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KSTLC 2012
MESSAGE FROM THE CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS & WELCOMING RECEPTION
SUMMARY OF KSTLC 2012
“PIONEERING THE FUTURE”
Conference Co-Chairs
Hyunkyung Kathy Lee, DaEun Rachel Park, YeEun Sarah Rhee
The 1 st Korean Student Technical and Leadership Conference (KSTLC) held in Chicago during March 16-18, 2012 was a great success
with over a hundred students and young professionals from all across the US. All programs including the welcoming reception,
keynote speaker presentations, career panels, technical poster session, advanced presentation workshop, and even the evening
social events could not have been possible without the great leadership of Dr. Byoung-Do Kim (KSEA YG Director 1) and the many
hours put in by our 25+ dedicated volunteer organizers.
KSTLC 2012 rang its starting bell with an opening remark by KSEA President Hosin “David” Lee (University of Iowa). Along with
his expression of KSEA’s devotion to the YG movement, our two distinguished keynote speakers, Dr. Chul Ahn (UT Southwestern)
and Dr. Esther Yang (Abbott Lab), gave insightful presentations on how to construct successful lives as scientists and engineers and
on the expanding roles of scientists and engineers in global economy. Beyond speaker presentations, our participants were privileged
to attend special workshops on networking and presentation skills by Mr. Dan Conrod (Dale Carnegie) and Dr. Dan Moser
(Northwestern University). Additionally, through the Career Development Workshop, the participants were able to attend a panel
discussion consisting of distinguished members from academia, industry, national research, or medicine and pharmaceutics. The
participants had opportunities to interact with the panels by asking questions and expressing their concerns on specific topics that
are related to corresponding area of interest. Afterwards, the poster presentation session was held for about two hours and over
sixty participants presented their research findings to the fellow peers at the conference.
On behalf of the KSEA, 25 volunteer organizers, and over a hundred KSTLC participants, we would like to send our sincere appreciation
to our our corporate sponsors of KEIT, KOSEN21, KWiSE, and LG Electronics as well as patrons of Chul Ahn, Hosin
Lee, Hanseup Kim and Yongho Sohn for financial support of KSTLC 2012.. Lastly, to all attendees, we would like to thank you for
all the effort and active participation which allowed KSTLC 2012 to have a great start. Each individual’s presence was an asset to the
conference in creating an exciting, nurturing, and diverse atmosphere among the most talented Korean-American future leaders
in science and engineering field. We truly hope this conference was guidance in shaping you into the future pioneers of the world.
Let us meet all again in KSTLC 2013.
WELCOMING RECEPTION
[Session Chairs: Tae Gyun Chung, Dongjun Kim]
Undergraduate Students, University of Southern California
The 1 st KSTLC welcomed its participants at the reception with a welcoming
speech by KSEA 40 th President Hosin “David” Lee. The first official program of
the conference started out with the speed networking session which provided
quick greetings among participants in which they could share their name and
short background. After the short introduction of YG directors and committee
members, everyone moved onto the ice-breaking games. Grouping approximately
twelve people per team, the setting endorsed building up close
relationship among the team members. Even some of the panels joined the
event and doubled the fun. This session was informal, but at the same time it
was very engaging. And everyone just simply loved it!
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