“2050 Future Outlook Forecast & Strategy Forum” to be Held on May 21
Seeking Sustainable Transformation Solutions within the Era of Multiple Crises
A discussion board will probably be held to debate Korea’s nationwide technique for 2050 in preparation for the period of ‘a number of crises,’ during which synthetic intelligence (AI) transition, the local weather disaster, demographic adjustments, and world technological hegemony competitors are all occurring concurrently.
The Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP) introduced that, along with the Moon Soul Graduate School of Future Strategy on the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), it is going to maintain the “2050 Future Outlook Forecast & Strategy Forum” at 1:30 p.m. on May 21 on the Melon Hall, EL Tower, Seocho-gu, Seoul.

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This discussion board will probably be held beneath the theme “Designing a Sustainable Future in the Era of Multiple Crises.” The discussions will give attention to connecting future outlooks to nationwide methods and insurance policies in a context the place a number of complicated crises, equivalent to world technological hegemony competitors, the local weather disaster, demographic adjustments, and AI·digital transformation, are unfolding concurrently.
Shin Dongpyeong, Director of the Technology Foresight Center at KISTEP, will current the principle outcomes of the primary yr of the seventh Science and Technology Foresight Survey on the subject “2050 Megatrends and Future Vision.” Director Shin plans to stipulate 5 main megatrends: social change and worth diversification; AI·digital transformation and technological innovation; demographic change and transition to a shrinking society; the local weather disaster and sustainability; and uncertainties within the world order.
Following this, consultants from every subject will current their core visions for Korea’s future technique for 2050. Yoon Junghyun, Research Fellow on the Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS), will tackle nationwide, financial, and technological safety methods. Bae Soonmin, Co-Chair of the AI Future Forum on the Korean Association of Scientists and Engineers, will current a human-centered AI·digital transformation technique.
Lee Sanglim, Senior Researcher on the Population Policy Research Center of Seoul National University, will current response methods to demographic change and the transition to a shrinking society. Park Yongjin, Head of the Division at KIS Pricing, will focus on methods for transitioning to a resilient society within the period of the local weather disaster. Park Byungwon, Senior Research Fellow on the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI), will suggest inclusive approaches to social integration to handle polarization and declining belief ensuing from technological development.
The panel dialogue will probably be chaired by Seo Yongseok, Professor on the Moon Soul Graduate School of Future Strategy at KAIST. Participants embody Jung Jibeom, Professor at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST); Cho Sanggeun, Associate Research Professor on the National Future Strategy Technology Policy Research Institute at KAIST; Ryu Hyunsook, Senior Research Fellow on the Korea Institute of Public Administration; and Kim Dohun, CEO of Ars Praxia. They will focus on inter-ministerial coverage coordination, strengthening nationwide technique primarily based on science and expertise, and the stability between technological innovation and social integration.
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Hwang Jiho, Vice President and Acting President of KISTEP, acknowledged, “Future outlooks should go beyond simple predictions and be linked to national strategy and policy. I hope this forum will serve as a venue for discussions to design a sustainable future for Korea.”
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