Theme: Living in Science

The TEDxKAISTSalon on November 26th will be our first salon type event and our 4th event overall. We are excited to start a tradition of regular TEDxKAISTSalon events to enrich our growing community.

Due to the size of our community and the small size appropriate for a salon type event (in this case 50 participants), we will be conducting an online application between November 16th and November 20th. We expect high demand with about 10% selection so please put some thought into your application.

KAIST International Center W2-1
373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu
Daejeon, 305-701
South Korea

Jinsop Lee

At the age of ten Jinsop Lee was obsessed with plastic model kits. He was building a WWII fighter plane but realized the landing gear was missing. So, after a refreshing little cry, he hacked the wings up, added some harness strips and placed little plastic horses where the wheels would have been. His father saw this strange contraption and informed Jinsop it was an example of something called ‘design.’ Since then Jinsop has been a design consultant, a professor of industrial design, and recently achieved a lifelong ambition to found a design company that does not have the word ‘Design’ in its name. The company is called ‘Uncle Oswald is my Hero.’ Last year the company’s first product received the Red Dot Design Award. When he found out, there was a lot of embarrassing “whoohoo” noises followed by inaccurate high-fives. His speech will focus on the five senses and their impact on design.

Young Joong Seog

Young Joong Seog graduated from Korea University with a degree in Russian language and literature, and received her PhD from Ohio State University. She is currently a professor at Korea University’s Department of Russian Language and Literature, and the president of the Korean Association of Rusists (KAR), the leading association for Russian studies in Korea. Some of her many publications include Rhythm of Russian Modern Poetry and Modern Russian Poetics. Professor Seog was the recipient of the Russian government’s prestigious Pushkin Medal in 2000, and the 40th Baeksang Award for publication and translation. She is currently conducting interdisciplinary research that relates literature to diverse academic areas such as finance, ethics, and neuroscience.

Myeungsook Yoh

Myeungsook Yoh is an innovative and interdisciplinary scholar who has a wealth of knowledge and experience in a diverse range of academic fields. She is currently a professor at POSTECH’s Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. Her theme of her speech is “The changing code of the 21st century”, and will philosophically address the nature of virtual reality within games.