• Registration
• Activities: Shilla Costume Experience
• Arts & Crafts: Cloisonne Crafting (bookmarks, key rings), Crafting music boxes with traditional designs

• Opening Ceremony
• NEAR International Forum 2023 – Expert Session
• The 14th Subcommittee on Economy and Humanities Exchange – Special Lecture Session
• Local Government Session
• Local Tours to Gyeongju Expo Memorial Center
• Official Welcome Dinner

• Opening Remarks by NEAR Secretary-General LIM Byung-jin
• Welcoming Remarks by LEE Dal-hee, Vice-Governor for Economic Planning, Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Congratulatory Remarks by:
  - JOO Nak Young, Mayor of Gyeongju-si
  - LEE Hee-sup, TCS Secretary-General
  - CHEN Ribiao, Chinese Consul-General in Busan (Read by YUShenfei, Chinese Deputy Consul-General in Busan)
  - DUDNIK Oxana, Russian Consul-General in Busan
  - PARK Jung Sook, WeGo Secretary-General
• Group Photo

Theme: In the Era of Transformation, Local Government Cooperation in Northeast Asia

[Presentations]

• Moderator: SHIN Bongkil, President of the Korean Council on Foreign Relations
  1. China: Assessing the Current Political Landscape in Northeast Asia and Proposing Strategies for Deepening Regional Cooperation
  - DA Zhigang, Second-level Researcher of the Northeast Asia Research Institute, Heilongjiang Academy of Social Sciences
  2. Japan: Make East Asia a Center of Peace and Prosperity
  - HABA Kumiko, President of the International Studies Association, Asia Pacific Region
  3. Korea: Exchange and Cooperation among Local Governments in the Changing Political Landscape in Northeast Asia
  - LEE Hyuk, President of the Korea Japan Future Forum
  4. Mongolia: Conflict, Environmental Degradation, Cooperation and Mongolian Solutions in Northeast Asian Countries
  - JAMIYAN Battur, Professor at the National University of Mongolia
  5. Russia: Sino-Russian Interregional Cooperation as a Model for Regional Players of Northeast Asia
  - LUKIIN Alexander, Director of the Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations at the University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

[Discussions]

• Moderator: SHIN Bongkil, President of the Korean Council on Foreign Relations
• Discussants
  1. China: LI Ruifeng, Professor at the Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics
  2. SHIN Bong-seop, Professor at KwangWoon University Graduate School (Former Korean Consul-General in Shenyang)
  3. Korea: KIM Hyeongsoo, President of the Korean Association of Northeast Studies (KNEA)
  4. Russia: DANKOV Artem, Professor at Tomsk State University

• Strengthening Policy and Finance for Sustainable Development: The Role of Regional Collaboration
  - KIM Hoseok, Chief Research Fellow at the Korea Environment Institute (KEI)
• Korea’s Youth Policy and International Youth Exchange
  - KIM Kihun, Senior Fellow at the National Youth Policy Institute
• Guiding Northeast Asian Industrial Cooperation in the Era of Strategic Competition
  - KIM Dongsoo, Senior Research Fellow at the Korea Institute for Industrial Economies and Trade (KIET)

Theme : Promoting NEAR Member Policies and Proposing and Recommending Future Exchange Cooperation Projects

[Presentations]

• China: Exploring New Paths to Shared Prosperity and Development Among Governments in Northeast Asia through Enhanced Cooperation in Energy, Resources, and Trade
  - ZHI Yong, Deputy Director at the Research Office of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People’s Government
• China: Sharing New Opportunities, Jointly Seeking New Advancements
  - LV Dayu, Director of the Cultural Exchange Division at Jilin
• China: Silk Road Symphony, Ruyi Gansu
  - LUI Xiao, Deputy Director of the International Division at the Gansu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism
• Japan: International Exchange in Toyama Prefecture
  - KUBO Mitsuki, Officer of the Civic Affairs, Environment & Culture Department, International Affairs Division
• Korea: Daegu Metropolitan City’s Exchange and Cooperation Projects
  - CHUNG Hae-kwan, Ambassador for International Affairs in Daegu Metropolitan City
• Korea: Introduction to the International Student Employment Program
  - KWAK Tae Yeol, Ambassador for International Affairs in Chungcheongbuk-do
• Korea: The Era of Local Governments Led by Gyeongsangbuk-do through Transformation with Its K-U City Project
  - CHAE Jin-weon, Ambassador for International Affairs in Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Korea: Plan to Foster the Secondary Battery Industry in Pohang City, Gyeongsangbuk-do
  - JUNG Myoungsook, Director of the Battery & High-tech Industry Division in Pohang City, Gyeongsangbuk-do
• Korea: Northeast Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Using Maritime Intermodal Transportation: the Role of NEAR and Its Member Regions
  - KANG Hogu, Director at the Sino-Korea Economy/Society Institute
• Mongolia: Foreign Exchange Status of the Bulgan Province
  - DORJRANGCHAA Altanshagai, Head of the Governor Administration of the Bulgan Province
• Mongolia: Potential Field of Cooperation in the Selenge Province
  - ULZII Suvdaa, Head of the Governor Administration of the Selenge Province
• Russia: Exploring the Investment Potential of the Irkutsk Region
  - VASILYEVA Svetlana, Deputy Minister of the Economic
• Development and Industry of the Irkutsk Region

• Opening Remarks
  - Mr. KIM Ok-chae, NEAR Secretary-General
• Congratulatory Remarks
  - Mr. HA Dae-sung, Vice Governor, Economic Planning of Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Government
  - Ms. OU Boqian, TCS Secretary-General
• Keynote Speech
  - Mr. LEE Dong-phil. Former Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs

• Presenter 1. Dr. ONISHI Chie, Ph.D, Researcher at Kyushu-Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization(NARO), Japan
  - “Rural Culture and the Sixth Industry in Japan”
• Presenter 2. Prof. WANG Guangbin, President, Agriculture and Rural Community Development Planning Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, China
  - “Strategies to Foster the Sixth Industry and Ways to Attract Young Talents into Rural Areas in Northeast Asia”
• Presenter 3. Dr. T. Nasanjargal, Ph.D, Professor of Mongolian State University of Agriculture, Mongolia
  - “Ways to Increase Income in Rural Areas through the Fostering of the Sixth Industry in Northeast Asia”
• Presenter 4. Dr. KOMIN Andrey, Ph.D, President of Primorsky State Academy of Agriculture, Russia
  - “Ways to Develop Industrial Agriculture in the Primorsky Territory”
• Presentor 5. Dr. CHO Eun-gi, Ph.D, Director of the GB Agency on Marketing for Agro-Food & Farmers Academy, Korea
  - “Ways to Facilitate the Agro-Food Trade under the WTO/RCEP Regimes”

• Presider: Dr. KIM Dong-hwan, Ph.D, President of the Agro-Food New Marketing Institute
• Dr. KIM Sung-soo, Ph.D, President of the Association of Korean Agro-Food Sixth Industry
• Dr. KIM Tae-kyun, Ph.D, Professor at Kyungpook National University, South Korea
• Dr. SUH Jin-kyo, Ph.D, Senior Researcher at the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy
• Mr. SHIN Hyun-gon, International Cooperation Officer at Jeollanam-do Provincial Government (Former Vice–President of the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation)
• Dr. JUNG Chan-young, Ph.D, Specialist at the Korea Tourism Organization

• Opening greeting (NEAR Secretary General Hong Jong-kyoung)
• Welcoming speech (Deputy Governor of Economy Division of Gyeongsangbuk-do Province Jeon Woo-hyun)
• Congratulatory speech (Chairperson of Gyeongsangbuk-do Council Jang Gyung-sik, Mayor of Pohang Lee Kang-deok, Major of Gyeongju Joo Nak-young, Consul-General of the Russian Federation in Busan Gennady G. Ryabkov)
• Keynote speech (Chief Director of Korea Maritime Institute Hwang Jin-hoi)

Strategy for the Improvement of Cruise Tourism Industry of Northeast Asia

• Presentation 1 “Method of Approach for Effective Port Sales and Marketing Cases of a Port of Call
  - Chief of International Exchange Division of Port Promotion at Maizuru in Japan, Gojima Hiroshi
• Presentation 2 “Kamchatka, the Center of Cruise Tourism of Costal Zone in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and the Eastern Artic Area”
  - Planning Director of Programming of Diligangs-Kanchatka. Co., Svetachev Aleksander
• Presentation 3 “Suggestion for the Current Situation and Cooperative Methods of Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal in China”
  - Discussion by Peng Zhao yun, Assistant of General Accounting Department in Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal
• Principal of the Troupe
  Research Director of International Cruise Industry Kim Jong-nam, Deputy Director in charge of cruise in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Gang Gyeong-taek, Director of Pan Star Cruise Yoo Da-jong, Secretary General of the Association of Cruise Medical Tourism in Busan Choi Jae-hyung, Manager of Japanese ∙ Korean office of Silversea Itogawa Yusuke, Manager of Japanese ∙ Korean office of Costa Cruise. Co., Hamaoka Souich, Director of Bureau on Sport ∙ Tourism ∙ Youth Policy of Sakhalin Region, Natalia Pakholkova

Method for Connection between Cities for the Activation of Northeast Asian Cruise Tourism

• Presentation 1 “Current Situation of Pohang and Suggestions for Common Cooperative Methods”
  - Lee Hee-yong, Prof. of Yeongnam University
• Presentation 2 “Present State of Maizuru of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan and Suggestion of Collaborative Plan”
  - Mishima Osamu, Director of Port in Kyoto Prefecture
• Presentation 3 “Expansion of the Northeast Asian Cruise Market”
  - Kvint Kristina, Head Consultant of Tourist Development Division of Tourism Bureau in Sakhalin Region
• Presentation 4 “Infrastructure for Cruise Tourism in Pacific Russia, Product Development and Promotion on New Cruises along the East Sea and the Adjacent Sea”
  - Nagornyi Valerii, CEO of Vladivostok Sea Cruise Terminal
• Principal of the Troupe
  kim Jun-hong, Chairman of Gyeongbuk Policy Institute, Lee Byung-seong, Director of Gangwon-do Maritime Tourism Center, Jang Woo-seok, Deputy Department Head of Lotte Tourism, Im Young-chul, Head of the Association of Jeju Cruise Industry, Gang Myung-soo, Prof. of Pohang University

• Opening remarks: JUNG Chang-soo (CEO of Korea Tourism Organization)
• Special Speech: Eugene Y. ROH (Professor in Central Michigan University)
• welcome speech: JUNG Byung-yoon (Vice Governor of Economic Planning, Gyeongsangbuk-Do)
• Congratulatory remarks: KWEON Young-sae (Mayor of Andong), Alexander VOSTRIKOV (Consul-General of the Russian Federation in Busan)

1) Session I: Tourism and Regional Development

• - Moderator: LIM Sang-taek (Dong-A Univ.)
• - Presentation 1: “Local Tourism Development Policy in Japan and Successful Case Study of Local Tourism Affects the Local Community, Culture and Economy” by Nobuyuki HATADA (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific Univ., Japan)
• - Presentation 2: “Tourism as a factor of persistent development and advancement in intercultural dialogue in Sakhalin Region” by Elvira LIM (Sakhalin State Univ., Russia)
• - Panel Discussion: BAE Man-gyou (Andong Univ.), SONG Jae-il (Daegu Gyeongbuk Development Institute), ROTANOVA Irina (Altai State Univ., Russia)

2) Session II: Sustainable Tourism and International Cooperation

• - Moderator: KIM Nam-jo (Hanyang Univ.)
• - Presentation 1: “Local tourism development policy in Mongolia and the successful case study of community based tourism” by Munkhnasan SARANTUYA (Mongolian National University, Mongolia)
• - Presentation 2: “Eco Tourism Policy in Korea and International Cooperation” by KIM Hyun (Dankook Univ., Korea)
• - Panel Discussion: LEE Bong-koo (Dong-Eui Univ.), CHOI Hee-sun (Korea Environment Institute), SHIM Chang-sup (Gachon Univ.)

3) Session III: Mutual Cooperation on Tourism in Norteast Asia

• - Moderator: KIM Dae-kwan (Kyung Hee Univ.)
• - Presentation 1: “Tourism Development with International Cooperation in Northeast Asia Under the Belt and Road Initiative” by CHEN Nan (School of History & Culture, HENAN Univ., China)
• - Presentation 2: “Promoting Tourism Exchange and Cooperation in Northeast Asia” by CHOI Kyung-eun (Korea Culture & Tourism Institute, Korea)
• - Panel Discussion: Timothy LEE (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific Univ., Japan), SHIM Won-seop (Mokpo National Univ.), BYUN Seong-hee (Korea Tourist Information Policy Institute)

• Opening remarks: Jun Jae-won (Secretary General of NEAR)
• Special Speech: Alexander A. Timonin (Ambassador of the Federation of Russia to the Republic of Korea), JUNG Byung-yoon (Vice Governor of Economic Planning, Gyeongsangbuk-Do)
• Keynote Speech: Ra Jong-yil (Distinguished Prof. of Hanyang Univ., Former Korean Ambassador to Britain/Japan)
• Special Speech Kilaparti Ramakrishna (Head, ENEA Office, UNESCAP)

Disaster and Prevention

• “A Study on the Ways to Build the Disaster Management Predictive Analysis System: With Focus on the Proposal for Northeast Asian Cooperative Disaster Management Decision-making System” by Lee Dong-kyu (Professor, Dong-A Univ., Korea)
• “20 Years from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake : Disaster Risk Reduction Efforts by Hyogo Prefecture” by Koji Matsubara (Deputy Executive Director, Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution, Japan)

Economy and Transboundary Environmental Risk

• “Natures & Management Measures of the Transboudary Problems in the Yellow Sea Large Marine Ecosystem” by Jiang Yihang ( Former UNDP/GEF Project Manager, China )
• “Zud Assesment and Risk on Social, Economic Sector in Mongolia” by Altanbagana Myagmarsuren (Director, Dept. of Environmental Policy Study at National Development Institute of Mongolia, Mongolia)

Disaster and Governance

• “The Threats of Natural and Technogenic Disasters in the Russian Far East and International Cooperation” by Petr Baklanov (Director, Pacific Geographical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)
• “In Pursuit of Cooperative Governance for Disaster Management in Northeast Asia: Challenges and Tasks” by Kim Sung-chul (Humanities Korea Professor, Seoul National University Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Korea)

• Opening Remarks (Kim Jae-hyo, Secretary General of NEAR)
• Welcoming Remarks (Levintal, Deputy Chairman of the Khabarovsk Krai Government for Economy)
• Congratulatory Remarks (Lee In-seon, Vice Governor for Political Affairs of the Province of Gyeongsangbuk-do / Jo Jin-rae, Vice Governor for Political Affairs of the Province of Gyeongsangnam-do Province)
• Keynote Speech (Chung Tae-ik, Chairman of the Korean Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR))
• Special Speech (Michele Sabban, President of R20)

Unity between Eurasia and Northeast Asian Region

The Eurasia Initiative and the New Northern Policy (NNP) (Sung Weon-yong, Professor of Northeast Asian Economics · Commerce College, Incheon National University, Korea) "Eurasia Initiative" Policy Proposal · Opportunities: Challenges and Future Prospects for Mongolia as a Connective Channel (Dorj Shurkhuu, Director of Institute of International Studies, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Mongolia)

Seeking for New Growth Engine in the Region

• Analysis on the Possibility of Linking the Development of the "Changchun-Jilin-Tumen Pilot Area" of China and the "Pan-East Sea Economic Bloc" (Wu Hao, Vice Director of the Northeast Asian Studies Academy, Jilin University, China)
• The Significance of Envisioning of the Advantages of Cooperation in the Pan-East Sea (Sea of Japan) (Mimura Mitsuhiro, Director and Senior Research Fellow of Research Division at ERINA, Japan)

Action for Climate Change and Environmental Issues in Northeast Asia Region

• The Risks of Climate Change and Climate Variability, and the Response(Park Hwan-il, Research Fellow at Samsung Economic Research Institute (SERI), Korea) The Environmental Cooperation in "The Golden Triangle"　among China, Russia, and Korea (Bernhard J. Seliger, Representative of the Hanns Seidel Foundation in Korea)

• Opening remarks (Jae-Hyo Kim, Secretary General of NEAR)
• Welcoming remarks (Kwan-Yong Kim, Governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do Province)
• Congratulatory remarks (Sam-Kul Lee, The 2nd Vice Minister of Public Administration & Security, Korea; Sei-Young Cho, Director General, Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Korea)
• Keynote Speech (Young-Sun Lee, President of Hallym University, Korea) - Leadership of Northeast Asia in the 21st Century, a Century of Crisis
• Special Speech (Michèle Sabban, President of the Assembly of European Regions) - Northeast Asia from the Perspective of Europe

Energy Investment in Northeast Asia

• "China's Energy Structure and Investment" (Wang Yanjia, Professor, Institute of Tsinghua Univ. China)
• "Cooperating Energy Resources"(Dorjsurenkhorloo Khurelbaatar, State Secretary, Ministry of Mineral Resource and Energy, Mongolia)

Logistics Cooperation for Coexistence in Northeast Asia

• "The Trans-Korean Railway and Northeast Asian Railway Cooperation for the Integration of Northeast Asia"(Hee-Seung Na, Principal Researcher, Korea Railroad Research Institute, Korea)
• "Khabarovsk Krai, the Logistics and Transport Center of Northeast Asia" (Kuchuk Vladimir, Advisor to the Governor of Khabarovsk Region)

Environmental Cooperation among Northeast Asian Regions

• "Environmental Issues in Northeast Asia and Efforts by the Japanese Government" (Norihiko Tanaka, Director, Special Monitoring & Coastal Environmental Assessment Activity Centre, Japan)
• "Marine Environment Pollution and Cooperation among Local Governments: Focus on the Yellow Sea"(Zhu Mingyuan, Research Professor, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China)

• Ye Qi : Cheong Kong Professor, Tsinghua University School of Public Policy and Management; Director of the Climate Policy Institute at Tsinghua

• Tetsuro Fujitsuka : President, Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research

• Hyung-Kook Kim : Former Chairman, Presidential Committee on Green Growth (Keynote Speech)
• Yeon-Sung Shin : Ambassador for Climate Change, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of ROK
• Yong-Ho Choi : Chair, Green Growth Committee of Gyeongsangbuk-do Province

• Avirmed Ayurzana : Director, Green Belt National Program of the Mongolian Government

• Rukavishnikov V. S. : Director, Angarsk Branch of East-Siberian Scientific Centre of Medical Ecology, Siberian Department, Russian Academy of Medical Science

• Rae-Kwon Chung : Director, Environment and Sustainable Development Division of UNESCAP
• Nataliya Yacheistova : Director, UNDP-GTI

• Li Xiangyang : Deputy Director, Institute of World Economics & Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
• Xiao Chen : Professor of Economics, Department of International Economics Trade, Peking University

• Shuji Matsuno : Director, North East Asia Research Center, Institute of International Relations & Area Studies, Ritsumeikan Univ
• Kazuhiro Momomoto : Deputy Director General, JETRO Seoul Center

• Cae-One Kim : Chairman/CEO, National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences (Keynote Speech)
• Hyo-Soo Lee : President, Yeungnam Univ.
• Yong-Ho Choi : Chair, Green Growth Committee of Gyeongsangbuk-do Province

• D. Molomjamts : President, Institute of Economics of National University of Mongolia

• A. I. Kostenko : The 1st Governor of the Primorksy Territory
• G. I. Danchikova : Vice-President of the Government of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

• Shigeru Mochida : Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Economics & Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
• Nataliya Yacheistova : Director, UNDP-GTI Secretariat

• Liu Fanghui : Chairman, Shandong Sub-Council of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade

• Makoto Taniguchi : President, Iwate Prefectural University
• Masaaki Murakami : Chief Director, Seoul Japan Club

• Hak-Su Kim : Chairman, Asia Economic Community Foundation (Keynote speech)
• Kyung-Tae Lee : President, Institute for International Trade, Korea International Trade Association
• Yong-Ho Choi : Chief-Director, University-Industry Research Institute

• Sambuu Demberel : Chair & CEO, Mongolian Chamber of Commerce

• Brezhnev V. B. : Chairman, The Primorsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry

• Nataliya Yacheistova : Director of UNDP Tumen Secretariat

• Zhang Jun : Northeast Asia economic integration: Economic rationality and political wisdom
• Zhang Yuyan : Global energy structure & China’s energy security

• Tetsundo Iwakuni : Conditions for development of Northeast Asia
• Haruki Wada : Toward Northeast Asian regional cooperation and East Asia community)

• Young Ho Kim : Design for the cooperation system of Northeast Asian regional governments
• Byeong Hae Sohn : Northeast Asian community building through cultural denominators
• In- Chul Kim : The evolutionary process of East Asia’s monetary integration

• J. Dovdonbaljir : Investment environment of Mongolia
• Ch. Khashchuluun : Foreign trade of Mongolia: Switch from Europe and integration with Asian economies and other issues

• Ivankov Vladimir : The state of economic activities in Siberia and Siberian Accord
• Yevtushenko Kondrat : Toward the enhancement of economic cooperation among regional governments in Northeast Asia