3rd UK-KOREA HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY FORUMThis Page is for the Historic Record: only basic formatting has been done Location: Westin Chosun Hotel, Seoul Dates: 28-30 October 2002
The British side are put together a 50-person delegation, involving executives both from blue-chip companies and from SMEs (Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises), with high-level officials, academics and others from the British research community.
The organizers of this Forum include The Science and Technology Section of the British Embassy, Seoul The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, Seoul The International Technology Service, Department of Trade and Industry, London TradePartners UK Invest UK Asia-Pacific Technology Network, London
The planned schedule for the programme was: Sunday 27 October 2002 British delegation gathers in Seoul Sponsored dinner/reception for delegation(s)
Monday and Tuesday 28-29 October High-level UK-Korean conference
Wednesday 30 October Visits programme for the British delegation
Thursday 31 October British delegation departs
The conference involved a combination of plenary sessions and specialist, parallel sessions. A partnering website was created in advance of the conference, so that participants could identify other delegates they wanted to meet and could fix up appointments for during the conference.
The Conference Chairmen was: Mr Phil Burton, Chairman, Korea Advisory Group Dr Rim Kwan, Chairman of Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)
Conference Structure
Day 1: Monday 28 October Morning: Plenary Session 1 - The Future of Manufacturing (09:30-10:30) Official Addresses Mr Kook-Hwan Shin, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy Lord Sainsbury of Turville, Parliamentary Secretary for Science and Technology Mr Hwan-Eik Cho, President of Korea Industrial Technology Foundation "Government Support for Science and Technology"
Sir Colin Terry, Chairman, Engineering Council
(10:45-12:30) Plenary Session 1: "The Future of Manufacturing" Professor Mike Gregory, Institute of Manufacturing, University of Cambridge "International Manufacturing"
Dr Doug-Young Joo, President, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology "Present and Future of Korean Advanced Manufacturing Systems"
Mr James Hamilton, Production Systems Programme Director, Rolls-Royce "The Rolls Royce Approach to Improving Operational Performance"
Dr Ji Oh Song, Executive Vice President & General Manager of Mechatronics Centre, Samsung Electronics "Future Manufacturing Strategy"
(12:30-14:00) Lunch (13:00-1400) Partnering Session
Afternoon: Parallel Sessions (14:00-17:30) Parallel Session I: Miniaturisation - MEMS Structure and Applications (14:00-18:10) CO-CHAIRS: Dr Hee-Gook Lee, President, LG Elite Professor Terry Knibb, Chief Scientist, BAe SYSTEMS
Mr Michael Kraft, Research Lecturer in MEMS, University of Southampton "Innovative MEMS Inertial Sensors"
Dr Ci-Moo Song, Vice President of MEMS Lab, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology "MEMS-gyroscope"
Professor Richard Holdaway, Rutherford Appleton Lab "Applications of Small-Scale Technology to Space Programmes"
Prof Eui-Sik Yoon, Dept of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology "A Disposable Microfluidic Chip"
Dr Paul Kirby, School of Industrial & Manufacturing Science, University of Cranfield "Integration of Piezoelectronic Thin Films into Silicon Microstructures: from Infra-Red Detectors to Microwave Filters"
Dr Jae-Yeong Park, Chief Research Engineer of Materials & Devices Laboratory, LG Electronics Institute of Technology "MEMS – Wireless Communication"
Mr Terry Nowell, CEO, Powerlase "Corporate and Technology Update for Powerlase"
Parallel Session II: ICT - Mobile Communication Technology (14:00-18:00) CO-CHAIRS: Dr Hang-Gu Bahk, President of Hyundai Syscomm & President of Korean IEE Professor Joe McGeehan, Dean of Engineering of Bristol University, Head of Toshiba Telecommunication Research Institute and Director of Mobile VCE
Dr Simon Watt, Director of Research, ARM Holdings "Powering the Mobile Revolution"
Mr Seong-Tae Kwon, Executive Vice President, LG Electronics "Capabilities and Technologies for 3G and Beyond"
Dr Sang-Keun Park, Senior Vice President of Telecommunication R&D Division, Samsung Electronics "Convergence in Mobile Phones, Broadcasting and PCs"
Mr Richard Manly, Director for Asia, SurfKitchen Ltd "Turning Clients into Servers – Pervasive Intranet Solutions"
Dr Jim Terkeust, University of Abertay Dundee "Games for Mobile Phones"
Mr Duck-Bin Im, Senior Vice President of Technology Planning, Telson Electronics "3G Mobile Multimedia Terminals"
Parallel Session III: Life Science - Biochips (14:00-18:00) CO-CHAIRS: Dr Duck-Joo Yang, Senior Executive Vice President, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology Prof Denis Noble, Dept of Physiology, University of Oxford
Professor Ed Southern, Dept of Biochemistry, University of Oxford "DNA Microarrays: Making Them, Using Them and Selling Them"
Dr Moon-Hi Han, President, Proteogen "A New Highly Sensitive Protein Microarray and its Application for Diagnosis and New Drug Screening"
Dr John Lamont, R&D Manager, Randox Laboratories "Protein Biochip Array Technology and its Commercial Application to Routine Clinical Diagnostics"
Dr Jun-Keun Chang, President, Digital Biotechnology "Microfludics for Biotechnology"
Professor Tim Ryan, CEO, Epigem "A Polymer Multistream Microreactor and Analysis Lab-on-a-chip"
Dr Julian Burt, University of Wales, Cardiff " Bioelectronic & Molecular Microsystems (IBMM)"
Dr Christopher Han-Seung Ko, Vice President, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology " Use of DNA Chips for Molecular Diagnostic Tools"
Parallel Session IV: Energy & Environment - Renewable Energy, New Energy & CO2 Control (14:00-18:00) CO-CHAIRS: Dr Jae-Ek Son, President, Korea Institute of Energy Research Professor Ernest Shannon, Vice President, Royal Academy of Engineering
Dr Sung-Chul Shin, Head of R&D Policy Research Division, Korea Institute of Energy Research "Overview of CO2 Mitigation Technology R&D in Korea"
Mr Richard Hagger, Director Spent Fuel Services Asia, BNFL "Can Nuclear Contribute to Greenhouse Gas Reduction?"
Professor Huen Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology "Natural Gas Hydrates and CO2 Sequestration in the Deep Ocean"
Mr Martin Rees, Chairman, Bluebird Automotive "Establishing Viable Infrastructures for Electric Vehicles"
Mr Kwang-Taek Yoo, Vice President of Design and R&D, STX Corp "Prospects on NRE (New & Renewable Energy) Market in Korea"
Mr Chris French, Technical Director, New and Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC) "NaREC – A National Centre of Excellence for New and Renewable Energy Technologies"
(17:30-18:30) Partnering Session (18:30-) Dinner hosted by Minister Shin
Day 2: Tuesday 29 October Morning: Parallel Sessions (continued) Parallel Session I: Miniaturisation - Nanotechnology (09:00-12:30) CO-CHAIRS: Dr Hee-Gook Lee, President, LG Elite Professor Terry Knibb, Chief Scientist, BAe SYSTEMS
Dr Jo-Won Lee, Director, National Programme for Tera-Level Nanodevices "Overview of Tera-Level Nanodevices Programme in Korea"
Professor Ken Snowdon, University of Newcastle "Convergence Enabled by Nanotechnology"
Professor Yong-Hee Lee, Dept of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology "Nano Photonics"
Dr Mike Pitkethly, Commercial Director, QinetiQ Nanomaterials "Nano-materials – The Building Blocks of Nanotechnology"
Dr Byung-Ki Kim, Director of Materials Technology Department, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials "Nano materials"
Dr Nigel Pickett, Technical Director, NanoCo Technologies "NanoCo, The NanoDot Company – ‘Ball Bearings’ of the 21st Century"
Dr Hyun-Min Shin, Chief Technology Officer, TIOZ "Preparation of Ti02-Si02 Nanocomposite Thin Films for Photocatalytic Applications"
Parallel Session II: ICT- Mobile Communication Technology (09:00-12:30) CO-CHAIRS: Dr Hang-Gu Bahk, President of Hyundai Syscomm & President of Korean IEE Professor Joe McGeehan, Dean of Engineering of Bristol University, Head of Toshiba Telecommunication Research Institute and Director of Mobile VCE
Dr Myung-Sung Lee, Senior Vice President & CTO, SK Telecom "3G-4G Communication Service Technology"
Professor Joe McGeehan, Director, Mobile VCE "Mobile VCE - Vision & Research Beyond 3G"
Dr Tae-Hyo Ahn, Vice President, Korea Telecom Freetel "New Service Features and Quality of Service in 1X-3G"
Mr Ivor Chou, Wireless Engineering Solutions, Marconi Hong Kong "3G Networking Planning"
Dr Young-Kyun Kim, Executive Vice President, Samsung Electronics "IMT-2000 and Network Evolution towards 4G"
Mr Chang-Kyu Kim, Vice President, Far East Asia Market, nCipher "Security Issues and Solutions for Mobile Communication"
Dr In-Cheol Shin, Chief Technology Officer, Hyundai Syscomm "All-IP Network Architecture & Standard Activities"
Parallel Session III: Life Science - Genomic Medicine (09:00-12:30) CO-CHAIRS: Dr Duck-Joo Yang, Senior Executive Vice President, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology Prof Denis Noble, Dept of Physiology, University of Oxford
Prof Denis Noble, University of Oxford "Will Genomics Revolutionise Pharmaceutical R&D?"
Dr Ji-Yong Song, Executive Vice President, LG Life Sciences "Drug Discovery through Genomics"
Dr Jeong-Sun Seo, CEO, Macrogen "Expression Profiling of Leukaemias and the Development of Clinically Useful Markers"
Dr Eric Lewis, Director, Global Outsourcing Review "The Growth of European Biotechnology"
Dr Kee-Don Park, Director, GenExel "Disease Gen Target Discovery and Validation Using Industrial Scale Genetic Interaction Screening Technology"
Professor Yung E Earm, Seoul National University College of Medicine "Genomics and the Physiome Project in Korea"
Parallel Session IV: Energy & Environment - Renewable Energy, New Energy & CO2 Control (09:00-12:30) CO-CHAIRS: Dr Jae-Ek Son, President, Korea Institute of Energy Research Professor Ernest Shannon, Vice President, Royal Academy of Engineering
Dr Won-Suk Cho, Senior Vice President, Hyundai Motors "R&D Status and Commercialisation Issues of Fuel Cell Vehicles"
Mr David Hodgson, PEMcoat Manager, Ineos Chlor "Dynamics of the British Fuel Cell Industry"
Dr Jae-Sung Han, Director, SK R&D Centre "Fuel Cell, its Potential Applications and Current Developments at SK"
Mr Chris French, Technical Director, New and Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC), Newcastle University "Solar and Wave Power"
Dr Kyung-Shik Yoon, CEO, Neskor Solar "A Status and Future Forecast of the Photovoltaic Industry in Korea"
Professor Ernest Shannon, Vice President, Royal Academy of Engineering "Economic Viability of Emerging Alternatives"
(12:30-14:00) Lunch hosted by Lord Sainsbury (13:00-1400) Partnering Session
Afternoon: Plenary Session 2 The Vision for 2010 (14:00-15:45) Professor John Daugman OBE, (Inventor of Iris Recognition), University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "Biometrics - Automatic Recognition of Persons"
Dr Sang-Hoon Lee, Executive Vice President & CTO, Korea Telecom "Ubiquitous Networks in Year 2010 – Viewed from the Growth of IT in Korea"
Professor Denis Noble, University of Oxford "Signalling the Future in Medicine and the Life Sciences"
Professor Ekhard Salje FRS, President of Clare Hall, Cambridge University "Strategic Alliances"
Mr David Johnston, Digital Director, Philips Semiconductors "The Future of the TV Set"
Afternoon: Plenary Session 3 Report Back and Proposals for Future Forums (16:00-17:50) Co-Chairmen’s call to open the session Report Back by Chairs of Miniaturisation Session Report Back by Chairs of ICT Session Report Back by Chairs of Life Science Session Report Back by Chairs of Energy and Environment Session Questions and Answers Discussion : Proposals for Future Forums Conclusion by Co-Chairmen
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