2022 GDF Sessions
- Theme: An Answer to Global Crisis – Collaboration and Solidarity
- Date: May 18 ~ May 21, 2022
- Venue: Gwangju Kimdaejung Convention Center (KDJ Center)
- Host: The May 18 Memorial Foundation
- Co-organizer: The May 18 Memorial Foundation, Asia Justice and Rights
- Language: Korean-English Simultaneous Interpretation(K-E), Korean(K), English(E)
- Sessions
- The Foundation’s Session
- Parallel Session
- Ceremonial Event (National Events and Awards Ceremony)
- Parallel Session
- The Foundation’s Session
- Thematic Clusters
- Defining an Incomplete Transitional Justice
- Covid-19 and Democracy
- Democracy in Asia – Prospects for 2022
| Date | Time | Events & Sessions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hybrid | Online | ||
| Day 1 May 17 |
16:00-22:00 | The May 18 Eve Celebration Event (Venue: Guemnam-ro) | |
| Day 2 May 18 |
10:00-12:00 | 42th Anniversary of the May 18 Democratic Uprising National Ceremony (K) (Venue: The May 18 National Cemetery) | |
| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00-17:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| 17:00-21:00 | Welcome Reception and Gwangju Prize for Human Rights Awards Ceremony (K-E) (Venue: The May 18 Democracy Square) | ||
| Day 3 May 19 |
9:00-10:00 | Registration | |
| 10:00-12:00 | Opening Ceremony and Plenary Session (K-E) (Venue: KDJ Center) | Transitional Justice: Power of Memory and Memorialization (INHURED) (E) | |
| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00-16:00 | The Future of May 18 – Following the Death of Chun Doo-hwan, What are the Remaining Tasks to Us? (K-E) (Venue: KDJ Center) | Recession to Resilience: Road to Unite for Solidarity in Asia (Confederation of Indonesia People Movement) (E) | |
| Gwnagju Democracy Summit (E) | |||
| 16:00-18:00 | Vaccine Inequality and Democracy (K-E) (Venue: KDJ Center) | The Effect of Presidential Election Results in South Korea, the Philippines, and India on Young People and Peacebuilding (2022 Pyeongchang Youth Peace Ambassador) (E) | |
| A Crisis of Myanmar’s Democracy and a Pain of Nation-State (Institute for Southeast Asian Studies, Jeonbuk National University) (K) (Venue: KDJ Center) | |||
| 18:00-20:00 | Dinner | Multiparty Democracy in Southeast Asia (Asia Centre) (E) | |
| Day 4 May 20 |
10:00-12:00 | Solidarity of Gwangju – State Violence International Civil Society Solidarity – Expand a Network! (K-E) (Venue: KDJ Center) | |
| A Seminar for Systematic Historical Materialization of Press Video and Identification of Video Journalists’ Activities During the May 18 Democratic Uprising (K) (Venue: KDJ Center) | |||
| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch | Historical Discrimination against minorities in South Asia and Define the Transitional Justice (Human Rights Development Centre) (E) | |
| 14:00-16:00 | GRAS-Net Session (E) (Venue: KDJ Center) | ||
| Prospect of 2022 Asia Democracy - “We Solidarize” - 1 (Democracy and Human Rights Situation of Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Philippines) (K-E) (Venue: KDJ Center) | |||
| 16:00-18:00 | Prospect of 2022 Asia Democracy - “We Solidarize” - 2(A Round Table Discussion by a Respective Country, Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia, & Three Simultaneous Sub-Sessions) (K-E) (Venue: KDJ Center) | Recollection of Memory After Mass Atrocities (YPKP 65) (E) | |
| 18:00-20:00 | Dinner | ||
| Day 5 May 21 |
10:00-12:00 | Closing Ceremony (K-E) (Venue: KDJ Center) | |
| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch | ||
