2023

  • Moderated panel: “Session 10: Leadership Lessons for the Age of Uncertainty,” 2023 Asia 21 Next Generation Fellows Summit, Seoul, South Korea (A leadership panel with Lt. General Chun In-Bum, ROK Army (ret.); Member of the Board of Advisors, National Bureau of Asian Research (moderating as Asia 21 alumni – Class of 2017 and non-resident fellow of NBR)
  • “Blockchains and CBDC Interoperability in the Gulf: The Avenue for Gulf FinTech Cooperation with South Korea and Singapore.” FinTech Workshop, Department of Economics, Hamad bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar (November 26, 2023)
  • “Getting the Industry Right: Semiconductor Export Controls and Chips & Science Act Subsidies from the Perspective of Industries.” Cyber Salon, Center for Cyber Strategy and Policy, School of Public and International Affairs, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH USA (Online) (November 3, 2023)
  • “Evolving Means of Cryptocurrency Theft by North Korea: ‘Crypto-Mixing’ for Anonymity and Economic Gains.” Session II. Trademarks, Cryptocurrency Theft and Semiconductor Industry, GWIKS 5th NKEF 2023 Annual Conference, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington DC USA (Online) (October 31-November 1, 2023)
  • “Is Economic Security National Security? Defining South Korea’s Economic Security for Future Industries – The Case for Semiconductors.” Session on ‘The View from Tokyo and Seoul,’ Panel on “Economic Security in the Indo-Pacific: Perspectives from the Region,” at the Korea Economic Institute of America & Clements and Strauss Centers, UT Austin, Austin TX USA (October 18, 2023) Panel Recording video
  • Panel on ‘Sustainable Futures,’ Chaired by Professor Elke Weber, Fung Global Fellows 10th Anniversary, Princeton University, Princeton NJ USA (May 4, 2023)
  • [CLOSED/Hybrid Workshop] Panel on ‘The supply lines of semiconductors’ at ‘Access or Absence: Supply and Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific,‘ A hybrid workshop on Supply Chain Security for Critical Economic Inputs, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS), the Hague, the Netherlands (March 7, 2023)
  • ‘Asia in the GCC: A New Strategic Partner?’ The Middle East Council on Global Affairs (MECGA) & Waseda University, Doha, Qatar (September 18-19, 2022) & Tokyo, Japan (February 27-28, 2023)