The 20th
KOREA-MIDDLE EAST COOPERATION FORUM
The 16th Korea‐Middle East Cooperation Forum
Date : 13th November 2019(Wed)
Venue : Lotte Hotel Seoul, Korea
Theme : Mapping Paths to New Frontier of Korea-Middle East Cooperation
Co‐hosted by : Korea-Arab Society(KAS), Jeju Peace Institute(JPI), The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research(ECSSR)
Attended by : Around 220 people including former and current government dignitaries, entrepreneurs, academia and university students
| Korea | Middle East | |
|---|---|---|
| Welcoming Remarks | - H.E. Prof. Jamal Sanad Al Suwaidi, Director General, Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, UAE (* Read on his behalf by Mr. Obaid Alzaabi, Acting Head of ECSSR Strategic Studies Department) | |
| Opening Remarks | - Kim Bong Hyun President of Jeju Peace Institute | |
| Keynote Speech | - Cho Sei-young 1st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, RoK | |
| Session 1 : Paths to Security and Stability in the Region | ||
| Moderator | - Yoon Young-kwan Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, RoK | |
| Presentation | - Kim Jina Research Fellow of the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses | - Ahmed Al Mulla Teaching Assistant of Political Sciences Department, UAE University |
| Discussion | - Kim Eunbee Professor of Korea National Defense University | - Obaid Al Zaabi Manager of Communication and Public Relation, ECSSR) |
| Session 2 : Reshaping Korea-Middle East Economic Cooperation in the Post Oil Era | ||
| Moderator | - Yousuf Al Hinai Professor of College of Economics and Political Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman | |
| Presentation | - Charles Pyom, Member of Presidential Committee on the Fourth Industrial Revolution CEO of Chain Partners Inc. - Lee Kwon Hyung, Research Fellow of Korea Institute for International Economic Policy |
- Humaid Al Hammadi, Chairman of Emirati Korean Friendship Society |
| Session 3 : Public Diplomacy; Building People to People ties | ||
| Moderator | - Lee Yeonho (Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Yonsei University) | |
| Presentation | - Seo Hyung Won (Director of Gong Myoung(World Music Group)) | - Mohammed Bechari (Secretary General, The World Muslim Communities Council) - Oumaima Fatih (Former Honorary Ambassador of Morocco for the Korea Tourism Association, appeared on MBC Everyone's 'Welcome, First Time in Korea') |
| Discussant | - Eum Ikran(Professor, Dankook University, School of General Education) | - Mubarak Al Zaabi (Acting Manager of General Services and Support Department, ECSSR) |
| Closing Remarks | - Kim Jin Soo (Secretary-General, Korea-Arab Society) | |
