The Korea Science Journalists Association announced that it will hold the '2025 Science Journalists Conference' on the afternoon of the 16th at the Korea Science and Technology Center in Gangnam, Seoul, where journalists and experts will address scientific issues and seek policy alternatives.
The theme of this year's Science Journalists Conference, now in its 8th year, is solicited annually from the scientific and medical communities, journalists, and the general public. This year, 541 individuals submitted a total of 1,063 ideas.
This year's Session 1 will be held under the theme 'AI Sovereign Government Policy Talk – Focusing on the New Government Vision.' This session will spotlight the direction and industrial strategy of the 'Sovereign AI' policy emphasized by the Lee Jae-myung government. Park Sung-hyun, CEO of Rebellions, will give the first presentation, followed by presentations from Professor Yoon Sung-ro of Seoul National University and Yoo Won-pil, head of the Artificial Intelligence Creative Research Institute at the Korea Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). The subsequent panel discussion will be moderated by Vice Administrator Ryu Jun-young of Mirae Industries. Panelists include Park Kyung-jun, head of the Physical AI Promotion Team at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), and Jo Seung-han, a reporter from Yonhap News, who will also deliver presentations.
Session 2 will focus on 'Climate journalism after the 1.5-degree global warming threshold.' Kang Chan-soo, head of the Environmental Pandemic Research Institute and co-representative of the Korea Federation for Environmental Movement, along with Yoon Ji-ro, media director of the energy and climate policy think tank Next, will lead the presentations, and participants in the discussion will include Professor Shin Woo-yeol of Jeonnam National University’s Media and Communication Department, Professor Jung Su-jong of Seoul National University’s Graduate School of Environmental Studies, and reporters Shin Hye-jung of Korea Herald and Cheon Kwon-pil of the JoongAng Ilbo's policy and society department.
Lee Eun-jung, president of the Korea Science Journalists Association, noted, 'I hope that the perspectives of various experts and field journalists on these two significant themes, AI and climate crisis, which will determine our future, will be discussed and practically reflected in the government’s science, environment, and technology policies.'