Korea's Most Important Province

CONFERENCE

Gyeonggi Province

The Engine that Leads the U.S.–Korea Partnership

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

9:00am to 4:30pm (EDT)

Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill

400 New Jersey Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20001

Sponsored by

Center for the National Interest ● Gyeonggi Research Institute

Korean Association for Policy Studies ● Reischauer Center ,Johns Hopkins SAIS

Highlighting the Gyeonggi Province's leadership in the multi-dimensional partnership between the U.S. and South Korea. The Province is the country's hub for advanced technology R&D and manufacturing. U.S. Army Garrison Camp Humphreys, the largest U.S. military installation outside the continental United States is also located in the Province.

AGENDA

Four sessions covering Renewable energy ● Tariff policy ●

Peacebuilding on the Korean Peninsula ● Advanced technology and biotechnology

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SPEAKERS INCLUDE

• Governor Dong Yeon Kim of Gyeonggi Province, former Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister

• Members of the Korea Caucus on Capitol Hill

• Paul Saunders, President, Center for the National Interest

• Seong Cheon Kang, President, Gyeonggi Research Institute

• Hyung Jun Park, President, Korean Association for Policy Studies

• Kent Calder, Director, Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins SAIS

• Rob Atkinson, President of Information, Technology and Innovation Foundation 

• Taek Goo Kang, Senior Research Fellow, Korea Environment Institute

• Christian Whiton, Senior Fellow, Center for the National Interest

• Byung Won Woo, Professor of International Relations, Yonsei University

• Jill Homan, Deputy Director of Trade & Economy Policy, America First Policy Institute

• Yun Young Jo, Professor of Political Science, Chung Ang University

• Sydney Seiler, Senior Adviser, the Center for Strategic and International Studies

• Sang Kyu Kim, Senior Fellow, Gyeonggi Research Institute 

• Robert Gallucci, Distinguished Professor in Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service

• Seok Hwan Lee, Professor of Public Administration, Kookmin University

• Mark Esser, President of Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology, the University of Virginia and former Vice President of AstraZeneca

• Joseph Kim, President of Agenta and former CEO and President of Inovio