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13-15 November 2000
KEY-NOTE SPEAKER
Lord Sainsbury of Turville, Parliamentary Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of Trade & Industry
PROGRAMME OUTLINE
Monday 13 November 2000
Morning: VISIT WITHIN SEOUL
Visit to LG-Elite - LG's Corporate R&D Centre in Seoul
Afternoon: CONFERENCE BEGINS
Conference Chairmen Dr Robert Hawley, Chairman, Partnership Korea
Dr Rim, Kwan, Chairman, Corporate R&D, Samsung
14.00 - 14.30 Opening Addresses 14.00 Mr Charles Humfrey, Brirish Ambassador
14.05 Mr Shin, Kook-hwan , Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy
14.15 Lord Sainsbury of Turville, Parliamentary Secretary for Science and Technology
14.30 Mr Kim, Jong-Kap, Director-General, Industrial Technology Policy, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy "Korean Industrial Technology Policy"
14.45 Mr Allan Mayo, Director - International Technology Services, Department of Trade and Industry "British Industrial Technology Policy"
15.00 Coffee
15.10 - 18.30 Plenary Session 1
"Communications Convergence"
Partners: British Telecommunications, Korea Telecom Freetel
Chairmen Dr Robert Hawley, Chairman, Partnership Korea
Dr Lee, Young-Kyoung, President of Korea Telecom Freetel
Speakers
15.10 Chairmen's remarks
15.20 Dr Lee Sang-Hun, Executive Vice President, Korea Telecom
15.40 Professor Graham Davies, General Manager, International Development and Exploitation, BT Laboratories
16.00 Dr Lee Myung-Sung, President, SK Telecom Technology Institute
16.20 Panel discussion
16.40 Coffee
17.15 Greg Bensberg, Head of Engineering Policy, ITC British Digital Broadcasting experience
17.40 Dr Kim Jae-Myung, Head of Digital Broadcasting R&D Centre, ETRI
18.10 Panel discussion
14.30 - 18.00 Invest UK Seminar
Accessing tomorrow's semicon design capabilities This is a separate seminar built round an incoming British mission pf semiconductor design specialists
18.30 - 20.30 Dinner hosted by Korea
Tuesday 14 November 2000
9.00 - 12.30 Specialist sessions
Parallel Session A
Advanced Manufacturing for Tomorrow's Products
Chairmen Professor Mike Gregory, Institute of Manufacturing, University of Cambridge
Dr Lee Dae-Woon, EVP of Hyundai Motors
Speakers 09.00 Chairmen's introductions
09.10 Mr Shin Hyun-Oh, President of Manufacturing Technology Research Centre, Hyundai Motors
09.35 Phil Burnell, Programme Manager, Engineering, EPSRC
10.00 Dr Kang Duk-Hyun, Director, Factory Automation Research Institute, Samsung Electronics
10.25 Coffee Break
10.40 Professor Mike Gregory, Institute of Manufacturing, University of Cambridge
11.05 Dr Oh Jhong-Sik, Senior Consultant. LG Production Research Centre
11.30 Dr Graham Wylde, Business Director, TWI
11.55 Panel Discussion
12.30 Chairmen's Summary
Parallel Session B
Biotechnology and IT
Partners: MRC & LG Chemical
Chairmen Dr Douglas Yarrow, Director, Business,Innovation & Intntl Group, BBSRC
Dr Y.K. Yeo, President, LG Chemical
Speakers
09.00 Chairmen’s Introductions
"Bio-informatics and genome technology"
09.10 Dr Yoo Hyang-Sook, Director – Korean Human Genome Frontier 21 Project, KRIBB
09.30 Dr Michael Ashburner, Head, European Bioinformatics Institute
10.00 Dr Kim Sang-Soo, Director – Bioinfomatics Research Team, KRIBB
10.20 Dr Andrew Miller, Director Genetics Therapies Centre, Imperial College
10.50 Panel Discussion
11.00 Coffee
"Biochip Technology Developments
11.15 Prof Lee Sang-Yup, KAIST
11.35 Dr Tom Freeman, Project Director - Biochips, Medical Research Council's Human Genome Mapping Resource Centre
12.00 Dr Eugene Park, Director, Bio-chip Laboratory, SAIT
12.20 Panel Discussion
Parallel Session 3
Getting the university-industry relations right
Partners: British Council & KAIST
Chairmen Mark Baumfield, Director, British Council, Korea
Dr D.I. Choi, President, KAIST
Speakers Janet Brown, Director, Competitive Enterprise, Scottish Enterprise
Professor Steeds, Emersons Innovations (Bristol/Bath University)
Derek Waddell, Deputy Director, Edinburgh Research and Innovation, University of Edinburgh
Professor Park Sang-chui, Dean, Research Affairs, SNU
Two other Korean speakers to be confirmed
Parallel Session 4
Global sourcing of R & D
Partner Samsung
Chairmen
Professor Terry Knibb, Chief Scientist, BAe SYSTEMS
Mr Song Ji-Oh, Vice President of SAIT
Speakers 09.00 Chairmen's introductions
09.10 David Pearson, Chief Executive, NXT
09.40 Mr Park Seung-Ryong Director Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology
10.10 Coffee
10.25 Dr Ian Groves, UK Mobile Virtual Centre of
Excellence in Mobile and Personal Communications
10.55 Dr Lim Mahn-Jick, President & CEO, MJL Technology Ltd.
11.25 Panel discussion also to involve Professor Graham Davies, BT?
12.00 Final Comments
12.30 -13.30 Buffet lunch
13.30 - 18.00 Plenary Session 2
Building International Technology Relationships
Partners BAe Systems & SAIT
Chairmen Dr Robert Hawley, Chairman, Partnership Korea
Dr Rim, Kwan, Chairman, Corporate R&D, Samsung
Speakers 13.30 Opening remarks from the Chairmen
13.45 Professor Terry Knibb, Chief Scientist, BAe SYSTEMS
14.15 Dr Kim Chang-Soo, President, LG-Elite
14.45 Coffee
15.15 Sam Kim, ARM Holdings
15.45 Dr Lee Hyun-Soon, Hyundai Motor Research Institute
16.15 Richard C Hagger, Director, Spent Fuel Services - Asia, BNFL
16.45 Panel
17.15 Korea-UK Forum: Where next?
18.15 Closing remarks from the co-chairs
18.30 - 20.30 Reception at the British Embassy
Wednesday 15 November
Company visits in Taejon area
AM:
PM:
Seoul National University (two labs: semicon and biotech)