[Korean Partnerships]

I recently had the privilege of joining an outstanding group of scholars, policymakers, and practitioners at the Seoul AI Policy Conference (SAIPCON 2025), hosted by the Seoul National University AI Policy Initiative in collaboration with the Center for Trustworthy AI. This year’s theme, “Fault Lines of AI Governance,” tackled some of the most pressing dilemmas AI poses for societies worldwide, from agentic AI to labor, creativity, national security, and beyond.

Grateful for the opportunity to speak on the panel “Striking the Right Balance: Copyright Across Diverse AI Contexts”, where I explored how generative AI unsettles copyright frameworks in creativity, data use, and content generation. It was a privilege to speak alongside Sangchul Park (Seoul National University), Soonmin Bae (KT AI Future Lab), and Shun-Ling Chen (Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica).

The conference featured keynote addresses and conversations with leading voices, including Janet Napolitano Christopher Yoo Joseph Harrington Sayash Kapoor Stephan Sonnenberg Yong Suk Lee Gus Hurwitz Nicholson Price Henry Shevlin Baskaran Balasingham Shao-Man Lee alongside many other distinguished colleagues from Korea and abroad.

Delighted to be able to meet with IP High Court judges Jiyoung Yi, Kisu Kim, and BTS’s lawyer Jaewoo Kwak on that trip. I also met with Nak Hee Hyun (Sungkyunkwan University) to discuss our ongoing series of faculty scholarship presentations (past sessions here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/daryllimpsu_publicinterestlaw-humanrights-legaleducation-activity-7313739543059263491-5ybA?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAHATWQB-pkPwHfotg5EgiwjDM9F4KIy_Pw), which continue to highlight important work at the intersection of law, human rights, and social justice, and beyond.

As part of the program, we had the opportunity to visit the I had the chance to visit the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Standing at this historic and symbolic border was a humbling reminder of both division and resilience — and of the importance of dialogue across boundaries, whether in geopolitics or in AI governance.

A special thanks to Yong Lim and his team for curating such a thoughtful and timely program in SAIPCON. I look forward to continuing the conversations sparked in Seoul.

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