2:00-2:30 pm

Opening and Congratulatory Remarks

Opening Remarks

Yul Sohn (President of EAI; Professor at Yonsei University)

Patrick Köllner (Vice President of GIGA; Director of IAS)

Congratulatory Remarks

H.E. Michael Reiffenstuel (German Ambassador to South Korea)

H.E. Maria Castillo Fernandez (EU Ambassador to South Korea)

2:30-4:00 pm

Panel 1: Vision for the Indo-Pacific Region and Strategy for Engagement

Moderated by Young-sun Ha
(Chairman of EAI; Emeritus Professor at Seoul National University)

Presenters:

Patrick Köllner (Director of GIGA Institute for Asian Studies)

The Rise of the Indo-Pacific as a New Strategic Space

Sook-jong Lee (Professor at Sungkyunkwan University)

South Korea’s Strategic Mapping of Indo-Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges

Johannes Plagemann (Research Fellow at GIGA)

Foreign policy signaling in the Indo-Pacific

Discussants:

Seung-joo Lee (Professor at Chung Ang University)

Wie-young Ha (Deputy Director General for North American Affairs at MOFA)

Coffee Break

4:45-6:15 pm

Panel 2: Economic and Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific and German-South Korea Cooperation

Moderated by Sang-hyun Lee
(President of Sejong Institute)

Presenters:

Yul Sohn (President of EAI and Professor at Yonsei University)

Constructing A Global Indo-Pacific: The Economic Dimension

Christian Wirth (Research Fellow at GIGA)

The Role of Middle Powers in Safeguarding the Maritime Commons

of a Multipolar World: Sea Lanes and the Indo-Pacific Rules-based Order

Chae-sung Chun (Professor at Seoul National University)

The US security strategy in the Indo-Pacific and South Korean Regional Security Strategy

Discussants:

Byung-il Choi (President of Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies)

Min-gyo Koo (Professor at Seoul National University)

6:15-6:30 pm

Concluding Remarks

Yul Sohn (President of EAI and Professor at Yonsei University)

Patrick Köllner (Director of GIGA Institute for Asian Studies)