Science for diplomacy and diplomacy for science are key to selling cooperation amongst states and addressing world points. This was the spotlight of the lecture of Dr. Jin Park, former minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Korea and invited chair professor on the Graduate School of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
Park’s lecture, “Science Diplomacy and the Future of Korea-Philippines Partnership,” was held April 28, on-line through Zoom and on website on the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. The occasion was co-organized by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, UP Korea Research Center, and AC.
In his lecture, Park shared his insights on the longer term route of cooperation between the Philippines and ROK. He outlined precedence areas for cooperation between the 2 international locations. These have been: synthetic intelligence and digital transformation, significantly within the discipline of training; biology and healthcare, which embrace joint analysis on and manufacturing of vaccines and the event of digital healthcare platforms; local weather change response via the usage of renewable vitality; marine useful resource administration and marine safety; and academic cooperation via pupil alternate applications.