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The KAIST Graduate Program for Future Strategy Holds Symposium on Futurology The KAIST Graduate Program for Future Strategy held the 2014 Futurology Symposium entitled "Limits to Growth and Quantum Jumps" at the Korea Press Center on April 3rd. The symposium was organized in efforts to overcome the limits of Korean society’s growth potential and find a new growth momentum. Three types of sessions took place: special lectures, field-specific subject presentations, and comprehensive debates. As keynote speakers, Jim Dator, a professor at the University of Hawaii, lectured on Korea’s limits and possibilities, and David E. Van Zandt, the president of the New School in New York City on future social changes and our choice. The seven field-specific subject presentations included: "The re-framing of social conflicts and frames" by Young-Jin Kang of Sungkyunkwan University, "The limits of technology and three-dimensional tech-knowledge solutions" by Chun-Taek Rim of KAIST, and "The limits of capitalism and the present financial system" by Su-Chan Chae of KAIST . In addition, Yong-Suk Seo of the Korea Institute of Public Administration made a presentation on the "Population structure change and three future strategy options," Se-Yeon Kim, Congressman of the Saenuri party, on "The limits of politics and future strategy organization," and Seung-Bin Park, Dean of the KAIST College of Engineering, on the "Energy exhaustion and environmental problems." The debate topic at the third session, chaired by Kyu-Yeon Lee, a member of the editorial board of Joongang Ilbo, a Korean daily newspaper, was "The limits of growth and another leap proposed by opinion leaders of Korea." The seven fields stand for society, technology, economy, population, politics, environment, and resource, the major elements that bring changes in future society. Jim Dator (left) and David E. Van Zandt (right)
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