Avoiding Meltdowns & Blackouts

Please join the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Korea Center, in cooperation with Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES), Kyungnam University, for a featured discussion with authors of Avoiding Meltdowns & Blackouts: Confidence-building in Inter-Korean Engagement on Nuclear Safety and Energy Development. This forthcoming publication explores key opportunities and challenges in inter-Korean energy engagement on the Korean Peninsula.

한국어 통역(Korean interpretation)으로 보려면 여기(here)를 클릭하십시오/ To listen via Korean interpretation, please click here.

Please click on the word "Agenda" above to see more details about the event schedule.

This event is made possible by the generous support of the ROK Ministry of Unification.

Introductions

Sue Mi Terry

Former Director of the Asia Program and the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy

Dr. Kwan-Sei Lee

Director, IFES, Kyungnam University

Moderators

Sue Mi Terry

Former Director of the Asia Program and the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy

Kayla Orta

Senior Associate, Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy

Schedule interview

Panelists

Dr. Man-Sung Yim

Professor, Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering, and Director, NEREC, KAIST

Dr. HoKee Kim

International Nuclear Safety School, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety

Dr. Francesca Giovannini

Executive Director, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Byong-Chul Lee

Professor, Kyungnam University

Dong-Yub Kim

Professor, University of North Korean Studies

Dr. Siegfried S. Hecker

Professor or Practice, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University; Professor, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation studies of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

Dr. Jeffrey Lewis

Director, East Asia Nonproliferation Project, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

Jina Kim

Professor, Division of Language and Diplomacy, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Jihwan Hwang

Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Seoul

Hosted By

Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy

The Center for Korean History and Public Policy was established in 2015 with the generous support of the Hyundai Motor Company and the Korea Foundation to provide a coherent, long-term platform for improving historical understanding of Korea and informing the public policy debate on the Korean peninsula in the United States and beyond. Read more

Indo-Pacific Program

The Indo-Pacific Program promotes policy debate and intellectual discussions on US interests in the Asia-Pacific as well as political, economic, security, and social issues relating to the world’s most populous and economically dynamic region.  Read more