Selected Speeches
Dr. Leeserved as the President of SNU from 2006 to 2010. These are selected speeches during his presidency.
SNU-Max Planck Society Joint Symposium (Oct. 4, 2007)
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Welcome Speech
Dr. Jang-Moo Lee
President of Seoul National University
Seoul National University-Max Planck Society Joint Symposium
October 4, 2007
Distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen, Good morning, everyone.
It is a great pleasure for me to host this symposium jointly organized by the Max-Planck Society in Germany and Seoul National University with the theme of “Perspectives in Biosciences and Materials Sciences.”
I would like to extend my warmest welcome to 20 world-renowned German scientists including President Peter Gruss and Nobel laureates Dr. Klaus von Klitzing, Dr. Erwin Neher, and Dr. Hartmut Michel.
The symposium has become a reality thanks to the letter of congratulation from President Gruss of the Max Plank Society upon my presidency at Seoul National University. The letter emphasized the necessity of bilateral collaboration in the sciences.
In this knowledge based society of the 21st century, research and education confined within a nation’s boundary cannot achieve true academic excellence. Now, excellence can be achieved by probing problems in the larger context with international collaboration. In this fast-changing world, no single institution can by itself seek to address the challenge of being at the forefront of creation and innovation. We must collaborate across academic and national boundaries if we are to remain successful in the years to come.
In my letter to President Gruss, I fully agreed with the necessity of knowledge sharing and mutually beneficial international collaboration and expressed my opinion that it would be meaningful endeavor for us to gather and to exchange information and knowledge on current areas such as bioscience and material science for mutual cooperative and constructive future.
The symposium will cover areas commonly known as life science, or science related to life such as the fundamentals of biology as well as chemistry, physics, medicine, psychology, anthropology, linguistics, sociology, agriculture, and engineering.
This is a highly valuable field because of its broad applicability to medical development, environment regulation, computing integration, genetic research, and artificial organ transplantation.
Furthermore, because of its wide applications, material science has come to be a significant part of our every day lives.
Material science is a really indispensable discipline that covers areas from semi-conductor to information, communication, transportation, machinery, aviation, space, and pharmaceuticals.
Distinguished guests and participants!
This symposium is an arena for expanding joint research by Seoul National University and the Max-Planck Society, constructing research networks, and ultimately improving the friendly relationship between Korea and Germany in science and technology, all of which will contribute to R & D in biology and material science.
I sincerely hope that this symposium will also serve as an invaluable opportunity for presenting the new direction of our development in the “century of knowledge.”
Once again, I would like to welcome all of you to the symposium and hope that you will enjoy this rare occasion.
Finally, I would like to thank the Bio-MAX Korea Bio Herb Center and the BK 21 Materials Education and Research Division for successfully coordinating this symposium.
Thank you very much.
Dr. Jang-Moo Lee
President of Seoul National University
Seoul National University-Max Planck Society Joint Symposium
October 4, 2007
Distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen, Good morning, everyone.
It is a great pleasure for me to host this symposium jointly organized by the Max-Planck Society in Germany and Seoul National University with the theme of “Perspectives in Biosciences and Materials Sciences.”
I would like to extend my warmest welcome to 20 world-renowned German scientists including President Peter Gruss and Nobel laureates Dr. Klaus von Klitzing, Dr. Erwin Neher, and Dr. Hartmut Michel.
The symposium has become a reality thanks to the letter of congratulation from President Gruss of the Max Plank Society upon my presidency at Seoul National University. The letter emphasized the necessity of bilateral collaboration in the sciences.
In this knowledge based society of the 21st century, research and education confined within a nation’s boundary cannot achieve true academic excellence. Now, excellence can be achieved by probing problems in the larger context with international collaboration. In this fast-changing world, no single institution can by itself seek to address the challenge of being at the forefront of creation and innovation. We must collaborate across academic and national boundaries if we are to remain successful in the years to come.
In my letter to President Gruss, I fully agreed with the necessity of knowledge sharing and mutually beneficial international collaboration and expressed my opinion that it would be meaningful endeavor for us to gather and to exchange information and knowledge on current areas such as bioscience and material science for mutual cooperative and constructive future.
The symposium will cover areas commonly known as life science, or science related to life such as the fundamentals of biology as well as chemistry, physics, medicine, psychology, anthropology, linguistics, sociology, agriculture, and engineering.
This is a highly valuable field because of its broad applicability to medical development, environment regulation, computing integration, genetic research, and artificial organ transplantation.
Furthermore, because of its wide applications, material science has come to be a significant part of our every day lives.
Material science is a really indispensable discipline that covers areas from semi-conductor to information, communication, transportation, machinery, aviation, space, and pharmaceuticals.
Distinguished guests and participants!
This symposium is an arena for expanding joint research by Seoul National University and the Max-Planck Society, constructing research networks, and ultimately improving the friendly relationship between Korea and Germany in science and technology, all of which will contribute to R & D in biology and material science.
I sincerely hope that this symposium will also serve as an invaluable opportunity for presenting the new direction of our development in the “century of knowledge.”
Once again, I would like to welcome all of you to the symposium and hope that you will enjoy this rare occasion.
Finally, I would like to thank the Bio-MAX Korea Bio Herb Center and the BK 21 Materials Education and Research Division for successfully coordinating this symposium.
Thank you very much.