Korean Seminar-Conference 18-19.01.18

Thursday, 18th of January 2018 - 1. conference day, Venue: Lossi 36-205 (Faculty of Social Sciences)

09.30-10.00 Registration

10.00-10.15 Opening words:

• University of Tartu representative (TBA)
• Prof. Dr. Urmas Varblane, conference director, Vice head of research of the School of Economics and Business Administration, Council member of the Centre of Asian Studies, University of Tartu

10.15-11.30 1st Session: General development of South Korea, connections to Europe and Estonia

• Session chair Prof. Dr. Bernhard Seliger. Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea Office, Seoul, South Korea (10 min)
• Prof. Dr. Urmas Varblane. “Korea and Estonia: similarities and differences” School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu, Estonia (20 min)
• Dr. Hansoo Choi. "Good-bye the Republic of Chaebols” Korea Institute of Public Finance, South Korea (25-30 min)
• Discussion (15 min)

11.30-12.00 joint conference photo; coffee break
 

12.00-13.15 2nd Session: South Korea and trade

• Session chair Prof. Dr. Ralph Wrobel. Westsaxon University of Applied Sciences, Zwickau, Germany (10 min)
• Dr. San Wook Cho. "Do Free Trade Agreements Increase the New Goods Margin? Evidence from Korea" School of Economics, University of New South Wales, Australia (25 min)
• Junior research fellow Mathias Juust. “EU-Korea Freetrade agreement” School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu, Estonia (25 min)
• Discussion (15 min)

13.15-14.00 Conference luncheon

14.00-16.00 3rd Session: South Korean monetary policy and public sector strategy

• Session chair TBA
• Dr. Kyung-Hun Kim."Korean Monetary Policy Independence and Long-term Interest Rate Synchronization in the Global Financial Market" Korea Institute for International Economic Policies, Seoul, South Korea (25-30 min)
• Dr. Erkki Karo. "Public sector strategic agility for innovation and development: comparison of South Korean and Estonia” Director of the Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia (25-30 min)
• PhD student You-Jun Shin. “Public e-health service, case study Estonia and Korea” School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu, Estonia (25-30 min)
• Discussion (20 min)

16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break

16.30-18.00 PhD students poster session and discussion

 

Friday, 19th of January 2018 - 2. conference day, Venue: Lossi 36-205 (Faculty of Social Sciences)

08.50 – 09.00 Opening by Prof. Dr. Urmas Varblane, wrap-up of Day 1.

09.00 – 10.40 4th Session: Relations with North Korea

• Session chair Jüri Sepp (10 min)
• Dr. Geir Helgesen. “Relations with North Korea”. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Denmark (25 min)
• Prof. Dr. Ari Kokko. “Special Economic Zones in North Korea” Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark  (25 min)
• Prof. Dr. Bernhard Seliger. "Geopolitical and geoeconomic outlook for Northeast Asia" Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea Office, Seoul, South Korea (25 min)
• Discussion (15 min)

10.40-10.55 Coffee break
 

10.55-12.45 5th Session: Geopolitical situation and prospects

• Session chair TBA
• Prof. Dr. Erik Terk (Institute of Political Science and Governance, Tallinn University); project manager of Foresight Centre of Estonian Parliament Mari Rell “Value chains, specialisation patterns of the country, impacts of internal and external factors, electronics” Estonia (25 min)
• Prof. Dr. Ralph Wrobel. "South Korea as foreign direct investor in ASEAN: development, current status and prospects". Westsaxon University of Applied Sciences, Zwickau, Germany (25 min)
• Aavo Kokk. Topic TBA Managing Partner of OÜ Catella Corporate Finance, Estonia (25 min)
• Discussion (15 min)
   

12.45-13.30 Roundtable Discussion session (6th session) “Perspectives of Korean- Estonian relations and agenda for further research” all participants.

• Session chair Urmas Varblane.

13.30-14.15 Lunch
 

Ending of conference