2026 Knowledge Exchange Days
- FORUM
- 09:20-09:30
Introduction
- 09:30-10:15
[Keynote Speech] How far has AI come and where is it headed?
- 10:15-12:15
[Session 1: Individual Choices] How will I earn a living, and where will I spend my time?
- A participatory “Future Dialogue” in which participants imagine their lives after AI based on their current lives and experiences, and articulate the changes, hopes, and concerns they expect in their own words.
- Introduction
- [My Life Today] How Do I Live Today?
- [Stepping into the Future]
- [My Future Self] How Might My Life Change after the AI Singularity?
- [Hopes & Concerns] What Do I Hope for and Worry About in That Future?
- 12:15-13:30
- [Invited Participants] Networking Luncheon
- [Experts] Luncheon & On-site Curation
- 13:30-15:20
[Session 2: Society’s Choices] The future after the AI Singularity — How will society change?
- Experts and participants explore how their expected futures may translate into broader social and institutional change, and under what conditions different outcomes may emerge.
- What future do we hope for and worry about?
- Dongsoo Kang, Executive Director, KDI GKEDC
- How might our institutions and environment change?
- Moderator Dongsoo Kang, Executive Director, KDI GKEDC
- Discussants Sekyung Park, Senior Research Fellow, KIHSA
- Chul Chung, President, Korea Economic Research Institute
- TBD
- TBD
- [Closing] After today’s dialogue, what do I see differently?
- Participants share how their thinking about the post-AI future has changed or what new intentions they have formed.
- CAREER TALK
- 15:40-15:45
[Session Opening] Session Briefing
- A communicative career session in which practitioners in international cooperation share their career paths and field experience.
- 15:45-16:15
[Individual Talks] Career Journeys in International Cooperation
- Moderator Son Ji-ae, Professor, Ewha Womans University
- Speakers Jaehyung Kwon, Korea Representative, IFC, World Bank
- Haena Kang, Senior Climate & Energy Officer, British Embassy Seoul
- TBD
- TBD
- 16:15-16:40
[Roundtable Discussion] with all speakers
- 16:40-17:10
[Open Q&A]
- 17:10-17:15
[Closing] Key Takeaways
- 17:15-17:30
Coffee Break
- 17:30-18:00
Small Group Career Mentoring Session
- Each speaker meets with three pre-selected participants for a 30-minute small-group mentoring session.
- KED NIGHT
- 17:15-
Networking * Food trucks available
- 18:00-19:30
[Cultural Night] KED Night
* The schedule is subject to change.
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