Join Georgetown Truth and Human Rights in North Korea (THiNK) and the School of Foreign Service Asian Studies Program for our 4th Annual Conference on North Korea. This year’s conference, ‘The North Korean Endgame: Where do we go from here?’, assesses the current state of North Korea from strategic, geopolitical, and human rights standpoints. The conference will feature a frank discussion on the necessary policy steps to take going forward. Distinguished North Korea experts, activists, and defectors will engage in discussions regarding North Korean nuclear weapons, sanctions, UN resolutions, high level defections, and human rights, with the purpose of laying a practical framework for pursuing and preparing for the North Korean endgame. Georgetown students will serve as moderators for these discussions. Mai Thai will be catered.
The event will take place on Friday, February 17th, from 10:00 am to 4:45 pm in the Fisher Colloquium room in the McDonough School of Business.
Directions can be found here: http://msb.georgetown.edu/about/the-school/maps-directions
Draft Program
9:30 am – Registration
10:00 am – Welcome
10:05 am – Opening Remarks: His Excellency Ambassador Ahn Ho-Young, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea
10:15 am – The State of the Peoples’ Republic: North Korea Today
Keynote Speaker: Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive Director, The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
11:15 am – First Discussion Panel:
Planning for the _________: Occurrence and the role of the International Community in the future of North Korea
Speakers:
David Maxwell, Georgetown Security Studies; the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
Lieutenant General (Ret.) Chun In Bum, The Brookings Institution
Joshua Stanton, One Free Korea
Dr. Roberta Cohen, Co-Chair Emeritus, The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
12:30 pm – Lunchtime Keynote: Leadership Dynamics under Kim Jong Un and the State of North Korea’s Elite/Leadership
Speaker: Ken Gause, Director, CNA, & Author: North Korean House of Cards: Leadership Dynamics under Kim Jong Un
1:45 pm – Discussion Panel II: Regional Perspectives on and Roles in the Future on North Korea
Speakers:
Dr. Michael Green, Georgetown Asian Studies Program, & Japan Chair, CSIS
Dennis Wilder, Georgetown Asian Studies Program
Dr. Andrew Kuchins, Senior Associated, CSIS; Gerorgetown CERES
2:50 pm – Human Rights in the DPRK: Recent Victories and Setbacks
Speaker: Suzanne Scholte, President, the North Korea Freedom Coalition
3:25 pm – Discussion Panel III:
Current Human Rights Objectives and the Role of Defectors Moving Forward
Panelists:
Suzanne Scholte – President, the North Korea Freedom Coalition
Grace Jo – Vice President, NKinUSA (North Korean Defectors in the USA)
Austin Hyeon – Defector, Columbia University
Rosa Park – Director of Programs and Editor, the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
4:30 – Closing Remarks – Koo Byeongsam, Korean Ministry of Unification Attaché to the Korean Embassy
4:45 – Adjourn
