South Korea Appoints 20 Experts to Top Science and Technology Advisory Council

President Lee Jae-myung presides over the primary plenary assembly of the Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology on the Yongsan Presidential Office on August 22 final 12 months. The Presidential Office Photo Press Corps, Courtesy of Yonhap News

Twenty distinguished students and specialists from business, academia, and analysis will advise on nationwide science and know-how growth methods and deliberate on main coverage points for the following 12 months.

The Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology introduced on the twenty seventh that it had appointed 20 private-sector members for the primary time period of the Lee Jae-myung administration on the twenty sixth.

The Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology is the very best decision-making physique within the science and know-how sector, chaired by the President. It is accountable for advising on S&T growth methods and deliberating on key agendas such because the allocation of the nationwide R&D finances. The time period is for one 12 months, from February 26, 2026, to February 25, 2027.

The newly appointed private-sector members encompass 10 advisory members and 10 deliberative members. They are composed of main students and specialists within the fields of nationwide strategic applied sciences, primary science, and expertise growth. To strengthen coverage linkage with the strategic know-how committees straight beneath the President, Shin Jin-woo of the National AI Strategy Committee and Ji Seung-wook of the National Bio Committee have been appointed as deliberative members.

The advisory members are: △Kim Bok-chul, Distinguished Professor on the Korea Research & Development Human Resources Development Institute (KIRD) △Park Seong-dong, CEO of Space Park △Shin Min-soo, Professor within the School of Business at Hanyang University △Yoon Eui-jun, President of the National Academy of (*20*) of Korea △Yoon Jin-hee, Professor within the Department of Physics at Inha University △Lee Seung-ryeol, Research Fellow at Seoul National University of Science and Technology △Lee Joon-young, Professor within the School of Chemical (*20*) at Sungkyunkwan University △Chang Byung-tak, Professor within the Department of Computer Science and (*20*) at Seoul National University △Ho Won-kyung, Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University College of Medicine.

The deliberative members are: △Koo Bon-kyoung, Director of the Center for Genome (*20*) on the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) △Kim Sung-pyo, Professor within the School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural (*20*) at Korea University △Kim Hee-jung, Group Leader at Samsung Heavy Industries △Boo Gyeong-ho, Professor within the School of Energy (*20*) at Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH) △Sung Eun-ha, Head of the Patent Department at CHA Medical Center △Shin Jin-woo, Distinguished Professor of ICT at KAIST △Ji Seung-wook, Director of the AI Biotherapeutics Research Center on the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) △Choi Eun-young, Professor within the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Seoul National University △Han Jae-heung, Professor within the Department of Aerospace (*20*) at KAIST △Hong Seong-joo, Senior Research Fellow on the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI).

Following the appointment of Vice-Chair Lee Kyung-soo, who started his time period final December, the formation of the first-term council is now full, and it’s anticipated to begin its actions in earnest.