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Global HR Forum 2015

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September 2015


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I. EVENT OVERVIEW Title Global HR Forum 2015

Slogan Global Talent, Global Prosperity!

Theme

Diverse Talent, Changing Societies Globalization is increasing rapidly, driven by technological advances and demographic changes, and as a result, the flow of goods and capital has become easier. The demand for human resources has increased equally, and the challenges of developing, managing, and hiring talents have become key issues in this era of globalization. In response, the Global Human Resources Forum 2015 intends to create spaces where leaders from business, government, civil society, NGOs, and academia around the world come together to share their visions and actions through open and insightful discussions, specifically focusing on how to develop and manage human resources in order to create sustainable and enduring global prosperity. The annual Global HR Forum will be held from November 3 to November 5, 2015 at Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas located in Samseong-dong of Gangnam District in Seoul.

Date November 3(Tue) ~ November 5(Thu), 2015

Venue Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas 521, Teheran-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea Tel: +82-2-555-5656

Hosts

Background

As globalization has rapidly changed our lives, the boundaries between countries have disappeared and movement of human resources from one country to another has become commonplace. Accordingly, international organizations, governments, corporations, and individuals are required to be globally competitive. The reason global competitiveness of human resources is a key issue is that now everyone, and not just a small number of elites in specialized fields, must compete against one another in order to survive in the world. Because human resources are the foundation where the prosperity of individuals, businesses, society, and the world is built upon, the governments, businesses, and educational institutions must join efforts to improve the education, training, and utilization of human resources. In response, the Korean Ministry of Education, the Korea Economic Daily, and the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training recognized the needs for international cooperation and collaboration, and initiated the Global HR Forum in collaboration with the private sector in 2006.

Objectives

Find solutions for the major on-going global issues that the entire human race is facing

Share creative, valuable experiences and cases of human resources development in public and private sectors

Discuss significant factors of human resources development for the future generations in terms of global perspectives


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Program Partners World Bank, OECD, UNESCO, British Council, MERCER, KORN FERRY, Korea Student Aid Foundation, Korea Council for University Education, Korea Invention Promotion Association(KIPA), National Institute for Lifelong Education(NILE)

Media Partners Open University Network(OUN), daumkakao

Participants Profile

Ministers of related fields and high ranking officials from international organizations and human resources divisions

CEOs of global businesses and HR Executives Presidents of the world's top universities and experts from academia Heads from industries, research institutions, and economic development agencies Other human resources-related agency representatives and many others

Official Language English & Korean (Simultaneous interpretation provided)

Official Website www.ghrforum.org

Forum Secretariat Information

Address:

The Korea Economic Daily 13F, 463, Cheongpa-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea

Telephone: +82-2-360-4083 | Fax: +82-2-360-4085 E-mail: [email protected]

II. HISTORY The government of Republic of Korea recognized the need for international cooperation and collaboration, and as a result, initiated the Global Human Resources Forum 2006 in collaboration with the private sector. Over 3,000 people including the heads of renowned universities and leaders of private, public, and international institutions attended the inaugural Global HR Forum. Notable speakers included Bill Gates, the Founder and Chairman of Microsoft; Paul Wolfowitz, the former President of the World Bank; Bertel Haarder, the Education Minister of Denmark; and Robert Barro, the Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics at Harvard University. The Global HR Forum 2007 started off with video lectures by Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, scar Arias Snchez, the former President of Costa Rica, and Ki-Moon Ban, the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Over 4000 participants gathered to hear the messages from more than 150 prominent global leaders from 35 countries. Speakers included Richard Holbrooke, the former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Francis Fukuyama, Professor of Johns Hopkins University; and Ben Verwaayen, the President of British Telecom. Furthermore, some notable high-ranking government officials were present, including the Minister of Culture of Sudan, the Minister of Education of Iraq, Vice Minister for Education of Bulgaria. The CEOs and CHOs of global companies such as Goldman Sachs, BMW, Boeing, and Walt Disney Studios, as well as top executives of international organizations including OECD, World Bank, and ALECSO also participated as speakers.


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The 3rd Global HR Forum held in 2008, kicked off with video speeches by Jack Welch, the former CEO of GE, and Craig R. Barrett, the CEO of Intel. Other participants included Martin Feldstein, the former Chairman of the NBER; Jean Robert Pitte, the President of the University of Paris-Sorbonne; Jozef M. Ritzen, the President of the University of Maastricht; Nicolas R. Burnett, Assistant Director-General of Education for UNESCO; and the CEOs and CHOs of companies such as Pfizer, HP, IBM, Motorola, Dupont and Corning. The Global HR Forum in 2009 began with a video presentation by Myung-Bak Lee, the 10th President of the Republic of Korea. Other speakers included Gerhard Schroeder, the former German Prime Minister; Fred Bergsten, Director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics; Dave Ulrich, Professor at the University of Michigan; David Skorton, President of Cornell University; Tan Chorh Chuan, President of the National University of Singapore; and Atsushi Seike, President of Keio University. Furthermore, the forum invited other senior government officials and experts from sectors of education, culture, science, and technology from over 65 countries, including presidents and deans of prestigious universities, world-renowned scholars, and the CEOs of multinational firms. The theme for the 5th Global HR Forum held from October 26-28, 2010 was Open and Ready for Tomorrow. 200 speakers from 52 countries participated in the forum and notable speakers included Allan Greenspan, the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States; Jacque Attali, the President of PlaNet Finance; Joseph Polisi, President of the Julliard School; Tony Little, the Headmaster of Eton College; Robert Mundell, Professor of Economics at Columbia University as well as the Nobel Economics Prize Laureate; Jeffrey Pfeffer, Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford University; and Franci Phelan, the CHRO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. They discussed important issues such as new world economic order post-crisis, balanced growth, development of creative talent, and management of a just society. Responses from the participants of the forum were very positive and many of the participating companies found the forum helpful in establishing their vision and gaining insight necessary for finding solution for human resource development. In particular, financial support from the World Bank and UNESCO made it possible to invite 50 state level officials from 12 Asia-Pacific region countries to hold a forum for Education Ministers of developing countries together with a training program for policy makers in the East Asia and the Pacific region. The two events opened a channel to extensively discuss the ways in which governments could harness education and develop human resources to combat problems such as hunger, disease, income disparities, high elderly population, low economic growth, climate change, and energy supply issues in order to improve the quality of life. Smart Education: Reinventing the future was the theme of the 6th Global HR Forum, which was held on the first three days of November in 2011. This year, renowned world scholars and CEOs of global companies noted that increasingly rapid social change has made the process of predicting the future


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more difficult, and consequently it has become necessary to abandon hidebound practices and ways of thought. Instead, they discussed possible ways to develop human resources, prepare for the future, and identify global economic trends and prospects. The potential talent development-based solutions in dealing with future uncertainties proposed by participants of the last forum were collected and distilled into seven articles and published as the Seoul Initiative, to further promote human resource development. The Seoul Initiative contains possible ways to develop talent through close collaboration among government, institutions of higher learning, and businesses, and details several approaches to increase global cooperation by utilizing talent and information sharing. During the forum, major universities and institutions of learning around the world expressed their interest in participating in the Global Leadership Program (GLP), a program initiated by the Korea Economic Daily. Furthermore, a policymaker training program, funded by the World Bank and UNESCO, was offered to 80 senior ranking officials of developing nations from 18 Asian and African states. During the 7th Global HR Forum, again, inspiring discussions and presentations were made under the theme of Better Education, the Best Welfare. We live in the midst of a global economic downturn and increased polarization of wealth. And our organizers believed that the best way for the socially and economically disadvantaged group to escape poverty was to equip them with the means to survive on their own and that the best form of welfare could be achieved through better education policies and practices. In order to share the experiences and discuss the solutions, we invited renowned experts and heads of organizations from various fields including Gordon Brown, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; Daniel Shapiro, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University; Anne Krueger, Professor at Johns Hopkins University as well as the first female Deputy Managing Director at IMF; Elisabet Dahle, the Deputy Minister at Norwegian Ministry of Education; Feridun Hamdullahpur, the President of University of Waterloo; Roger H. Brown, the President of Berklee College of Music; Andr J. Cointreau, the President of Le Cordon Bleu International; Sujitha Karnad, the Senior Vice President of Tech Mahindra; Toyohiko Aoki, the President of Aoki Co., LTD; and Mmantsetsa Marope, the Director of Basic to Higher Education and Leaning, UNESCO. The theme of the 8th Global HR Forum was Beyond Walls. At this 8th Global HR Forum, the former

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak delivered a keynote speech, and Francis Fukuyama one of the most

influential social & political philosophers of our time joined as a special speaker and shared his

thoughts and perspectives on the future of Northeast Asia and the World. Celebrating 130th anniversary of

Korea-United Kingdom amity, Paul Thompson, the Rector of Royal College of Art and six other top U.K.

college vice-chancellors and rectors visited Korea and participated in an open forum discussion on how

U.K. universities lead creative industries by converging art and science and cooperating closely with the

companies. Besides, many other brilliant speakers around the world joined our forum and shared their

knowledge and experience including Hans Paul Buerkner, the Chairman of Boston Consulting Group;


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Lazlo Bock, the Senior Vice President of People Operations at Google; Madan Nagaldinne, the Asia-

Pacific Head of HR at Facebook; Eric Alexander, the Vice President of Flipboard; Regis Kelly, the

Director of California Institute for Quantitative Bioscience (QB3); Pradeep Khosla, the President of

University of California-San Diego; Timothy Trainor, the Brigadier General & Dean of U.S. Military

Academy at West Point; and Christian Lettmayr, the Director of European Center for the Development of

Vocational Training(CEDEFOP).

The 9th Global HR Forum was held with great success under the theme Human Resources for Trust and

Integration. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, delivered his keynote speech on

creativity and education systems along with Sungmo Steve Kang, President of KAIST, who spoke as the

interlocutor. Dr. Kims live interview was followed by the second keynote speech by John Gottman,

Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Washington, who spoke on the Science of Trust.

Over the three days from November 4 to 6, more than 120 prominent scholars and global corporate

executives as well as 5,000 participants gathered from 60 different countries in order to share their ideas

on human resources development. Speakers include Youngsuk Chi, the Chairman of Elsevier; Kevin

Sneader, the Chairman, Asia of McKinsey & Company; Robert Brown, the President of Boston

University; Eric Kaler, the President at University of Minnesota; Timothy OShea, the Principal & Vice-

Chancellor at University of Edinburgh; Michael Karnjanaprakorn, the CEO & Founder of Skillshare; Phil

Rosenzweig, the Professor at International Institute for Management Development; Arief Rachman, the

Executive Chairman at Indonesia National Commission for UNESCO; and Sangeet Chowfla, the

president & CEO of the Graduate Management Admission Council.


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III. PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

Nov. 3 (Tue) Nov. 4 (Wed) Nov. 5 (Thu)

World Bank EAP Workshop

Education

Tour

Registration Registration

Opening Ceremony - Opening Speech

- Welcome Speech - Congratulatory Speech Keynote Speech

Track A Track B Track C Track D

A-1

A-2

B-1

B-2

C-1 C-2

D-1 D-2 Plenary

Session Special Session

PS-1 SS-1

Lunch Lunch

PS-2 PS-3

SS-2 SS-3

A-3

A-4

B-3

B-4

C-3 C-4

D-3 D-4

Welcome Reception Wrap-Up Session

IV. PROGRAM (*subject to change) Day 2 (Wednesday, November 4) Keynote Speech & Plenary Session

Time Session & Topic Moderators/Speakers/Discussants

08:30-09:00

Opening Ceremony

Opening Speech Kiwoong Kim President and Publisher,

The Korea Economic Daily Welcome Speech Wooyea Hwang Deputy Prime Minister

& Minister of Education Congratulatory Speech VIP (TBA)


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09:00-10:00

[KN-1] Changing Society, Changing Education

Interlocutor Yeoncheon Oh President, University of Ulsan Speaker Goh Chok Tong Emeritus Senior Minister, Republic of

Singapore

10:00-10:30

[KN-2] The Leadership Crisis:

Fixing the BS of Leadership

Speaker Jeffrey Pfeffer Professor of Organizational Behavior,

Stanford University

11:00-12:30

[PL-1] Breaking Through Limitations:

Strategies of Global Companies

Moderator Sungchull Junn CEO, Institute of Global Management Speakers Peter Zec Founder & CEO, Red Dot Design Award Christine Pambianchi Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Corning Inc. Umran Beba Senior Vice President & Chief HR Officer,

PepsiCo AMENA Sector

14:00-15:30

[PL-2] Student Mobility and the

Internationalization of Higher Education

Moderator Guwuck Bu Chairman, Korean Council for University Education Speakers John Sexton President, New York University Michael Arthur President & Provost, University College London Steven D. Lavine President, California Institute of the Arts

16:00-17:30

[PL-3] Growing Diverse Talents

Approaches from Australian Universities

Moderator Richard Fogarty Counsellor, Education and Science, Australian Embassy, Seoul Speakers Paul Johnson Vice-Chancellor, University of Western

Australia Margaret Sheil Provost, University of Melbourne Tyrone Carlin Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Sydney David Ward Vice President, Human Resources, University of

New South Wales


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Special Session Time Session & Topic Moderators/Speakers/Discussants

11:00-12:30

[SS-1] The 21st Century Skillset:

What You Need to Succeed

Managing Innovation in China

Moderator Sungmo Steve Kang President, KAIST Speaker Jake Schwartz CEO & Co-Founder, General Assembly George Yip Professor of Strategy & Co-Director, Centre on

China Innovation, China Europe International Business School

14:00-15:30

[SS-2]

Building High Performance Organizations and Cultures

Creating Inclusive Workplaces:

A Future Growth Engine For Businesses

Moderator Wonsik Choi Country Head & Senior Partner, McKinsey &

Company Speakers Jeffrey Pfeffer Professor of Organizational Behavior,

Stanford University Deborah Gillis President & CEO, Catalyst

16:00-17:30

[SS-3] Digital Technology and the Future of

Smart Learning

Moderator Sunhye Hwang President, Sookmyung Women's

University Speakers Larry Cooperman Associate Dean for Open Education, University of California, Ivrine Robert Gehorsam Executive Director, Institute of Play Inc. Milton Chen Senior Fellow & Executive Director Emeritus,

George Lucas Educational Foundation


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Day 3 (Thursday, November 5) Track A: Diversity in Education and Creative Talent

Time Session & Topic Moderators/Speakers/Discussants

09:00-10:30

[A-1] Character Education Focused on

Practice and Experience

Moderator Changwoo Jeong Professor, Seoul National University Speakers Yen-Hsin Chen Associate Professor, National Taichung

University of Education, Taiwan Hyemin Han Researcher, Stanford University Discussant Kyungwon Son Senior Researcher, Center for Education Research, Seoul National University Sanghoon Bae Professor, Department of Education,

Sungkyunkwan University

11:00-12:30

[A-2] A Dual System of

Vocational Education and Training

Moderator Chyul-Young Jyung Professor, Seoul National University Speakers TBA Jay Rojewski Professor of Workforce Education,

University of Georgia Discussants Wonsup Chang Professor, Department of Education, Yonsei University Christin Brings Senior Research Fellow, Human Resources

Development Service of Korea

14:00-15:30

[A-3] Entrepreneurship,

the Power to Change the World

Moderator Jinsoo Kim Professor, School of Business, Chung-Ang

University Speakers Michael Morris James W. Walter Eminent Scholar Chair,

University of Florida Michele Orzan President, European Chamber Discussants Jake Schwartz CEO & Co-Founder, General Assembly Michael Lee President, Young Entrepreneurs Society of

Korea

16:00-17:30

[A-4] Innovating University Education

Moderator Margaret Sheil Provost, University of Melbourne Speakers Kenn Ross Managing Director for Asia, Minerva Project Tae-Eog Lee Professor, Department of Industrial &

Systems Engineering, KAIST Discussant Hae-Deok Song Professor, Department of Education,

Chung-Ang University Larry Cooperman Associate Dean for Open Education,

University of California, Ivrine


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Track B: Diverse Workforce and Company Competitiveness

Time Session & Topic Moderators/ Speakers/ Discussants

09:00-10:30

[B-1]

How Can Technology Leadership Enhance Global Competitiveness

Managing Talent in Emerging Markets

Moderator Taeyoung Kang Professor, Yonsei Institute of

Convergence Technology Speakers Chad Evans Executive Vice President, Council on Competitiveness Paul Evans Shell Chaired Professor, Emeritus, INSEAD

11:00-12:30

[B-2] University-Industry Collaboration

Growth Gene for a Global University

Moderator Richard Davies Vice-Chancellor, Swansea University Speakers Vivien Jones Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Student Education, University of Leeds Martin Halliwell Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor,

University of Leicester Dinah Birch Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and

Knowledge Exchange, University of Liverpool Hai-Sui Yu Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Nottingham Mark Spearing Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International),

University of Southampton

14:00-15:30

[B-3]

Creative Confidence: Designing an Engaging Workplace

Search Inside Yourself

Moderator Daebong Kwon Professor of Education and HRD, Korea

University Speakers Diana Rhoten Associate Partner, IDEO Marc Lesser CEO, Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute

16:00-17:30

[B-4] Intellectual Property Based Future Creative

Entrepreneurs

Moderator Peck Cho Distinguished Professor, Dongguk University Speakers Lorenz Kaiser Director of Research & Development

Contracts and Intellectual Property Rights, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Jeffrey Lim Head of Campus Seoul, Google Korea Discussants Jea Huh CEO, Hardware Accelerator N15 Sangwook Park CEO, DRE@M Jun Kim Partner, K Cube Ventures


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Track C: Relationship between Learning and Employment Time Session & Topic Moderators/ Speakers/ Discussants

09:00- 10:30

[C-1] Strategies for Working Overseas to Increase Youth Employment

Moderator Yongsoon Lee President, Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training(KRIVET) Speakers Yangok Ahn President, The Korean Federation of

Teachers' Associations Philip Loveder Head of Research Operations & Director

International, National Centre for Vocational Education Research(NCVER)

Discussants Ricardo Guisado Head of International Relations,

Fundacin Tripartita para la Formacin en el Empleo Philippe Gnaegi Chairman, Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training(SFIVET)

11:00- 12:30

[C-2] Vocational Education in a Unified Korea

Moderator Youngpyo Choi Professor Emeritus, Dongshin University Speakers Birgit Thomann Head of Department of

Internationalization of VET/Knowledge Management, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training(BIBB)

Bernhard Seliger Resident Representative, Korea Office Hanns Seidel Foundation

Discussants Ilgue Kang Senior Research Fellow, Korea Research

Institute for Vocational Education and Training(KRIVET) Youngmoo Kim Member of Board of Directors,

Committee for the Democratization of North Korea/ North Korea Strategy Center

14:00-15:30

[C-3] Human Resources Development Strategy

in a Multicultural Society

Moderator Jeongtaik Lee President, APEC Study Association of Korea Speakers Philippe Gnaegi Chairman, Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training(SFIVET) Andreas Schleicher Director for the Directorate of

Education and Skills Discussants Philip Loveder Head of Research Operations & Director

International, National Centre for Vocational Education Research(NCVER)

Jai Kwak Director, Migration and Diaspora Research Institute


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16:00-17:30

[C-4] Lifelong Learning in an Aging Society

Moderator Andreas Schleicher Director for the Directorate of

Education and Skills Speakers Hiromi Sasai Director, Research Division of

Lifelong Learning Policy, National Institute for Educational Policy Research of Japan

Ricardo Guisado Head of International Relations, Fundacin Tripartita para la Formacin en el Empleo

Discussants Kisung Lee Professor, Department of Lifelong

Education, Soongsil University Meeryoung Kim Professor & Director, Institute of

Aging Society, Daegu University


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Track D: Preparing for the Future through Innovation Time Session & Topic Moderators/ Speakers/ Discussants

09:00- 10:30

[D-1]

The Slowdown of Population Growth:

Key to a Sustainable Future

Can Robots Replace Workers?

Moderator Seunghwan Kim President, Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity Speakers Alan Weisman Author of Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope

for a Future on Earth? Dennis Hong Professor, Department of Mechanical and

Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles

11:00- 12:30

[D-2] Software Education and Talent

Moderator Sang Kyun Cha Director, Big Data Institute, Seoul National

University Speakers James Gwertzman CEO & Co-Founder, PlayFab Yasmin Kafai Professor, University of Pennsylvania Discussants Jungyun Seo Professor, Department of Computer Science

and Engineering, Sogang University Hyeoncheol Kim Professor, Korea University Taemin Kim Principal, Sunhwa Girls Middle School

14:00-15:30

[D-3] Globalization, Job Market and

University Education for Adults

Moderator Youngwha Kee President, National Institute for

Lifelong Education Speakers Merodie Hancock President, SUNY Empire State College Vivien Jones Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Student Education,

University of Leeds Libing Wang APEID Coordinator & Senior Programme

Specialist in Higher Education, UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education

16:00-17:30

[D-4] Six Leading Edges of Innovation in Our Schools

Global Race for Scientific Talent

Moderator Sungeun Baek President, Korean Educational Development Institute Speakers Milton Chen Senior Fellow & Executive Director Emeritus,

George Lucas Educational Foundation Michael Teitelbaum Senior Research Associate, Labor and

Worklife Program, Harvard Law School


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VI. Session Descriptions Keynote Speech Keynote Speech 1 Changing Society, Changing Education

As the scope of globalization is widening and technology is developing at an unprecedented rate, the

society demands new skills and knowledge for diverse career trajectories and jobs that did not exist in the

past. The truth calls for a paradigm shift in education in order to train the future workforce to have a clear

understanding of the rapidly evolving world and to be prepared to respond to changes. Applying todays

standards and traditional education system to tomorrows generation seems inappropriate. Young students

in school today will be joining the workforce in ten to twenty years time, and the world will be largely

different from what it is now. Therefore, we need to propose a new direction of education, one that can

guide how we educate and train leaders of tomorrow and hence strengthen national competitiveness.

Keynote Speech 2 The Leadership Crisis: Fixing the BS of Leadership

For literally decades the world has seen books, blogs, Ted talks, executive development efforts,

conferences, and similar activitiessome estimates place the size of the leadership education and

development budget in the U.S. at $20 billion annually. Nonetheless, almost every piece of evidenceon

job satisfaction, trust in leaders, employee engagement, leadership success, the efficacy of leadership

development effortsshows persistent failure and problems with leader tenures getting shorter and things

getting worse. Why? And more importantly, what might organizations do to fix the ongoing crises in

leadership? This lecture takes on the simplistic nostrums that have beset the leadership industry and offers

evidence-based, practical suggestions for enhancing both personal and organizational success.

Plenary Sessions Plenary Session 1 Breaking Through Limitations: Strategies of Global Companies

Exchange rate and commodity price volatility along with changing government policies around the world

have made it nearly impossible for businesses to predict the future thus, plan ahead. Amid this uncertain

business environment, however, the breakthrough companies' such as Google, Apple, Illumina, Tesla,

Southwest Airline, SpaceX, Xiaomi and Fujifilm continue to create new growth. What is driving the

success of these breakthrough companies? The answer lies in the ability to step out of the box and to see

the world through reframing. Many companies tend to settle for the status quo, blinding themselves from

seeing where their businesses are actually going. Companies that are ready to face new challenges and to

push themselves beyond limits will lead innovation. This session will present cases of breakthrough


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companies that have successfully challenged their own limits through reframing and exploring creative

possibilities.

Plenary Session 2 Student Mobility and the Internationalization of Higher Education

Globalization and rapid technological development gave us the environment to travel, study and work in

multiple different countries and cultures other than our own. Over the last decade, the number of

students studying outside of their home country grew at an unprecedented rate. With the rise of student

mobility, the institutions of higher education need to become more international in order to operate

effectively in the global education market and to prepare graduates with new skills to succeed in this

global environment. In this session, we will look into recent trends in global higher education as well as

challenges and new opportunities it presents for institutions, policy makers and students. Speakers in this

session will also discuss what kind of policies or practices are undertaken by academic institutions to

attract the increasing flow of international students and how they nurture those high-potential talents to

be competitive on a global stage.

Plenary Session 3 Growing Diverse Talents Approaches from Australian Universities

In the strongly multicultural society of modern Australia, a broad variety of cultures and approaches are

present in both staff and student university populations. The considerable number of international students

present on Australian campuses contributes further to the diversity of the university experience in

Australia, as does the universities active engagement with foreign partner organizations and institutions

around the globe. In achieving their aim to deliver targeted and effective service to the broadly various

communities they serve, Australian universities have adopted a variety of approaches which seek to add

value to the university experience through engagement with the diversity present both within their

organizations and their broader communities. This involves the use of new technologies to facilitate new

interactions on both the global and local level, and the recognition of the university as a community-based

locus of communication and activity for a broad range of interests. This panel presentation will consider a

variety of Australian approaches which aim to harness the value of diversity to optimize both learning

experiences and research outcomes for all.

Special Sessions Special Session 1

The 21st Century Skillset: What You Need to Succeed


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In todays dynamic economy, the skills needed to succeed in the workplace are evolving, and there is a

tremendous need for talent in the technological workforce. Companies ranging from small startups to

Fortune 100 corporations require a broad base of skills in subjects like web development, design, business,

marketing and more. These fields are constantly changing, however, and colleges and universities are

struggling to keep up. New educational models are emerging, continually updating their curriculum and

the way skills are taught. General Assembly is pioneering this model of skills-based education, and co-

founder and CEO Jake Schwartz is leading the way. In this session, he will discuss how skills-based

education is helping people accelerate their careers and how it is allowing companies like Google,

McKinsey, Spotify and more to find the talented workforce they need.

Managing Innovation in China

The buzzword in the ICT industry in 2014 is the tectonic changes brought about by Chinese companies.

Not only companies such as Huawei, ZTE and Lenovo but also smart-phone manufacturers including

Xiaomi and OPPO are recording remarkable progresses. Moreover, three Chinese giants in web services

companies BATshort for Baidu, Alibaba, Tencentare innovating their way out as new global leaders

in the industry. This session will look into the secret of Chinese companies approach to innovation and

explain why China has advantages for innovation both on the supply and demand sides. The talk is based

on a three-year program of research conducted by the China Europe International Business School

(CEIBS) Centre on China innovation.

Special Session 2

Building High Performance Organizations and Cultures

The data are clear: success does not come from mergers and consolidations to increase size, from being in

high technology, from being in the right industry, or even from being first to market with an ideaafter

all, Xerox invented the first personal computer, Lipitor (from Pfizer) was the third statin drug to hit the

market, Diners Club predated Visa (credit cards) by decades, and Amazon was at least the fourth

company to begin selling books on line. Studies of companies in numerous industries ranging from

automobile manufacturing to semiconductors, studies of companies in multiple industries, and research in

countries including the United Kingdom, Korea, Japan, Spain, and Germany demonstrate the strong

correlation between how companies manage their people and their profits, productivity, and customer and

employee retention. In this session, Jeffrey Pfeffer will identify the essential elements of high

performance or high-commitment work arrangements, why these practices are effective, and what this

means for building management systems and organizational culture.

Creating Inclusive Workplaces: A Future Growth Engine for Businesses


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Deborah Gillis, President & CEO of Catalyst, will speak about the current status of women in corporate

management and propose solutions for increasing inclusion in the workplace. She will share Catalyst

research, best practices, and personal stories related to advancing women in business and explain why

doing so is not only the right thing but also the smart thing to do, with the potential to transform

businesses, families, and entire societies.

Special Session 3: Digital Technology and the Future of Smart Learning

The rapid development of digital technology and social change requires a new education method called

smart learning or smart education. Smart learning, a creative method of teaching and engaging the

tech-savvy youngsters, has become the keyword for education policymakers around the world and seeks

to offer a new classroom environment different from the traditional school system. In this session, we will

look into how the current education system is integrating the role of technology into learning/ teaching

and how this type of education will unfold in the future.

Track A: Diversity in Education and Creative Talent A-1: Character Education focused on Practice and Experience

We need to foster individuals who have competent social - emotional skills, attitudes, and morality as

well as intellectual abilities, which are necessary in the future society. Unfortunately, the reasons we

cannot achieve the improvement of character education at the national level mainly derive from the

convention merely requiring formal result reports rather than fruitful educational implementations

focusing on students practices and experiences. Furthermore, we also lack cooperative relationships

between schools, families, and communities. For these reasons, in this session, presenters will provide

visions and useful ideas for the improvement of character education in Korea through introducing good

examples of character education programs practiced in other countries such as the U. S. and Taiwan.

A-2: A Dual System of Vocational Education and Training

A growing number of countries, including South Korea, are expected to suffer a shortage of working-age

population in the near future due to low birth rates and population aging. In response, we need a plan to

effectively use the existing manpower. As part of the plan, it is being discussed to introduce a system of

early employment and promote youth employment. Vocational training that fosters work skills applicable

directly at the workforce and skills demanded by businesses is part of the plan to better tap into the existing

manpower.

Countries are looking at Switzerland and Germany as role models to improve their own education systems.

Switzerland's dual education system gives youth a choice to pursue education with apprenticeship, apart

from a purely academic path. This education system is one of the contributing factors to a low youth


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unemployment rate of below 10 percent in Switzerland. However, even in Switzerland, there is concern,

especially in the industrial sector, that academicization is growing.

In this session, speakers and discussants will look into the Swiss apprenticeship system and discuss how to

introduce specialized high schools to pursue an apprenticeship system, which combines education with

skills training.

A-3: Entrepreneurship, the Power to Change the World

Recently, society has its focus on entrepreneurship in order to create new jobs by enhancing growth

environment. In 1930, American economist Joseph A. Schumpeter declared entrepreneurship as the effort

of an entrepreneur whom which that destroys the existing economic order by introducing technological

innovation. Many developed countries are already making the transition from managed economies to

entrepreneurial economics since the 1980s. Entrepreneurial economies put emphasis on entrepreneurship and

the role of small businesses to spark economic growth and job creations, whereas managed economies focus on

economies of scope and the role of industrial businesses such as conglomerates. In addition, students with higher

education that have received education on entrepreneurship are more likely to start their own business. Therefore

the concept of entrepreneurship is a necessity even for those who are not seeking to start their own business for

individual growth. Entrepreneurship, although known as an innate trait or talent of those who make

extraordinary achievements against all odds, ought to be understood as a characteristic that can be cultivated

by all people through adequate training and education. In this regard, both students and adults are to benefit

by learning from successful practices abroad of fostering entrepreneurship and are to discuss with experts

about how the entrepreneurship education will evolve in the future.

A-4: Innovating University Education

As the industrialized society, which highly valued efficiency, is giving way to the era of creative economy,

which puts emphasis on personal characteristics, the necessity of higher education is increasingly being

called upon to foster talented people that the society truly needs. With time, the role of professors

transforms from lecturers to coaches. Realistic alternatives that could reduce costs but at the same time

improve the quality of higher education are also being demanded. Recently, student-centered and active

learning education models using IT technologies are emerging across the world such as the

implementation of MOOC and Flipped Learning. In this session, we will look into the positive and

negative effects of this new paradigm shift in university education and discuss the future direction and

strategies to innovate higher education in order to foster creative human resources.


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Track B: Diverse Workforce and Company Competitiveness B-1

How Can Technology Leadership Enhance Global Competitiveness

Exploring characteristics of a nation with a competitive advantage in a particular industry reveals

meaningful implications on corporate strategy and government policy. A systematic approach to

competitiveness can offer insightful and inspirational ideas to companies while providing a framework for

new thinking to governments. Such studies can also help find a way to bridge the gap between the

government and private sector. Chad Evans, the Executive Vice President of Council on Competitiveness,

will discuss how countries with technological leadership can gain a competitive edge in certain industries,

how this can lead to global competitiveness and what the underlying patterns and implications are.

Managing Talent in Emerging Markets

Overseas expansion and global business operations became prerequisites for companies to thrive in

today's challenging business environment. With emerging markets such as China and India showing

sustained growth momentum, global talent management in emerging markets is becoming ever more

important. Yet, a shortage of skilled local workers and high-potential talents is a persistent problem to

organizations willing to seize growth opportunities. This session will look into talent competitiveness in

emerging markets and discuss how to cultivate, secure and use those talents effectively.

B-2: University-Industry Collaboration Growth Gene for Global University

A Review of BusinessUniversity Collaboration (2012, Professor Sir Tim Wilson DL) was released in

February 2012, a decade after the Lambert Review in 2003. The Wilson Review takes a close look

through the existing eco-system that the government, university and industry have developed over the last

ten years where the business-university collaboration achieved a growth in both the quantum and the

quality. And this change has not only been stimulated by government funding initiatives but also by a

growing realization, within both business and universities, of the central role of universities in providing

high-level skills, a world-class research base and a culture of inquiry and innovation. This Review visits a variety of current business-university collaborative programs and projects, and provides recommendation

for the next ten years to put the UK in the global leadership of the business-university collaboration. This

session looks at the industrial growth strategy that UK universities are implementing with a support of the

UK government and industry. Represented universities are some of best examples of the existing

business-university partnerships in up-skilling of students and research and innovation. The session will

provide an opportunity to share and present the strategy and approaches of UK universities toward

business collaboration, as well as challenges that both UK and Korean universities may face in fulfilling

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B-3

Creative Confidence: Designing an Engaging Workplace

As motivated and committed workers are crucial to a companys success, it is increasingly becoming a

priority for companies to provide an engaging workplace where workers are encouraged to bring out their

best. In this session, Diana Rhoten, the Associate Partner at IDEO, will introduce us principles and

strategies to unleash creativity within employees and increase productivity through designing an engaging

workplace.

Search Inside Yourself

After Apples cofounder Steve Jobs found himself laid off by his own company, he encountered

meditation in India and began practicing it ever since. Google's engineer Chade-Meng Tan shared his

meditation methods with his colleagues through the emotional intelligence program after he experienced

firsthand the amazing stress-relieving results of meditation. This session will provide insight into how we

can effectively use our mind to enhance inner peace, self-control, motivation, and how this affects social

skills and business performance in a larger framework.

B-4: Intellectual Property Based Future Creative Entrepreneurs

This session is to introduce and shed a light on the growing importance of the young generation who

dream to become future creative entrepreneurs and lead the world. The role of the future creative

entrepreneurs became more than essential as creativity and convergence arose as keywords in this fast

changing and diversified society. Unlike typical talented youth gifted in math and science area, Future

Creative Entrepreneurs can be defined as atypical, new conceptual gifted youth equipped with intellectual

property mind, entrepreneurship and humanity knowledge base altogether. Regardless of diversified area

of their interests and talents, future creative entrepreneurs acknowledge the differences in them and grow

their potential to the fullest through collaboration and team work. In this session, how creative young

leaders initiate changes and what they are preparing to change the world for the better will be deeply

discussed. Essential competences sought after and what it takes to become creative leaders to become

world-leading human resources will be reviewed as well.

Track C: Relationship Between Learning and Employment C-1: Strategies for Working Overseas to Increase Youth Employment

Youth unemployment is unlikely to improve in the short term and there is a limit to find solutions within

Korea in terms of job creation. It is time to establish fundamental measures that can strengthen the


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Korean economy in a low fertility and aging society rather than focusing on short term policies to reduce

youth unemployment. Despite various advantages of working overseas which creates jobs for young

people, the current system and programs of working overseas are not well organized and do not bring the

expected results. To increase the employment of young people, more job opportunities abroad, not only

domestic jobs, should be promoted through cultivating global leaders and reinforcing national

competitiveness. As globalization is progressing at an unprecedented pace, this session seeks to explore

measures that could boost youth employment through creating more job opportunities overseas.

C-2: Vocational Education in a Unified Korea

Since emancipation from Japan, the Korean peninsula has been divided for more than half a century amid

military tension. It is a challenge for us to end the era of national division and open a new era of

reunification. Fortunately, a unification-friendly atmosphere is being created both internally and

externally. Internally, the government has reiterated a peaceful reunification, suggesting unification

daebak (jackpot) theory. Also, positive discourses on Korean reunification have been made

internationally. In accordance with the positive atmosphere, it is necessary for each section of the society

to be equipped with appropriate policies aiming at reunification. Vocational education cannot be excluded

as it will be closely related to human resource cultivation, vocational competency development and

vocational stability in the process of unification or in a unified Korea. In preparation for a unified Korea,

policies that can ensure social stability and national competitiveness should be established in order to

build emotional and cognitive identification by developing and improving vocational skills. Thus, this

session will discuss policy directions and challenges surrounding vocational education and training in the

new era of unified Korea and strategies we have to prepare at this point.

C-3: Human Resources Development Strategy in a Multicultural Society

The Park Geun-Hye administration has set tailored employment and welfare as a national goal, under

which, strategies such as welfare tailored to different life stages and enhancing support for

multicultural family have been presented. The Korean society has transformed into a multicultural

society with more than 1.5 million immigrants and the number is expected to continually increase. In

order to assist smooth adaptation and settlement, and facilitate mediumand long-term economic

activities of multicultural families, HRD emerged as a critical issue. Thus, the administration has laid out

the legal foundation and suggested a new phase of multicultural family policies. However, the Korean

government is facing difficulties in fully embracing various economic needs of multicultural families

and changes in life stages. In this session, national strategy measures through human resources

development of multicultural families in Korea will be discussed, especially in the context of decreasing

fertility and labor force participation rate.


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C-4: Lifelong Learning in an Aging Society

Many countries are turning into an aging society or have already moved into an aged society where

the elderly population (people aged 65 and over) reaches 14% or more. The more a society is aged, the

more the burden of supporting the elderly falls on the working-age population. While there was a

distinct line among education, work and leisure time in the past, the traditional boundaries between them

have become blurred in modern society with the influence of life extension. Despite Koreas high speed

of aging and high rate of labor force participation, there is a lack of lifelong learning opportunities

including vocational competency development for the working-aged group. Being aware of this situation,

the central government set the construction of a national lifelong learning system for the era of 100-years

life expectancy as one of Koreas national tasks in order to contribute to happiness for the people

policy. This session will discuss integrated plans for harmonizing work and personal life with effective

learning by sharing the best practices of lifelong learning abroad for labor participation even after

retirement.

Track D: Preparing for the Future Through Innovation D-1

The Slowdown of Population Growth: Key to a Sustainable Future

During the past century, the numbers of humans on Earth abruptly quadrupled: the most abnormal

population spurt, aside from microbial blooms, in the history of biology. Alan Weisman, author of The

World Without Us and Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?, will discuss how this

happened, and why our current rate of increaseanother million people every 4 days, all requiring

energy, food, and resourcesundermines realistic hopes of sustainability. His talk will address how many

people can safely fit on this planet without destabilizing it; how much nature we need to insure our own

survival; how we might humanely bring our numbers back to a sustainable balance with the Earth without

resorting to culturally unacceptable, draconian measures; and how economies might prosper without

constant growth, on a planet that doesnt grow.

Can Robots Replace Workers?

Many fear that one day robots might take over jobs from human faster than we can possibly adjust to. In a

decade, computers will become something we think of as completely out of the range, a machine even

more intelligent and sophisticated. Carl Benedikt Frey, an economist, and Michael Osborne, Associate

Professor in Machine Learning at Oxford University estimate that about half of American jobs will

disappear due to automation. Speaking at the American Enterprise Institute, Bill Gates also talked about

workers being replaced by software saying technology over time will reduce demand for jobs,

particularly at the lower end of skill set. 20 years from now, labor demand for lots of skill sets will be


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substantially lower. Software substitution or automation seems like an evitable future across the society

and economy, including areas such as manufacturing, education, medicine, national defense, finance, law,

silver industry, environment and entertainment. Dennis Hong, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace

Engineering at UCLA, will explain how automation will affect the labor market and how we can prepare

for such future to minimize the side effects it brings upon us.

D-2: Software Education and Talent

With the development of information technology, software has been leading changes in economic and

social fields introducing internet of things (IoT), robots, self-driving cars, and so on. Developed countries

like the U. S. and the UK make software (coding) education as compulsory to achieve software-centered

society while Korea will designate and operate software education as a required course in elementary and

middle schools under the National Curriculum (2015 revision). This session aims to establish policies and

future directions as well as right systems of software education all over the world including Korea by

discussing various insights in terms of the present situation and direction, global future talents,

suggestions for international communication and cooperation.

D-3: Globalization, Job Market and University Education for Adults

Through this session, we intend to propose a new role and function for universities in order to equip them

to better respond to globalization, changes in population demographics and socioeconomics changes. As a

result of the growing number of older populations continuing to work later into their lives and the

increasing demand for skilled laborers following enhancements in the industrial structure, the need for

continuing education for adults is rising to the fore. Therefore, how will higher education institutions

accept the lifelong learning demands of the times? Is it possible for universities to satisfy these demands

with their existing educational methods? What types of services should be offered to support the

continuing education of adults? Are professors adequately prepared to face adult students? Along with the

emergence of these and other diverse issues, we will discuss the future of adult education in higher

education.

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Six Leading Edges of Innovation in Our Schools

Our lives today are largely different from what it used to be just ten years ago. Have our schools

transformed to meet the changing needs of the society? Is our school system keeping up with the

technological advancement? Dr. Milton Chen, an educational innovator who has had extensive experience


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in media, technology and education, answers no. If we believe that school educationthe very setting for

our children to learn and growmatters, then the latest technology should be applied to classrooms as

well. This session will delve deeply into the six edges in education that have been featured on

edutopia.org: the thinking edge, curriculum edge, technological edge, time/place edge, co-teaching edge

and finally youth edge or the 21st learner edge.

Global Race for Scientific Talent

In the 21st century, a nation's competitiveness is increasingly dependent on its competitiveness in science

and technology. Therefore, decisions involving how to make effective investment in this field can

determine the countrys competitiveness level. In this regard, nurturing and attracting talented individuals

in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) is crucial which explains why countries

around the world are greatly investing their resources into securing high-quality talents. This session will

look into the current global supply and demand of STEM talents, the quality of STEM workforce in

advanced economies and future dynamics of demand in different regions, countries and economies.

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