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- The overall purpose of the Forum is as follows
- Facilitate a global venue to discuss major agenda items in the humanities and explore ways towards the prosperity of the humanities in Korea
- Offer new orientations for the value and benefits of the humanities aligned with the necessity of sustainable growth in the 21st century
- To implement programs to meet the various roles of the humanities and social demands
- To promote exchanges among humanities scholars at home and abroad and expand engagement with citizens
- To create a glocal humanities festival venue that combines global and local features
- Forum Overview
- The 3rd World Humanities Forum
- Period
- The period from 30. October (Thursday) to 1 Nov. 2014 (Saturday)
- Host
- MEST, UNESCO, Daejeon City
- Organizer
- NRF
- Place
- Daejeon Convention Center
- Theme
- Humanities in the Era of Transformative Science and Technology
- Forum participants
- Total: 56 persons
- Foreigners: 39 persons
- Koreans: 17 persons
- Number of Participants
- The total number of participants is 2,601
- Forum contents
- Opening ceremony: Opening Event, Opening Address, Welcome Address, Opening Declaration
- An academic event
- Keynote lecture:presentation by three world-class scholars
- General meeting: a total of two meetings held (once on the 1st day, the 2nd respectively)
- Subdivision meeting: three sessions held on the 1st day simultaneously; five sessions on the 2nd day
- Closing ceremony: screening of sketch video, closing ceremony, etc.
- Exhibition: The Old books in Jangseogak Library, Media art, Novel Prize winner Introduction, humanities–research performance exhibition
- Cultural experience program: Visiting Buyeo-Baekje Cultural Center, Buyeo Study tour for speakers