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This program aims to equip Korean and global leaders with the necessary skills to address the challenges posed by our rapidly changing world
Salzburg Global Seminar and the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS) are proud to announce the first cohort and in-person convening of the KFAS-Salzburg Global Leadership Initiative.
This multi-year program will annually bring together an international, intergenerational, and interdisciplinary network of Korean and global thought leaders to create new connections and tackle global challenges.
Over the past decades, the world has become more connected in terms of both time and space. With this accelerated development, issues such as geopolitical tensions, climate change, demographic changes, and technological dilemmas were exacerbated. As we navigate the intricacies of these issues in a post-pandemic world, the urgency to find solutions amid uncertainties and bridge intergenerational gaps is more important than ever.
The KFAS-Salzburg Global Leadership Initiative addresses the need to forge new connections across cultures, nations, and generations to reimagine how policies and institutions can sustain our progress into the future. It serves as an avenue for mutual learning and exchange where Fellows can discuss contemporary issues and collaborate on innovative action plans for development.
KFAS President Choi commented: “As KFAS approaches its golden jubilee in 2024, creating a new global platform for future leaders with Salzburg Global is opening a new chapter for its next 50 years. KFAS and Salzburg Global have a common heritage in their firm belief and devotion to empower talents, who restlessly and passionately pursue value bigger than personal interest and thus pay it forward for a better society. Collaborating with Salzburg Global, Martin and his team, has been such a rewarding experience. I look forward to welcoming all participants at the historic venue of Schloss Leoplodskron!”
With the theme "Uncertain Futures and Connections Reimagined: Connecting Generations", 35 global leaders at junior and senior levels will convene on October 9-13, 2023 at Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria. These leaders will be given opportunities to develop the skills needed to address the diverse challenges that we face today.
Salzburg Global President Martin Weiss added: “We are excited to be partnering with the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS) for this multi-year program focused on connecting leaders across generations. It has been a pleasure to collaborate with KFAS, an organization whose efforts in the field of leadership development greatly align with the values that we hold dear here at Salzburg Global. We are grateful to President Choi for his vision in initiating this program and the opportunity to build it together throughout the coming years."
The key topics of discussion for the first year of the program will revolve around various sub-themes related to intergenerational challenges such as demographic transition, financial sustainability, diverging values, immigration, and intergenerational mobility; all aimed at creating pathways to address prevalent global issues and establish transnational linkages.
The 2023 inaugural cohort is comprised of the following notable Fellows from across the world:
The KFAS-Salzburg Global Leadership Initiative kicked off with two virtual on-boarding sessions in September and will continue after the upcoming in-person convening through online network meetings to ensure further development and sustainability of the ideas developed in Salzburg.
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