'13th Culture Communication Forum' to be held on August 25 with Guy Sorman presenting

연합뉴스 / 2022-08-02 16:16:19

▲ This photo, provided by Corea Image Communication Institute, shows Guy Sorman, a world-renowned French-American professor, columnist, author, and public intellectual in economics and philosophy. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

▲ This photo, provided by Corea Image Communication Institute, shows Hyunjoon Yoo, a famous Korean architect and professor at Hongik University. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, August 2 (Yonhap) -- The Corea Image Communication Institute (CEO Choi Jeong-hwa) announced on Tuesday that it will be holding the "13th Culture Communication Forum (CCF) 2022" at Grand Hyatt Seoul on August 25.

With the theme of "Space and Culture communication," Guy Sorman, a world-renowned French-American professor, columnist, author, and public intellectual in economics and philosophy will be presenting online.

Jean-Louis Cohen, France's leading architectural historian, David Pierre Jalicon, chairman of the French Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hyunjoon Yoo, a famous Korean architect and professor at Hongik University, and Katrina Sedgwick, CEO of Melbourne Arts Precinct Corporation, Australia, will be giving presentations and debates.

Design House CEO Lee Young-hye and New Zealand Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Philip Turner will be participating as panelists.

In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis and digital transformation, they will discuss the topic of "the effect of space on cultural communication," such as reality and metaverse (virtual space).

While the overseas cultural communication leaders will be together online, domestic panels will be together in the field.

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Haemin Kim.)

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