2021 World Emerging Security Forum
SCHEDULE
Date
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Opening
Opening Ceremony 18:00-18:30 (KST, UTC+9)
Subject
Future of Multilateral Cooperation in Response to Emerging Security Threats
Speakers
Chung Eui-yong
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Former President of the Republic of Estonia(2006-2016)
Klaus Schwab
Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum
Eric Schmidt
Former Chair of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence
Wei Shaojun
Vice President of the China Semiconductor Industry Association
Session1
Health Security 19:00-20:30 (KST, UTC+9)
Subject
International Cooperation to Strengthen Response to New Health and Security Crisis
⦁ Assess the performance and limitations of global health and security governance in response to the health security crisis and find ways to improve
⦁ Seeking ways to improve global health and security governance focused on rapid and flexible response and enhanced preventive response
⦁ Voluntary participation and cooperation of various actors such as civilians is needed to establish safe and effective health crisis response measures such as high-quality vaccines
⦁ Ultimate resolution of health and security crises requires closing the gap in health and security crisis response between countries and regions
Speakers
Tedros
Ghebreyesus
Director General of the World Health Organization
Richard Hatchett
Chief Executive Officer of Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
Jeong Eun-kyung
Commissioner of Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency
Yanzhong Huang
Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations
Anurada Gupta
Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Jerome Kim
Director General of the International Vaccine Institute
Date
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Session2
Cybersecurity 18:00-19:20 (KST, UTC+9)
Subject
International Cooperation to Realize a Safe and Peaceful Cyberspace
⦁ The importance of international cooperation to strengthen cybersecurity increases as the global frequency of cyberattacks increases, and cyber threats become more complex and diversified
⦁ Seeking multilayered and integrated international governance based on trust among various actors to implement a secure and peaceful cyberspace
⦁ Seeking cooperation with all actors to protect universal values of the international community, including human rights, freedom of expression, and personal information in cyberspace
⦁ Promote multilayered cooperation to alleviate cybersecurity capability gaps between actors that can have a variety of ramifications, such as information gaps and technology gaps
Speakers
Jürg Lauber
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Switzerland
to the UN and the other International Organisations in Geneva
Vint Cerf
Vice President of Google
Jeff Moss
Founder of DEF CON
Anton Shingarev
Vice President of Yandex (Russia’s largest Internet portal)
Joyce Hakmeh
Senior research fellow
at Chatham House and co-editor of the Journal of Cyber Policy
Session3
Emerging Technologies and Security 19:40-21:00 (KST, UTC+9)
Subject
Development and Use of Emerging Technologies and International Cooperation for Peace and Security
⦁ In the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the development of emerging technologies is a determinant of each country’s industrial competitiveness and affects a wide range of areas, including national security and human rights
⦁ For the responsible development and use of emerging technologies that contribute to international peace and security, various actors in this area should discuss how to establish international norms
⦁ Joint efforts are needed to develop and use emerging technologies in a way that contributes to the achievement of common goals for all of humanity, such as international peace, human rights, anti-discrimination, and the eradication of poverty
⦁ Make a concerted effort to find a balance between the regulation of the development and use of emerging technologies for international peace and security, and the promotion of technological competitiveness
Speakers
Dan Smith
Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Cedric O.
Minister of State
for the Digital Transition and Electronic Communication of the French Republic
K. VijayRaghavan
Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
Kay Firth-Butterfield
Head of AI & Machine Learning of the World Economic Forum
Aviram Atzaba
Executive Director of Strategy & International Cooperation at Israel National Cyber Directorate
Kim Ki-jung
Director of the Institute for National Security Strategy
Roundtable
Roundtable 14:00-16:00 (KST, UTC+9)
Subject
Special Roundtable on Health Security
Speakers
Lee Seung-joo
Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Chung-Ang University
Lee Hoon-sang
Visiting Professor at Yonsei University College of Medicine
Lee Jong-koo
Ambassador for Global Health and Security
(Professor of Medicine, Seoul National University)
Song Man-ki
Deputy Director-General of the International Vaccine Research Institute
Kim Sang-bae
Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Seoul National University