The East Asia Institute and Australian National University are annually co-hosting the Korea-Australia Leadership Forum. While the first forum was held in Australia last year, the second forum was held in Seoul at the Chosun Hotel from November 5th-6th. This year, the topic was on “Middle Power Partnership and Cooperation” and the invited panel discussed the future direction of cooperation between Korea and Australia. The forum was be divided into the following three sessions: 1) economic cooperation; 2) security cooperation; and 3) education and cultural cooperation between the two nations.

 

Thursday 5 November 2009

 

Venue: Violet Room, 2nd Floor of Chosun Hotel

 

10:30-10:45 Registration

 

10:45-11:15 Opening Remarks

 

Sook-Jong Lee, President, the East Asia Institute and Professor of SungKyunKwan University

Hyung-A Kim, Director, Australia-Korea Leadership Forum and Associate Professor of The Australian National University

 

11:15-11:20 Congratulatory Speech

 

Hong-Koo Lee, Chairman, the East Asia Institute, Former Prime Minister

 

11:20-12:00 Keynote Speech

 

Jong Hun Kim, Minister for Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ian Chubb AC, Vice-Chancellor and President, The Australian National University

 

12:00-13:30 Lunch

Venue: Orchid Room, 2nd Floor of Chosun Hotel

 

Welcoming Remarks

Jin Ha Hwang, Member of the Parliament of the Grand National Party

 

13:30-14:40 Session I. Global Economic Crisis and Green Energy Led New Growth

 

Venue: Violet Room, 2nd Floor of Chosun Hotel

 

Moderator

Sook-Jong Lee, President, the East Asia Institute and professor of SungKyunKwan University

 

Presenters

Hae-ryong Kwon, Director-General of International Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Sean Rodrigues, Chief Representative, Woodside Energy Australia (Korea) Pte Ltd.; Chairman, Australia Chamber of Commerce in Korea

 

14:40-15:00 Coffee Break

 

15:00-16:10 Session II. A-K Security Cooperation

 

Venue: Violet Room, 2nd Floor of Chosun Hotel

 

Moderator

Young-Sun Ha, Professor, Seoul National University

 

Presenters

Sang Hyun Lee, Director of Security Studies Program, Sejong Institute - confirmed Julie Bishop, Member of the Parliament of Australia and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs

 

16:10-17:20 Session III. A-K Cultural and Human Capital Cooperation

 

Venue: Violet Room, 2nd Floor of Chosun Hotel

 

Moderator

Michael Gallagher, Executive Director of the Group of Eight [Leading Australian Universities]

 

Presenters

Un Woo Lee, Director General of International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Education, Science & Technology

Michael Johnson, Member of the Parliament of Australia and Opposition Whip

 

18:00-20:00 Formal Dinner

Venue: Cosmos Room, 2nd Floor of Chosun Hotel

 

Welcoming Remarks

HE Mr. Sam Gerovich, Ambassador, Australian Embassy in Republic of Korea

 

Friday 6 November 2009

 

Venue: Cosmos Room, 2nd Floor of Chosun Hotel

 

9:00-10:30 Working Breakfast : Wrap-up and Recommendation for Future Forum Agenda

 

Session I Summary : Sook-Jong Lee, President, the East Asia Institute and professor of SungKyunKwan University

Session II Summary : Sang Hyun Lee, Director of Security Studies Program, Sejong Institute

Session II Summary : Michael Gallagher, Executive Director of the Group of Eight [Leading Australian Universities]