ICAS Summer Symposium 2026: The KOREAN DIASPORA

   Speakers

                 1000 AM         Synja P Kim (ICAS Fellow, President and Chairman)
                                Welcome Remarks
                 1005 AM         Chun Jae (C J) Park (ICAS Vice President for Regional Affairs; Professor, George Mason University)
                                Issues facing the Korean-American Community: What Are Solutions?       
  '                1105 AM       Sang Joo Kim (ICAS Director, Senior Fellow & Executive Vice President)
                               ICAS Youth Excellence Program: Developing Winning Strategy for College and Beyond: Raising The Game: Cutting 3%

               1205 PM        Rachel Lee (WQ-HM; rising Sophomore, George Mason University)
                                      Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness in America
               
                1235 PM       Paul Koh (ICAS Intern; ICAS Youth Academy; former US Army 2LT; USMA'15)
                               My Message to Youngsters: from ICAS Volunteer through US Military Academy and Beyond (pre-recorded Video)

                1250 PM       LUNCH

                  135 PM       Alice Shin (WQ-HM; ICAS Intern; Plebe, US Naval Academy Prep School, Newport, RI)                                                   )
                                Building Leadership Character and Life Skills
                                                                     
                 205 PM         Olivia Heng (ICAS Intern and Special Attache; Class'26 Brown Univ cum BS/MS simul; Software Engineer, Microsoft)      
                                      My Experience of ICAS Youth Excellene Program and a Successful College Life                     235 PM         Brenda Hafera (Assistant Director and Senior Policy Analyst, B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies, Heritage Foundation)
                                          America's Founding Principles and Great American Values (pre-recorded Video)   

                   305 PM         Becky Dunlop (ICAS Fellow, ICAS Liberty Award Recipient, former Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow, Heritage Foundation)
                                   America's Founding Principles and Great American Values (pre-recorded Video)                  
                335 PM         Yoon Seo Choi (WQ-HM; ICAS Intern; rising Sophomore, Trustee's Full Scholarship, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA)                                   What the Founding Fathers Endowed America With
                   405 PM         Diane Shin (WQ-HM; rising 9th grader, Battlefield High School, Haymarket, VA)
                                          Swimming with Shark Alive
                435 PM        Adjourn

                  WQ-HM (Winner Qualifier-Honorable Mention) of ICAS Youth Fellowship Award Contest                                         
                                
                  Special Guests:
                                              
                                                                                             
For reservation and inquiry: ICAS@icasinc.org

REGISTRATION/RSVP  by  August 6 2026 11:59 PM