2025 Korea-US STANDARDS FORUM

Welcome Remarks

Daeja, KIM

President of KATS (The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards)

Daeja Kim is the Administrator of the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS), a position he has held since March 2025. Prior to his current role, he served as the Deputy Minister for International Trade and Investment at the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE), and has held various senior roles within the ministry, including Director General for Policy Planning and Spokesperson.

He has extensive experience in international trade, nuclear power policy, and industrial technology, having worked in leadership positions at MOTIE and KOTRA. His career also includes serving as Commercial Counselor at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Vietnam and as Director of several divisions focused on trade, nuclear energy, and industrial technology.

Dr. Laurie E. Locascio

President and CEO of ANSI

Dr. Laurie E. Locascio began her tenure as president and chief executive officer of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in January 2025.
She previously served as Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) following confirmation by the U.S. Senate in April 2022. In this capacity, Locascio oversaw NIST in its mission to promote U.S. innovation and competitiveness through measurement science, standards, and technology, including NIST’s implementation of the U.S. Government National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technology (USG NSSCET) and implementation of the CHIPS for America program at the Department of Commerce.

Prior to her appointment as NIST director, Locascio was vice president for research at the University of Maryland College Park and University of Maryland Baltimore, also serving as a professor of bioengineering. Before that, Locascio had a stellar career at NIST, rising from a research biomedical engineer to lead the agency’s Material Measurement Laboratory and finally acting as associate director for laboratory programs and principal deputy director.

Locascio is a fellow of the National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Inventors, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Chemical Society, and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

She earned a B.S. in chemistry from James Madison University, an M.S. in bioengineering from the University of Utah, and a Ph.D. in toxicology from the University of Maryland Baltimore.

Dongmin, MOON

Chairman and CEO of KSA (Korean Standards Association)

A CEO with over 28 years of experience in establishing and implementing various policies at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) to drive national industrial and trade development.Since 2024, serving as the Chairman of the Korean Standards Association, fully committed to supporting Korean companies in overcoming domestic and global uncertainties and achieving sustainable growth.

Keynote Speech

Jason Matusow

Jason Matusow is responsible for Microsoft’s strategy and engagement in multi-stakeholder organizations focused on establishing accountability for the responsible use of technology in society. He leads an organization of senior technical diplomats with the primary objective of improving the trustworthiness of modern digital services. For two decades, he has managed complex projects in more than a dozen countries. In the past few years, his portfolio of work has included cloud services, privacy, cybersecurity, data, artificial intelligence, IT governance, and more.

Matusow has a portfolio of responsibilities for Microsoft’s business in China and has extensive experience working in the Chinese marketplace. His organization is responsible for all Microsoft products and services delivered in the Chinese market to be compliant with compulsory standards. He also oversees Microsoft’s policy and strategy work related to standardization activities in China.

In 2022, Matusow became the executive sponsor for the extensive technical relationship between Microsoft and U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In this capacity, Matusow has been named to the NIST Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology. His organization includes a program management office that provides coordination and support for the 150+ Microsoft engineers who work with NIST.

Since 2005, Matusow has been a strategist for Microsoft’s global commitment to standards and interoperability. He frequently consults with engineering and field teams on standardization strategies for emerging technologies and businesses. He is also the executive lead for positions where standardization is included in public policy and regulation. In this capacity, he served as the Chair of the ITIC Standardization Policy Committee for five years. He maintains extensive contacts throughout industry, civil society, government, and academia to facilitate the flow of ideas and information between Microsoft and others on standardization issues.

Matusow has presented at hundreds of industry events and has been published in academic journals and curated collections of essays. He authored an industry blog that reached tens of thousands of monthly readers over a five-year period and represented Microsoft in thousands of media and industry analyst engagements during his career.

Matusow has been in the software industry since the early 1990s. He held roles involved in enterprise infrastructure software, the Year 2000 date change, and cybersecurity. For five years, Matusow was responsible for Microsoft’s Shared Source initiative and was the public spokesman on open source software. Before joining Microsoft in 1995, he co-founded a PC and networking business. Matusow is a graduate of Boston University. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and two children.

Technical Presentations

Future Mobility

GEORGE A. BORLASE, PH.D., P.E.

Dr. George A. Borlase is the Senior Vice President of Standards Development at UL Standards & Engagement. An experienced public safety leader, he leads the standards development team as the organization grows in both size and scope. He has worked on safety issues for over 25 years, including at the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He previously served ten years as an active-duty Officer in the US Coast Guard. He earned a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and is a registered Professional Engineer.

Mr. Jonghong Jeon

Principle Researcher, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)

Mr. Jonghong Jeon is a Commissioner of the Presidential Council on National AI Strategy in Korea, leading national AI governance and policy development. He serves as Korea’s National Body Representative to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 and leads multiple international AI standards, including ISO/IEC 42119-2 (Overview of AI testing), 42119-7 (Red Teaming) and 42117 (Trustworthiness Fact Labels). He is also Project Leader for major IEC standards such as IEC 63521 (Machine Learning-enabled Medical Device- Performance Evaluation Process) and contributes to AI/ML medical device and wearable AI standards in IEC TC 62 and IEC TC 124.
He is an Adjunct Professor at Dongguk University and a member of the Health and Medical Policy Deliberation Committee under the Ministry of Health and Welfare. He chairs the Korean mirror committee for the International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF) AIMDs WG and serves as Standardization Director for the Korean Society of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine.
With over 26 years at ETRI as Principal Research Staff, he has led national R&D and global AI standardization efforts across AI safety, trustworthiness, digital health, and wearable technologies.

Quantum Technologies

Austin S. Lin

Head of United States National Committee IEC/ISO Quantum Technologies (JTC 3)

Austin S. Lin supports quantum technology standards in Silicon Valley and serves as Chair of the United States National Committee to the IEC/ISO Joint Technical Committee 3 - Quantum Technologies (JTC 3). He serves as the 2026 incoming Chair of the Standards & Performance Metrics group at the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C). He holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from Johns Hopkins University and is an elected Fellow of the American Society for Quality (F. ASQ) and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (F.AIChE).

Biotechnology

Dr. Sun-Ju AHN

Department of Biophysics, Sungkyunkwan University

Founder of WG7(Organoids), ISO/TC 276 Biotechnology
Founder/Convenor of WG9(Smart Hospitals), Founder of WG 4(Pandemic preparation and response), ISO/TC 304 Healthcare organization management
Former National Standard Coordinator for Smart Health, Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)

2008–2010: M.D. in Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University, Korea
July 2021: "Wars of Standards, from Diamonds to Containers”, selected as Sejong Books Academic Sector (Technical Science Field) in 2022

September 2019: "Healthcare and Standards in the Age of Artificial Intelligence", selected as Sejong books Academic Sector (Technical Science Field) in 2020.

Prof. Dr. Sun-Ju AHN is an International Standardization Expert who demonstrate exceptional expertise within the ISO (International Organization for Standardization). She assumes a leading and coordinating role in all efforts pertaining to the development of international standards in Biotechnology (ISO/TC 276)and in Smart Hospitals (ISO/TC 304 WG9). Notably, she has made significant contributions by proposing and establishing three new Working Groups related to bio and healthcare fields within the ISO, thereby working to establish high-level international standards the crucial areas of healthcare and life sciences, which are directly linked to human life. As a remarkable supplementary achievement, she published the first peer-reviewed paper series on international standards pertaining to Organoids, making a profound contribution to laying the scientific foundation and fostering industrial advancement in this cutting-edge field.

Her expertise and dedication in the field of standardization have been officially acknowledged through numerous prestigious awards, including the ISO Excellent Expert Award.

Expert Working Group Meetings

ROHIT ISRANI

Rohit is the founder and CEO of CertientAI. He is also the Chair AI Standards for the US national body re-sponsible for developing US positions and contributions to international AI standards being developed by ISO/IEC (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42). He is also the liaison for SC 42 with Organization of Economic Coopera-tion and Development (OECD). Prior to founding CertientAI, he led Intel’s global scale ecosystem enabling programs in the Developer Relations Division for AI, Datacenter and Network, of which he co-founded the AI partnership program (Intel AI Builders).

Rohit earned a Masters’ degree in Engineering with a specialization in Robotics and AI from Tulane Univer-sity. He also holds a Master’s degree in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University where he was a part of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.

Dr. Tae-seung Song

Director General, SMART Industry Division, Korea Testing Laboratory (KTL)

Dr. Tae-seung Song is the Director General of the SMART Industry Division at the Korea Testing Laboratory (KTL), where he has led major national R&D and international standardization programs for more than 25 years. He serves as an expert in IEC CISPR, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31, ITU-T SG5, ISO/TC 268, and JTC 1/SC 17, contributing to global standards in digital identity, IoT, electromagnetic compatibility, sustainable communities, and next-generation mobility systems.

Dr. Song led the development of ISO/IEC 18046-5:2025 and participated in key international standards such as mobile driver’s licenses (ISO/IEC 18013-5), mobile eID architecture (ISO/IEC 23220-1), and biometric authentication (ISO/IEC 7816-11). He has played a pivotal role in supporting Korea’s successful bids for ISO leadership positions and AI standardization events.

His recent work focuses on AI reliability, digital identity trust frameworks, and advanced electromagnetic evaluation technologies, strengthening Korea’s global competitiveness in conformity assessment and future digital infrastructure.

Semiconductor

Dookyu Kim

Dookyu Kim is the Senior IP Manager at HP and President of the Korea Patent Attorneys Association. With a JD and LL.M. from Washington University in St. Louis and a BEng. from KAIST, Kim has held roles as partner at Wooin Patent & Law, adjunct professor at Sungkyunkwan University, and counsel at Seoul National University. Kim’s career spans leadership in intellectual property, legal practice, and academia, reflecting deep expertise in IP strategy and law.

Dr. Cheolung Cha

Director, Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI)

Dr. Cheolung Cha is the Director of Smart Sensor Research Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute. He is also a visiting professor in the School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, from 2008 and he serves the Technical Committee 47 (Semiconductor devices) in International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) as a secretary from 2007.
His research interests are self-powered sensors and low power wearable and IoT sensors. He received “53rd IEEE ECTC Outstanding Paper Award" in 2004, "SMTA Outstanding Engineer Award" in 2008, “IEC Thomas Edison Award” in 2015, and "Industrial Technology Award and Medal" from Korean Government in 2015. He received the Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta in 2004.

Dr. Jungchul Lee

Professor, Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Dr. Jungchul Lee is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. His research interests include large-scale batch fabrication of functional nanostructures based on silicon self-assembly, hydrogel based micro-/nanoelectromechanical systems, and materials and processing for flexible, stretchable, and wearable devices. He is currently focusing on nanoscale 3D printing, multifunctional atomic force microscopy, and single molecule force/mass spectroscopy. He serves as a convenor of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) SC47E/WG1 (Semiconductor sensors) and an assistant secretary of IEC TC124 (Wearable electronic devices and technologies). He is the recipient of the Academic Award from the Society of Micro Nano Systems in 2016, the IEC 1906 award in 2016 and the Academic Award from the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers Micro/Nano division in 2019. He organized the 15th International Workshop on Nanomechanical Sensing in 2018. Since 2021, he is serving as the editor-in-chief in the Micro and Nano Systems Letters.

Quantum Technologies

Haeseong Lee

Professor at Department of Carbon and Nanomaterials Engineering, Jeonju University

Haeseong Lee is a material scientist working at Jeonju University as Emeritus Professor.
His research area was initiated by correlation between structure and properties of materials. He had an opportunity to widen his experience on material characterization in 2002 when he appointed as Director of Jeonju Center at Korea Basic Science Institute specialized in development of innovative analytical methodologies on nanomaterials. His wide experiences to elucidate nanomaterials led him to their applications and industrialization.

Since he moved to Jeonju University as Professor in 2007, he has focused on collaboration between academia and industry through productizations of innovative materials such as nanomaterials and carbon materials.

His pragmatism on nanotechnologies triggered his interests on international standardization activities. His career on the field of international standardization started with a proposal of a new SC, the title of scanning probe microscopy, under ISO TC201(Chemical Surface Analysis) in 2003. With the approval of his proposal he was appointed as Chair of the new SC9 under TC201 and had maintained the position until 2017. He was also involved in IEC activities when he established a TC under IEC, the title of printed electronics in 2011. Currently he has two convenors at IEC TC113 WG14 (electromagnetic compatibility on nanomaterials) and ISO TC61 (Plastics) WG5 (electrical, magnetic, electromagnetical and optoelectrical properties on polymers and composites)

Recently he moved toward quantum technology based on his experiences in analyzing superconductivity, basic quantum phenomena such as tunneling current, quantum conductance, etc. He was involved in standardization of quantum technology (QT) in the birth of White Paper on QT and served as Co-convenor of WG4 under SEG14. Consequently he made a significant contribution to the establishment of internation standardization group on quantum technologies under IEC and ISO (IEC/ISO JTC3) in 2023. He has been serving as the first Chair of IEC/ISO JTC3 since 2024.

Hiren Bhatt

Hiren Bhatt is a Principal Software Architect at HP, where he works in the Enterprise Software division. He has been with HP for 18 years and brings additional experience from earlier roles across various domains. His expertise spans Cloud and Distributed Computing, Internet of Things (IoT), Semantic Web, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and recent work in the application of Agentic AI. He has a background in High Energy Physics and Grid Computing and has also contributed to the development of Geospatial systems and OGC standards. Throughout his career, he has played a key role in numerous important initiatives

Dr. Joon-Shik Park

Chief Researcher, Korean Electronics Technology Institute (KETI)

Dr. Joon-Shik Park is a Chief Researcher at the Smart Sensor Research Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI). He has served as the Convenor of Working Group 10 (Quantum Sensors) of IEC/ISO JTC 3 (Quantum Technologies) since October 2025. Since October 2020, he has been actively involved in the standardization of quantum technologies, contributing to the domestic White Paper “Quantum Technology” (December 2020) in Korea and the international White Paper “Quantum Information Technology” (October 2021) as a member of IEC SEG 14 (Quantum Technologies, February 2022 – May 2024). He previously served as the Convenor of Ad-hoc Group 3 (Quantum Sensors: Sensing, Devices, and Imaging) under JTC 3. In addition, he has been the Chair of IEC SC 47F (MEMS – Microelectromechanical Systems) since August 2025. From January 2014 to January 2022, he also served as Assistant Secretary of IEC TC 119 (Printed Electronics). Since 1994, Dr. Park has been engaged in research and development of versatile physical, chemical, and biological microsensors using MEMS technologies and functional materials at KETI. Through his research activities, he has supervised more than 50 graduate students, including 8 Ph.D. students. He has published three international standards (with one at the CDV stage) and over 60 international journal papers. From August 2007 to August 2009, he conducted research on the electrical and optical properties of individual Ge nanowires synthesized via the VLS mechanism as a visiting scholar at Prof. Bruce Clemens Group of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, USA.

Dr. Joonwoo Bae

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Bae received his Ph.D. from Universitat de Barcelona in 2007 while preparing his thesis titled ‘Entanglement and Quantum Cryptography’ at the ICFO-the Institute of Photonic Sciences. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). He is also a member of the Korea Academy of Science and Technology (KAST). The field of specialization is Quantum Information Theory which investigates information processing at the most fundamental level and finds its practical applications to information technologies. He has authored more than 70 publications in international journals of Physics, Mathematics, and Electrical Engineering. He is a recipient of the Marie-Sklodowska-Curie fellowship in 2014. He has earned Outstanding Reviewer Award and Trusted Reviewer Award from the Institute of Physics in 2022.

E-mail joonwoo.bae@kaist.ac.kr

Future Mobility

VERONICA A. LANCASTER

Veronica Lancaster is the Vice President of Standards Programs in the Technology & Standards Department of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™, the trade association representing the $505 billion U.S. consumer technology industry, which supports more than 18 million U.S. jobs. She is responsible for the development, management, and growth of CTA’s standards program.

Prior to joining CTA in June 2013, Ms. Lancaster worked at the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) as the Manager for Global Standards Development. She was responsible for overseeing nine communications committees addressing a diverse range of topics. Specifically, the establishment of guidelines for common automatic data identification to simplify the receiving, shipping, transportation and tracing of telecommunications products, numbering issues associated with the North American Numbering Plan, development of operational guidelines to support network management, development of standards for performance, reliability, and security aspects of communications networks, and the development of standards addressing energy efficiency, environmental impacts, power and protection of telecommunications equipment and environments. She has served as a participant in the FCC Communications Security Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) II, WG1A, Public Safety Consolidation, and WG7, Pandemic Planning– Priority Service Requirements. She is currently serving as a Visiting Expert on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) VCAT Subcommittee charged with developing recommendations to implement the U.S Government National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technology in the international standards landscape.

Ms. Lancaster is the President of the U.S. National Committee of the International Electrotechnical Commission, which is the focal point and conduit for US parties interested in global standardization, technical and policy positions. She is the first woman to hold this position in the history of the IEC. Additionally, she was elected as one of fifteen IEC Board Directors from 2023-2025. Ms. Lancaster won two 1906 Awards in 2020 for her contribution to the standardization of wireless power transfer and wearable technologies. She continues to participate as an expert in IEC TC 100 addressing audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment, as well as IEC TC 124, addressing wearable electronic devices and technologies. She serves on the ANSI Board of Directors as the Chair of USNC/IEC Council and on the Executive Committee of the ANSI Board of Directors. Ms. Lancaster has served as the Secretary and Treasurer of the CTA Foundation, which provides grants to support programs that empower and improve the lives of seniors and people living with disabilities through technology. Ms. Lancaster previously served as President of the Board of Directors for Women in Standards from 2021-2022, which was focused on elevating and educating the standardization community on the importance of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

Ms. Lancaster received her Bachelor of Science in business administration with a minor in business law, with honors, from the University of Maryland Global Campus. She proudly served in the U.S. Army from 1989 until honorably discharged in 1994.

Elvin Chia

ASTM International / Director of Outreach, Asia

Elvin Chia is the Director of Outreach, Asia at ASTM International, a global standards development organization. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Policy Studies (First Class Honours) from the Australian National University and has a background in international cooperation. At ASTM International, he leads regional engagement initiatives that support governments, industry, research institutions, and standards bodies with the development and application of international standards to improve product quality, enhance health and safety, strengthen market access and trade, and build consumer confidence.

Dr. You-Jun CHOI

Principal Researcher, Korea Automotive Technology Institute (KATECH)

Dr. YouJun CHOI is the Principal Researcher at KATECH(Korea Automotive Technology Institute). His current research interests are advanced V2X supported remote driving system and infrastructure supported road user safety. Since 2016, he has been involved in ISO/TC204 WG17 and SWG17.1 as SWG convenor to coordinate series of international standards on infrastructure supported road user safety at localized urban areas, as well as involved in SAE International standards committees such as V2X Core technical committee, CDA committee, as an expert from 2022. Since 2021, he has been involved in bilateral project with NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) in US in the topic of network federation, private 5G network supported remote driving system, as well as standards on quantum network in vehicular application.

DECEMBER 4, 09:00-16:00 (KST)

December 3, 19:00 - December 4, 02:00 (EST)

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Time	Content
09:30-12:00	Congratulatory Remarks
	Keynote Speech
	Technical Presentations
12:00-13:30	Lunch and Networking
13:30-14:30	Breakout Sessions ① AI ② Semiconductor
14:30-15:00	Coffee Break
15:00-16:00	Breakout Sessions ③ Quantum ④ Future Mobility

VENUE : Shilla Hotel
Seoul, Korea (Shilla Hotel, 249, Dongho-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul.)

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