'50th Anniversary of KAIST', Hosting the World University Presidents Summit

KAIST announced on the 1st that it will hold the World University Presidents Summit on the 3rd under the theme "The Role and Responsibility of Universities in the Global Crisis." The photo shows the poster for the Presidents Summit. Photo by KAIST

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] KAIST will hold the KAIST Summit, a global university presidents' summit, as part of its 50th anniversary celebration this year. This event was organized to present KAIST's vision for the next 100 years and to explore development directions and strategies to become a world-class science and technology university.

On the 3rd, KAIST announced on the 1st that it will hold the presidents' summit under the theme "The Role and Responsibility of Universities Amid Global Crises" at the Jeong Geun-mo Conference Hall in the Academic and Cultural Center at its Daejeon campus.

The presidents' summit will be broadcast live worldwide for two hours via an online platform (YouTube KAIST channel), with keynote speeches delivered by the presidents of four universities: KAIST, MIT, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Northwestern University.

Additionally, through discussions, they will share opinions on how each university can maintain competitiveness and achieve qualitative growth in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and post-COVID-19.

The four university presidents will address major global issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, wealth disparity, and socio-economic changes due to the spread of artificial intelligence (AI), and discuss the new roles and responsibilities of universities like KAIST amid these crises.

KAIST President Shin Sung-chul will give a lecture titled "Vision & Innovations for the Next Dream of KAIST" at the event.

In particular, President Shin will review KAIST's history leading up to its 50th anniversary and present visions and innovation strategies for the next 50 years toward its 100th anniversary, aiming to leap forward as a "Global Value-Creative Leading University" contributing to human prosperity and happiness.

After the panel discussion, a Q&A session will be held with an online audience of 150 people, including KAIST students, alumni, faculty and staff, and high school students aspiring to enter KAIST.

President Shin said, "The presidents' summit will be an opportunity for the presidents of four leading global universities in science and technology innovation to gather, discuss ways to overcome crises, and reexamine the roles and responsibilities of universities in the post-COVID-19 era."

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