Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a rapidly growing field with the potential to revolutionize many aspects of our lives. However, the possible consequences of AI are bifold. While it has enabled dramatic improvements by achieving quick and efficient results, it also raises fears of the unknown.
Check out our video release to view this engaging and thought-provoking interview with Professor Jeongki Lim, a leading expert in transdisciplinary design. In this interactive program with Professor Lim, he walked our audience through his career journey on how he landed on his current position and shared invaluable insights gained through his years of experience and research in the creative technology and design industry. Prof. Lim also explored how AI technologies have impacted creative industries and beyond, as well as the challenges and opportunities they have posed in shaping the future.
The discussion, followed by a networking session, included light refreshments for those attending the event in person.
Young Professionals’ Network
Our future with AI
A Conversation with Prof. Jeongki Lim
Thursday, April 27, 2023 | 6:30 PM (EDT)
VIDEO RELEASE
Monday, May 1, 2023
The Korea Society
350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10017
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Jeongki Lim is Assistant Professor of Strategic Design and Management at Parsons School of Design, The New School. His practice spans from launching new organizations in both private and public sectors to researching and teaching at the intersection of design and science. Before his academic career, he was selected for Google’s 30 Weeks Design Founder program for co-founding a company that placed the concept of design at the center of the business, which has manifested in product development, user experience, market strategy, and computational design. His other works have contributed to launching new strategic initiatives in the military, urban government, and technology consulting that still exist today. He currently serves in the leadership team of Parsons MPS in Fashion Management and has led the BBA in Strategic Design and Management program. He holds a B.A. in Individualized Studies and an M.S. in Applied Urban Science and Informatics, both from New York University. He is a regular speaker both in industry and academic events. His research focuses on computational creativity, complex adaptive systems, and learning science that can bring value to our understanding of human creativity and corporate innovation.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR:
Tae Young Woo is Co-Founder and CEO of Finestra, a healthcare data startup developing tools to make medical care more transparent and accessible to Americans. The company developed a search engine for medical bills and is quickly expanding across the United States.
Prior to health care tech, Tae Young started (and still owns) Blue Books Media, a Seoul-based publishing company that introduces industry leaders well-known in the English-speaking world to the Korean market. All of the books he published have been placed in the TOP 100 business book rankings in the country after release, and one he personally translated and published was ranked the #1 self-help book in the country and a TOP 3 national bestseller.
Tae Young is also a Founding Director of the Yoonjae Lee Foundation for Environmental Studies, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit set up in honor of his late friend and college roommate who was a passionate inventor and scholar of environmental studies and technology tackling climate change. The Foundation aims to provide scholarships to the next generation of scholars dedicated to solving the climate crisis.
A Seoul native raised in southern California, Tae Young received his Bachelor of Arts from New York University and now lives in New York.
Performance artist and director Maria Yoon discusses the marital expectations of many first- and second- generation Korean-American women when choosing between family and the heart. Her documentary, Maria the Korean Bride, challenges those expectations as Maria documents her cross-country journey as an imagined bride in traditional dress. The project highlights Maria’s marriage “proposals,” interviews with participants, and mock wedding performances. Join us for an evening of conversation with Maria, as she previews her documentary and shares her emotions and the experience of her final “50-state marriage” in New York’s Times Square.
