EPIK Spiders (EPIK: Exchange for Interdisciplinary Knowledge Spiders), a network of EAI intern graduates, held the EPIK Young Leaders Conference, a thesis competition for undergraduate and graduate students from the distinguished universities around the world, on August 12, 2015. The 6th EPIK Young Leader's Conference was convened under the theme "Are conventional boundaries unraveling?." The winners were chosen after rigorous evaluation from renowned scholars from EAI knowledge network. During this year's conference, held at Kukdo Hotel, presentations and discussions on selected theses were presented and discussed by undergraduate and graduate panelists who are former EAI interns.   Program Opening Session 13:30-13:35 Opening Address Sung Pyo Hong, Seoul National University; President of 2016 EPIK Spiders Committee 13:35-13:40 Welcoming Address Sook-Jong Lee, President of EAI Session I Moderator Prof. Heon Joo Jung, Yonsei University 13:40-14:40 Presentation “The Pillars of Westphalia Remain Intact: How the Nation-States Survive the era of Globalization and Interdependence” Woo Jeong Jang, Brown University “Of Sovereignty, Norms, and the International Political System: The Potential of the‘New Sovereignty’ Scholarship amid Globalization” Bum Joon Kwon, Sogang University “Unraveling the Conventional Boundaries of the Law of War: The Classification and Regulation of Non-International Armed Conflicts in the Modern World” Evan Ritli, Monash University 14:40-16:10 Discussion Eric Anderson, University of California San Diego Ga Young Chung, Seoul National University Hoo Ri Kim, Cornell University Yun-Jin Kweon, LSE-Peking University Yea-Seul Lim, Stanford University Ekaterina Mozhaeva, Georgetown University 16:10-16:25 Coffee Break Session II Moderator Prof. Ji Yeoun Song, Seoul National University 16:25-17:05 Presentation “The Rationality of Using Emotions in International Politics” Min Seon Ku, Yonsei University “Unraveling of the Conventional Boundaries in Taiwan: Democratization and the Path to Independence” Benjamin Lee, University of Washington 17:05-18:05 Discussion Min Cho, Smith College Sung Pyo Hong, Seoul National University You Jung Kim, Seoul National University Sun Na Park, Ewha Womans University 18:05-18:10 Certificate Presentation Ceremony