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YOON Hye-sun

Professor, Hanyang University School of Law

YOON Hye-sun
Title [SDF2023 Research Findings - 1] The New Work of Nations: Technology Innovation and Economic Security
Times of the Remarks 2023. 11. 02. 09:40-10:25

YOON Hye-sun has taught administrative law at Hanyang University School of Law since 2012 and AI and the law to graduate students in Hanyang University’s Department of Artificial Intelligence since 2020. She majored in biochemistry as an undergraduate and physiology as a graduate student before making a switch to the field of law, after which she passed the bar to practice law in both the United States and Canada and worked for a short time in law firms in Canada and Korea. Her research focuses on issues related to administrative law, regulation, and legislative policy in broadcast communications, data, artificial intelligence, biopharmaceuticals, and nuclear energy. Recent papers include “A Study of Legal Systems to Ensure Safe Use of Healthcare Data,” “Trends in and Implications of Local and International Legal Research on AI based on Keyword Networks and BERT Language Models,” and “A Study of the Functional Relationship Between Social Acceptance of AI and Legal Systems” [all titles are translations]. Published books include Data Justice and COVID-19: Global Perspectives, Technological Innovations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Regulatory Policy, and The Present and Future of AI Regulatory Governance [all titles are translations].


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Age of Digital Convergence: From Technological Competitiveness to Institutional Competitiveness

We are living today in the age of digital convergence. Digital convergence is no longer just a phenomenon driving technological, economic, and social advancements but also a keyword with critical implications for humankind as a civilization as well as our future. This is evidenced in the competition playing out among major countries intent on establishing leadership in digital convergence; in addition to efforts to secure the relevant technological capabilities, steps are being taken to prepare necessary laws, regulations, and policies. In other words, digital convergence is a domain still being shaped, in which a clear global leader has yet to emerge. For South Korea, this is an opportunity to prove ourselves worthy of the task. But several key conditions must be met. First and foremost, where we were once narrowly focused on playing technological “catch-up” to new technologies, we must now take a multi-dimensional approach, actively supporting the creation of new markets and industries based on new technologies and working to ensure a competitive regulatory and legal environment where technological innovation can translate into social and cultural transformation. As a country, what we are facing is nothing short of a major inflection point, the impact of which is being felt in digital convergence sectors such as AI, biotechnology, and mobility. To assume global leadership in these areas and in the new global market being formed around them, we must make urgently needed reforms to our legal and regulatory landscape, thereby enabling not only technological gains but also the “socialization” of new technology adoption and innovation. This session looks at what changes must be made, and how, to ensure technological as well as system and policy competitiveness.