1. Time and Date: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Friday, August 8, 2025
2. Venue: Room 721, Building 310 (100th Anniversary Memorial Hall), Chung-Ang University, Seoul
3. Hosts: Center for Economic Catch-up
BK21 Program, School of Economics, Chung-Ang University
Center for Innovation & Development, Chung-Ang University /IER

10:00~10:10 (10 min.) Opening Remarks

(Jung, Moosup, Acting Director, Center for Economic Catch-up)

Welcoming Remarks

(Kang, Changhui, School of Economics, Chung-Ang University)
10:10~10:50 (40 min.) Keynote Speech: Costs and benefits of GVCs and catch-up by latecomers

(Lee, Keun, Chung-Ang Univ. & Center for Economic Catch-up)
10:50~11:00 Short Break (10 min.)
Session 1: Korea Economic Outlook 2026 (Chair: Prof. Jung Moosup, Dong-A University)
11:00~12:00 (60 min.) (1) 2026 Outlook for Korea’s EV and battery industry (Presenter: Dr. Lee, Boram, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)

(2) What did we predict and what did we miss in the book “Korea Economic Outlook” for the past nine years?(Presenter: Prof. Oh, Chul, Sangmyung University)
Open Discussion (20 min.)
12:00~13:00 Boxed Lunch (60 min.)
Session 2: Member Paper Session (Chair: Dr. Kang, Raeyoon, Institute for Mutual Prosperity)
13:00~14:10 (70 min.) (1) Exploring the impacts of diverse aspects of technological innovation on the income shares by the top, middle, and bottom classes: From the diverse elements of the national innovation systems (NIS) to different classes of population (Presenter: Dr. Lee, Juneyoung, KIET/ Discussant: Dr. Kim Joonyup, Korea SME & Startups Institute)

(2) Knowledge modularity as a barrier to entry (Presenter: Lee, Sunghoon, NEOMA Business School/ Discussant: Dr. Han, Junhee, NH Financial Institute)
14:10~14:20 Short Break (10 min.)
Session 3: English Session (Chair: Prof. Han, Jaepil, Chungnam National University)
14:20~16:05 (105 min.) (1) Harnessing Knowledge Structures for countries’ AI-Driven Scientific Catch-up: T he Role of knowledge Modularity, Nestedness, and Relatedness (Presenter: Prof. Guo, Rui, School of Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology / Discussant: Shin, Wonkyu, Soongsil University & KERI FKI)

(2) From where do the latecomer Firms learn for technological catch-up: Universities vs. overseas R&D centers across sectors with different technology cycle time (Presenter: Prof. Park, Jinhyuck, Sogang University / Discussant: Prof. Guo, Rui, Beijing Institute of Technology)

(3) What matters to competitive advantages of industry 4.0 technology startups? (Present: Prof. Kim, Jungho, Newcastle University Business School / Discussant: Prof. Lee, Sunghoon, NEOMA Business School)
16:05~16:30 Coffee Break (25 min.)
Session 4: Student Paper Session (Chair: Prof. Lim, Jisun, Korea Military Academy)
16:30~18:00 (90 min.) (1) Patent value analysis based on industry-oriented patent classification in the battery industry: focusing on the types of firm value chains and the timing of industry entry (Presenter: Lee, Donggeun, PhD candidate at Sogang University Graduate School of MOT)

(2) Post-Acquisition Performance and the Fragility of Knowledge Integration: Does Inventor Mobility Matter? Evidence from U.S. Acquisitions from 1990 to 2016 (Presenter: Lim, Sanghyun, PhD candidate at Sogang University Graduate School of MOT)

(3) Does Institutional Quality Moderate the Impact of Exogenous Shocks on Sovereign CDS Premiums? (Presenter: Kwak, Gyuhyeong, Department of Economics, Chung-Ang University)
Open discussion (30 min.)
18:00~18:30 Move to Dinner Venue
18:30~20:30 Dinner and Networking