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Honourable guests, participants and members of the European associations,
It is my great honour to welcome you to a science festival, the EKC 2016, Europe-Korea Conference on Science Technology 2016. The EKC 2016 is organised by the Korean Scientists and Engineers Association in Germany (VeKNI) together with the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST), and the other eight Korean Scientists and Engineers Associations in Europe, which are in the UK (KOSEAUK), France (ASCoF), Austria (KOSEAA), Finland (KOSES), Scandinavia (KSSEA), the Netherlands (KOSEANL), Switzerland (KSEAS) and Belgium (KOSEAbe).
Chair of the EKC 2016
President of the Korean Scientists and Engineers Association in Germany
Ladies and gentlemen!
I would like to take this opportunity to convey my heartfelt appreciation to Dr. Wonsun Park, Chair of the EKC 2016 and President of Verein Koreanischer Naturwissenschaftler und Ingenieure in der BRD e.V. (VeKNI) for organizing this meaningful conference.This year’s Europe-Korea Conference on Science and Technology (EKC) is all the more meaningful for us as the 9th EKC is taking place in Germany again after its first launch in Heidelberg in 2008. After its initiation in Germany, the EKC has been reinvented continuously to achieve growth and development, and now, it has firmly positioned itself as the largest venue for exchanges between Korean scientists and engineers within Europe. I greatly appreciate and send my big applause to the scientists and engineers in Europe for their endeavor and contribution to the concrete formation of Korean Scientists and Engineers Associations in European countries.
Honorable Korean scientists and engineers!
Recently, Europe is striving to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions so as to address environmental pollution, and also implementing diverse strategies such as curbing CO2 emissions and devising plans for environmental improvement. Such global challenges cannot be addressed with efforts by only a fraction of countries. In this sense, global cooperation network for science and technology will become ever more crucial.
At this year’s EKC, we hope to seek ways to make a better future by prompting more Korean and European scientists and engineers to join humanity-centered science and technology research under the theme of ‘Science, Technology and Humanity: Gateway to the Future’. I expect that this conference will be an occasion to pull your collective wisdom and have in-depth discussion.
Last but not least, I hope that the EKC‘s activities will be at the center of the European science and technology network going beyond the Korean society, ultimately leading to the scientific and technological advancement and improved global presence of Korea. Once again, let me offer my special thanks to all of you to who join us today, I wish everyone good health and much happiness.
Boo-Sup Lee
Co-chair of the EKC 2016
President of the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies