Korean Diaspora
Challenges and Issues Facing the Korean-American Community (KAC)
Identification, Critical Examination, Goal & Vision, and Strategy
August 16, 2014 Saturday 9:30 - 4:40 PM
Johnson Center Room G
George Mason University
Fairfax Virginia
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| Moderator |
Sang Joo Kim (ICAS Sr Fellow & Executive Vice President) |
| 9:00 AM |
Meet & Greet - Breakfast and Coffee |
| 9:30 PM |
Welcome & Opening Remarks: What are the Issues
Synja P Kim (ICAS Fellow, President and Chairman)
Young Chan Ro (ICAS Fellow, Professor George Mason University) |
| 9:35 AM |
Stem Cells Research and Nanotechnology
Peter S Baek (ICAS Intern; Sophomore UCLA; ICAS Youth Academy) |
| 10:05 AM |
The Outliers of the Bell Curve: Society's Fundamental Misconception of
David Lee (ICAS Intern; Rising Sophomore U of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA;
ICAS Youth Academy) |
| 10:35 AM |
The Founding Principles of America: The Development and Modern Context
Nathanael Kim (ICAS Intern; Rising sophomore University of Virginia) |
| 11:05 AM |
break |
| 11:15 AM |
Role of Technology in Today’s Society
Jedidiah Park (ICAS Volunteer; 10th grader Battlefield High School, Haymarket, VA;
ICAS Youth Academy) |
| 11:45 AM |
Getting into a Medical School
Christopher Chung, M.D. (ICAS Intern; ICAS Youth Academy) |
| 12:15 PM |
lunch |
| 1:00 PM |
Interested in US Military Academy West Point?
Paul Koh (ICAS Intern; United States Military Academy ‘2015) |
| 1:30 PM |
ICAS Delegation to Korea 2014: Korea As I Saw It
Grace Liberman (ICAS Special Assistant) |
| 2:00 PM |
Koreanness and Korean Identity in the 21st Century
Young Chan Ro (ICAS Fellow;
Director Center for Korean Studies, George Mason University) |
| 2:50 PM |
break |
| 3:00 PM |
ICAS Youth Excellence Program: Raising the Bar
Developing Winning Strategy for College and Beyond: A Value Chain
Jack Kim (ICAS Special Liaison;
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) |
| 3:50 PM |
Briefing on ICAS and What It Strives For
Il Hwan Kim (ICAS Director and Vice President for Regional Affairs;
Commissioner for ICAS Liberty Golf Classic Invitational;
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) |
| 4:40 PM |
Adjourn |
| 5:30 PM |
ICAS Reception & Dinner
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| Photographs |