The 2023 Korea-LAC Future Cooperation Forum will be held in Seoul May 16 under the theme of “Cooperation for Prosperity in a Changing World Order.”
We look forward to your participation in the Forum. 　
 
*Opening Ceremony*
• Opening Remarks
Park Jin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea
• Welcoming Remarks
· Kim Hackyong, President of Korea-LAC Parliamentary Diplomacy Forum and Member of National Assembly
· Marcos Cesar Pontes, Senator, Federal Senate of Brazil

*Session 1*
Strengthening Korea-LAC Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific Era
• Chair
Kim Wonho, Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
• Speakers
· Jeannette Sánchez, Director of Natural Resources Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean(ECLAC)
· Indiana Trejos Gallo, Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade, Republic of Costa Rica
· Son Hyehyun, Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies


*Session 2*
Expanding Cooperation on Economic Security: Trade and Investment, Science and Technology
• Chair
Choi Junho, Deputy Director-General for Latin American and Caribbean Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
• Speakers
· Samuel García Sepúlveda, Governor of the State of Nuevo León, United Mexican States
· José Julio Gómez, Deputy Minister of Bilateral Foreign Policy, Dominican Republic
· Luis Ignacio Vayas, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility, Republic of Ecuador
· Marcos Cesar Pontes, Senator, Federal Senate of Brazil
· Kwon Kisu, Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
· Hong Sungwoo, Research Fellow, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)


 
*Session 3*
Promoting Tailor-made Cooperation in Key Sectors: Infrastructure and Transport, Climate Change, Agriculture Innovation
• Chair
Kim Kihyun, Professor, Sunmoon University
• Speakers
· Rafael José Sabonge Vilar, Minister of Public Works, Republic of Panama
· Nelson Eduardo Reyes Rivas, Viceminister of Transport Ad-Honorem, Republic of El Salvador
· Albina Ruiz Ríos, Minister of Environment, Republic of Peru
· Juan Ignacio Buffa, Vice Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, Oriental Republic of Uruguay
· Kim Gyucheol, Director General for Construction Technology and Safety Policy, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT)
· Yun Jongchul, Vice Administrator, Rural Development Administration (RDA)
· Park Eunsik, Director General of International Affairs Bureau, Korea Forest Service (KFS)