Technology and Innovation for World History

Korean Studies Conference for K–12 Teachers in the Greater New York Area

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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Sponsored by

The Korea Society
Eighth Floor
950 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022

Presented in collaboration with FPRI’s Wachman Center
Program on Teaching Innovation

Schedule

8:30–9:00 am Registration/Breakfast
9:00–9:15 Welcoming Remarks
9:15–10:30 From Stone to Silicon: A Brief Survey of Technology and Innovation
Lawrence A. Husick, FPRI Senior Fellow
10:30–10:45 Break
10:45-Noon Printing Technology in Early Korea
Seung-cheol Lee, Curator, Chongju Early Printing Museum
Noon–1 pm Lunch (Korean cuisine)
1–2 pm Korea’s Information Technology Industry
David Steel, Senior Vice President, Samsung Electronics North American Headquarters
2 – 2:15 Break
2:15-3:00 Developing Technology-Related Curricula
Paul Dickler, FPRI Wachman Center Senior Fellow

Register

For further information, or to register, please contact Jennifer Kim at (212) 759-7525 ext. 309 or Jennifer.ny[at]koreasociety.org. This is a free event; early registration is requested.

Presenters

Lawrence A. Husick is a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI), where he co-directs its project on teaching innovation. A consultant to both government and private organizations in the fields of systems analysis and design engineering, Husick has taught at the University of Pennsylvania’s organizational dynamics master’s program and the Whiting Graduate School of Engineering at The Johns Hopkins University. He co-founded Infonautics Corporation (now HighBeam Research, Inc.) and served as its principal system architect, where he was awarded five U.S. patents. In addition to his work at FPRI, Husick currently serves as chief innovation officer of TeraDisc, LLC, a pioneering company in the field of in silico drug research.

Seung-cheol Lee has served as curator of the Chongju Early Printing Museum in Korea since 2001. Lee holds doctoral degrees in Korean literature from Cheongju University and in library and information science from Kyongbuk University. His doctoral research focused on identifying the technology used to cast early metal type. Lee has restored over 40 glyphs of movable type from Korea’s Choson Kingdom. He is currently involved in a project to catalog historic books in North Korea.

David Steel is senior vice president at Samsung Electronics' North American Headquarters, where he is responsible for strategic planning. Steel assumed his current position in 2008 after spending ten years with Samsung in Korea. From 2007-08 he was in charge of marketing strategy for Samsung’s wireless phone division, and from 2002-07 he directed marketing for the company’s consumer electronics business. In 2002, he became the first non-Korean to hold a regular executive position in Samsung. Prior to arriving at Samsung, Steel worked at McKinsey & Co. and Argonne National Laboratory. He holds a Ph.D. in physics from MIT, an MBA from the University of Chicago, and a B.A. in Physics from Oxford University.

Paul Dickler is a senior fellow and teacher-in-residence of FPRI’s Wachman Center. He is a consultant for The College Board, ETS, and several universities and school districts. He also serves on the staff of Camden County College. Dickler holds bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.