4.16 국제심포지움

홈 / 4.16 국제심포지움 / 연사소개

연사소개   |   Speaker

Opening Remarks

  • Seung-ryeol Park

    Chairman of 4‧16 Foundation, Co-Chairman of Standing Committee at The 10th Cycle Committee of The Sewol Ferry Disaster

    • 2024~present

      Chairman of 4‧16 Foundation
      Co-representative of Ansan April 16 Coalition
      Senior Pastor of Hanlim Church
      Chairman of the NCCK Human Rights Center
      Former Representative of the National Pastors' Association for Justice and Peace

  • Jonggi Kim

    Chairman of 4.16 Sewol Families for Truth and A Safer Society, Co-Chairman of Standing Committee at The 10th Cycle Committee of The Sewol Ferry Disaster

    • 2023.12~present

      Representative of the Disaster Victims Solidarity

    • 2021.02~present

      Co-Representative of April 16 Coalition on the Sewol Ferry Disaster

    • 2021.02~present

      Director of 4‧16 Foundation

    • 2021.02~present

      Chairman of the Steering Committee of the 4.16 Sewol Ferry Disaster Families Association

    • 2020.02~2021.02

      Auditor of the 4.16 Sewol Ferry Disaster Families Association

    • 2016.02~2018.02

      Secretary-General of the 4.16 Sewol Ferry Disaster Families Association

    • 2014.05~2015.02

      Member of Steering Committee of the 4.16 Sewol Ferry Disaster Families Association

  • Hye Ran Oh

    Co-Representative of April 16 Coalition on the Sewol Ferry Disaster

    • 2014~present

      Co-Representative of the Mothers’ Action to Protect Truth and Life, Mother’s Yellow Handkerchief

    • 2022~present

      Co-Representative of the Ansan April 16 Coalition

    • 2022~present

      Co-Representative of April 16 Coalition on the Sewol Ferry Disaster

    • 2010~past

      Head of the Ansan Branch of the Korean Federation People’s Arts Organization

    • 2017~past

      Representative of the Song Space Pine Tree

Keynote presentation. Our Mindset about a Disaster-stricken Society

  • C. Douglas Lummis

    Professor of Okinawa International University, Author of Radical Democracy

    • 2023

      Writing War is Hell: Studies in the Right of Legitimate Violence

    • 2009

      Designed and directed the Deep Springs College summer program.

    • 2004~2005

      Appointed by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (Delhi) as

    • 1996

      Writing Radical Democracy

    • 1976~Present

      Asterisked works are in both Japanese and English

    • 1975~2000

      Professor, Tsuda College

  • Rae-gun Park

    Chairman of the Operations Committee at 4·16 Foundation

    • Present

      Served as Executive Director at the 4·16 Foundation
      Chairman of the Operations Committee at the 4·16 Foundation

    • 2018~2024

      Served as Executive Director at Human Rights Foundation Saram

    • 2004~2017

      Served as Executive Activist at Sarangbang Group for Human Rights

    • 1994~2012

      Movement

    • 1989~1993

      Served as Secretary General of the Association of Bereaved Families of the Democratization

Session 1. To Ensure the Rights of Disaster Victims: the Current Status and Challenges Ahead

  • Hae-jeong Yu

     Chief Officer of Disaster Victim' Right Center

    • May.2018~Present

      Social Science Research Institute, SungKonghoe University - Researcher

    • Nov.2020~Apr.2022

      Gyeongsang National University – Academic research professor

    • Jan.2019~Present

      Human Rights Record Center ‘sai’ – Archivist

    • Jan.2007~Present

      Human Rights Research Institute ‘Chang’ – Research activist

    • Jan.1999~Aug.2006

      Human Rights Movement Sarangbang – Standing activist

  • Hee-jeong Park

    Activist at SAI Human Rights Documentation Center

    • 2019~Present

      Activist at SAI Human Rights Documentation Center

    • 2014~Present

      Member of Writer's Documentation Group for the April 16 Sewol Ferry Disaster

    • 2010~2013

      Editor-in-Chief of the feminist journal Il Da

  • Min-hwan Kim

    Associate Professor of Peace and Liberal Arts College at Hanshin University

    • 2016~Present

      Assistant Professor/Associate Professor, College of Peace and Liberal Arts, Hanshin University

    • 2018~Present

      Member of the Steering Committee of 4·16 Foundation

    • 2016.04∼Present

      Advisory member of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (Project: 'Establishment of a memorial facility for civilian victims before and after the Korean War’)

    • Sept.2014~Aug.2017

      Visiting Researcher/Senior Researcher, Asia Research Center, Seoul National University

    • Mar.2000~Feb.2012

      Department of Sociology (Ph.D. in Sociology), Seoul National University Graduate School

  • Seiji Shimomura (下村誠治)

    Bereaved Family Member From Accident in Akashi

    • 2024~Present

      Support Advisor for Victim Support Office at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan,
      Director of the NPO "1.17 Light of Hope" for the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake

    • Mar.2015

      Appointed as an Advisor for the Victim Support Office at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan

    • Jul.12.2014

      Decision for a Compulsory Prosecution Trial (Final Trial)

    • Apr.6.2012

      Establishment of the Victim Support Office at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

    • 2009~2011

      Appointed as a Committee Member for the Review of Directions in Support for Public Transportation Accident Victims

    • 2005

      Won a Civil Lawsuit, Appointed as a Representative of the Bereaved Family Association

    • 2002

      Representative of the Plaintiffs in Civil and Criminal Trials

    • Jul.21.2001

      Occurrence of the Akashi Fireworks Festival Pedestrian Bridge Stampede Accident (11 Deaths)

  • Dr Anne Eyre

    Survivor of the Hillsborough Disaster, Co-Director of Centre for Collective Trauma

    • Present

      Co-director of the Centre for Collective Trauma, Liaison Officer for Disaster Action

    • past

      As Director of the Centre for Collective Trauma
      Collective Conviction: The Story of Disaster Action, with Pamela Dix (Liverpool University Press, 2014)

  • Jeong-suk YoonㅣChairㅣ

    Co-Representative of Green Korea United

    • present

      Co-Representative of the Green Alliance
      Co-Representative of the Citizens' Peace Forum

    • past

      Former Director of 4·16 Foundation
      Co-Representative of the Civil Society Organizations Network in Korea
      Permanent Director of the Beautiful Fund
      Director of the Community Chest of Korea

  • Bu-ja JeongㅣDiscussantㅣ

    4/16 Sewol Families for Truth and A Safer Society

    • 2020~present

      Director of the Hankyoreh Peace and Unification Forum(Tongil Forum)

    • 2019~present

      Operational Committee Member of 4·16 Foundation

    • 2018~present

      Operating Committee Member of the Ansan Community Village Building Support Center

    • 2018~present

      Head of the Memorial Project Department, 4.16 Sewol Ferry Disaster Victims’ Families Association

    • 2018~present

      Operating Committee Member of Ansan Mental Health Trauma Center

Sessio 2. A Community of Mourning and Memory: The Present and the Future

  • Jung Weonok

    Representative Director of Center for Cultural Society

    • 2023~Present

      CEO, Culture and Society Research Institute

    • 2014~Present

      Executive Committee Member, Cultural Solidarity

    • 2014~Present

      Editorial Committee Member, Culture and Science

    • 2015~2023

      Part-time Lecturer/Adjunct Professor, Traditional Arts Center, Korea National University of Arts

    • 2017~2023

      Researcher/Secretary Director, Publication and Reading Policy Research Institute under the Korean Publishing Culture Association

  • Lee, Taeho

    Co-Executive Chairperson of The 10th Cycle Committee of The Sewol Ferry Disaster

    • 2022~present

      Chairman of the SteeringCommittee of the People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD)

    • 2020~present

      Director of the Peace and Disarmament Center

    • 2020~present

      Executive Chairman of April 16 Coalition

    • 2018~2020

      Director of Korea Democracy Foundation

    • 2017~2022

      Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Civil Society Organizations Network in Korea

    • 2015~2020

      Permanent Steering Committee Member of April 16 Coalition

    • 2014~2015

      Co-Chairman of the National Countermeasure Conference on the Sewol Ferry Disaster

    • 2011~2016

      Secretary-General of the People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy

  • Jelena Watkins

    Bereaved Family Member From September 11 Attacks, Co-director of Centre for Collective Trauma

    • Present

      Co-director of the Centre for Collective Trauma

    • 2023

      Support Officer for Disaster Action
      Delivering psychosocial programmes of the Belgrade school shooting

    • 2017

      Delivering psychosocial programmes of the Grenfell Fire

    • 2017

      Delivering psychosocial programmes of the Manchester Arena attack

    • 2015

      Delivering psychosocial programmes of the the Paris attacks

    • 2005

      Delivering psychosocial programmes of the London Bombings

  • Hee-sook Kang

    Professor of Korean Language and Literature and
    Director of the Disaster Humanities Research Project at the Humanities Research Institute, Chosun University

    • 1999~present

      Professor of Korean Language and Literature at Chosun University

    • 2019~present

      Director of the Disaster Humanities Research Project at the Humanities Research Institute, Chosun University

    • 2023~present

      Director of the Convergence Talent Cultivation Project for Climate Crisis Response at Chosun University

    • 2021~2023

      Director at the Honam Studies Research Institute

    • 2022~2023

      President of the Korean Language and Literature Society

  • Seung-ryeol ParkㅣChairㅣ

    Chairman of The 4‧16 Foundation, Co-Chairman of Standing Committee at The 10th Cycle Committee of The Sewol Ferry Disaster

    • 2024~present

      Chairman of 4‧16 Foundation
      Co-representative of Ansan April 16 Coalition
      Senior Pastor of Hanlim Church
      Chairman of the NCCK Human Rights Center
      Former Representative of the National Pastors' Association for Justice and Peace

  • Kyung-yong SongㅣDiscussantㅣ

    Co-Representative of Life Safety Citizen Net

    • 2020.07~present

      Co-Representative of the National Assembly Life and Safety Forum

    • 2019.01~present

      Chairman of the Board of Korea Social Value and Solidarity Foundation

    • 2018.11~present

      Advisory Committee Member of the Global Social Economy Forum

    • 2013.05~present

      Co-Representative of the Citizens' Network for Life and Safety(Weekly Safety)

    • 2007.01~present

      Chairman of the Board of Sharing for Future Association

Session 3. Evaluation and Homework of Disaster Investigation Process

  • Min-ae Oh

    Lawyer of Law Firm Yulip

    • 2019~Present

      Lawyer, Law Firm Yulip

    • 2015~2019

      Lawyer, Law Firm Hyangbeop

    • 2019~Present

      Auditor, Irregular Workers’ Home 'Good Sleep'
      Legal Advisor, Life Safety Citizen Net
      Legal Staff, Workplace Power Abuse 119

  • Hee-cheon Choi

    Chief Research Officer of Asia Safety Education Agency

    • 2023~Present

      Research Fellow, Social Science Research Institute, University of Seoul

    • 2023~Present

      Special Committee Chair, Disaster and Safety Policy, Policy Development Society

    • 2022~2023

      Expert member, State Investigation Committee on Itaewon Disaster

    • 2018~2022

      Director, Damage Support Department, Special Investigation Committee on Social Disasters

    • 2012~2015

      Senior Professor, Department of Fire and Disaster Prevention, University of Seoul

  • Soon-gil KimㅣChairㅣ

    Co-Executive Chairperson of The 10th Cycle Committee of The Sewol Ferry Disaster

    • 2024~present

      Secretary-General of the 4.16 Sewol Ferry Disaster Victims' Families Association
      Executive Chairman for the 10th Anniversary of the Sewol Ferry Disaster
      Operational Committee Member of 4·16 Foundation

    • 2023

      Operational Committee Member of April 16 Coalition on the Sewol Ferry Disaster
      Safety Education Instructor at Safety Nuri Education Center
      Instructor at Sewol Families for Truth and a Safer Society (4.16 Dream Forest School)

  • Nam-hee KimㅣDiscussantㅣ

    Bereaved Family Member From Octover 29 Itaewon Tragedy

Session 4. 10 years after the Sewol Ferry Disaster, Changes and Challenges in Korean Society

  • Ho-young Lee

    Professor of National Assembly Training Institute at Goseong

    • 2023~Present

      Professor, National Assembly Goseong Training Institute

    • 2018~2022

      Advisor to the Chair of the Humidifier Disinfectant Incident and the 4.16 Sewol Ferry Disaster Special Investigation Committee

    • 2015~2016

      Secretary to the Chair of the Special Investigation Committee on the 4.16 Sewol Ferry Disaster

    • 2010~2012

      Researcher, Inha University Law Research Institute

  • Jun Chol So

    Lecturer of Chungnam National University

    • 2023~Present

      Editor-in-Chief, Participatory Society Research Institute ‘Citizens and the World’

    • 2022~Present

      Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Chungnam National University
      Lecturer, Department of Urban Administration, Incheon National University

    • 2020~Present

      Published 'Path of Poor’

    • 2017~Present

      Editor-in-Chief, Walkable City, a citizens' coalition for creating a walkable city

    • 2023~2024

      Postdoctoral researcher, Age-integration Aging Society Research Institute, Ewha Womans University

  • Yeseong Lee

    Ph.D Candidate of Department of Anthropology at Seoul National University

    • 2018

      Completed Ph.D. in Anthropology at Seoul National University

  • Joo-hyun LimㅣChairㅣ

    Chairperson of the Operations Committee at 4·16 Foundation

    • 2024~present

      Permanent Director of 4·16 Foundation

    • 2018.5~2024.5

      Secretary-General of 4·16 Foundation

    • 2006.8~2018.3

      Secretary-General of Ansan YWCA

    • 2009.3~2014.12

      Director of Ansan City Multicultural Family Support Center

    • 2014.4~2020.4

      Director of the Ansan Evergreen Foundation

  • Eun-jeong AhnㅣDiscussantㅣ

    Activist of Dasan Human Rights Center

    • 2011~present

      Permanent Activist at Dasan Human Rights Center

    • 2022~present

      Non-Permanent Human Rights Protection activist at Gyeonggi-do Human Rights Center

Session 5. General Discussion

  • Byung Teak Chung

    Director of Research Division, ST Innovation

    • 2022~Present

      Research Director, ST Innovation Co., Ltd.

    • 2013~2021

      Managing Director, Now & Future Co., Ltd.

    • 2012~2013

      Manager, Gallup Korea Research Institute

    • 2011~2012

      Manager, IPSOS (formerly known as SYNOVATE)

    • 2008~2011

      Manager, IQVIA CSD Korea

    • 2000~2008

      Manager, Research & Research Co., Ltd.

  • Seon-woo Kim

    Secretary-General of April 16 Coalition on the Sewol Ferry Disaster

    • Apr.1.2020~Present

      Secretary General, April 16 Coalition on the Sewol Ferry Disaster

    • Mar.2018~Mar.2020

      Executive Committee Chair, Daegu April 16 Coalition on the Sewol Ferry Disaster

    • May.2014~Feb.2018

      Situation Director, Sewol Ferry Disaster Daegu Citizens' Response Committee

    • Mar.2008~Mar.2020

      Daegu-Gyeongbuk Progressive Coalition Activities

    • Mar.2004~Feb.2008

      Daegu-Gyeongbuk Unification Coalition Activities

  • Lee, TaehoㅣChairㅣ

    Co-Executive Chairperson of The 10th Cycle Committee of The Sewol Ferry Disaster

    • 2022~present

      Chairman of the Steering Committee of the People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD)

    • 2020~present

      Director of the Peace and Disarmament Center

    • 2020~present

      Executive Chairman of April 16 Coalition

    • 2018~2020

      Director of Korea Democracy Foundation

    • 2017~2022

      Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Civil Society Organizations Network in Korea

    • 2015~2020

      Permanent Steering Committee Member of April 16 Coalition

    • 2014~2015

      Co-Chairman of the National Countermeasure Conference on the Sewol Ferry Disaster

    • 2011~2016

      Secretary-General of the People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy