9:15 – 9:25 AM | Welcoming Remarks
John Hamre, President and CEO, and Langone Chair in American Leadership, CSIS
Lee Geun, President, The Korea Foundation
9:25 – 9:40 AM | Keynote Address (Video Remarks)
Wang Yunjong, Secretary to the President for Economic Security
9:45 – 10:15 AM | Keynote Address
Daniel J. Kritenbrink, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Moderator:
Mark Lippert, Senior Advisor (non-resident), CSIS Korea Chair; Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
10:20 – 11:35 AM | SESSION I: The Biden-Yoon Summit and Korea’s Pivot to Regional Leadership
Moderator:
Mark Lippert, Senior Advisor (non-resident), CSIS Korea Chair; Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
Panelists:
Victor Cha, Senior Vice President and Korea Chair, CSIS; Vice Dean and D.S. Song KF Professor of Government, Georgetown University
Ma Sangyoon, Professor of International Relations, Catholic University of Korea; Former Director-General for Strategy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Robert Rapson, Former Charge d'Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Seoul
Yoon Youngkwan, Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea
11:40 – 12:55 PM | SESSION II: Normalization of Korea-Japan Relations
Moderator:
Yoon Youngkwan, Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea
Panelists:
Choi Eunbong, Professor, Ewha Womans University
Ellen Kim, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Korea Chair
Sheila Smith, John E. Merow Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Sohn Yul, Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University; President, East Asia Institute
12:55 – 1:30 PM | Luncheon
1:30 – 2:45 PM | SESSION III: Economic Security and Korea's Trade Agenda
Moderator:
Victor Cha, Senior Vice President and Korea Chair, CSIS; Vice Dean and D.S. Song KF Professor of Government, Georgetown University
Panelists:
Robert Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Choi Seokyoung, Senior Advisor, Lee & Ko; Former ROK ambassador for economy and trade; Former Ambassador to the UN and the WTO in Geneva
Clara Gillispie, Senior Advisor, National Bureau of Asian Research
Lee Hyoyoung, Professor, Korea National Diplomatic Academy
2:45 – 2:55 PM | Closing Remarks
Lee Geun, President, The Korea Foundation
This signature event will be co-hosted with the Korea Foundation, a leading organization of Korea's international exchange and public policy initiative.
