With the next inter-Korean summit and Xi Jinping-Kim Jong Un meeting scheduled for September, the Belfer Center’s Korea Working Group will be convening a special Seoul Forum for International Affairs (SFIA) - Harvard Track II dialogue on Friday, September 28. This public event will highlight insights from former senior practitioners and leading experts from the Republic of Korea and the United States.
The co-organizers of this event are the Seoul Forum for International Affairs, Harvard Belfer Center’s Korea Working Group, and Harvard Korea Institute’s Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs
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Agenda
9:30 AM Welcome Remarks by ROK Consul General Kim Yong-hyon
9:35 AM Keynote Speech by Prof. Yoon Young-kwan (Professor Emeritus of Seoul National University, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs)
9:50 AM Panel 1: “North Korean Denuclearization and Peace Building on the Korean Peninsula”
Chair: Dr. John Park (Director, Korea Working Group, HKS)
ROK Speaker: Prof. Kim Sung-han (Professor of Korea University, Former Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs)
U.S. Speaker: Dr. Gary Samore (Senior Fellow, HKS)
10:50 AM Coffee Break
11:00 AM Panel 2: “Northeast Asian Security Environment and Regional Multilateral Security Regime”
Chair: Prof. Chung Jae Ho (Professor of Seoul National University, Head of the Program Committee, SFIA)
ROK Speaker: Prof. Lee Shin-wha (Professor of Korea University, Head of the Research Committee, SFIA)
U.S. Speaker: Dr. Patricia Kim (Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations)
12:00 PM Closing Remarks by Prof. Yoon Young-kwan & Dr. Gary Samore