USC Global Conference

Theresa Rah, host of the Arirang television show "Heart to Heart", will lead the festivities for this year's Global Conference Gala dinner on Saturday, May 25. The Gala reception and dinner is included with the full conference pass, but attendees may still register guests and companions for the Gala online.

Following Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's keynote address on Friday, May 25, he will participate in a panel discussion on the Globalization of Entertainment with Michael Peyser and Joo-ick Lee. Elizabeth M. Daley, dean of USC School of Cinematic Arts will moderate.

The Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger, 38th Governor of California and Governor Downey Professor of State and Global Policy at USC, will be the keynote speaker at the USC Global Conference "Global Challenges For Humanity," in Seoul, South Korea from May 23-25, 2013.

The University of Southern California will honor its distinguished alumnus, Young Hoon Kang, during ceremonies at the 2013 Global Conference in Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Kang, who received a doctoral degree in 1972 from the USC School of International Relations (now housed within the USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences) has had an illustrious career as a military, academic, diplomatic and political leader in South Korea, capped by his two-year tenure as Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea during 1988-90.