The 20th
KOREA-MIDDLE EAST COOPERATION FORUM

PROGRAM

Tuesday 26 November 2024
10:30~10:50 Opening Ceremony
  • [Opening remarks]
    Chang-mo KIM, Secretary-General of Korea-Arab Society(KAS)
  • [Welcoming remarks]
    Tarik M. YOUSEF, Director of Middle East Council on Global Affairs
  • [Congratulatory remarks I]
    Ki-hwan KWEON, Deputy Minister for Multilateral and Global Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea
  • [Congratulatory remarks II]
    Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser AL-MISNAD, Minister of State for International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar
  • [Congratulatory remarks III]
    Abdulla Saif AL NUAIMI, Ambassador of the UAE to Korea / Dean of Arab Diplomatic Corps in Seoul
10:50~11:10 Break
11:10~12:30 Session 1. Harnessing Korea-Middle East Cooperation During Times of Uncertainty
  • Moderator
    - Dalia GHANEM, Senior Fellow and Program Director, Middle East Council on Global    Affairs
  • Presenters
    1. Abdulaziz AL-HORR, Director of the Diplomatic Institute, Ministry of
        Foreign Affairs, Qatar

    2. Seunghoon PAIK, Senior Researcher of Institute of Middle East Studies,
        Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

    3. Adel ABDEL GHAFAR, Director, Foreign Policy Program, Middle East Council on Global Affairs

    4. Saerom HAN, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science &
        International Relations, Sookmyung Women’s University
  • Discussion and Q&As
12:30~14:00 Luncheon
14:10~15:30 Session 2. Emerging Technologies: New Areas of Cooperation between Korea and the Middle East
  • Moderator
    - Kang-hyeon YUN, Former Ambassador of Korea to Iran
  • Presenters
    1. Manal JALLOUL, Founder & CEO of AI Lab Solutions, Lebanon

    2. Hyunji BING, Senior Research Associate, Korea Institute for Industrial
        Economics and Trade(KIET)

    3. Fadi SALEM, Director of Research & Advisory, Mohammed Bin Rashid
        School of Government, UAE

    4. Bum Jin KIM, Senior Vice President, MegazoneCloud
  • Discussion and Q&As
15:30~15:50 Break
15:50~17:10 Session 3. Korea and the Middle East: Towards Deeper Educational, Cultural and People to People Links
  • Moderator
    - Hee-soo LEE, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Hanyang University
  • Presenters
    1. Moamen GOUDA, Professor, Graduate School of International and Area
        Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

    2. Donghyun Kim, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Qatar
        University

    3. Sara ABUSHAMALEH, Head of Business Development in Asia, Ereifej & Partners,     Jordan

    4. Hyeonuk PARK, CEO, DPM Global
  • Discussion and Q&As
17:10~17:15 Closing Remarks
  • [Closing remarks]
    Young-hoon KANG, President of Jeju Peace Institute
  • * Please be noted that the program may be subject to change.