In S. Kim, Executive Director of the Center for Seawater Desalination Plant and a professor of School of Environmental Science and Engineering at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST, President   Young Joon Kim), delivered a lecture on the research and development for seawater desalination plants and development trends of the water industry at the Vision Declaration Ceremony for the Development of Science and Technology for National Transportation System.

The Ceremony was held to celebrate the 10^th anniversary of the Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement, an affiliated organization under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, at Construction Building on June 12. Executive Director Kim delivered a TED-style lecture at the ceremony.

The Declaration Ceremony was to present future vision and objectives of the research and development of the Ministry based on the achievement of the last ten years’ research and development conducted by the Ministry and the future vision and objectives are in consideration of the “Creative Economy”, the Park Administration’s philosophy for science and technology. About 1,000 people were present at the ceremony including Minister Suh, Seoung Hwan and ten former Ministers (Kwon, Do Yeop; Oh, Myung; and others). Professor Kim was one of the three representative researchers invited by the Ministry. 

¬TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation. The speakers at TED address a wide range of topics within the research and practice of science and culture and they are given several minutes to present their ideas in the most innovative and engaging ways they can, instead of showing presentation sheets on a big screen and reading them. Therefore, a TED-style lecture is a synonym for a creative and imaginative storytelling and presentation.