the 18th 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

List of participants

지난회의
  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)