[WEBCAST] Ahead of the Curve: Korea’s Use of Technology in Fighting COVID-19
VIEW EVENT DETAILSLessons Learned About Phone Apps, Smart Databases and Other Digital Tools
Digital technologies, data-gathering and analytics are becoming central in coronavirus strategies adopted by governments all over the world. South Korea, among the first countries to bring COVID-19 under control, has relied heavily on technology and its digitalized society. An important part of Korea’s strategy has been widespread testing. On top, Korea has made use of cellular broadcasting services, contact-tracing applications, and mobile apps for the handling of inbound-travelers to limit the spread of the virus. In little time, it has built up a data system open to the public, app developers and scientists, and plans further measures to employ its ‘smart city’ database.
How does Korea collect and share coronavirus related data between different government levels, app developers and scientists? What legal basis does Korea have in place to gather potentially sensitive data from its population? What is Korea’s experience in the use of contact tracing apps and other smart applications? And how are data security concerns addressed? As Switzerland moves into the next phase of containing the virus, what can we learn from South Korea’s experience?
For these and more questions, the Korea Foundation (KF) and Asia Society Switzerland will bring together leading Korean experts, Ms. Minkyeong Kim, Deputy Director of the Multilateral Cooperation Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Science and ICT of the Republic of Korea and Prof. Tai Myoung Chung, faculty member of the College of Computing at Sungkyunkwan University.
About the Webcast
This webcast forms part of the Virtual Dialogue Series – COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities, co-organized by the Korea Foundation (KF) and several overseas partner organizations.
The webcast is open to the public. You can watch it live on YouTube and ask questions. No registration is required.
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Minkyeong Kim is Deputy Director at the Multilateral Cooperation Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Science and ICT of the Republic of Korea. She began her career as civil servant in 2018, and graduated from the Korea university majoring in economics.
Prof. Tai Myoung Chung has been a faculty member of the College of Computing at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in Korea since 1995. His research interests focus on data security, digital therapeutics, and services in Next Generation Network. His research started as a staff scientist of the network technology department at Bolt Beranek & Newman Labs., USA. He received his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University majoring in computer engineering. He has published ten technical books and over 500 refereed research papers.