The 11^thKorean-German Forum

 

l  Forum Agenda

Session 1: Financial Crisis, its Regional Impact and Cooperation

Session 2: Policy Agenda for Upcoming Elections and Democratic Governance

Session 3: Break-outSessions [three sessions taking place concurrently]

ü  Energy and Energy Diplomacy

ü  Gender and Innovation in Higher Education

ü  Social Security System and Reunification; Past, Present and Future

 

Wednesday October 10, 2012

18:30-            Welcoming Dinner

hosted by WoosangKIM (President of the Korea Foundation)

Welcoming Remarks

§   Woosang KIM (President of the Korea Foundation)

§   Sangpyo KIM (Vice Governor of Gangwon Province)

Responding Remarks

§   Hartmut KOSCHYK (Member of the German Parliament and

Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal

Ministry of Finance; Chairman of the German-

Korean Forum)

 

                                                                                                   Thursday October 11, 2012

 

08:30-09:00    Registration

                    Opening Session

 

09:00-09:30   Opening Remarks

 

§  Woosang KIM (President of the Korea Foundation)

§  Hartmut KOSCHYK (Member of the German Parliament and

                          Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal

Ministry of Finance; Chairman of the German-

Korean Forum)

 

Congratulatory Remarks

§  Hakjoon KIM (President of Northeast Asian History Foundation)

§  Kyong-lim CHOI (Deputy Minister for FTA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

and Trade) 

Welcoming Remarks

§  Jong Kuk HWANG (Mayor of Goseong-county)

09:30-09:50    Keynote Speech

§   Sun-Uk KIM (President of Ewha Womans University)

09:50-10:00    Overview - Germany today

§   Theo SOMMER (Editor at large of Die Zeit)

10:00-10:10    Overview - Korea today

§   Kwangjack PARK (Professor Emeritus of Economics at SungKyunKwan University)

10:10-10:30    Tape-cutting ceremony

All participants are invited to participate in the tape-cutting ceremony for “Special Exhibition on Unification of Germany” organized by the DMZ Museum.

 

10:30-12:30    Session 1: Financial Crisis, its Regional Impact and Cooperation

The topic covers the financial crisis currently sweeping Europe and being expected to spread out to the other parts of the world. The causes of the crisis and its impacts on regional economy, and possible solutions and cooperation will be discussed.

 

Chair

§   Werner PASCHA (Professor at University of Duisburg, Essen)

Presenters

§   Hartmut KOSCHYK (Member of the German Parliament and

Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance; Chairman of the German-

Korean Forum)

§  DeokRyong YOON (Senior Research Fellow at KIEP)  

12:30-14:00    Luncheon

hosted by Sangpyo KIM (Vice Governor of Gangwon Province)

 

14:00-16:00   Session 2: Policy Agenda for Upcoming Elections and Democratic

Governance

Korean speaker discusses the major campaign issues, prospects, and political implications of the 2012 Korean Presidential election and German speaker focuses on the political agenda of the 2013 Bundestag elections and their political implications.

 

Chair

§   Yong-Ik KIM (Member of the ROK National Assembly)

Presenters

§   Stefan MÜLLER (Member of the German Parliament; Chairman

of the German-Korean Parliamentary Friendship Group)

§   Hakjoon KIM (President of Northeast Asian History Foundation)

16:00-16:30    Coffee break

16:30-18:30    Session 3(Break-out Sessions)

 

*The following three sessions take place concurrently.

 

3-1Energy and Energy Diplomacy

This session explores energy and foreign policy aspects of the two countries’ energy supplies: Germany and Korea are both close neighbors to Russia. Germany has long been dependent on Russian gas supplies, whilst Russia is planning to expand its gas export markets by building a pipeline to the Korean Peninsula.

Chair

§   Patrick KÖLLNER (Director of the Institute of Asian Studies, GIGA)

Presenters

§   Volker DEVILLE (Executive Vice President of Allianz S.E.)

§   YoungSeok MOON (Vice President of KEEI)

 

3-2Gender and Innovationin Higher Education

National University Network System and half-priced university tuition policy are emerging as important campaign agendas in the Korean elections.  Germany is pursuing cooperation with European universities and reformation of the German universities to enhance the excellence of their education. Gender in higher education has also been an important topic of interest to universities in both countries, and will need to be incorporated into the new innovation schemes.

Chair

§   Key-Young SUNG (KBS Announcer)

Presenters

§   Barbara HÖLL (Member of the German Parliament; Member of      

the German-Korean Parliamentary Friendship Group)

§   Kisuk CHO (Professor at Ewha Womans University, Graduate School of International Studies)

 

3-3Social Security System and Reunification; Past, Present and Future

German speaker discusses the role of social insurance system in the process of reunification as well as current trend and development since the reunification and Korean speaker focuses on potential scenarios after a possible reunification of the Korean Peninsula. Gender mainstreaming in social security needs to be discussed in both countries.

Chair

§  Seungdok KOH (Vice Chairman of International Democratic Union)

Presenters

§  Marlies VOLKMER (Executive Vice President of Allianz S.E)

§   Jae-Hoon JUNG (Professor at Departmentof Social Welfare, Seoul

Women’s University)

 

18:30-       Dinner

hosted by Young-Jin KIM (President of Handok Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.;

President of Korean-German Association)

  

 Friday, October 12, 2012

 

09:30-11:30    Wrap-up Session

 

Co-Chair

§   EunMee KIM (Dean and Professor at Ewha Womans University,

Graduate School of International Studies)

§   Hartmut KOSCHYK (Member of the German Parliament and

Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal

Ministry of Finance; Chairman of the German-

Korean Forum)

 

12:00-12:30    ClosingSession

 

Closing Remarks

§  Nam-jin ZEON (Executive Vice President of the Korea Foundation)

§  Hartmut KOSCHYK (Member of the German Parliament and

                          Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal

Ministry of Finance; Chairman of the German-

Korean Forum)

 

12:30-14:00    Luncheon

14:00-17:00    Cultural Tour of Goseong region

- DMZ Museum

- Unification Observatory

- Hwajinpo Lake (Kim IlSeong’s summer house)

- Geonbong Temple                                      

 

18:00-            Dinner

 

 Saturday, October 13, 2012

  

08:30-09:00    Hotel Check-out

09:00-12:00    Goseong→Seoul

12:00-12:30    Campus tour of Ewha Womans University

12:30-14:30    Luncheon

hosted by Sun-Uk KIM (President of Ewha Womans University)

Venue

§   President’s Residenceof Ewha Womans University

14:30-20:00    German-Korean Junior Forum at Ewha Womans University

 

Congratulatory Remarks

§   Hartmut KOSCHYK (Member of the German Parliament, Parliamentary

State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance;

Chairman of the German-Korean Forum)

Special Lecturer

§   Gerhard Thiedmann (Ambassador of German Embassy, Pyeongyang)