GHRF2006: Pursuing Common Prosperity

* Chair: Jung Taik Hyun, President, Korea Development Institute, Korea
* Panel:
- Thomas A. Kochan, Professor, MIT, USA
- Peter Plympton Smith, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO
- Hyo-Soo Lee, Professor, Yeungnam University, Korea
- Gary A. Gabriele, Dean, College of Engineering, Villanova University, USA

* Description:

The rapidly transforming global economic landscape and increased integration heralds a new era of long-term economic growth and prosperity based on enhanced human capacity. However, the ongoing changes may not be sustainable without
great expansion of the circle of their beneficiaries. Most countries, whether developing or developed, have witnessed widening socio-economic disparity among sectors and groups. Indeed, the social and economic divide due particularly to
gaps in human resources became the major issue of concern for international organizations such as the World Bank and OECD, and devising appropriate countermeasures is one of the most important tasks facing governments.
In order to ensure that all people share the benefits generated by globalization and technological progress, there should be reinforcement of competencies of individuals, enterprises, communities, and countries together with reconfiguration of their respective roles from a global, longer-term perspective. The ultimate goal will be to foster and secure a pool of new global human resources who can contribute to the future well-being and prosperity of the world, beyond the boundaries of organizations and countries. Indeed, such reinforcement and reconfiguration should form the foundation on which common and global prosperity will be pursued. In this context, this session of the Forum
purports to peruse the challenges to and prospect of attaining a new equitable social and economic development of our times, focusing particularly on the issues related to upgrading human resources. The session aims to bring a long-term vision and strategy for the development of global human resources, which will be shared by core stakeholders of the scene, including government, business, and university.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Global
• Business
• Economics
• Communication
• HR
• HRD
• HRM
• Education
• Talent
• Human
• Capital
• Asset
• Social
• Science
• Engineering
• Forum
• Seoul
• Korea