Welcome to the 2020 Atlantic Council-Korea Foundation Forum.

Please see below for Zoom links to individual sessions.

Day 1 – December 2, 2020

8:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. (Washington, DC)
10:00 p.m. – 12:05 a.m. (Seoul, Korea)

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
(Washington, DC)

10:00 p.m. – 10:45 p.m.
(Seoul, Korea)

Opening Remarks

Mr. Frederick Kempe
President and CEO, Atlantic Council

Dr. Geun Lee
President, Korea Foundation

Keynote Session
“The US-ROK Alliance and the Future of the Rules-Based International System”

Dr. Kurt Campbell
Former US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Chairman and CEO
The Asia Group

Moderated by:
Mr. Frederick Kempe
President and CEO
Atlantic Council

Panel Discussion 1
“The US-ROK Alliance under the Biden Administration”

Dr. Young-kwan Yoon
Former ROK Minister of Foreign Affairs;
Professor Emeritus
Seoul National University

Dr. Jim Miller
Former US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; President
Adaptive Strategies, LLC

Dr. Jaechun Kim
Professor of International Relations
Sogang University

Mr. Barry Pavel
Senior Vice President and Director, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Atlantic Council

Dr. Heung-kyu Kim
Director, US-China Policy Institute
Ajou University

Moderated by:
Ms. Olivia Gazis
Intelligence and National Security Reporter
CBS News

9:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
(Washington, DC)

11:00 p.m. – 12:05 a.m.
(Seoul, Korea)

Day 2 – December 3, 2020

8:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. (Washington, DC)
10:00 p.m. – 12:15 a.m. (Seoul, Korea)

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
(Washington, DC)

10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
(Seoul, Korea)

Welcoming Remarks

Mr. Barry Pavel
Senior Vice President and Director, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Atlantic Council

Panel Discussion 2
“Principled Diplomacy for a Denuclearized North Korea”

Mr. Robert Einhorn
Senior Fellow, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative and the Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology
Brookings Institution

Mr. Markus V. Garlauskas
Former US National Intelligence Officer for North Korea; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Asia Security Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Atlantic Council

Dr. Byung-Yeon Kim
Professor, Department of Economics
Seoul National University

Dr. Ki-Young Sung
Senior Research Fellow, Security Strategy Research Center
Institute for National Security Strategy

Moderated by:
Dr. Sue Mi Terry
Senior Fellow, Korea Chair
Center for Strategic and International Studies


Panel Discussion 3
“The US-ROK Economic Partnership Beyond the Peninsula”

Dr. Dukgeun Ahn
Professor of International Trade Law and Policy
Seoul National University

The Hon. Marc Knapper
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
US Department of State

H.E. Seoung-hyun Moon
Deputy Chief of Mission
Embassy of the Republic of Korea

Dr. Miyeon Oh
Director and Senior Fellow, Asia Security Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Atlantic Council

Moderated by:
Mr. Scott Snyder
Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on US-Korea Policy
Council on Foreign Relations

Closing Remarks

Dr. Miyeon Oh
Director and Senior Fellow, Asia Security Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Atlantic Council

9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
(Washington, DC)

11:15 p.m. – 12:15 a.m.
(Seoul, Korea)