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

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PRESS CONFERENCE: JAPAN'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER. 10/6, 11:00am-Noon (JST), 10/5 10:00pm (EDT). HYBRID. Sponsor: Foreign Correspondents Club Japan. Speaker: Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Columbia University.

NAVIGATING TROUBLED WATERS: INSIGHTS AND PROSPECTS FROM THE MANILA DIALOGUES. 10/6, 7:00pm (JST), 6:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Yokosuka Council on Asia Pacific Studies. Speaker: Dr. Bich Tran, Research Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS).

AFTER ISHIBA: WHAT’S NEXT FOR JAPANESE POLITICS? 10/6, 8:00-8:30am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Victor Cha, President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department, Korea Chair; Kristi Govella, Senior Adviser, Japan Chair; Nicholas Szechenyi, Vice President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department, Senior Fellow, Japan Chair.

BETWEEN PEACE AND WAR: EXPLORING CHINA’S GRAY ZONE STRATEGY TOWARD TAIWAN. 10/6, 9:00-10:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Stimson. Speakers: Kelly A. Grieco, Senior Fellow, Reimagining US Grand Strategy Program, Stimson Center; James Siebens, Fellow, Strategic Foresight Hub, Stimson Center; Pam Kennedy, Deputy Director, China Program, Stimson Center (Moderator). 

RESPONDING TO TRUMP’S NEW FOREIGN POLICY PARADIGM. 10/6, 9:00-11:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Victor Cha, President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department, Korea Chair, CSIS; Max Bergmann, Director,  Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program, Stuart Center in Euro-Atlantic and Northern European Studies, CSIS; Oge Onubogu, Director/Senior Fellow, Africa Program, CSIS; Mona Yacoubian, Director/Senior Adviser, Middle East Program, CSIS; Charles Edel, Senior Adviser, Australia Chair, CSIS; Kristi Govella, Senior Adviser, Japan Chair, CSIS. 

‘‘SENSING THE CLIMATE”: HOW DO INTERNATIONAL POLICY MAKERS ‘SENSE’ NATURE? 10/6, Noon-1:30pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University SAIS. Speakers: Joanne Yao, Reader in International Relations, Queen Mary, University of London and Ludovica Chiussi Curzi; Senior Assistant Professor in Public International Law, University of Bologna.

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A STRATEGY FOR BIOSECURITY VICTORY. 10/6, 12:30-2:00pm (PDT), 3:30-5:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Hoover Institution. Speakers: Drew Endy, Science Fellow and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Rear Admiral Kenneth Bernard, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution; Emily Clise Tully, Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution.

COOPERATION AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF INDO-PACIFIC TUNA FISHERIES. 10/6, 2:30-5:00pm (JST), 1:30-4:00am (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Sasakawa Peace Foundation. Speakers: Transform Aqorau, Vice-Chancellor, Solomon Islands National University; Hussain Sinan, Director, General Fisheries and Ocean Resources Management, Maldives Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources; Quentin Hanich, Fisheries Governance Program Leader, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS). 

EXPLORING THE ART OF MANGA. 10/6, 5:00pm (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Japanese Art Society of America (JASA). Speaker: author Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere, Director, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, Professor of Japanese Art and Culture, University of East Anglia, U.K. PURCHASE BOOK

REPRESENTING TAIWAN IN DC: HOW TAIWANESE AMERICANS CAN BRIDGE CULTURE AND POLICY. 10/6, 5:30-7:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Global Taiwan Institute. Speakers: Tim Chng, Principal Software Developer, Yahoo Inc.; Adam Peir, Data Analyst, Former Board Member/President, Taiwanese American Professionals, Director of Civic Engagement, Taiwanese American Citizens League; David Tang, Principal, Washington DC Taiwanese School.

REVISITING THE JONES ACT: FROM PROTECTIONISM TO PARTNERSHIP. 10/6, 6:00pm (EDT), HYBRID. Sponsor: Korea Society. Speaker: Colin Grabow, Associate Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.

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WILL LEE JAE-MYUNG REORIENT SOUTH KOREA’S FOREIGN POLICY? 6/9, 9:00-10:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Quincy Institute. Speakers: Rep. Kim Joon-hyung, Member, National Assembly, Republic of Korea; Frank Aum, Senior Expert, Northeast Asia, U.S. Institute of Peace; Darcie Draudt-Véjares, Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; James Park, Research Associate, Quincy Institute; Moderator: Jake Werner, Director of East Asia Program, Quincy Institute. 

REPORT LAUNCH: RUSSIA’S USE OF THE INSTRUMENTS OF STATECRAFT IN THE INDO-PACIFIC. 6/9, 10:00-11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Speakers: Dr. Alexander Korolev, Senior Lecturer, Politics, International Relations, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney; Dr. Michael Rouland, Senior Strategic Advisor, Director, Research, Russia Strategic Initiative, US European Command; Colonel (ret.) Robert E. Hamilton, Ph.D., Head, Research, Eurasia Program, FPRI. 

FUTURE OF WAR. 6/9, 11:00am (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy (FP Live). Speakers: Mara Karlin, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities, Professor of Practice, Johns Hopkins SAIS, Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution. Moderator: Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy. 

ISRAEL, CHINA, AND THE INDO-PACIFIC IN THE POST-OCTOBER 7TH MIDDLE EAST WITH, DIRECTOR OF SIGNAL GROUP. 6/9, Noon (EDT), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Council for a Secure America. Speaker: Carice Witte, Founder and Executive Director, SIGNAL Group. 

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