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07:20~08:30 (70’) | Registration | ||||||||||||||||||
08:30~09:00(30’) | Opening Ceremony | Opening Remark Choi Woo-seoung | President of The Hankyoreh Media Group Welcoming Address Chey Tae-won | Chairperson of Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry · Co-Chair of the Asia Future Forum Organizing Committee Congratulatory Address Woo Won-shik | Speaker of the National Assembly Chung Cheong-rae | Leader of the Democratic Party Cho Kuk | Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the Rebuilding Korea Party | |||||||||||||||||
| 09:00~10:30 (90’) | Keynote SessionⅠ | Keynote Speech 1 How Democracies Die
Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies · David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies · Professor of Government, Harvard University, USA
Keynote Speech 2 Democracy Through Impeachment Decisions Moon Hyung-bae | Former Acting President of the Constitutional Court of Korea
Special Dialog Moderator Choi Hye-Jeong | Deputy Editor of Issue Team at The Hankyoreh Newsroom - Panel Moon Hyung-bae | Former Acting President of the Constitutional Court of Korea
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| 10:40~12:00 (80') | Keynote Session Ⅱ | Keynote Speech 3 The Emotional Structure of Democracy Eva Illouz | Director of Studies at the EHESS, France
Roundtable Revisiting the Emotional Structure and Perceptual Landscape of Democracy Moderator Lee Jin-soon | Adjunct Professor of Sungkonghoe University - Panel Kim Hong-jung | Professor of Sociology at Seoul National University Uhm Ki-ho | Assistant Professor at ChungKang College of Cultural Industries Eva Illouz | Director of Studies at the EHESS, France
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| 12:00~13:00 (60') | Lunch | ||||||||||||||||||
13:00~14:50 (110’) | Keynote Session Ⅲ | Keynote Speech 4 The Meritocracy Trap : How the Elite Reproduce Inequality Daniel Markovits | Guido Calabresi Professor of Law at Yale Law School · Author of Meritocracy Trap
Keynote Speech 5 The manipulation of ‘merit’: Cultural politics and the assault on democracy Jo Littler | Professor of Culture, Media and Social Analysis at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Roundtable How the Discourse of Legitimacy Has Replaced the Essence of Democracy Moderator Chung Hyun-back | Former Minister of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family · Professor Emiritus of SungKyunKwan University - Panel Lee Kang-Kook | Professor of Economics at Ritsumeikan University, Japan Lee Cheol-seung | Professor of Sociology, Sogang University Daniel Markovits | Guido Calabresi Professor of Law at Yale Law School · Author of Meritocracy Trap Jo Littler | Professor of Culture, Media and Social Analysis, Goldsmiths, University of London
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14:50~15:00 (10’) | BREAK | ||||||||||||||||||
15:00~16:00 (60') | Special Session on Local Democracy | Opening Kim Kyung-su | Chairman of Presidential Committee for Decentralization and Balanced Development Presentation 1 When Citizens Design Democracy: The Potential and Lessons of Citizens' Assemblies Marjan Ehsassi (Online) | Executive Director of FIDE(Federation for Innovation in Democracy North America) Presentation 2 Democratic Innovation in Europe: Experiences in Institutionalizing Citizens Assemblies Min Reuchamps | Professor of Political Science at University of Louvain, Belgium Discussion Institutionalizing Deliberation: Finding Paths at the Local Level – Conditions for Korean-Style Citizens Assemblies Moderator Seo Bok-kyung | Director of The Possibility Lab
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| 16:00~16:15 (15') | BREAK | ||||||||||||||||||
16:15~17:15 (60') | Awards Ceremony | The Hankyoreh Regional Resilience Assessment Awards | |||||||||||||||||
Time | Parallel Session 1 (KCCI Conference Room A) The Future of Regions: Policy Innovation for Strengthening Resilience | ||||||||||||||
13:00~13:05 (05') | Opening | Welcoming Address Choi Woo-seong | CEO, The Hankyoreh Media Group Congratulatory Address Kim Bora | President of Association of Korean Local Governments for Social Economy and Solidarity (SSEGOV) | |||||||||||||
| 13:05~13:20(15') | Keynote Speech | Matthew Brown | How to Make a City Resilient: Preston's Experience
Senior Fellow, Democracy Collaborative Leader of Preston City Council, UK
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| 13:20~14:30 (70') | Round table | Moderator Kang Hyun-soo | Professor at Joongbu University Panel Park Seung-won | Mayor of Gwangmyeong - Jeong Myeong-geun | Mayor of Hwaseong - Kim Bo-ra | Mayor of Anseong - Seo Jae-kyo | Chief of the Institute of Woori Social Economics - Kim Jae-kyung | Director of the Community and Economy Institute
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14:30 ~14:50 (20') | Discussion | Q&A Session & General Discussion | |||||||||||||
Time | Parallel Session 2 (KCCI Conference Room B ) Next Democracy: Multi-layered Experiments and Practices, Redesigning Democracy | |||||||||||||||||
13:00 ~ 13:10 (10') | Opening | Moderator | ||||||||||||||||
13:10 ~ 14:40 (90') | Presentation | Presentation 1 Youth in Politics : A strategy for Political Revitalization Park Hye-min | CEO, NEWWAYS Presentation 2 Politically Alienated Youth: A New Political Identity Between Cynicism and Participation Kang Nam-kyu | Deputy Communications Director of Justice Party Ranked-Choice Voting in New York and the Role of Civil Society Cha Joo-beom | Senior Consultant of MinKwon Center for Community Action Presentation 4 The Politics of Solidarity: A Movement Born in Namtaeryeong Kim Hu-joo | CEO of Juwon Farm/Juwon Bio Agricultural Corporation, Namtaeryeong Symposium Team Presentation 5 Design–Politics–Feminism: Creating a Language of Change Beyond Institutions Shin In-a | Scenery of Today(Founder, Creative Director), Superstorm(Director), Feminist Designer Social Club(Co-founder, Director) Presentation 6 Politics of the “Newneek” Generation Kim So-yeon | CEO, Newneek
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| 14:40 ~ 14:50 (10') | Break Time | |||||||||||||||||
14:50~16:00 (70') | Roundtable | Moderator and speakers 1~6 | ||||||||||||||||
Time | Program | |
07:20~08:30 (70’) | Registration | |
08:30~09:00(30’) | Openig Ceremony | Opening Remark Choi Woo-seoung | President of The Hankyoreh Media Group Welcoming Address Chey Tae-won | Chairperson of Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry · Co-Chair of the Asia Future Forum Organizing Committee Congratulatory Address Woo Won-shik | Speaker of the National Assembly Chung Cheong-rae | Leader of the Democratic Party Cho Kuk | Emergency Response Committee Chairman of The Rebuilding Korea Party |
09:00~10:30 (90’) | Keynote SessionⅠ | Keynote Speech 1 How Democracies Die  Steven Levitsky (Video) | Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies · David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies · Professor of Government, Harvard University,USA -Keynote Speech 2 Democracy Through Impeachment Decisions Moon Hyung-bae | Former Acting President of the Constitutional Court of Korea Special Dialog Moderator Choi Hye-Jeong | Deputy Editor, Issue Team, The Hankyoreh Newsroom - Panel Moon Hyung-bae | Former Acting President of the Constitutional Court of Korea |
10:40~12:10 (90’) | Keynote Session Ⅱ | Keynote Speech 3 The Emotional Structure of Democracy Eva Illouz | Director of Studies at the EHESS in Paris, France Roundtable Revisiting the Emotional Structure and Perceptual Landscape of Democracy Moderator Lee Jin-soon | Adjunct Professor of Sungkonghoe University - Panel Uhm Ki-ho | Assistant Professor at ChungKang College of Cultural Industries Eva Illouz | Director of Studies at the EHESS in Paris |
12:10~13:00 (50’) | Lunch | |
13:00~14:50(110') | Keynote Session Ⅲ | Keynote Speech 4 The Meritocracy Trap : How the Elite Reproduce Inequality Daniel Markovits | Guido Calabresi Professor of Law at Yale Law School, USA · Author of Meritocracy Trap Keynote Speech 5 The manipulation of ‘merit’:Cultural politics and the assault on democracy Jo Littler | Professor of Culture, Media and Social Analysis, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK Roundtable How the Discourse of Legitimacy Has Replaced the Essence of Democracy Moderator Chung Hyun-back | Former Minister of the Minitry of Gender Equality and Family · Professor Emiritus of SungKyunKwan University panel 1 Lee Kang-Kook | Professor of Economics, Ritsumeikan University, Japan panel 2 Lee Cheol-seung | Professor, Department of Sociology, Sogang University panel 3 Daniel Markovits | Guido Calabresi Professor of Law at Yale Law School · Author of Meritocracy Trap panel 4 Jo Littler | Professor of Culture, Media and Social Analysis, Goldsmiths, University of London |
14:50~15:00(10') | BREAK | |
15:00~16:00 (60’) | Special Session on Local Democracy | Opening Kim Kyung-su | Chairman of Presidential Committee for Decentralization and Balanced Development Presentation 1 When Citizens Design Democracy: The Potential and Lessons of Citizens' Assemblies Marjan Ehsassi(ZOOM) | Executive Director of FIDE(Federation for Innovation in Democracy North America) Presentation 2 Democratic Innovation in Europe: Experiences in Institutionalizing Citizens' Assemblies Min Reuchamps | Professor of Political Science at University of Louvain, Belgium Discussion Institutionalizing Deliberation: Finding Paths at the Local Level – Conditions for Korean-Style Citizens’ Assemblies Moderator Seo Bok-gyeong | Director of The Possibility Lab |
16:00~16:15 (15') | BREAK | |
16:15~17:15 (15') | Awards Ceremony | The Hankyoreh Regional Resilience Assessment Awards |
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