KSIF unveils the future blueprint for KSI
through the 'KSI Innovation Forum'

> On June 3, more than 150 participants from the Korean language education and industry sectors attended the 'KSI Innovation Forum'

> Discussions included strategies for expanding center-based KSIs and enhancing online education

On June 3, the 'KSI Innovation Forum', organized by the King Sejong Institute Foundation(President Lee Hai-young, hereafter referred to as the KSIF) and hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism(Minister Yu In-chon, hereafter referred to as the MCST), was successfully held at the Korea Science and Technology Convention Center.

The forum, themed 'A New Leap for the Globalization of Korean Language', was conducted in two parts: a talk concert in the first part and thematic presentations in the second part. Over 150 attendees, including Korean language education and industry professionals and KSI operators from home and abroad, participated in the event.

In the first part, titled 'Opening the Path to Dreams through Korean', KSIF's foreign ambassador Lucky moderated a talk concert where five KSI learners from various countries shared their stories about achieving their dreams by learning Korean at KSI. These learners, who began studying Korean at KSIs in countries like France and Tunisia, revealed their ongoing efforts to achieve their dreams using the Korean language.
 

In the second part of the thematic presentations, the chair was Professor Park Seok-jun of Paichai University, also a KSIF board member. The first presentation was by Professor Tran Thi Huong(former head of KSI Hanoi 2, Dean of the Department of Korean Language and Culture at Hanoi National University of Foreign Studies), who discussed 'The Role of KSI in the World and Effective Expansion Strategies'. The second presentation by Kwak Yong-jin, CEO of iiRTech, focused on 'Advanced Strategies for Overcoming Temporal and Spatial Constraints in Online Education'.

Expert discussions followed each presentation. In the first discussion, Jeon Joo-young, Director of the International Education Center at Kyungwoon University(operating KSI Bishkek and KSI Ho Chi Minh 3), and Agung Surey, Professor at Gadjah Mada University in Indonesia(operating KSI Yogyakarta), discussed the expansion of center-based KSIs and strategies for enhancing regional Korean language education. In the second discussion, Sun Hyun-woo, CEO of Talk to Me in Korean, and Choo Sun-young, an online KSI instructor, continued the discussion on efficient online Korean language education services and locally tailored remote KSI operations.


 
 

President Lee Hai-young of the KSIF stated, “KSI continuously strives to provide better educational services to those who want to learn Korean worldwide. Through this forum, we gathered various opinions from Korean language educators, and based on these, we will establish more innovative strategies together with KSIF staff.”