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Innovations in NGN – Future Network and Services
 An ITU-T Kaleidoscope Event, Geneva, 12-13 May 2008
 
 Opening Session
  Photo: Oh, Myung, Office of the President, Konkuk University


Education

1962 Graduated from Korea Military Academy
1966 Seoul National University, College of Engineering
(B.S in Electronic Engineering)
1972 State University of New York at Stony Brook
(Ph.D in Electronic Engineering)


Career

Mar.1966-Jan.1979 Professor of Electronic Engineering in Korea
Military Academy
Oct.1980-May.1981 Presidential Secretary for Economy and Science
May.1981-Jul.1987 Vice Minister of Communications
Jul.1987-Dec.1988 Minister of Communications
Nov.1989-Dec.1993 Chairman of the EXPO Organization Committee & Head of Korean Delegation
Dec.1993-Dec.1994 Minister of Transportation
Dec.1994-Dec.1995 Minister of Construction and Transportation
Jun.1996-Feb.2001 President of Dong-A Daily Newspaper
Feb.2001-Jul.2001 Chairman of Dong-A Daily Newspaper
Mar.2002-Dec.2003 President of Ajou University
Dec.2003-Oct.2004 Minister of Science and Technology
Oct.2004-Feb.2006 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and Technology
Sep.2006- Present President of Konkuk University


Awards Received

1989 The Order of Belgium
1989 The Order of Cheongjogeunjung (Korea)
1993 BIE Distinguished Service Medal
1993 The Order of Portugal
1994 The Order of Geumtap Industrial Service Merit (Korea)
1994 The Order of Hungary
1995 ASOCIO IT Award


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  Photo: Alexander D. Gelman, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, NETovations, LLC, Princeton, New Jersey, USA Director of Standards, IEEE Communications Society, Member of IEEE Standards Board

Alexander D. Gelman (ME, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, City University of New York) is the Chief Technology Officer of NETovations, LLC – Networking Research Consulting Group. From 1998 to2007 he worked as Chief Scientist at Panasonic Princeton Laboratory managing research programs in consumer communications and networking. During 1984-1998 Alex was with Bellcore, lately as Director, Residential Internet Access Architectures Research. Alex is a seasoned IEEE volunteer. He served on many IEEE committees, three terms as IEEE Communications Society (IEEE ComSoc) vice president, a term on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), and is currently ComSoc's director of standards and a member of IEEE-SA Standards Board. He is the 2006 winner of IEEE ComSoc's Donald W. McLellan Meritorious Service Award.

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