130th Edition – Zak World of Façades South Korea

This will be the 130th edition globally and the 2nd edition in Seoul which will showcase sustainable innovations and challenges in the construction industry pertaining to the building envelope and will also display latest technological solutions.

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Speakers and Panelists

Seungjun Roh

Professor - School of Architecture, Kumoh National Institute of Technology

Professor Dr. Seungjun Roh is presently associated with the School of Architecture at the Kumoh National Institute of Technology, where he also holds the position of Director at the Carbon Neutrality Technology Industry-Collaboration Center. His primary research areas encompass the...

Sam Yeung

Sales Director, CSG

Dedicated environmental science professional with a strong background in building energy efficiency and a demonstrated expertise in brand promotion and technical support. Possessing a decade of experience at China Southern Glass (CSG), successfully contributed to numerous high-profile projects, including LCT、Dream...

Erik Shin

Business Development Manager - Korea, Florim

Joung Hyun Shin (Erik Shin) is a business development manager of Florim Ceramiche S.p.A., responsible for Korean market. Working with one of the most recognized and leading porcelain stoneware manufacturers from Italy, currently involved with various important projects both interior...

Minsu Kim

Group Leader - Modular Production & Procurement Group, Samsung C&T

Minsu Kim is an architect and design director with 20 years of experience in designing and building projects around the world. He worked as a project architect in Dubai and Korea and executed high-profile landmark projects in Jakarta, Singapore, and...

Jeongman Choi

Executive Director, PHIKO

Architect Jeongman Choi is the Executive Director of Passive House Institute Korea (PHIKO). He has driven passive building methodologies throughout the past 15 years in Korea. His early passive buildings initiated considerable interest and he went on to found the...

Hyojung Kim

Team Leader, Junglim Architecture

After graduating in architectural environment engineering at university, he joined Junglim Architecture and is currently the team leader of the eco-friendly team. He is working on developing element technologies for sustainability to realize eco-friendly architecture reflecting them in design in...

Taewoong Kang

Professor - Dankook University, CEO, CASE Group

He is a professor in architecture at Dankook University’s College of Engineering. He leads the Case Group, a subsidiary of Dankook University. Case was established in 2017 to research/develop wooden industrialisation methods and currently provides standard wood-frame manufacturing services.

Taeyang Kang

Senior Manager - Project Management Team, HD KSOE

He majored in architecture design for Bachelor’s Degree and naval & ocean architecture for Master’s Degree. Starting with passenger ship design, which is the intersection of two studies, he is carrying out complicated architectural work in GRC.

Jonghoon Baek

Principal, Heerim Architects & Planners

Jong hoon Baek majored in architectural design at Hanyang University’s Department of Architectural Engineering and Graduate School of Design, and gained practical experience at Song Jae-ho Architects. Since 2006, he has been working at Heerim Architects & Planners Co., Ltd,...

SeongHoon Yoo

Executive Director, CNP Dongyang

He majored in architectural structure at the Graduate School of Architecture at Dankook University. As an engineer at CNP Dongyang, he mainly designed high-rise structures such as Millennium Gate, Mokdong Hyperion 1, Tower Palace 3, PARC.1, and Busan LCT. In...

Changwon Lee

Senior Manager - Project Management Team, HD KSOE

He majored in Architecture at the graduate school of Seoul National University. After completing his degree, he acquired an experience as a policy researcher at the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements. Since then, he has been employed at HD...

Mihwa Kim

Senior Architect, Nikken Sekkei

Kim Mihwa is the leader of design department team in Nikken Sekkei and first-class architect in Japan. After studying political science and diplomacy in Korea, she embarked on a study abroad to fulfill her dream of becoming an architect. After...

Daijung Kim

General Manager - Seoul Branch, Nikken Sekkei

Born in Korea, he worked for five years at the Beyond Space Group in Korea before coming to Japan. After completing Nihon University’s Architecture Course, he joined Nikken Sekkei in 2004. Since joining the company he has worked as an...

IR CK Wong

Founder & Technical Director, C.E.D. Group

IR CK Wong is the founder & technical director of CED Group. He is a façade expert with BSc, Meng(Hons), HCert(Tsinghua), and PECert(MIT). He is specialized in providing one-stop facade engineering & consultation services with more than 30 years of...

Shinhee Won

Director, Gansam

Shinhee Won is a director at Gansam Co., Ltd. He has designed a wide range of facilities, including educational, office, and commercial buildings. In the early part of his career, Won focused on educational facilities, such as the Sacheon Training...

Charles Changsuk Lim

Senior Associate, NBBJ

Charles Changsuk Lim joined NBBJ in 2019 and has been responsible for the realization of several award-winning projects including Hana Bank Headquarters, Seoul Jamsil Olympic Stadium Remodeling, Amazon HQ2, and VIVO headquarters in Shenzhen. Proficient in the design of workplace,...

Michael Min Ra

Founding Partner/Principal, Front Inc.

Born in South Korea and raised in the American city of Chicago, Michael Min Ra, graduated from the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago with High Honors distinction. After two years working as a system...

Ill-Sam Park

Partner Architect, Foster and Partners

Ill Sam Park studied architecture at Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, joining Foster + Partners in 2006. He worked on a variety of award-winning projects across Asia and the Middle East, such as World Trade Centre Souk mixed-use...

Donel Dippi

Head of Technical & Compliance – MEIAP, Siderise Insulation

Donel Dippi is an experienced stakeholder-focused Technical Engineer who specialises in passive fire protection and acoustic solutions for the façades of buildings in the Middle East, India, and South Asia Pacific. With a deep understanding of testing, certification, compliance, and...

Gregory Kovacs

Design Director, Benoy

Gregory brings a creative, multi-disciplinary approach to his projects, with over 20 years designing and delivering world-class destinations. He works across both architecture and interior design with Benoy’s Hong Kong, Singapore and Shenzhen studios. Gregory’s approach marries commercial problem solving...

Giovanni De Mari

Associate, Eckersley O’Callaghan

Giovanni De Mari is an Associate with engineering design practice Eckersley O’Callaghan. Giovanni is a dual-trained structural and facade engineer whose technical experience has enabled him to achieve the boldest and most challenging designs such as the first large deflection...

Bruce Park

Board Member, KAFA (Korea Architectural Façade Association) & CEO, DYM Co. Ltd.

Charles Jun

Director, Azon Asia

Charles Jun is the Director in Azon Asia Inc. with expertise in the building façade and commercial architectural market segments. Mr. Jun is in charge of business management at Azon Asia Inc. with 25 years of experience. The Azon specializes...

Mina Jin

Country Manager, Serge Ferrari Korea

Mina graduated from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, Korea. She majored in Marketing, Diploma 2em cycle of Sup de Pub, Paris, France. She worked as an AE for Dentsu, Young & Rubicam Korea and also as the marketing...

Ji Haiping

Sales Director, Tianjin NorthGlass(TNG)

Ji Haiping is the Sales Director at Tianjin North Glass Industrial Technical Co., Ltd. He has more than 20 years of experience in the engineering glass processing industry. He has engaged in the manufacture of glass processing equipments, production management,...

Sungjin Kim

CEO, Withworks & Wisys Technology

Sungjin Kim, CEO of WITHWORKS & WISYS Technology, graduated from the Department of Architectural Engineering at Konkuk University and is currently researching and developing 3D design engineering and architectural Construction methods for DfMA to realize complex Geometry Facades and Parametric...

Naree Kim

Co-founder, Ublo Inc.

After having studied architecture in Korea and France, she has worked in façade design & engineering offices since 2010. With Dutch architect Robert-Jan van SANTEN, she founded façade consultation office VS-A Korea in 2013 and window company Ublo in 2018....

Jerry Ma

Senior Technical Service Engineer – APAC, Dow Taiwan

Jerry Ma who joined Dow (Former Dow Corning) in 1996 and had been spent 20+ years in technical service engineer role in building & infrastructure (B&I) industry to support customers/projects in APAC till 2018. Currently he is one of Dow’s...

Matthew Penrose

Executive Vice President, Vector Foiltec

Matthew is the Executive Vice President of Vector Foiltec the inventor and world leader of ETFE Building Envelope Systems. Matthew has worked for Vector Foiltec Asia-Pacific for the past 14-years and a leader in design, engineering, fabrication, installation and maintenance...

Ian Langham

Director, Eckersley O'Callaghan

Ian Langham is an Associate Director with engineering design practice Eckersley O’Callaghan. Ian has over 14 years of experience working on a broad range of projects in a variety of materials, from new art galleries to large commercial developments and...

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