SESSION 5THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 at 21:00 – 22:30 KST
• To share information
• To discuss what should be done to improve the postgraduate training in Africa
• To facilitate networking
Session Objectives
[Moderators]
• Chin Pak, Professor and Director of Medical Mission Center, Yonsei Institute for
Global Health in Yonsei University Health System
• Paul Choi, Professor and Director of International Program of Medical Mission
Center, Yonsei Institute for Global Health, Yonsei University Health System
[Keynote Speech]
• Mike Chupp, CEO, CMDA ; former medical superintendent of Tenwek Hospital,
Kenya; faculty for PAACS, General Surgeon
[Panelists]
• Mark Oloo, General Surgeon of, St. Luke Medical Centre, Kenya
• Dong-Won Kang, Representative of Africa Future Foundation Zimbabwe;
Volunteer Lecturer, Dept. of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Zimbabwe,
College of Health Sciences
• Jin-kyong Chun, Medical Director of Africa Future Foundation Zimbabwe;
Volunteer Lecturer, Dept. of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Zimbabwe,
College of Health Sciences
• Abbo Kasimo Betty, Medical Officer Special Grade of Makerere University, Uganda
Panelists
• Medical education consists of undergraduate and postgraduate training. Postgraduate
training includes participating in residency training and continuing education
programs. Postgraduate training is important for medical school graduates to
develop their specialties. However, postgraduate training in Africa is not standardized
in each country.
• Recently many domestic and international institutions started working together to
improve postgraduate training in Africa.
• This session will introduce and discuss the status quo and challenges of postgraduate
training from the perspectives of local professors, students, and international health
workers.
• During the session, the speakers will discuss the impact of postgraduate training on
the Christian medical mission.
• The session will also cover how the COVID-19 pandemic affected postgraduate training.
KeyConcepts
Global Partnership & Higher Education“Postgraduate Medical Education in Africa: the status quo and challenges”
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DAY2FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 5Global Engagement & Empowerment Forum
on Sustainable Development
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MASTER OF CEREMONY
KEYNOTESPEECHES
Seoung Hwan Suh
Semee Yoon
President of Yonsei University
Professor of Underwood International College,
Yonsei University
Amina J. MohammedDeputy Secretary-General
of the United Nations
Heinz Fischerthe 11st President of Austria
& Co-Chair of the
Ban Ki-moon Centre for
Global Citizens
Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayevthe 1st President,
Republic of Kazakhstan
WELCOMEREMARKS
Kang, Kyung-whaMinister of Foreign Affairs,
Republic of Korea
Iván Duque Márquez
the 60th President,
Republic of Colombia
Jim Yong KimVice-Chairman of Global Infrastructure
Partners & the 12th President of
the World Bank
OPENING CEREMONY
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DAY2 KEYNOTE SPEECHESFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 at 08:20 – 09:00 KST
Global Engagement & Empowerment Forum (GEEF) will be held from February 4th to 5th
of 2021 under the theme “3Ps(Peace, Prosperity, and Partnership) Beyond Security.”
These three key concepts have been chosen since they address the most urgent issues
our world faces today.
In March of 2020, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for a global ceasefire
“to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus together on the true fight of our lives,”
the coronavirus pandemic. The disease threatens our peace as it exacerbates drivers of
conflict and insecurity, such as cross-border tensions, climate emergencies, social unrest,
and eroding trust in institutions. Moreover, it has also reversed years of effort devoted
to promote shared prosperity, especially among the bottom 40% of the population.
According to the latest Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020, it is estimated
that the pandemic will push 71 million people back into extreme poverty. Furthermore,
the COVID-19 pandemic has presented major challenges to both the public and private
sector, as the global society witnessed further fragmentation of the social fabric at local,
national and regional scales. Some countries have had difficulties in promoting voluntary
quarantine measures and medical treatment of COVID-19.
Under these circumstances, this Forum plans to shed light on the importance and
necessity of the multilateral partnership and multisectoral responses to COVID-19.
As the international community coordinated responses to COVID-19, we have at first
hand realized the vulnerabilities of existing partnerships centered on a few developed
countries. Consequently, the need for global solidarity and support among governments,
businesses, and civil society organizations has become more important than ever.
Background and Rationale
3Ps(Peace, Prosperity and Partnership)Beyond Security
Therefore, GEEF 2021 will discuss and explore ways of effective partnerships that go
beyond the existing limitations. In particular, the round table session will be held to explore
global partnership through multilateral cooperation and multisectoral partnerships to
combat COVID-19. The Programme for GEEF 2021 will prioritize four key areas in six
featured sessions:
- Monitoring and Evaluation of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the
blueprint for Sustainable Development through 1) Redesign Our Future: The UN SDGs,
5 Years and the Next 10 Years
- Science, Technology and Innovation for SDGs through 2) A.I. for better Engagement
& Empowerment
- Society for SDGs on through 3) Creative Solutions for a Sustainable Society and 4) Health
- Partnerships for Healthy Lives and Well-being through 5) Global Partnership and Higher
Education and 6) Future of Higher Education, Higher Education of the Future
Previously, GEEF has invited global leaders and experts from various fields as speakers
to discuss the direction we should take to achieve the SDGs. Held in 2018, the inaugural
GEEF invited 65 speakers under the theme "Putting People and Planet at the Center."
These in-depth dialogues focused on partnerships, climate change and health for
common prosperity, and other topics, such as water, education, sustainable production and
consumption, were also addressed in parallel sessions. Following the successful hosting of
the first GEEF, the 2019 session invited 106 speakers and Panelists from 27 countries and
main sessions on SDGs 3, 5 and 11 were offered. More than 2,000 participants from over
80 countries attended the second iteration of the Forum. GEEF has served as a platform
to foster free flow of ideas among stakeholders on the SDGs to make a better world and
lay the groundwork for a global cooperative society.
It is our hope that discussions offered through parallel sessions at GEEF 2021 on how
to improve partnerships would lead to shared prosperity and promote peaceful
societies. The concept of ‘Security’ can be extended to cover not only diplomacy and
national defense, but also various dimensions that can lead to transnational insecurity,
e.g., climate change, mass migration, widening inequalities, water scarcity, biodiversity
loss, and deforestation. GEEF 2021 hopes that this year’s forum will serve as a venue
for the global community to discuss how to build 3Ps beyond security to rebuild our
society’s resilience for the post-COVID 19 era.
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DAY2 KEYNOTE SPEECHESFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 at 08:20 – 09:00 KST
• Share emerging issues and pressing challenges to tackle as a global community
• Discuss future directions and actions speakers will take in 2021
• Offer suggestions on what the audience should think and act upon in 2021
Session Objectives
[Speakers]
• Jim Yong Kim, Vice-Chairman of Global Infrastructure Partners &
the 12th President of the World Bank
• Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev, the 1st President, Republic of Kazakhstan
• Iván Duque Márquez, the 60th President, Republic of Colombia
Panelists
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DAY2 ROUND TABLEFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 at 09:10-10:40 KST
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated once again that multilateral cooperation,
multisectoral partnerships, and global solidarity will be essential to guarantee resilience
for the global community. The range of activities that require coordination to combat
COVID-19 pandemic is wide; cooperation is needed not just for the development of
vaccines but also for sharing lessons learned from systematic programs for short-run
relief programs and medium-run post-COVID19 recovery plans. Moreover, the social and
economic shock brought upon by COVID-19 has put the entire world a step backward on its
endeavor to pursue the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Consequently, there
is an urgent need for discussion on how to move forward despite what we experienced
in year 2020.
The importance of multisectoral partnerships and collaboration is highlighted by the
impact of COVID-19 on sectors beyond health. According to the World Bank, economic
growth has slowed down globally as various economic activities were suspended due to
physical barriers caused by COVID-19. Under-employment and unemployment issues are
exacerbated, putting a halt on efforts for poverty reduction. The FAO showed concerns
and started initiatives on the agricultural sector as it is also hit by the economic crisis,
threatening global food security. As the United Nations reports, developing countries
without adequate IT infrastructure are failing to provide suitable online education.
Schools in underdeveloped regions were not just places for education, but often acted
as the bridge to gender equality and healthy life. With the closure of schools around
the world, children of the most vulnerable countries are in danger of being neglected.
International organizations such as UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank are already forming
multisectoral programs to address these issues. In order to mitigate the negative impact
of COVID-19 in various areas including public health, forming a rigid system of response
to global challenges through multisectoral partnerships is needed.
Background and Rationale
Global Partnership during and post COVID-19
Multisectoral partnerships, however, must be accompanied by multilateral cooperation as
actors on various levels need to be engaged to create a collective impact. World leaders
at the 75th UN General Assembly showed strong support for multilateralism, recognizing
the role of multilateral cooperation in addressing global threats. COVID-19 is neither the
first nor the only challenge that global society faces together. Preexisting issues such as
climate change and various inequalities require coordinated responses. COVID-19 is a
reminder to the global society that multilateral and multisectoral cooperation is the most
effective system to tackle global threats. As numerous scholars anticipate, post-COVID-19
era will be vastly different and require a change in the paradigm of global partnerships.
Reforming the multilateral and multisectoral cooperation system will be essential to build
a resilient society.
• Discuss key barriers that have prevented constructive multilateral cooperation
and multisectoral partnerships.
• Allow speakers to communicate examples of innovation they have attempted to
facilitate partnerships by engaging stakeholders.
• Suggest how multilateral cooperation could alleviate the increasing conflicts and
polarization among countries due to secure enough COVID-19 vaccines for their citizens.
• Highlight which SDGs may need to be prioritized to build resilience in the post
COVID-19 era.
• Provide specific guidelines on how to lead a healthy life in 2021 during and after
COVID-19.
Session Objectives
[Moderator]
• Kim, Donghoon, Senior Vice President for Administration & Development at
Yonsei University
[Panelists]
• Margaret Chan, the 7th Director-General of the World Health Organization
• Jeffrey David Sachs, University Professor of Columbia University
• A. K. Abdul Momen, Foreign Minister of Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
• Maria CASTILLO-FERNANDEZ, EU Ambassador to Republic of Korea
Panelists
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DAY2 SPECIAL CONVERSATION WITH A HIGH PROFILE GUESTFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 at 10:40 – 11:10 KST
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated once again that multilateral cooperation
and global solidarity will be essential to guarantee youth empowerment. As the Special
Envoy Angelina Jolie noted, the pandemic has exacerbated various dimensions of
inequities in our global society and the resulting setback is as much a threat to our
interests as it is an affront to our values. The social and economic shock brought upon
by COVID-19 has put the entire world a step backward on its endeavor to pursue the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In the face of these challenges, cooperation
is needed not just for the development of vaccines but also for sharing lessons on how
to ensure youth are not left behind to reach their full potential. Consequently, there is
an urgent need for discussions on how to move forward and recover despite what we
experienced in the year 2020.
Background and Rationale
Leaving No One Behindin a Post-Pandemic World
• Ban Ki-moon, the 8th United Nations Secretary-General & Honorary Chair of IGEE
• Angelina Joli, UNHCR Special Envoy
Panelists
• How can we inspire the younger generation to confront and address these global
challenges?
• How can we recover youth and education programs in the post-COVID-19 era?
• What are some critical areas to focus on?
• Who are the most vulnerable among youth?
• How has COVID-19 attributed to worsen their conditions?
• How can they be supported effectively?
Session Objectives
Youth
Economic hardship: In developing countries, the number of children living in monetary-
poor households could increase by 142 million by 2021. This is adding onto already
increased 150 million children without access to education, health care, housing,
nutrition, sanitation or water due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The percentage of children
without access to education and health services globally will increase from 46 percent to
56 percent in the post-COVID world (UNICEF, HYPERLINK "https://data.unicef.org/covid-
19-and-children/" link).
Digital Education: At least 463 million (31 percent) of schoolchildren worldwide cannot
be reached by digital and broadcast remote learning programs. In Eastern and Southern
Africa, 50.3 percent of children cannot be reached digitally (UNICEF, ibid).
Children health: 370 million children may miss school meals. Disruptions to health
services may result in 160 million children under 5 missing a crucial dose of Vitamin A
(UNICEF, ibid). 80 million children under the age of 1 in at least 68 countries may miss
out on receiving life-saving vaccines (UNICEF, HYPERLINK "https://data.unicef.org/
resources/immunization-coverage-are-we-losing-ground/" link).
Increased mortality: Over 2 million additional children under-five could die during the
next 12 months due to COVID-19 (UNICEF, HYPERLINK "https://data.unicef.org/covid-
19-and-children/" link). Over 6 months, 253,500 ~ 1,157,000 additional child deaths
and 12,200 ~ 56,700 additional maternal deaths would occur. The reduce overage of
maternal health would account for 60 percent of additional maternal deaths (Johns
Hopkins University, HYPERLINK "https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/
PIIS2214-109X(20)30229-1/fulltext" link).
Maternal care: Adolescent girls are particularly vulnerable to health service closures
due to early pregnancy. In 2016, 7.4 million girls died during pregnancy and/or in labor
(WHO, HYPERLINK "https://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/estimates/
en/" link). Essential maternal health care and family planning is likely to be neglected,
increasing unintended pregnancies and morbidity and mortality.
HIV: Adolescent girls bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic. In sub-Saharan Africa, girls
are four times likely to be newly infected with HIV than adolescent boys. Due to lost
household income and schools shutting down, girls may also engage in transactional
sex as a survival mechanism, further increasing their risks of HIV, STD, and unwanted
pregnancies (WHO, HYPERLINK "https://data.unicef.org/topic/gender/covid-19/#_
ftn1"link).
Related Data (Covid-19 and the vulnerable)
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Women
Domestic violence: Emergency calls for domestic violence cases increase in many
countries including Argentina, Singapore, Cyprus, and USA by at least 20 percent (UN
Women, HYPERLINK "https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/5/press-release-
the-shadow-pandemic-of-violence-against-women-during-covid-19" link). In Vancouver,
reports of domestic violence helpline increased by 300 percent (UN Women, HYPERLINK "https://
www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/library/publications/2020/
brief-covid-19-and-ensuring-safe-cities-and-safe-public-spaces-for-women-and-girls-
infographic-en.pdf?la=en&vs=5337" link). More than 37 percent of women in South Asia,
40 percent of women in South-East Asia, and up to 68 percent of women in the Pacific have
experienced violence at the hands of their intimate partners (UN Women, HYPERLINK "https://
asiapacific.unwomen.org/-/media/field%20office%20eseasia/docs/publications/2020/04/
ap_first_100%20days_covid-19-executive-summary.pdf?la=en&vs=5024" link).
Shadow Pandemic is a public awareness campaign to highlight domestic violence in
the pandemic crisis. “Domestic violence has multiplied, spreading across the world in
a shadow pandemic” (Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women,
(HYPERLINK "https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/5/press-release-the-
shadow-pandemic-of-violence-against-women-during-covid-19" link).
Gendered childcare responsibility: In more than five of six countries with available
data, girls aged 10–14 years are more likely than boys of the same age to spend 21 or
more hours on household chores per week, an amount potentially harmful to children’s
physical, social, psychological or educational development. As the amount of unpaid
work increases during the pandemic, gender imbalance deepens (WHO, HYPERLINK
"https://data.unicef.org/topic/gender/covid-19/#_ftn1"link).
Refugees
Of the 71 million people forcibly displaced around the world, over 80 per cent of
refugees and nearly all internally displaced people are hosted in low- and middle-
income countries. With severe burden of Covid-19, refugees are like to be neglected
(HYPERLINK "https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/6/compilation-women-
refugees-and-covid-19" link).
Sanitation and health: When basic sanitation is lacking, proper hygiene
Related Data (Covid-19 and the vulnerable)
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DAY2 FEATURED SESSIONFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 at 13:00 – 14:30 KST
Redesign our Future:The UN SDGs, 5 Years and the Next 10 Years
1)Problem identification: Sizing up the Challenge
2) Solution finding:
- Re-aligning interactions among the SDGs
- Assessing COVID-19 and the implications on the SDGs
- Rebalancing among SDGs stakeholders
- Empowering and engaging stakeholders
- Monitoring and evaluating SDGs implementation
- Sharing experience
3) Prospect: The way forward
Session Objectives
Many countries in the world have faced challenges in implementing the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) since their establishment in 2015. The purpose
of this session is to disseminate the recently released Ban Ki-moon Foundation Report
Redesign Our Future: The UN SDGs, 5 Years and the Next 10 Years. This report includes
five key messages (realigning interactions among the SDGs; rebalancing among SDG
stakeholders; empowering and engaging stakeholders; monitoring and reviewing SDG
implementation; and sharing experiences) from the 8th UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
to take stock of the achievements of the SDGs during the past five years based on
objective measurements and a concrete implementation plan for the next ten years. This
report covers engagement with multiple stakeholders, including government, the private
sector, NGOs, civil society, and international organizations. Furthermore, cooperation
with relevant institutions and associations is analyzed. This report also reviews the
current progress of achieving the SDGs in both quantitative and qualitative dimensions.
By applying quantitative methods in selected countries, this paper draws meaningful
implications to support the five key messages to the world.
Background and Rationale
[Moderator]
• Rae Kwon Chung, Former Ambassador For Climate Change, Republic of Korea
[Keynote Speech]
• Tae Yong Jung, Professor and Director, Center for Global Sustainability, Yonsei University
[Panelists]
• Jooyoung Kwak, Professor of School of Business, Yonsei University
• Tae In Park, Academic-Industrial Cooperation Professor of Seoul National University
• Eunhae Jeong, Director of Green Transformation Policy, Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea
• Bernard Woods, Director of Strategy & Planning Department, Asian Development BankUniversity
• Junichi Fujino, Programme Director of Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan
Panelists
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DAY2 PLENARY SESSIONFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 at 15:00 – 16:30 KST
As the global society changed its consumption, production, travel, and transport patterns
during the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, we have observed noticeable decreases in greenhouse
gas emissions. However, these reductions would be temporary if we were to go back to
business-as-usual practices. If countries allow COVID-19 to steer their attention and
endeavors away from carbon-neutral initiatives, the world will soon face another threat
from severe environmental degradation on every aspect of human life in terms of individual
health, society, and the economy. Therefore, it would be essential to integrate carbon-reduction
objectives along with other economic and social initiatives within the COVID-19 recovery plans.
Amid the pandemic, some countries have acknowledged this unmet need and pledged
to become carbon neutral. Early last March, the European Commission presented a
legally binding commitment to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 under the
Climate Law. Moreover, China, the world’s largest emitter-accountable for approximately
28 percent of global emissions -, has announced to become carbon neutral by 2060 at the
75th session of the UN General Assembly last year. In accordance, a month later both South
Korea and Japan declared national carbon neutrality projects by 2050. It is anticipated
that the US will also take part in carbon-free production via the Biden Administration’s
climate plan and return to the Paris Agreement once Joe Biden is sworn into office.
However, despite all the dedications, further discussion is needed as many countries
lack the specifics on how they would achieve the objectives and it will be inevitable that
challenges would arise during the process. For instance, governments face dilemma over
a suite of policy options to choose from, e.g. carbon tax schemes and permit systems.
As a result, mistargeting could lead to negative market distortions resulting in either
overpricing or inflation of carbon allowances targeted to power industries. In addition,
inconsistent trade and investment policies against carbon-neutral goals may confuse
Background and Rationale
Towards Carbon Neutrality for Planetary Sustainability
stakeholders in the private sector, creating obstacles for renewable energy development.
Another drawback arises from potentially conflicting interests of the social sector
concerning land use and job losses in the fossil fuel industries. Therefore, countries
should share their experiences and future schemes on binding strong partnerships
among the public, private, and social sectors to peacefully reach carbon neutrality.
Furthermore, roles of developing countries would be as critical as that of the developed
countries as greenhouse gas emissions is a transboundary problem requiring dedication
from all countries. However, the physical distancing and economic uncertainty resulting
from COVID-19 are hindering progressive investments and green energy projects all
around the world. On top of that, developing countries may find participating in the
caron neutral agenda overwhelming due to the enormous challenges of controlling the
infectious disease and securing sufficient medical care, along with measurements
for economic recovery. Therefore, it would be essential to discuss means of empowering
developing countries so that they can also actively engage in net-zero carbon emissions.
Consequently, the call and need for multilateralism to act upon environmental stewardship
to achieve carbon neutrality will be even more pertinent and urgent as we enter the third
decade of the 21st century.
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RelatedSDGs
• SDG 4. Quality Education
- Target 4.7 By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed
to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education
for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender
equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship
and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable
development
• SDG 13. Climate Action
- Target 13.2 Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies
and planning
- Target 13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional
capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning
• SDG 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization
and foster innovation
DAY2 PLENARY SESSIONFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 at 15:00 – 16:30 KST
Session Objectives
[Moderator]
• Kim Sook, Chairman of the Strategic Planning and Coordination Committee, NCCA
[Panelists]
• Patrick V. Verkooijen, CEO of Global Center on Adaptation
• Soogil Young, Chairman of SDSN Korea
• Bindu N. Lohani, Chairman of Board, Clean Air Asia, Philippines
• Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Luxembourg
Panelists
• How can we achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 or 2060?
• Discuss policy challenges and lessons of COVID-19 that can be applied for carbon
neutrality.
• Suggest action points for one or more stakeholders to act upon in 2021 to achieve
carbon neutrality.
• Share ideas on how multilateral partnerships can overcome short-term oriented
nature of domestic policymaking and policy procrastination.
• Provide opinions on innovative solutions that can accelerate carbon-neutrality in the
post-COVID-19 era taking into account the burdens countries may face due to health
and economic difficulties as an aftermath of COVID-19.
• Explore means to stabilize climate finance and to increase the proportion of COVID-19
recovery packages allocated to “green” initiatives that decrease carbon emissions.
- Target 9.4: By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them
sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and
environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries
taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities
• SDG 12. Responsible Consumption and Production
- Target 12.C Rationalize inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful
consumption by removing market distortions, in accordance with national
circumstances, including by restructuring taxation and phasing out those harmful
subsidies, where they exist, to reflect their environmental impacts, taking fully into
account the specific needs and conditions of developing countries and minimizing the
possible adverse impacts on their development in a manner that protects the poor
and the affected communities
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Global Engagement & Empowerment Forumon Sustainable Development
SPEAKERBIOGRAPHY
MEMO
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David Rolnick is an assistant professor in the School of Computer
Science at McGill University and the Mila Quebec AI Institute. He is
co-founder and chair of Climate Change AI and serves as scientific
co-director of Sustainability in the Digital Age. Prof. Rolnick has also
worked at Google and DeepMind, and is a former US National Science
Foundation (NSF) Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research
Fellow, NSF Graduate Research Fellow, and US-Germany Fulbright
Scholar. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from MIT. Prof.
Rolnick’s work focuses on the mathematical foundations of deep
learning and on applications of machine learning to the problem of
climate change.
David Rolnick
Assistant Professor
at the School of Computer
Science, McGill University
Dr. Keeheon Lee is currently an Assistant Professor of Creative
Technology Management at Yonsei University. He received his both
his MA and PhD in Industrial Information Engineering at Yonsei
University. His research interests are in developing a foundation for
“Science & Technology Engineering” based on data mining and social
simulation. He is also interested in detecting and classifying factors
that affect the behavior of scientific social interactions and designing
a mechanism for scientific improvement by applying social simulation
based on rules of factors. Keeheon Lee
Professor of Underwood
International College,
Yonsei University
SPEAKERBIOGRAPHY
Priya L. Donti is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Public Policy
at Carnegie Mellon University, co-advised by Zico Kolter and Inês
Azevedo. She is also co-founder and chair of Climate Change AI, an
initiative to facilitate impactful work at the intersection of climate
change and machine learning.
Her work lies at the intersection of machine learning, electric power
systems, and climate change mitigation. Specifically, she is interested
in creating novel machine learning techniques that incorporate domain
knowledge (such as power system physics) to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions from the electricity sector.
She is funded through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Computational
Science Graduate Fellowship and was previously an NSF Graduate
Research Fellow. She received my undergraduate degree at Harvey
Mudd College in computer science and math with an emphasis in
environmental analysis.
Chaesub Lee was elected Director of the ITU Telecommunication
Standardization Bureau at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2014
in Busan, Republic of Korea, and re-elected to this post for a second
four-year term at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates.
Within ITU Dr Lee served as Chairman of the ITU Focus Group on
Next-Generation Networks (NGN) to address the growing need for
international standards for NGN, including service requirements,
functional architecture, mobility, security and Quality of Service (QoS).
He was also Vice-Chairman of the ITU Focus Group on IPTV which worked
to coordinate and promote the development of IPTV standards.
He acted as Vice-Chairman of ITU-T Study Group 13 (Future networks and
cloud) from 2001 until 2008, becoming Chairman of that group in 2009.
ITU-T Study Group 13 develops standards for NGN, future networks,
cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile telecommunications,
to ensure their smooth international deployment.
Priya L. Donti
Ph.D. Candidate in Computer
Science and Public Policy,
Carnegie Mellon University
Jung-Woo Ha is the Head of NAVER AI LAB and is directing the AI
research of NAVER. He got his BS and PhD degrees from Seoul
National University. His research interests include all machine learning
and deep learning-based AI technologies and applications such as
computer vision, natural language processing, speech recognition,
recommendation, and so on. Recently, he works as the project owner
of the healthcare AI project for the NAVER internal hospital. For the
past four years, he has served as a reviewer of top AI conferences
including NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ACL, EMNLP, SIGGRAPH,
NAACL, AAAI, etc.
Jung-Woo Ha
Head of Naver AI
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR BETTER ENGAGEMENT AND EMPOWERMENTTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 at 09:15 – 10:45 KST
DAY1
Moderator
Chaesub Lee
Director of ITU
Telecommunication
Standardization Bureau
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SPEAKERBIOGRAPHY
A native of Lahore, Pakistan, Saffaan has been working at Paulus in
Seoul since 2016. He completed his undergraduate in philosophy and
economics before pursuing a masters in media, communication
and development at the London School of Economics. His academic
focus was on the application of communication technologies in the
practice of development around the world. At Paulus, Saffaan has
been involved in video direction, concept-creation and copywriting
for clients such as Hyundai and Healcerion. Since 2017, he has been
working with Good People, the NGO, on a media development project
in Nairobi, Kenya. The project consists in teaching videography to a group
of ambitious young people living in Dandora, one of the city's slums, to
help them turn videography into a regular source of income.
Merlee Jayme is one of eight women on the 2019 Drum Global Ranking,
which announced the top 100 Chief Creative Officers in the world.
The Global President of Dentsu Mcgarrybowen, and "Chairmom" of
Dentsu Jayme Syfu Merlee is known for her work that push Insights
and innovation. Her major awards include a Cannes Lion Grand Prix
for Mobile, Grand CLIO, and D&AD pencils. Beyond awards, she has
led her agency to win key accounts: Coca-Cola, Nestle, and Shell
fuels. Merlee is a sought-after international speaker and an opinion
leader. Her helpful videos this year showed "Creativity that means
business" for the Cannes Lions "future gazers", LIA's "Re-Packaging
yourself" -a survival guide for creatives, during these trying times. One
of CNN’s Leading Women, she is a seasoned judge in award shows, an
author/illustrator of a handbook “Everyone Can Be Creative”, a mom
to 4 creative girls, and an inspiration in breaking the glass ceiling in
this mad men’s world.
CREATIVE SOLUTIONSFOR A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETYTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 at 11:00 – 12:30 KST
DAY1
Thomas Hongtack Kim is a Creative Solutionist and founder of ‘2kg’,
Creative Solution Lab and a Visiting Professor of Yonsei University.
He is now architecting the digital, social, and CSR platforms to create
practical solutions as well as launching ad campaigns. In recent
years he has focused on solving the social problems including global
environment, quality education, hunger, poverty etc.
Before this, he worked for Cheil Worldwide as an Executive Creative
Director of Creative Innovation Group. Having worked in Korea,
New York and Beijing, Thomas has dealt with a wide array of clients
including Samsung Mobile.
He has received numerous international advertising awards such as
Cannes Lions, One Show, D&AD, New York Festival, LIA, Adfest, Spikes
Asia, Webby Awards,IF Design Awards. He gave keynote speeches
at Cannes Lions, One Show, Anuncio@Madrid, Adfest, Spikes Asia,
Google Taiwan, Yahoo Hong Kong, Blizzard, and TED X.
As a result, he was selected ‘Creator of the year’ 2012 for his creative
excellence by Campaign Asia-Pacific and has been ranked in the Top
10 Executive Creative Directors worldwide in the Directory Big Won
Rankings 2013 as the only Asian executive creative director. He also
received the Presidential Citation for Significant Contribution to the
Korean Advertising Industry.
Thomas Hongtack Kim
Founder of 2kg, Visiting Professor
of Yonsei University
Moderator
Kevin Swanepoel is Chief Executive Officer at The One Club, the
world's foremost non-profit organization recognizing creative excellence
in advertising and design. As Chief Executive Officer, Kevin leads The
One Show, the most prestigious awards show in the communications
industry. He has shaped the global brand of The One Club and
provided leadership for its expansion into China and beyond. Kevin
established Creative Week, the preeminent festival celebrating the
intersection of advertising, design, digital media and the arts. He is a
frequent speaker on current advertising trends having appeared on
FOX, NBC and CBS. He has been published in Adweek, Advertising Age,
Creativity, AdHoc, Advertising and Design. Kevin travels and lectures
frequently and is enthusiastically involved in advertising education
and design throughout the world.
Saffaan Qadir
Creative Director of Paulus
Merlee Jayme
Global President of Dentsu
Mcgarrybowen & Chairmom
Dentsu Jayme Syfu Philippines
Kevin Swaenepoel
CEO of One Club
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Shinki An
Professor and Director of Yonsei
Institute for Global Health,
Yonsei University Health System
SPEAKERBIOGRAPHY
SAFE & AFFORDABLE SURGERYTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 at 11:00 – 12:30 KST
DAY1
Professor Shinki An, M.D., Ph.D., MDiv. is currently the director of
Yonsei Institute for Global Health in Yonsei University Health System
and Vice Chair of IGEE at Yonsei University.
At Yonsei Institute for Global Health, Professor An is in charge of
continuous medical missionary sevices, fostering creative and
collaborative professionals, contributing to the unification of the
Korean peninsula and improvement of health inequalities.Moderator
John G. Meara, MD, DMD, MBA is the Kletjian Professor of Global
Surgery, Director of the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change,
and Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Harvard
Medical School. Dr. Meara serves as the Plastic Surgeon-in-Chief of the
Department of Plastic & Oral Surgery at Boston Children's Hospital. He
was Co-Chair for the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery and was a
commissioner on the Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality
Health Systems in the SDG Era, and the Lancet Oncology Commission.
He currently serves as a commissioner on the Lancet Commission on
Diagnostics. In 2008 he created the Paul Farmer Global Surgery
Fellowship program. He is also interested in value-based health
care and implementation science research, including time driven
activity-based cost research and outcomes research. Dr. Meara has
led several ICHOM projects focusing on outcomes reporting and
international benchmarking.
John Gerard Meara
Kletjian Professor of Global Health
and Social Medicine in the field
of Global Surgery, Professor of
Surgery, Harvard University
Ms. Hyunwon Kim leads the Climate Crisis & Pandemic Response
Department since July 2020. Prior to that, she served as Director of
Program Strategy and Policy Planning Team 2019-2020, Director
General of GDEF(Global Disease Eradication Fund) 2018-2019,
Country Director of Fiji KOICA Office(South Pacific Regional Office)
2016-2018, Director of Knowledge and Information Management
Team 2013-2016. She has managed various development projects
from 2004 in KOICA.
Hyunwon Kim
Director General of Climate
Crisis & Pandemic Response
Department, Korea International
Cooperation Agency
Tae-Soo Kim is currently the Executive Director of the Export-Import
Bank of Korea. Prior to this position, he was the Executive Director of
the Economic Development and Cooperation Fund Group. He received
his MA in Finance at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management,
and his BA at Yonsei University.
Dr. Ifereiimi Waqainabete is the current Minister of Health for the
Republic of Fiji. He was an associate Professor of General Surgery
at Fiji National University and CWM Hospital. Prior to that, he was a
General Surgery Fellow at Christchurch Hospital in New Zealand from
2012 to 2013.
Ifereimi Waqainabete
Minister of Health, Republic of Fiji
Tae-Soo Kim
Executive Director of
Export-Import Bank of Korea
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Hongwon Suh
Professor of English Literature,
Yonsei University
SPEAKERBIOGRAPHY
Dr. Suh is currently a Professor of English Literature at Yonsei University.
He received his PhD in English Literature at the University of Notre
Dame. His research and teaching focus is on 17th and 18th century
literature and on Epic Tradition (Milton).
Moderator
Prof. Song is a professor of Information Science Department of Yonsei
University. He was named an Underwood Distinguished Professor
of Yonsei University in 2014. He has published more than 200
international conference and journal papers. Prof. Song has research
interests in Biomedical Text Mining, Social Media Data Mining, and Big
Data Analytics. Prior to Yonsei, he was a tenured Associate Professor
of Information Systems Department at New Jersey Institute of
Technology. He received his PhD in Information Science from Drexel
University, an MS from Indiana University and a BA from Yonsei
University in Korea. He is an editorial board member of Scientometrics
and Journal of Informetrics, and also serving as an associate editor
of Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics and Data & Knowledge
Engineering.
FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION,HIGHER EDUCATION OF THE FUTURETHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 at 16:00 – 17:30 KST
DAY1
Joon Heo is a professor at the department of civil and environmental
engineering, and former director of Open and Smart Education (OSE)
Center, which was formed in 2014 and in charge of MOOC production,
Yonsei Learning Management System (YSCEC), and other educational
issues. He also served as an associate director of Yonsei Enterprise
Support (YES) Foundation from 2009 to 2017, which is in charge of
incubating and accelerating start-ups at Yonsei University.
In 2000, he joined a start-up company, Forest One Inc., a value-added
geospatial information provider and IT consulting company, located
in Evanston, IL. For the following five years, he leaded technology
developments as CTO and provided technical services to Fortune
500 companies. He joined the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering at Yonsei University in 2005 as a faculty member and has
taught Geographic Information System (GIS), photogrammetry, and
remote sensing. His areas of research interests include (1) spatial
data production and analytics with specific domain expertise of civil
infrastructure operation and management; (2) spatial data science
with applications of transportation, public health, business, military,
and education; (3) image processing and remote sensing for smart
construction. He has published over 100 refereed journal papers and
over 150 conference papers. He is currently running a MOOC, “Spatial
Data Science and Applications” on Coursera.
Joon Heo
Professor of Civil and
Environmental Engineering,
Yonsei University
Min Song
Professor of Library and
Information Science, Yonsei
University
Mr. Jae Shin Park is the Vice President of the Korea International
Cooperation Agency (KOICA). Professor Park teaches at the School of
business at Kookmin University. At KOICA, he is in charge of strategy
and departments on Asia. After receiving his doctoral degree in
management from the University of Cambridge, he participated in a
number of foreign aid projects, particularly in the area of e-government.
At KOICA he is committed to upgrading KOICA’s results management
and program/project management, as well as promoting managerial
innovation and advancements. Prior to this position, he was the CEO
at Arirang Investment Co. LTD from 2009 to 2013.
He obtained his PhD in Management from the University of Cambridge
and his Master of Engineering at KAIST.
Jae Shin Park
Vice-President of Korea
International Cooperation Agency
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Chin Pak
Professor and Director of
Medical Mission Center,
Yonsei Institute for Global Health
in Yonsei University Health
System
Paul Choi
Professor and Director of
International Program of Medical
Mission Center,
Yonsei Institute for Global Health,
Yonsei University Health System
Travis Lovett
Assistant Dean for Civic
Engagement, Harvard University
Travis Lovett currently serves as the Assistant Dean of Civic
Engagement and Service at Harvard College. Through his work,
Travis is responsible for communications, partnership building,
and mobilizing key stakeholders to broaden and deepen Harvard’s
community engagement efforts. Travis has been responsible for
developing or co-developing several signature programs including
Harvard's Global Day of Service, SPARK (Harvard's six-week global
summer service immersion program for incoming students), the
Mindich Service Fellowship Program (a comprehensive national summer
fellowship program that matches 75 students with leading public
service organizations across the United States), Public Service
Recruiting Day for graduating seniors, Harvard Serves Everywhere
(a virtual volunteering program), and the Harvard Winnovation
Program for future social innovators. Travis earned his M.A. in Public
Policy and Administration from Northwestern University. He also
earned a M.A. in Journalism from Northeastern University and a B.S.
in Integrated Science and Technology from James Madison University.
In 2016, Travis received the Harvard University Impact Award in
recognition of “truly outstanding, sustained superior performance,
and exceptional effectiveness.” He was one of five founding members
of YNPN Boston, a nonprofit professional development organization
focused on creating pipelines for future leadership in the nonprofit sector.
SPEAKERBIOGRAPHY
SPEAKERBIOGRAPHY
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP & HIGHER EDUCATION“POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION IN AFRICA: THE STATUS QUO AND CHALLENGES”
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 at 21:00 – 22:30 KST
DAY1
Dr. Pak graduated from Yonsei University College of Medicine and
worked in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada,
researching triggering factors for Type 1 diabetes mellitus from 1984
to 1995. He then studied theology in Talbot School of Theology, Biola
University, U.S.A. from 1995 to 1998.
Dr. Pak served as a missionary in Mongolia and China from 1998 to
2005, teaching at Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences
and China Medical University. Since 2005, he has traveled to many
countries, such as India, Vietnam, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, etc., to
carry out the mission programs of Yonsei Medical Mission Center and
to teach medical students.
He then came to realize the need for teaching global health issues
and training cross-cultural leadership to the next generations. He
established the Yonsei Global Health Leadership Course from 2014 to
2017 with funding from the United Board. He is now the director of
the Medical Mission Center of Yonsei University Health System.
Paul Choi is a medical missionary currently serving as the Director of
the International Program of the Medical Missions Center at Yonsei
University Health System. Paul spends his days mentoring students
and faculty as an adjunct professor in the Department of Pediatrics and
the Department of Humanities and Social Medicine at Yonsei University
College of Medicine. He values building partnerships and equipping
individuals, particularly health professionals, to be wholistic persons.
Paul has worked in cross-cultural ministry for more than twenty years.
Starting in 1997, he served at the Mongolian National University of
Medical Sciences and Yonsei Friendship Hospital in Mongolia. Paul
has worked with both local and international team members in a variety
of contexts and roles, including as a pediatric specialist/consultant, a
professor, and a medical director. Since 2005, Paul has worked to develop
medical education in Mongolia as a representative of the Yonsei University
Health System. Paul has received numerous awards for his service in the
development of medical professionals and to underserved communities
in Mongolia by both the Korean and Mongolian governments.
Co-moderator
Co-moderator
Joanne Pagèze is vice-president for Internationalization at the University
of Bordeaux and a lecturer at the Department of Language and Culture.
She has a research interest in international learning and teaching
and in educational development in higher education. Chair of the EAIE
language and Culture Expert Community she is also assistant-editor
of the European Journal of Language Policy, and board member of the
French national association for language centers (RANACLES) affiliated
to CERCLES.
She has participated in several European projects which aim to
develop quality and innovation in international learning in educational
development, language policy and most recently virtual exchange and is
currently engaged in setting up the Challenge Based Education strand of
the ENLIGHT European University Alliance - https://www.enlight-eu.org/
Joanne Pagèze
Vice-President for
Internationalisation at the
University of Bordeaux
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During his fourth year of medical school, Mike Chupp volunteered
for two months at Tenwek Hospital in Kenya where he met CEO Dr.
Ernie Steury and Medical Director Dr. David Stevens. Mike completed
a general surgery residency at Methodist Hospital in 1993 and then
joined Southwestern Medical Clinic, a group in Southwest Michigan
dedicated to global healthcare missions. Former CMDA and ICMDA
president Dr. Bob Schindler and his wife Marian mentored Mike and
Pam until their departure for Tenwek in 1996. Mike was board certified
in general surgery in 1995 while working with Southwestern.
In 2015, Dr. David Stevens invited Mike to consider returning to the
U.S. to assume the role of CMDA Executive Vice President. After seven
months of prayer and seeking counsel from mission leaders, mentors
and close friends, Pam and Mike decided to leave their Kenya home and
mission life of 20 years and moved to Bristol, Tennessee in July 2016.
Mark Oloo is a general and Laparoscopic surgeon, surgical endoscopist,
and a cardiothoracic fellow. He is also a fellow of the College of
Surgeons East, Central and Southern Africa, a Graduant of the Avson
International fellowship from Yonsei University in GI Laparoscopy, and
a General Surgery gradute from Tenwek Hospital Pan Africa Academy
of Christian Surgeons Program.
He is a Research in Trainee confidence in multiple gastrointestinal
surgery complications, Endoscopic detorsion for sigmoid volvulus,
craniotomy burrholes follow up among others.
He received his MBchB from Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya. He has
interest in vascular and endovascular surgery and is currently pursuing
a rural urology course from India online.
Jin-Kyong Chun is the Medical Director of Africa Future Foundation
Zimbabwe and is a volunteer lecturer at the Department of Pediatrics,
University of Zimbabwe. She works as a pediatric specialist in Children’s
hospital and assists the medical society of Zimbabwe with postgraduate
training abroad or introducing short-term visit training programs to help
vulnerable patients in tertiary referral hospitals by recruiting medical and
socioeconomic resources. She teaches clinical skill and knowledge to
college and post graduate students in the ward or through workshops.
Dr. Chun was awarded the Missionary Grand Prize Award by the Superior
Foundation in 2018 and the Proud Yonsei Alumni Award in 2021.
SPEAKERBIOGRAPHY
Mike Chupp
CEO, CMDA; former medical
superintendent of Tenwek
Hospital, Kenya; and faculty of
PAACS, General Surgeon
As a medical officer special grade in pathology, I participate in capacity
building of professionals and the undergraduate students through
continuous medical education, prevention and treatment of disease;
promoting healthy behaviours of the communities through public
health education. Monitoring quality assurance and quality control of
all procedures all activities done in the clinic and the laboratory and give
timely feedback to the responsible officers.
I also presented a dissertation on Histopathological findings of
endometrial curettings in women with abnormal uterine bleeding
and correlating age and parity to endometrial cancer as seen in the
department of pathology Makerere University. As a fellow As a fellow,
I am looking at Institutional training of Residents pathology trainees in
Makerere and compare it their counterpart Yonsei University.
Abbo Kasimo Betty
Medical Officer Special Grade of
Makerere University, Uganda
Mark Oloo
General Surgeon of St. Luke
Medical Centre, Kenya
Dong-Won Kang is a Representative and acting director of Africa Future
Foundation Zimbabwe. He is also a full-time volunteer lecturer at the
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Zimbabwe College
of Health Sciences. He is devoted to assisting the medical society of
Zimbabwe and to helping vulnerable people in the local areas by recruiting
medical and socioeconomic resources. He teaches pharmacology to
college students and post-graduate students in medicine, pharmacy, and
nursing. He was awarded the Missionary Grand Prize Award by Superior
Foundation in 2018 and the Proud Yonsei Alumni Award in 2021. Dong-Won Kang
Representative of Africa Future
Foundation Zimbabwe; Volunteer
Lecturer, Dept. of Clinical
Pharmacology, University of
Zimbabwe, College of Health
Sciences
Jin-Kyong Chun
Medical Director of Africa Future
Foundation Zimbabwe; Volunteer
Lecturer, Dept. of Paediatrics
and Child Health, University of
Zimbabwe, College of Health
Sciences
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SPEAKERBIOGRAPHY
OPENING CEREMONYFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 at 08:00-08:20 KST
DAY2
President Seoung Hwan Suh is the current President of Yonsei University.
After receiving his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in Economics
from Yonsei University, President received his doctorate in Economics
from Princeton University. Since beginning his professorship at Yonsei
University in 1996, he has held various senior administrative positions,
including Chair of the Department of Economics, Director of the
Economic Research Institute, and Vice President for University Planning
and Management.
In particular, President Suh had made significant contributions to
establishing the foundation of Yonsei International Campus in Songdo,
Incheon, which opened in 2011, as Vice President of University Planning
& Development of International Campus during 2006-2012 and Vice
President of the International Campus in 2012. He also served the
Korean government as Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
during 2013-2015.
Seoung Hwan Suh
President of Yonsei University
Kang Kyung-wha is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic
of Korea since June 2017. Most recently, she was Senior Advisor on
Policy to the United Nations Secretary-General. She has held several
high-level positions at the United Nations and Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Korea. She has also served in the Office of the President,
Office of the Speaker of the National Assembly, and has taught at
Sejong University and Cleveland State University. Kang began her
career as a Producer at the English Service Division of Radio Korea,
Korean Broadcasting System. She has won the Special Award at the
11th Annual Korea Women Leaders Awards in 2013, the Service Merit
Medal in 2006, and the Woman of the Year Award by the Korean
National Council of Women in 2006. Kang received her B.A. from
Yonsei University and both her M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication from
the University of Massachusetts.
Heinz Fischer studied law at the University of Vienna, earning a
doctorate in 1961. Apart from being a politician, Fischer also pursued
an academic career and became a professor of Political Science at the
University of Innsbruck.
Fischer served as Minister of Science of the Republic of Austria from
1983 to 1987 and as President of the National Council of Austria
from 1990 to 2002. Between 1992 and 2004 Heinz Fischer was also
Deputy Chairman of the Party of European Social Democrats (PES).
From 1995 to 2002 he was President of the National Fund of the
Republic of Austria for the Victims of National Socialism.
In April 2010, Fischer was re-elected as President of Austria, winning
a second six-year term in office with almost 79% of the votes.
In January 2017 Heinz Fischer was named president to the Board of
the Institute for Human Science and in August 2017 Heinz Fischer
was appointed as co-chairman of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global
Citizens.
Heinz Fischer
the 11th President of Austria & Co-
Chair of BKMC for Global Citizens
Kang, Kyung-wha
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Republic of Korea
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SPEAKERBIOGRAPHY
3Ps(PEACE, PROSPERITY AND PARTNERSHIP)BEYOND SECURITYFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 at 08:20 – 09:00 KST
DAY2Ms. Amina J. Mohammed is the Deputy Secretary-General of the United
Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group.
Prior to her appointment, Ms. Mohammed served as Minister of
Environment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria where she steered the
country’s efforts on climate action and efforts to protect the natural
environment. Ms. Mohammed first joined the United Nations in 2012
as Special Adviser to former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with
the responsibility for post-2015 development planning. She led the
process that resulted in global agreement around the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development and the creation of the Sustainable
Development Goals.
Ms. Mohammed began her career working on the design of schools
and clinics in Nigeria. She served as an advocate focused on increasing
access to education and other social services, before moving into the
public sector, where she rose to the position of adviser to three
successive Presidents on poverty, public sector reform, and sustainable
development.
Amina J. Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-General of the
United Nations (UN)
Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev is the Supreme Commander in Chief
of the Armed Services of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Chairman
of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan, the Chairman of the “Nur
Otan” Party, and the Chairman of the Security Council of the Republic
of Kazakhstan.
He was born on July 6, 1940 in the village of Chemolgan, Kaskelen
District, Almaty region. In 1967, he graduated from the Highest Technical
Educational Institution at the Karaganada Metallurgic Works.
He is a Doctor in Economics, Academician of the National Academy
of the Republic of Kazakhstan, International Academy of Engineering,
Russian Federation Academy of Social Sciences, Honorable Professor
of the Al-Farabi Kazakh State National University, Honorable Member
of the Academy of Science of the Republic of Belarus, Honorable
Professor of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Nursultan AbishevichNazarbayev
the 1st President, Republic of
Kazakhstan
Jim Yong Kim, M.D., Ph.D., is Vice Chairman and Partner at Global
Infrastructure Partners, a fund that invests in infrastructure projects
across several sectors around the world.
From July 2012 to February 2019, Kim served as the 12th President
of the World Bank Group. Soon after he assumed that position, the
organization established two goals to guide its work: to end extreme
poverty by 2030; and to boost shared prosperity, focusing on the
bottom 40 percent of the population in developing countries.
During Kim’s tenure, the World Bank Group supported the development
priorities of countries at levels never seen outside of a financial crisis.
Along with partners, the World Bank achieved two successive, record
replenishments of the institution’s fund for the poorest countries.
The World Bank Group also launched several innovative financial
instruments, including facilities to address infrastructure needs,
prevent pandemics, and help the millions of people forcibly displaced
from their homes by climate shocks, conflict, and violence.
A physician and anthropologist, Kim’s career has revolved around
health, education, and improving the lives of the poor. Before joining
the World Bank Group, he served as the President of Dartmouth
College and held professorships at Harvard Medical School and the
Harvard School of Public Health.
Jim Yong Kim
Vice-Chairman of Global
Infrastructure Partners & the 12th
President of the World Bank
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Kim, Donghoon
Senior Vice President for
Administration & Development at
Yonsei University
SPEAKERBIOGRAPHY
SPEAKERBIOGRAPHY
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Dr. Kim Donghoon is the current Senior Vice President for Administration
and Development of Yonsei University. Prior to this position he was
the Dean of the School of Business at Yonsei University from 2015
to 2017. He previously taught at the State University of New York
at Buffalo between 1989 and 1994. His research interests include
Marketing Strategy, Brand Strategy, Analysis of Brand Choice
Behavior, and Marketing Modeling Long Term.
He received his BA from Yonsei University in 1983, MBA from Columbia
University in 1985, Ph.D from Columbia University in 1989.
Moderator
Iván Duque Márquez, is the 60th President of the Republic of Colombia.
He was born in Bogotá on August 1st, 1976. He received his Lawyer
Degree from the Universidad Sergio Arboleda, where he majored in
philosophy and humanities. He is an expert in economic affairs, with
executive studies in Harvard, and a Masters in Public Policy and Public
Management from Georgetown University and a Masters Degree in
Economic Law from the American University.
He has worked as a columnist and professor. He was Head of the Culture,
Creativity, and Solidarity Division at the Inter-American Development
Bank (IDB), where he worked on social innovation, entrepreneurship,
youth, and creative economies. He acted as consultant to the IDB
presidency and as senior advisor for Colombia.
As a Senator he put forward several Laws of the Republic: the Orange
Law that promotes creative industries and culture as an engine for
development; the Law on Severance Funds, that permits parents use
their severance funds to pre-pay their children’s education and that
of their dependent persons; the Law on Defibrillators, that provides
that all public places and emergency transport be equipped with
resuscitation equipment in Colombia; the Law on “B Companies” that
provides the conditions for creating and establishing commercial
companies of Collective Benefit and Interest; and, is co-author of the
law that extended maternity leave from 14 to 18 weeks.
Iván Duque Márquez
the 60th President,
Republic of Colombia
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Dr Margaret Chan, from the People’s Republic of China, obtained her
medical degree from the University of Western Ontario in Canada.
In 1994, Dr Chan was appointed Director of Health of Hong Kong,
the first woman to hold that position. In her nine-year tenure as
director, she launched new services to prevent the spread of disease
and promote better health. She also introduced new initiatives to
improve communicable disease surveillance and response, enhance
training for public health professionals, and establish better local and
international collaboration. She effectively managed outbreaks of
avian influenza and of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
In 2003, Dr Chan joined WHO as Director of the Department for
Protection of the Human Environment. In June 2005, she was appointed
Director, Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Response as well
as Representative of the Director-General for Pandemic Influenza.
In September 2005, she was named Assistant Director-General for
Communicable Diseases. Dr Chan was elected to the post of Director-
General on 9 November 2006. The Assembly appointed Dr Chan for a
second five-year term at its sixty-fifth session in May 2012. Dr Chan’s
last term began on 1 July 2012 and ended on 30 June 2017.
On 2 April 2020, Dr Chan was appointed as inaugural Dean of Vanke
School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, China.
Dr. Momen is the current Foreign Minister of the Government of the
People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
A dynamic diplomat, Dr. Momen, himself was elected to different
positions of the United Nations and its Agencies including Vice
President of the UNGA (2013-14), President of UNICEF Executive
Board (2010-11), Chair of the Second Committee (2011-12), Vice
President of the ECOSOC (2011-12), Chair of LDC Group (2009-10
and 2015).
Dr. Momen was elected as the Member of Parliament from Sylhet-1
Constituency at the 11th National Election held on 30 December 2018.
Currently, he is assigned as the Foreign Minister of the Government of
the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen earned his PhD in Economics and MBA in
Business Administration from the Northeastern University (Boston).
He also earned an MPA in Public Administration, Public Policy and
International Economics from the Harvard University, a bachelor’s
degree in Law, an MA in Development Economics and a BA (Honors)
from the University of Dhaka.
Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center for
Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed
the Earth Institute from 2002 until 2016. He is also President of the UN
Sustainable Development Solutions Network and a commissioner of
the UN Broadband Commission for Development. He has been advisor
to three United Nations Secretaries-General, and currently serves as an
SDG Advocate under Secretary General António Guterres. He spent over
twenty years as a professor at Harvard University, where he received
his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees. He has authored numerous bestseller
books. His most recent book is The Ages of Globalization: Geography,
Technology, and Institutions (2020). Sachs was twice named as one of
Time magazine’s 100 most influential world leaders and was ranked by
The Economist among the top three most influential living economists.
Maria Castillo Fernandez, European diplomat/official of Spanish nationality,
now Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Korea,
previously EU Ambassador in Malaysia from 2016-2020, Head of Division
for India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh since September 2012 at the
European External Action Service of the European Union, in charge of
managing and coordinating the European Union's overall relations with
these South Asian countries as well as with the South Asia Association
for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
Ms Castillo completed postgraduate studies in European law, economics
and international relations with two masters, one at the College of Europe
(Bruges, Belgium) and a second at the Institute of European Studies
(Strasbourg, France) following a degree in law from the Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).
SPEAKERBIOGRAPHY
Maria CASTILLO-FERNANDEZ
EU Ambassador to Republic of
Korea
Margaret Chan
the 7th Director-General of the
World Health
Organization (WHO)
Jeffrey David Sachs
University Professor of
Columbia University
A. K. Abdul Momen
Foreign Minister of Government
of the People’s Republic of
Bangladesh
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SPEAKERBIOGRAPHY
LEAVING NO ONE BEHINDIN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLDFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 at 10:40-11:10 KST
DAY2
In April 2019, Mr. Ban was elected as the Chairman of Presidential
National Council on Climate and Air Quality (NCCA). In April 2018, Mr.
Ban was elected as the Chairman of Boao Forum for Asia. In January
2018, Mr. Ban, along with former President of Austria Mr. Heinz
Fischer, were inducted as Co-Chairs of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for
Global Citizens in Vienna, Austria. Mr. Ban Ki-moon was also elected
as Chairman of IOC Ethics Committee in September 2017. Currently,
he is the Distinguished Chair Professor and Honorary Chairman at the
Institute of Global Engagement & Empowerment at Yonsei University
in Seoul, Korea.
Prior to these appointments, Mr. Ban served two consecutive terms
as the Secretary General of the United Nations (2007-2016).
Throughout his tenure at the UN, Mr. Ban strove to be a bridge builder,
to give voice to the world’s poorest and the most vulnerable people,
and to make the Organization more transparent and effective. He
successfully pressed for action to combat climate change - an effort
that culminated in the adoption and rapid entry into the landmark
Paris Agreement in 2016. Mr. Ban worked closely with member states
of the UN to shape the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and
to establish UN Women, which has been advancing the Organization’s
work for gender equality and women’s empowerment.
At the time of his appointment at the UN, Mr. Ban was the Minister of
Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea.
Mr. Ban received a bachelor’s degree in international relations from
Seoul National University in 1970. He earned a master’s degree in
public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government
at Harvard University in 1985.
Ms. Angelina Jolie is currently a Special Envoy for UNHCR.
After years of dedicated service to UNHCR and the cause of
refugees, Angelina Jolie was appointed Special Envoy in April 2012.
In her expanded role, Jolie focuses on major crises that result in mass
population displacements, undertaking advocacy and representing
UNHCR and the High Commissioner at the diplomatic level. She
also engages with decision-makers on global displacement issues.
Through this work, she has helped contribute to the vital process of
finding solutions for people forced to flee their homes.
Jolie previously represented UNHCR as a Goodwill Ambassador
from 2001-2012. She has worked tirelessly, carrying out over 50
field missions and becoming an influential advocate on refugee and
displacement matters.
Ban Ki-moon
the 8th United Nations Secretary-
General & Honorary Chair of IGEE
Angelina Jolie
UNHCR Special Envoy
Rae Kwon Chung
Former Ambassador for Climate
Change, Republic of Korea
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Rae Kwon Chung is a member of the Presidential Council on Climate and
Air Quality, Board Director for Climate and Energy of the Ban Ki-moon
Foundation and Chairman of the International Award Committee of the
Global Energy Prize established by the President of Russia.
He is also currently adviser to the Chairman of the High-Level Experts
and Leadership Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP), which reports to
the UN Secretary-General.
Previously, he was the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea for Climate
Change and also served as Principal Advisor to the UN Secretary-
General and as Director for Environment and Development for the
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(UN ESCAP). Rae Kwon Chung is currently adviser to the Chairman of
the High-Level Experts and Leadership Panel on Water and Disasters
(HELP), which reports to the UN Secretary-General. He also served as
professor emeritus at the Incheon Institute for Convergence Science and
Technology, working on climate change solutions.
He studied at the Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul/Korea and at the
Georgetown University in Washington/DC in the USA.
Moderator
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Dr. Tae Yong Jung is currently a professor at the GSIS and Director of
Research Center for Global Sustainability in Yonsei University. Before
he joined GSIS, He was a professor at the KDI School of Public Policy
& Management. Prior to the KDI School, he was a Principal Climate
Change Specialist at the Asian Development Bank. He was seconded
to the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) located in the Republic
of Korea as the Deputy Executive Director. Before ADB, he was
working at the World Bank as a senior energy economist. He was also
formerly the Project Leader in Climate Policy Project at the Institute
for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) of Japan and Senior Fellow
and Director at Korea Energy Economics Institute. Educated at Seoul
National University (BA) and at Rutgers, The State University of New
Jersey (MA and Ph.D.), he was a Visiting Researcher at the US National
Energy Laboratory, the Joint Global Change Research Institute,
University of Maryland and a Joint Research Fellow at the National
Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), and a Visiting Fellow at
Kyoto University Japan.
Dr. Jooyoung Kwak is currently a professor at the School of Business
at Yonsei University. She is currently a research fellow at the Institute
for Global Engagement and Empowerment (Ban Ki-moon Center) in
Yonsei University, Vice Director of Institute of Language Research and
Education. Further, she is affiliated with consulting and advisory services
at the expert group at Korea Institute of International Economic Policy,
as an advisory member to the Minister and performance reviewer at
the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Energy, as a member of Presidential
Committee for Policy and Planning, and as a member of dispute
settlement committee of Korea Trade Insurance Corporation. Educated at
Seoul National University (BA, Master of Economics) and Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (Ph.D), she was a visiting scholar at the Chinese
Academy of Sciences
SPEAKERBIOGRAPHY
Tae Yong Jung
Professor and Director,
Center for Global Sustainability,
Yonsei University
Jooyoung Kwak
Professor of School of Business,
Yonsei University
Tae In Park is an Academic-Industrial Cooperation Professor at Seoul
National University College of Medicine, where he strives to develop
a global curriculum on digital health and biomedical informatics. He
manages international cooperation and coordination efforts at the
University’s Medical Big Data Research Center. Dr. Park is a public
administration scholar equipped with over ten years of professional
experience in localizing sustainable development agendas, most
notably in the education and tourism sectors. He previously served
as the Director of the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s
poverty eradication initiative.
Dr. Park has conducted extensive field research in Asia and Africa,
including Ethiopia and South Sudan. His broad research interests
are in domestic and international dimensions of good and bad
governance in developing countries. He focuses on state fragility,
pracademic expertise, and its value to higher education for sustainable
development. Between 2014 and 2017, he was the Executive
Secretary of the Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA).
He now serves as the Chair of the Study Group on Collaborative and
Deliberative Governance at the AAPA.
Prior to joining Seoul National University, Dr. Park was a Research
Professor at the Institute for Global Engagement & Empowerment at
Yonsei University, where he managed the strategic vision and financial
mobilization of the annual Global Engagement & Empowerment
Forum on Sustainable Development (GEEF). He also taught at Yonsei
University and its Graduate School of International Studies. He is a
Korean national and holds a PhD in Public Administration from Yonsei
University and a M.A. in Governance and Development from the
University of Sussex.
Tae In Park
Academic-Industrial Cooperation
Professor of Seoul National
University
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Kim Sook
Chairman of the Strategic
Planning and Coordination
Committee, NCCA
SPEAKERBIOGRAPHY
Ms Eunhae Jeong is currently a director of green transformation policy
at the Ministry of Environment, Government of Republic of Korea.
She recently coordinated the establishment of Korea’s Sustainable
Development Plan and is keen on making policies to make synergies
between the SDGs and Climate Actions. She worked for the Korean
government over two decades in the various posts in the Ministry of
Environment, Office of the President and the Presidential Committee
on Sustainable Development. She actively engaged in international
discourse in the field of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and
Biodiversity. She worked for the United Nations Office for Sustainable
Development of U.N Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
for four years as Senior Development Management Expert. During her
time at the UNOSD, she led various capacity development activities to
assist countries’ implementation of internationally agreed Sustainable
Development Goals in applying integrated approaches for envisioning,
planning, implementing and monitoring national development plans
and strategies. She served as a Council member of Global Environment
Facility from 2011 to 2012.
Eunhae Jeong
Director of Green Transformation
Policy, Ministry of Environment,
Republic of Korea
Mr. Bernard Woods is responsible for coordinating ADB's work on the
Sustainable Development Goals including strategic communications, the
corporate results framework, the Development Effectiveness Review
publications and results communications, support for results management
across ADB, and liaising with multilateral and bilateral partners.
Prior to being Director, Mr. Woods was a Principal Urban Development
Specialist in the Urban and Social Sectors Division (EASS) of ADB's East
Asia Department. Mr. Woods joined ADB in 2012 as a Principal Results
Management Specialist in the Results Management Unit of the Strategy
and Policy Department. Before joining ADB Mr. Woods was a Partner
and co-owner of Goss Gilroy Inc, a mid-sized management consulting
firm based in Canada. He has also coordinated one of the Aga Khan
Foundation’s largest programs and managed the office of Cowater
International in Pakistan.
Mr. Woods holds a Masters in Public Administration (Development) from
Carleton University in Canada and Bachelor degrees in Political Science
(International Relations) and Social and Economic Development Studies.
Bernard Woods
Director of Strategy & Planning
Department,
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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Ambassador Kim Sook served with more than thirty-five years of experience
in foreign service and intelligence, with key postings in Washington, D.C.,
New York, New Delhi, San Francisco, Toronto, and within the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in Korea. He is well regarded for his expertise
in Korea-US relations, Inter-Korean relations and the North Korean
nuclear issue.
Ambassador Kim most recently served as the Permanent Representative
of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations
from July 2011 to September 2013.
KIM received his education at Seoul National University, and has joined
the South Korean diplomatic service since 1978. He has held a variety
of diplomatic positions in the United States, Canada, and India. In May
2011, KIM became South Korea’s Permanent Representative to the
United Nations. KIM was also the President of the United Nations Security
Council in February 2014. From 2014-15, KIM has served as a Fellow at
the Asia-Pacific Research Center at the renowned Stanford University.
Junichi Fujino recently joined IGES as Principal Researcher and Senior
Coordinator for Urban Taskforce, IGES since this April 2016. He also
serves as Senior Researcher, NIES and one of the main members to
develop the Asia-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM) to assess policy options
for stabilizing global climate. He was lead author of IPCC Special Report
on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN).
Recently he is serving as a member of joint committee on Japanese INDC
(Intended Nationally Determined Contributions) under MOEJ and METI,
as well as an advisory committee member of “FutureCity” initiatives
(Cabinet Office, Japan). He also joins Iitate village (where has suffered
severe damage by nuclear accidents regarding the Great East Japan
Earthquake, in Fukushima) revitalization planning committee since
August 2011. He received his B.S/M.S/Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
from the University of Tokyo. He has joined UNFCCC/COP process as NGO
since COP11 and nowadays visited many Asian countries/cities to make
LCS happens. He is senior advisor to ICLEI Japan.
Junichi FUJINO
Programme Director of Institute
for Global Environmental
Strategies (IGES), Japan
Moderator
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SPEAKERBIOGRAPHY
Patrick Verkooijen is the CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA),
an international organization hosted by the Netherlands to act as the
solutions broker for accelerating adaptation action.
Prof. Verkooijen holds a PhD in Sustainable Development Diplomacy from
Wageningen University in close collaboration with the Fletcher School
of Law and Diplomacy, holds an MPA from Harvard University, and a
Master’s Degree in Social and Political Philosophy from the University of
Amsterdam.
Prof. Verkooijen is Chair of the Ban Ki-moon Climate Adaptation Programme
at the University of Groningen and Professor of Practice of Sustainable
Development Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
at Tufts University. He was previously the Special Representative for
Climate Change amongst other high-profile roles at the World Bank
which focused on climate-smart agriculture, carbon pricing, natural
capital accounting, and access to finance for indigenous people and local
communities. Prior to the World Bank, Verkooijen worked for the UN as
part of its humanitarian response in Darfur and various positions in the
Netherlands government.
Dr. Soogil Young is currently Chairman of the UN Sustainable Development
Solutions Network (SDSN) Korea as well as an emeritus member of
the UN SDSN Leadership Council. He currently serves on the board of
advisors for the National Council on Climate and Air Quality, while also co-
directing a project on “Priority Transformations for SDGs Achievement”
for the Korea Development Institute (KDI).
Dr. Young is a senior economist of with a distinguished career since the early
1980s, advising the Korean government on the country’s development
and international challenges based at the Korea Development Institute
(KDI) as a senior fellow (1981-1993), and subsequently, as president of
the Korea Transport Institute (KOTI), the Korea Institute for International
Economic Policy (KIEP) and the National Strategy Institute (NSI) each.
Also served as the Republic of Korea’s Ambassador to the OECD (1998-
2000) where he also served as the chairman of the Advisory Council on
the Development Centre.
A graduate of Seoul National University with a BSc in Chemical
Engineering (1967) and of the Johns Hopkins University with a Ph.D. in
economics (1978).
Dr. Bindu N. Lohani was Vice-President of the Asian Development Bank
(ADB) for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development until
June 2015. Prior to that, Dr. Lohani was Vice-President (Finance and
Administration) of ADB. He was The Secretary of the ADB Board, Director
General of Regional Sustainable Development and Chief Compliance
Officer. He was also the Chair of the Investment Committee of ADB
Pension Fund.
Dr. Lohani has several years of experience and expertise in infrastructure
projects development and financing ( clean energy, transport, urban
and water sectors), sustainable development and sustainability issues
(especially in environment and climate change matters). Dr. Lohani
holds a Doctoral degree in Environmental Engineering. He is an elected
member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) of United States,
a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. He
has been awarded “ Lifetime Achievement Award” by Nepal Engineer’s
Association and China Green Award. He was inducted to “AIT Hall of
Fame” in 2019 (received from The HRH Princess of Thailand).
After the legislative elections of 14 October 2018, Jean Asselborn
was appointed Minister of Foreign and European Affairs and Minister
of Immigration and Asylum on 5 December 2018 in the coalition
government formed by the DP, the LSAP and déi gréng. As of July 2004,
Jean Asselborn represents the Luxembourg government in the Council
configurations "Foreign Affairs" and "General Affairs" of the Council of
the European Union. Jean Asselborn is currently the longest-serving
minister among the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the European Union.
Jean Asselborn launched his professional career in a Uniroyal laboratory
in 1967. During this time, he became actively involved in the trade union
movement and was elected youth representative of the Federation of
Luxembourg Workers (Lëtzebuerger Aarbechterverband), the precursor
to the current OGBL trade union. In 1968, Jean Asselborn joined the
municipal administration of the City of Luxembourg, but he returned to
Steinfort in 1969, also to work as a civil servant. Upon obtaining his final
secondary school diploma, Jean Asselborn became the administrator
of the Intercommunal Hospital of Steinfort (Hôpital intercommunal de
Steinfort) in 1976, a position he held until 2004.
In December 2010, Jean Asselborn was awarded the Grand Cross of
the Order of Merit (Großkreuz des Verdienstordens) of the Federal
Republic of Germany. In October 2013, he was appointed Commander of
the National Order of the Legion of Honour (ordre national de la Légion
d’honneur) of the French Republic.
Patrick V. Verkooijen
CEO of Global Center on
Adaptation
Soogil Young
Chairman of SDSN Korea
Bindu N. Lohani
Chairman of Board,
Clean Air Asia, Philippines
Jean Asselborn
Minister of Foreign and European
Affairs, Luxembourg
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GEEF (Global Engagement & Empowerment Forum on Sustainable Development)
HonoraryChair
Ban Ki-moon Honorary Chair of IGEE at Yonsei University (the 8th Secretary-General of United Nations)
Heinz Fischer Co-Chair of Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens (the 11th President of Austria)
Chair Seoung Hwan Suh President of Yonsei University
Vice Chair Young-Ryeol Park Professor and Chair, IGEE at Yonsei University
Shinki An Professor and Director, Yonsei Institute for Global Health, Yonsei University Health System
Director In Han Song Professor and Director, Ban Ki-moon Center for International Cooperation, Yonsei University
AssociateDirector
Sang Chul Yoon Professor, Dept. of Humanities and Social Medicine, College of Medicine,
Yonsei University
FeaturedSessionsChair
Semee Yoon Professor, Underwood International College, Yonsei University
ExecutiveCommittee
SteeringCommittee &SDGProfessors Administrative
Committee
Advisory Committee
Eunkyoung Kim Provost, Yonsei University
Dong-Sup Yoon Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs, Yonsei University
Donghoon Kim Senior Vice President for Administration and Development, Yonsei University
Yeon seob Ha Senior Vice President of International Campus, Yonsei University
Myung-Joong Kwon Chancellor of Mirae Campus of Yonsei University
Woo Taek Kim Senior Vice President for Research Affairs, Yonsei University
Kabsung Kim Vice President, Office of University Planning and Development
Yeonho Lee Vice President, Office of External Affairs and Development
Sunku Hahn Vice President Office of International Affairs, Yonsei University
Chulsoo Lee Vice President, Office of General Affairs
Kang Young Lee Director, Division of Planning and Coordination, Yonsei University Health System
Shinki An Professor and Director, Yonsei Institute for Global Health, Yonsei University Health System
Paul Choi Professor, Medical Mission Center, Yonsei Institute for Global Health,
Yonsei University Health System
Younah Kang Professor, Underwood International College, Yonsei University
Tae Yong Jung Professor and Director, Center for Global Sustainability, Yonsei University
Moon Kyu Kim Professor and Director, Center for Global Development of Yonsei Institute
for Global Health, Yonsei University Health System
JeongGil Ko Professor, School of Integrated Technology, Yonsei University
Jooyoung Kwak Professor, School of Business, Yonsei University
Keeheon Lee Professor, Underwood International College, Yonsei University
Chin Pak Professor and Director, Medical Mission Center, Yonsei Institute for Global Health,
Yonsei University Health System
In Han Song (Chair), Professor and Director, Ban Ki-moon Center for International Cooperation,
Yonsei University
Sang Chul Yoon (Deputy Chair), Professor, Dept. of Humanities and Social Medicine,
College of Medicine, Yonsei University
Semee Yoon (Deputy Chair), Professor, Underwood International College, Yonsei University
Changsoon Kwak Team Leader, IGEE at Yonsei University
Song, Dong Woo Team Leader, Office of General Affairs (Dispatch)
Dong-hyun Lee Manager, IGEE at Yonsei University
Wookjin Shin Coordinator, IGEE at Yonsei University
Hayoung Choi Media Consultant, IGEE at Yonsei University (Fleishman-Hillard dispatch)
Seunghyun Lee Severance Academy, Yonsei University Health System (Dispatch)
Yeojin Kwon Underwood International College, Yonsei University
Mijin Kim Underwood International College, Yonsei University
Hyungkun Park Graduate School of Business, Yonsei University
Sujeong Yu Graduate School of Social Welfare, Yonsei University
Seonghui Yoon Underwood International College, Yonsei University
Youjin Lee Underwood International College, Yonsei University
Sungha Jo Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University
Heejung Choi Graduate School of Business, Yonsei University
Cindy Xinying Ou Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University
Kim Sook Chairman of the Strategic Planning and Coordination Committee, NCCA
Kim Bong Hyun Former President, Jeju Peace Institute
Choi Sung-ju Head of International Cooperation, Ban Ki-moon Foundation For a Better Future
Yvonne Park President, FleishmanHillard Korea
Monika Froehler CEO, Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens
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