The annual Harvard Korean Security Summit brings together top researchers of Korean security issues, senior ROK and U.S. practitioners, and next generation scholars. Convened by the Belfer Center’s Korea Project, the Summit is the anchor event for Korean security studies at Harvard University. This year we will be hosting the full set of Summit events via Webinar from February 8-10, 2021. Our theme of “Korea – An Oracle of Global Trends” explores how non-traditional and traditional security challenges evolve quickly on the Korean Peninsula and provide broader insights for the global community. A separate RSVP is required for each day.
Register for Day 1 here: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__x_ii125TMSACU7UuKZxGA
Global Non-Traditional Security Challenges
Monday, 8 February 2021
3:30 - 3:35pm ET: Day 1 Overview Remarks - Dr. John Park (Director, Korea Project, Harvard Belfer Center)
3:35 - 3:40pm ET: Opening Remarks - Dr. Ashton Carter (Director, Harvard Belfer Center & Former Secretary of Defense)
3:40 - 3:45pm ET: Opening Remarks - Dr. Geun Lee (President, Korea Foundation)
3:45 - 5:20pm ET: Panel 1: Understanding North Korea’s Leap in Cyber Capabilities
Panelists
- Dr. Ben Buchanan (Senior Faculty Fellow, Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Georgetown University)
- Jenny Jun (Ph.D. Candidate, Columbia University)
- Priscilla Moriuchi (Fellow, Cyber Project, Harvard Belfer Center & Former Enduring Threat Manager, National Security Agency)
- Moderator: Nick Schifrin (Foreign Affairs & Defense Correspondent, PBS NewsHour)
5:20 - 5:50pm ET: Break
5:50 - 7:25pm ET: Panel 2: Examining the COVID-19 Lessons from the Korean Peninsula
Panelists
- Dr. Youngmee Jee (CEO, Institut Pasteur Korea)
- Dr. Kee Park (Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School & Director, North Korea Program, Korean American Medical Association)
- Moderator: Laura Bicker (Seoul Correspondent, BBC)
7:25 PM - 7:30pm ET: Day 1 Wrap-Up Remarks - Dr. John Park (Director, Korea Project, Harvard Belfer Center)