Jaewon Son

Organization:	Knowledge for Development without Borders (KFDWB)
Affiliation:	NextGen@ICANN
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Email:	jaewon_son@korea.ac.kr
LinkedIn:	Jaewon Son

Jaewon Son has studied in Diplomatische Akademie Wien and Korea University. After being awarded as one of the outstanding performers in the Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA) 2018, she was appointed by Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) to attend ICANN 63 Annual General Meeting in Barcelona as a civilian expert. As a committee member of Korea Internet Governance Alliance (KIGA), she has organized the 8th KrIGF (Korea Internet Governance Forum) to encourage the local community to be aware of Internet-related issues and initiated Youth session in Korea. As a NextGen fellow, she has attended ICANN 64 in Kobe to present the role of the internet of things in disaster risk reduction. As the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) 2019 fellow, She will be attending APrIGF and be a speaker for the "Analyzing Perspectives on Youth Participation in the Multi-stakeholder Landscape" Workshop in July. In addition, she will be attending APIGA 2019 as a keynote speaker and mentor in August.

Career History

Knowledge For Development Without Borders (2019-Present)

Korea Internet Governance Alliance (2019-Present)

Korea Information Society Development Institute (2018-Present)

Korea University (2017-2018)

VM Value Management GmbH (2017-2018)

Science and Technology Policy Institute (2016)

ICANN and Internet Governance Participation

APIGA 2019 Speaker and Mentor (Seoul, Korea)

APrIGF 2019 Fellow and Speaker (Vladivostok, Russia)

ICANN64 NextGen Fellow (Kobe, Japan)

Committee member of KIGA (Seoul, Korea)

Attended ICANN 63 on behalf of KISA as a civilian expert (Barcelona, Spain)

Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy 2018 (APIGA 2018) Fellow (Gwangju, Korea)

Education

B.A in International Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

M.A in International Development and Cooperation at Korea University

Publications

Can China’s Economic Rise and Sustainable Development Coexist? [1]

Girls’ Educational Challenge in Rural Vietnam [2]

Honors & Awards

Science & Technology Delegate at the Harvard College Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) 2019

Leader of Tomorrow at the 49th St. Gallen Symposium

Outstanding Performance Award at the Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA) 2018