Conference Agenda
8:00 – 8:40 Breakfast and Networking
08:40 – 8:45 Welcoming Remarks
Shannon Hader, Dean, School of International Service, American University
08:45 – 9:00 Opening Keynote Address
TBC
Panel 1
9:00 – 10:00 The Future of Ally-shoring
Moderator: Ji-Young Lee, Associate Professor of International Relations & C.W.Lim and KF Professor of Korean Studies, American University
Tami Overby, Senior Counselor, Albright Stonebridge Group
Kristin Vekasi, Associate Professor of Political Science and the School of Policy and International Affairs, University of Maine
Han-koo Yeo, Former Trade Minister of ROK & Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break
Panel 2
10:15 – 11:15 Global Tech Companies and Governments
Moderator: Gwanhoo Lee, Professor of the Department of Information Technology and Analytics, American University
Mary Elizabeth Lovely, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University & Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
June Park, Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore
Hyun Jung Je, Chief Representative, Washington Office, Korea International Trade Association
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee Break
Panel 3
11:30 – 12:30 Cybersecurity and Foreign Policy
Moderator: Trey Herr, Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity, American University & Senior Director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, the Atlantic Council
William Akoto, Assistant Professor of Global Security, American University
Melissa Griffith, Lecturer in Technology and National Security, Johns Hopkins University
12:30 – 12:40 Closing Remarks
Sevde Arpaci Ayhan, AU Korea in Global Affairs Postdoctoral Fellow, American University