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THE OFFICIAL BROCHURE OF ICISTS-KAIST 2009

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The Center of the Global Leadership

ICISTS-KAIST

The Participation of World 44 Colleges

Impressive Speeches and Lectures of Great Scholars

Connection of Human Network between Global Leaders

All above come true in ICISTS-KAIST Annual Conference.


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ICISTS-KAIST.

CONTENTS

1. Introduction of ICISTS-KAIST 3

2. The Import of ICISTS-KAIST 3

3. ICISTS-KAIST 2009 4

4. ICISTS-KAIST 2009 Workshop Descriptions

- Workshop 1. Climate Change

- Workshop 2. Human-Computer Interaction

- Workshop 3. Nano Clinic

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5. The Events of ICISTS-KAIST 2009 15

6. ICISTS-KAIST 2009 General Overview 16


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INTRODUCTION OF ICISTS-KAIST

The ICISTS-KAIST, The International Conference for the Integration of Science

and Technology into Society, is an annual international conference in which

undergraduate students worldwide come together to learn about the most promising

fields of science and technology by discussing and interacting with diverse participants

and professionals. The ICISTS-KAIST is a collaborative effort of the Ministry of Education,

Science and Technology and the undergraduate students at Korea Advanced Institute of

Science and Technology, to promote discourse on critical science and technology issues

affecting modern society. After the foundation of ICISTS-KAIST Organizing Committee,

we hosted ‘ICISTS-KAIST 2005’, the first International Conference in Asia which offers an

opportunity to facilitate discussion of the most important Issues relevant to science and

technology. ICISTS-KAIST, having in mind the significance of science and technology in

future generations, aims to raise a sense of awareness among the general public and

foster future leaders of diverse backgrounds.

THE IMPORT OF ICISTS-KAIST

ICISTS-KAIST's goal is to offer a rigorous academic program and continuous forum of

debate and dialogue on current issues in science and technology in society. Through all of

its activities, ICISTS-KAIST strives to maintain the vision of viewing science from an

interdisciplinary perspective, encouraging public interest in science and technology, and

providing a global network.


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ICISTS-KAIST 2009

In This year, ICISTS-KAIST 2009 is held with three workshops which concern with the

Integration of various fields in Science and Technology.

□ Name: ICISTS-KAIST 2009

□ Workshop: Ⅰ. Climate Change: Merging Technology and Policy for Green Solutions

Ⅱ. Human-Computer Interaction: Designing Computer System for Intuitive Human Access

Ⅲ. Nano Clinic: Breakthrough in Conquering Diseases

□ Host: ICISTS

□ Date: August 20th, 2009 ~ August 23th, 2009

□ Venue: KAIST Main Campus

□ Expected Attendance: 200

□ Official Homepage: http://www.icists.org/

□ Sponsor: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,

Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, South Korea.


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ICISTS-KAIST 2009 WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

ICISTS-KAIST offers Parallel Sessions and Interactive Session, Team Project, which gives the

opportunity to participate within.

Workshop I. Climate Change :

Merging Technology and Policy for Green Solutions

Ranging from day-to-day or year-to-year to

decades or millions of years, the time scales by which

variations in climate are observed prove that it is

indispensable part of everyday human activities as well

as one of the essential components in interpreting the

human history. These variations in climate could refer

not only to the minor weather changes and passages of

seasons, but also to the ice ages in the past. While the

former directly affect individuals’ lifestyle, the latter is more relevant to alteration of the Earth’s

environment as a whole. In either case, it is unquestionable that climate change has always been

a principal element in the progression of humanity.

Undoubtedly, climate change is still a matter of great consequence today, perhaps in a more

urgent way than in the past. In recent, the term ‘climate change’ has come to signify primarily the

variations in climate that are caused by humans inadvertently. The rise in average surface

temperature known as global warming is the main concern, but complex arguments surrounding

its causes and mixed predictions for the future prove it is tangled with many other environmental

problems, which, in turn, are connected to social and economic matters. In other words, climate

change perceived today is a common threat to the global community, to which appropriate

solutions should be sought immediately.

To work out this environmental crisis, it is important to combine efforts in scientific, social, and

economic fields and be able to interpret climate change and its possible effects from various

perspectives. In this context, this workshop is intended to identify diverse scientific aspects of

climate change, discuss on the reliability of climate modeling method, and to distinguish

industrial and political endeavors to resolve the associated crisis.


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Parallel Session #1 . Climate Change Overview: Human and Natural Drivers

Climate change itself is definitely not a new concept. From dinosaurs that are said to

have become extinct after the ice age to people who wear different clothes from time to time

according to changing temperatures, climate change has been a part of natural history known

and accepted well by people for long. Nevertheless, global warming, rather an abnormal climate

change that has been observed in recent, has aroused doubts as to how the Earth would respond

to it.

Whether the “warming” is actually happening or whether human activities truly have

more to do with this than the natural world are still in debate. As a result, it is necessary to

discuss from the beginning when and why climate change has become a problem, why the issue

is significant, what aspects of it show that it is human-induced and what deny that.

Parallel Session #2 . Ocean and Climate Change Technology

Ocean is closely related to climate change around

the Earth; in some part, it could be held responsible for

climate change occurred in history. Even small shifts in ocean

current patterns could affect world climate immensely. Such

change in the circulation of ocean does depend on the

climate variations of the Earth, showing the interrelated

nature of ocean and climate. Thus, it is reasonable to talk

about climate change in the context of ocean. As oceanic

technologies to hamper rapid climate change are also being researched, ocean’s potential to

bringing about a better understanding of climate change and acquiring a new way of managing

climate change is indeed huge.

Parallel Session #3. Greenhouse Gases and Aerosols

Atmosphere conditions also play an important part in climate change. As greenhouse gases and

aerosols are emitted from human activities, their concentration in the atmosphere is variable

through time, involving factors such as global population, living standards, energy use and

technology. Accordingly, it would be meaningful to discuss on how changes in the amount of

greenhouse gases and aerosols in the atmosphere would affect climate. Practical ways to both

directly and indirectly diminish negative aspects of them should also be sought.


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Parallel Session #4. Climate Modeling and Prediction

Climate modeling methods are essential in interpreting past climate changes and making

future predictions regarding climate change. Almost all statements on climate change are in fact

based upon the various climate models of atmosphere and ocean. Nevertheless, mechanisms

behind producing those models are not commonly known, and the degree of reliability of them is

also unsure. Because enhanced models based on the past and present data would ultimately

yield more realistic predictions for the future and lead to a better understanding of climate

change history, it is vital to learn about climate modeling systems used today and factors that

may lead to improved modeling systems.

Parallel Session #5 . Green Energy: Road to Low Carbon Emissions

One of the prospective research areas in response to work out the climate change crisis is the

so-called ‘green energy,’ the environmentally friendly source of energy. As carbon emissions are

mainly brought out by burning of fossil fuels, researchers here and there have been striving to

come up with an efficient alternative to fossil fuels. Although the extent to which carbon

emissions contribute to climate change crisis is not absolutely clear, it is rather an unquestionable

idea that they do serve as a critical factor in slowing down the readily observed rapid climate

change.

Parallel Session #6. Green Economy: Action in the Industries to Remedy Climate Change

In an attempt to resolve climate change crisis, industries have taken a step forward to

develop various ways to preserve the environment. Even some industries not directly related to

such business have newly begun similar eco-friendly practices. In order to promote more

companies to become non-polluting and eco-friendly, it is important to distinguish many possible

climate friendly technologies that could be promoted throughout the society in the future. In this

session, environmentally friendly techniques newly developed in some prominent companies are

to be introduced.

Parallel Session #7. Climate Policy: International Negotiations and Climate Friendly Lifestyles

In addition to technological and industrial efforts, global awareness of climate change

crisis is crucial to overcoming the situation. Until now, different countries have cooperated to

remedy the crisis through various ways. The Kyoto Protocol is an example of an international

agreement to deal with global warming and climate change, while the organizations such as the


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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has promoted active interchange of technical ideas

on climate change. Nonetheless, not only are the international negotiations important, but

bringing about changes in people’s lifestyles to make their daily lives climate-friendly is also

needed. In this session, various climate policies to bring about international negotiations and to

spread climate friendly lifestyles among people would be discussed, along with their

effectiveness.


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Workshop II. Human-Computer Interaction :

Designing Computer System for Intuitive Human Access

Recently, as the capability of the computer is

improving, the usage of the computer is centered on

exchanging information between computer and human.

Need of HCI (Human-Computer interaction), consequently,

became important as to make a computer more useful and

efficient.

HCI is the study of design, evaluation, and embodiment of interaction between

computer system and user. Interaction, in this sense, means the operation revealed from user

interface between user and computer. The purpose of HCI is to maximize the potential of

computer as a tool, to make the will of human beings freer, to improve creativity, and to increase

the communication and cooperation between humans.

This workshop’s purpose is as following. First, look at the present state of HCI through

various researching field and products from company. Second, anticipate the future of HCI and

inform the participants of the importance of HCI.

Parallel Session #1. The principles of HCI : key concepts and theories

HCI is composed of three main factors; a variety of computer systems, the system's

users, and the interaction between those user and the system. Each of these includes the

recognition and information processing of the human, the computer system structure and

information input / output process, the interaction between user and system evaluation, and the

development process. The results of structured research in these fields construct the principles

and the methodology of HCI and used in actual application. This session introduces these key

concepts and principles of HCI for evaluating and designing interfaces, with their brief examples.

Parallel Session #2. How are products designed by the HCI methodologies?

If you are a product developer and you must make a valuable product, what factors

would you think about? It is complex and difficult work, and you should think about which factor

is important and which is not. Comparing with other products, serious game system has high

quality of function, convenience, interest and efficiency. For example, aircraft simulation game

has various factors of HCI such as controller. Controller is adaptable, functional and educational


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to learn how to manipulate aircraft. Through observing these kinds of concrete examples, let’s

examine how the important concepts of HCI are applied in the development of a real system.

Parallel Session #3. How are digital contents designed by the HCI methodologies?

In the field of creating digital

contents such as blogs, web pages and

various online services, HCI holds the key to

the success of those contents because the

most important point of digital content is

whether it can provide the user with

convenient user environment. Especially,

some basic HCI concepts like usability and availability are essential and actually used in web

development. Then, what are the considerations for designing digital contents and how these

contents are designed and evaluated through these considerations?

Parallel Session #4. User Centered Design : innovative thinking? Or just the solution to the

problem?

Design is certainly a significant factor in the production, yet its definition is becoming

vague these days. User-centered design is making the users incapable of adapting and

developing by strictly adhering to the needs of users. So, what is the real function of design? Is it

really making a product creative or is it limiting the product’s possibility in the future by

establishing its role as simply a problem solver? In this session, we will look at the present-

oriented designs and talk about the problems of changing role of designers.

Session #5. SEMVAST : Scientific Evaluation Methods for Visual Analytics Science and

Technology

Visual analytics is the science of analytical reasoning facilitated by interactive visual

interfaces. As new visual analytics methods and tools are developed, an evaluation infrastructure

is needed. It is especially difficult to assess effectiveness of new visual analytics methods and

tools as they combine multiple low level components (for example, analytical reasoning, visual

representations, data representations and algorithms) integrated in complex interactive systems

that require empirical user testing. Furthermore, it is difficult to assess the effectiveness without


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realistic data and tasks. This session will focus on the outlook of interface evaluation and visual

analytics, especially SEMVAST.

Parallel Session #6 . Social computing : HCI for the intermediation among people

Although the web is used by millions of people, chatting through the Internet or reading

a web page is practically an individual activity. But, as the performance of computer enhances

and the usage of the Internet propagates, the

computer has become new means of communication

among persons. People with the same interests and

opinions create web communities and web users

express themselves through blogs and websites. How

will these new communities on the web change and

how will these changes affect the future society?


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Workshop III. Nano Clinic:

Breakthrough in Conquering Diseases

Nanotechnology is one of the leading techniques that will fundamentally change our

lives in the 21st century. As it explores one billionth of a meter – “nano world” – it enables us to

enter, control and utilize the world of atom or molecule. Fusing with biotechnology,

nanotechnology will radically enhance the medical field.

Nano-bio technology will resolve the limitations in present medical techniques, and

make innovative progress in diagnosis and treatment. Recently, scientists are focusing on

research about natural and synthetic nano-scale biomaterials. Through these nanomaterials,

nanobiochip can be manufactured to sense inner parts of organism, providing more accurate

information. Using this technique, subminature robots are also being devised to move

autonomously in the blood vessels. In addition, medical substances, about 50 nano meter less

than blood vessels, can be delivered to the designed destinations to treat the ailment.

Organisms can be viewed as an orchestra of a large number of molecules that

harmonizes with each other. Due to the nano-scale size of these molecules, we are able to

approach and deal with our bodies effectively through nano-biotechnology. With the viewpoint

mentioned above, this workshop is aimed at clarifying the concept of nanobiotechnology,

exploring the ongoing researches in diagnosis and treatment, and discussing potential

nanotoxicity in human life.

Parallel session #1. Introduction : Nano Biomaterials for 21st Century

What are you most afraid of? Most will agree that

one of the most fearful objects is the one that you can not

control but can merely see. Disease, therefore, is one of the

most deadly matters because you cannot physically enter the

minuscule cell world to treat the illness yourself. The current

nano-biotechnology fulfils this impossible dream. We will especially focus on nano-biomaterials

for medicine delivery and tissue regeneration. Firstly, a speaker will inform you about

sophisticated biomaterial system that delivers various protein drug or anti-cancer drug to

different parts of the body. He will then present us with continuous efforts to create medical


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devices that will replace or enhance tissue functions that have been impaired by diseases or

injuries.

Parallel Session #2. Simple Diagnostic Skill : Nano-Biosensors

Imagine a simple diagnostic kit that will enable you to take

only few minutes of your time to check your health conveniently. A

biosensor is a device that makes this simple diagnosis possible. You will

learn about current nano-biosensor technology and its future through

this session. You will, furthermore, have an opportunity to imagine the

future lifestyle that is revolutionized by the developments of these

diagnostic kits.

Parallel Session #3 . Exploring Our Inner Body : Nano-molecular imaging

If there is an abnormality in our body, we have to identify it before we start the

treatment. Nano molecular imaging is a technology that detects and visualizes molecular level of

biological processes in organisms by utilizing nano particles. By measuring variable metabolism in

cell, expressed protein and genetic materials, we can get detailed information about the disease,

enabling quick diagnosis and treatment. In order to acquire this valuable information, PET and

MRI are available to check body tissues easily with nano particle, and other optical molecular

imaging technique is rapidly advancing. In this session, the speaker will provide you with

mechanisms behind this imaging technique and its characteristics.

Parallel Session #4. Maximizing the Effects of Medication : Nano Drug Delivery System

When one is sick, one normally takes pills to recover from

the ailment. What if, however, they have no curative effects or

cause detrimental side effects? Usually, drugs like anti-cancer

medicines are so toxic that they cause fatal side effect. Other

available alternative drugs, however, are less effective than these

toxic medicines. Then, how can we deal with this limitation of

present drug? Nano drug delivery system might broaden this

restriction by enabling the medicines to target specific parts of


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the body. Most scientists will agree that nano particles will maximize the beneficial effects of the

medicine and minimize its side effect. This session will give us a chance to explore this miracle of

nano drug.

Parallel Session #5 . Another Aspect of Nanobio-Medical Technology : Nano-Toxicity

Nanotechnology is applied in various field of science as it

establishes itself as a new paradigm to change our civilization. In

recent few years, however, several risks factors that can cause fatal

problems to our environment have been proposed. This reason has

generated various counter-arguments for developing nanotechnology.

Nano-bio-materials, for example, need to be carefully examined in

order to be safely used in a biological system. Through examining

pathway, the surface of the nano-materials must be manufactured to

minimize toxicity in order for drug delivery system to function. In this session, we will learn about

various risk factors of nano-bio-technology and have a time to ponder about the future of this

technology.

Parallel Session #6. Nano bio-RAISE

Like all technologies have their own social, ethical issues, nano-bio technology also has it.

Recently, as the nano-bio technology is developed and occupied its own status in society, several

societal and ethical issues are occurred in various fields in our society. And there are some

movements observed to consider and discuss about societal and ethical issues. One of those

movements is Nano-bio RAISE (Responsible Action on Issues in Society and Ethics). This

movement’s aim is to anticipate the societal and ethical issues likely to arise as nano-

biotechnologies develop. We are to listen from a member of Nano-bio RAISE which issues we can

see around us and how they do their efforts to deal with it.


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THE EVENTS OF ICISTS-KAIST 2009

rientation & Ice-Breaking Game

General introduction and guidelines of the overall

conference are given, followed by ice-breaking games.

pening Ceremony

The conference begins with an opening ceremony, followed by

an opening speech by distinguished social figures.

offee Break

A brief break between successive lectures with refreshments.

losing Ceremony & Gala Night

ICISTS-KAIST 2009 ends with a closing

ceremony and an award ceremony on Team

Project, followed by a gala dinner.

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ICISTS-KAIST 2009 General Overview

ICISTS-KAIST 2009 is the International Conference which focuses on socio-

economical issues related to science and technology to reflect the rapid rise of science and

technology’s impact in society worldwide. We invite you to join us to sharpen your insight

and prepare the next upcoming future as a global leader.

1. Name of the Program: ICISTS-KAIST 2009

2. Date: August 20th ~ August 23rd, 2009

Orientation will be held on August 19th, 2009

3. Location: Daejeon, South Korea

4. Venue: KAIST Main Campus

5 Registrations: Early Application - April 1st ~ May 16st

Regular Application – May 23rd ~ June 30th

Final Application - July 1st~July 31st

6. How to Apply?

Participants will be asked to complete the Application form from the ICISTS-KAIST

homepage (http://www.icists.org) and write the essay.

Host : ICISTS

Sponsor : Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, South Korea

* If you have any other inquiries, please contact us by

[email protected] / www.icists.org

ICISTS-KAIST Organizing Committee

305-701, 373-1 Guseong-dong Yuseong-gu

Daejeon, Republic of Korea

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