'COVID-19 and Brave New World' Highlighted at KAIST on the 29th

[Asia Economy Reporter Junho Hwang] The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on the 22nd that from the 29th, it will hold the "Risk Index 2020: COVID-19 Crisis and Brave New World" conference at the KI Building Fusion Hall on its Daejeon main campus to seriously diagnose and reflect on the unprecedented era of uncertainty facing the world, affecting not only daily life but the entire industry due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

The Risk Index Conference is an annual event hosted since 2018 by the Institute of Public Understanding of Risk (IPUR) at the National University of Singapore to help policymakers and the public understand global risks. This year, the conference is jointly organized by KAIST's Korea 4th Industrial Revolution Policy Center (KPC4IR) and the National University of Singapore.

At this event, the impact of COVID-19 on digital innovation, education, labor, and the economy will be analyzed, and response strategies will be introduced. Xue Lan, Dean of the Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University in China, will deliver a keynote speech on China's COVID-19 response strategy and measures for national crisis situations. Danny Quah, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, and Shin Gak-su, Advisor at Sejong Law Firm (former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs), will share their views on breakthroughs in COVID-19 and fostering solidarity in the international community in the new era, respectively.

During the panel discussion, topics such as the impact of COVID-19 on digital innovation, its effects on education and labor sectors, technology leadership, and Asia's digital economy and society will be presented.

Kim So-young, Director of KPC4IR, said, "We hope that Asian countries will use this conference as a stepping stone to establish close cooperative relationships to overcome the pandemic crisis and jointly respond to global governance issues."

Meanwhile, the event will be broadcast live through the official YouTube channels of KAIST and the National University of Singapore.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.