Speaker
PARK YeonSoo
Affliation
Sogang University
Title
Visiting Professor
Session

Biography

Incheon Airport, Songdo Intelligent City, Cheongna International City, Incheon Grand Bridge, and Incheon Free Economic Zone are the Brain Child of Dr. Park. Since Dr. Park had made and announced the plan ‘International Business Hub City project’ in 1986 he has successfully struggled to make those happen until 2003. KAIST gave him the ‘GRAND AWARD FOR FUTURE STRATEGE’ in 2005. And Korea Institute of Urban Planners also gave him the first ‘AWARD FOR URBAN PLANNER OF KOREA’ in 2018. And the world recognized Incheon Airport as the best and Songdo City as the model of the future city.

Dr. Park had worked for Incheon Metropolitan City Government as the Director General of City Planning and the Assistant Mayor. And he had worked for the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs as the Assistant Minister of Local Finance and Local Tax Administration Office. And he had worked for National Emergency Management Agency as the Administrator.

박연수 박사는 1986년부터 2003년까지 동북아국제비즈니스중심도시 프로젝트를 기획하여 인천공항, 송도국제도시, 청라국제도시, 인천경제자유구역, 인천대교 등을 탄생시키고 추진해 온 장본인이다. 이 공을 인정받아 카이스트로부터 『미래전략대상』을, 한국도시계획가협회로부터 『한국도시계획가상』을 수상했다. 인천 도시계획국장, 기획관리실장, 행정자치부 재정세제본부장, 지방행정연수원장, 소방방재청장 등을 역임했다. 현재는 서강대 ICT융합재난안전연구소를 설립하여 스마트시티 구현에 심취하고 있다. 저서로 <대한민국의 지도를 바꾸어 놓은 남자>(2005), <위기탈출119>(2010) 등이 있다.