Social Events

Reception

Banquet

Excursion

• Date and time: June 16th, 7:00 pm
• Location: room 310 and the corridor

• Date and time: June 19th, 7:00 pm
• Venue: COEX Intercontinental hotel (To get directions, check here.)

The excursion fare will be collected when you book at the registration desk. The fare amounts to 10,000 to 30,000 KRW depending on your choice.

We suggest four excursion sites:

1. Korean Folk Village (located at Yong-In City): transportation (round trip from/to the conference venue) will be provided.

   The Korean Folk Village is home to numerous collections of Korean cultural artifacts, providing an opportunity for Korean children to experience and learn the culture of their ancestors firsthand. The site provides a venue to promote traditional Korean culture to both domestic and international visitors, and provides an open-air learning place for succeeding generations. The village has been developed to convey the wisdom and the spirits of our ancestors to both domestic and international tourists.

   For more information, visit the webpage.

2. Changdeokgung Palace and Secret Garden (UNESCO world heritage site): one-way transportation to the Secret Garden will be provided.

   Changdeokgung Palace was built during the Joseon Dynasty(1395 - 1910) and has more buildings preserved than any other palace from that period. The palace is designated as Historical Site No. 122 and covers a total area of 580,000 square meters, although the main palace grounds which do not include the Secret Gardens cover an area of 120,000 square meters.

   For more information, visit here.

3. Gyeongbokgung Palace: one-way transportation to the palace will be provided.

   The palace was named Gyeongbokgung, the "Palace Greatly Blessed by Heaven." With Mount Bugaksan to its rear and Mount Namsan in the foreground, the site of Gyeong-bokgung Palace was at the heart of Seoul and, indeed, deemed auspicious according to the traditional practice of geomancy. In front of Gwanghwamun Gate, the main entrance to the palace, ran Yukjo-geori (Street of Six Ministries, today's Sejongno), home to major government offices. Along the central axis upon which Gwang-hwamun Gate stood was the nucleus of the palace, including the throne hall, reception hall and king's residence. The government ministry district and main buildings of Gyeongbokgung Palace formed the heart of the capital city of Seoul and represented the sovereignty of the Joseon Dynasty.

   For more information, visit here and here.

4. National Museum of Korea: one-way transportation to the National Museum will be provided.

   For more information, visit the webpage.

We will provide the round trip transportation for the option 1, since the Folk Village is located in the outskirt of Seoul. We expect to be back by 7:00 pm, considering some traffic during commute hours.

For other options, we will provide transportation to the excursion places. After you finish your visit to the Secret Garden, the Palace or the National Museum, you are free to visit the nearby Insa-dong, Jongro, Cheonggyechun, or the old donwtown, and come back to your hotel by subway line 2 or by taxi. You can refer to the map in the conference package or the tour guide book.

The digital/audio Guide is available in English, in Japanese and in Chinese. Whenever available, we will also arrange an English tour guide for each excursion.