The University of Seoul Conference July 10 (13:00 - 18:30)

Theme “Is Seoul Safe?”

Venue : Grand Hall, The Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry                      

Organized by The Institute of Urban Sciences of The University of Seoul (UOS), Joongmin Foundation for Social Theory, ERC Fund                      

Time                   Session                                                                                                         

13:00 - 13:30      Registration       

13:30 - 13:45      Opening Ceremony         
Moderator Yun-Suk Lee (Professor, UOS)

                          - Welcome Address          

                          Seungil Lee (Chief Director of The Institute of Urban Sciences, UOS)    

                          - Congratulatory Address  

                          Kun Lee (President of The University of Seoul)          

13:45 - 14:10      Keynote Address 
Moderator Seungil Lee (Chief Director of The Institute of Urban Sciences, UOS)

- Sang-Jin Han (Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University)             

▶       Two Paradigms of Risk Governance in East Asia: Introduction to Ulrich Beck’s Lecture

                          - Ulrich Beck (Professor, the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)    

▶       Learning from Korea: Towards an Active Dialogue for Risk Governance

14:10 - 15:40      Risk Governance and Communication      
Chair Kiho Kim (Professor, UOS)

                          - Changhyun Lee (President of The Seoul Institute)     

▶       Risk Management of Seoul

Discussant: Ingrid Volkmer (Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia)

                          - Hae-Ryong Song (Professor, SungkyunKwan University)       

▶       Risk Society and Risk Communication

Discussant: Zhifei Mao (Ph.D. candidate, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

                          - Jin Chul Rho (Professor, Kyungpook National University)      

▶       Risk in Uncertain Times

Discussant: Yui Kiyomitsu (Professor, Kobe University, Japan)             

15:40 - 16:00      Coffee Break      

16:00 - 17:30      Risk Governance for the Safety of Citizens           
Chair Kiho Kim (Professor, UOS)

                          - Gyengchul Kim (President of The Korea Transport Institute)   

▶       Transport Safety Policy in Korea

Discussant: Anders Blok (Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

                          - Myung Oh Yoon (Professor, UOS)

▶       Safety Design for Seoul

Discussant: CHOU Kuei Tien (Professor, National Taiwan University, Taiwan)       

                          - Jong-Suk Kim (Research Professor, UOS)  

▶       Are we safe from unexpected urban floods?

Discussant: ZHAO Yandong (Director, Institute of Science, Technology and Society Chinese Academy of S&T for Development, China)   

17:30 - 18:30      Wrap-up Session             
Chair Jaeyeol Yee (Professor, Seoul National University)