On April 23, KISTEP and the MSIT held an online forum for the urgent pending response series, "Future Beyond the COVID-19 Crisis".

This forum was designed to gather the wisdom of the science and technology community to make it an opportunity to enhance national innovation capacity by proactively responding to and predicting socio-economic changes after COVID-19. It will be broadcasted live four times in total, reflecting the appearance of our society changed by the novel coronavirus. The first video could be reviewed through YouTube again.

(Review) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltCNm0Fbi-E

The 1st Forum diagnosed changes through expert presentations in the fields of economy, industry, and science and technology with the theme of "Toward the Future After COVID-19 Crisis," and sought opportunities for challenge through panel discussions. It was followed by discussion and response to the questions of the online participants pouring through real-time chat.



▶ Sang-sun Kim (President of KISTEP) explains the significance of the forum through the opening ceremony



▶ Won Joo (Director of Hyundai Economic Research Institute) presented under the theme of "COVID-19 and its Impact on Korea's Economy"



▶ Nae-young Kang (KITA), presented under the theme of "Innovative Measures in Response to GVC Paradigm Shift in Manufacturing Ecosystem"



▶ Sung-hoon Oh (Deloitte Anjin Accounting Firm) presented under the theme of "COVID-19 Crisis and Corporate's Response Strategies"



▶ Hyun Yim (KISTEP) presented under the theme of "Post-COVID-19 Era's Future Society and Promising Technologies"



▶ Sang-sun Kim (KISTEP President), chairman of the panel discussion 



▶ Panelist So-young Kim (head of KAIST Korea 4th Industrial Revolution Policy Center)



▶ Panelist Chul-hong Kim (Head of Global Open Innovation, LG Display)



▶ Panelist Sung-bae Ahn (Head of Foreign Economic Policy Institute)



▶ Event site



▶ Group photo of attendees

The 2nd forum will be broadcast live on the KISTEP YouTube channel from Tuesday, April 28th, on the theme of "The Future after COVID-19: What are the technologies we should prepare for?"

(KISTEP YouTube channel) https://www.youtube.com/KISTEPTV

(Contact) KISTEP Science and Technology Policy Center Yoonmi Go (043-750-2373, ymko@kistep.re.kr)