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Director’s Introduction

IntroductionDirector’s Introduction

Education

  • 2006 : Ph.D., Seoul National University, Graduate School of Law
  • 1996 : LLM, Seoul National University, Graduate School of Law
  • 1993 : Completed 22nd Judicial Research and Training Institute course
  • 1990 : Passed the 32nd National Judicial Examination
  • 1990 : Graduated from Seoul National University, Department of Law

Career

Current

  • Dean of Sogang University Law School
  • Professor at Sogang University Law School
  • Director of the ICT Law and Economics Research
    Center at Sogang University
  • Member of the Online Platform Policy Forum and
    AI Legislation Improvement Committee, Ministry
    of Science and ICT
  • Advisory Committee Member, Fair Trade Commission
  • Vice President, Korea Economic Law Association and
    Korea Personal Information Protection Law Association

Former

  • President, Korea Competition Law Association
  • Member, Business Reorganization Plan Review Committee,
    Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
  • Member, Digital Finance Council, Financial Services Commission
  • Non-standing Member, Personal Information Protection
    Commission
  • Expert Member, National Intellectual Property Committee
  • Chairman, Internet Coexistence Development Council, Korea
    Communications Commission; Member, Broadcasting Market
    Competition Assessment Committee and Broadcasting
    Dispute Mediation Committee
  • Expert Member, Broadcasting and Communication
    Convergence Promotion Committee, Prime Minister's Office

Professor Hong Dae-sik is currently a full-time professor of economic law at Sogang University's Law School and serves as the director of the ICT Law
and Economics Research Center. Before joining academia, he served as a judge at various courts, including the Seoul District Court, for 10 years and worked as a
member lawyer at Yulchon LLC for about 5 years. He holds a Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, and Doctor of Laws from Seoul National University, and has been
a visiting scholar at the University of London in the UK and UC Berkeley in the USA.

His academic interests include competition law, consumer law, broadcasting and telecommunications regulation law, personal data protection law, and law and economics.
He has presented numerous papers at various journals and conferences both domestically and internationally. He provides expert advice to central administrative agencies
such as the Fair Trade Commission, the Korea Communications Commission, the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Personal Information Protection Commission, the Ministr
y of the Interior and Safety, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of Justice, the Financial Services Commission, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and
Tourism. Additionally, he offers his expertise to the National Assembly, the judiciary, various government-affiliated research institutions like the Korea Legislation Research
Institute, the Korea Information Society Development Institute, the Korea Development Institute, the Korea Internet & Security Agency, the National Information Society
Agency, the Korea Communications Agency, and the Korea Fair Trade Mediation Agency. He also provides consulting services to civil and economic organizations such as
the Korea Consumer Agency, the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Korea Economic Research Institute, and the Federation of Korean Information Industries.

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