The 13 regional representatives of the KLI representing
60,000 alumni scattered all around the world assembled
in Seoul. The conference was held from November 5 till
November 7 in Yonsei University under the title of "The
1st Conference of Global Network Representatives.” The
representatives were invited by the KLI for the discussion
of the way how to activate the Global Network.
The 13 representatives from Germany, Netherlands, Turkey,
Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, India, Philippines, Indonesia,
China, New Zealand and United States spent three busy
days discussing the way how to proceed and develop the
Global Network.
On the first day of November 5th, about 20 persons
participated in the "Yonsei Global Network Activation
Seminar" and they attempted to find out detailed
way how to efficiently activate the Global Network keeping
the common objectives while invigorating the unique characteristics
of each region.
On the November 6th morning, there was a talk with proxy
president of the University, Prof. Dae-hee Youn at the
small conference room. The proxy president Youn
praised the alumni of KLI saying "You are boosting
the honor of Yonsei University all over the world by
commanding excellent Korean language" and requested
to take a role of a bridge between Yonsei University
and each of their country as they are acting in the front
line of Global Network.
In the morning of November 7th, the representatives met
their compatriots who study in the KLI and discussed
the way how to activate the Global Network by region.
And in the afternoon, "Social Meeting with Alien
Alumni" was held to meet the Yonsei University students
in the room No. 501 of Widang Hall. This meeting was
sponsored by the Task Force of Liberal Arts Characterization
and they exchanged information on the situation of Korean
language learning, its teaching method and the competitiveness
of Korean language in each region.
These representatives, in the future, will attempt to
find out the way how to develop "Global Network
Project" with no cease as a main body to lead the
organization of alumni and will take a role of Public
Information Ambassador to make Yonsei University well-known
to the world.