○ The 2016 Hwasun International Vaccine Forum was held for two days from June 10^th to 11^th in Hwasun Vaccine Industrial Complex in South Korea, bringing together experts from vaccine research organizations, companies, governments and international organizations around the world.

○ The Forum was hosted under the theme “Eradication of Diseases through Vaccination” with around ten distinguished speakers from the vaccine industry, including Dr. Rolf M. Zinkernagel, the winner of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1996 and professor of Experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich, Dr. Margaret Liu, President of International Society for Vaccines, Dr. Jerome Kim, Director General of International Vaccine Institute, Dr. Peter Khoury, Senior Program Officer for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Dr. Myron Levine, Director of the Center for Vaccine Development of the University of Maryland.

Participants of the Forum (from left to right: Dr. Margaret Liu, President of International Society for Vaccines, Dr. Rafi Ahmed, Professor of Emory University, Dr. Myron Levine, professor of the University of Maryland, Mr. Huh Eun-chul, President of Green Cross Corp, Mr. Koo Choong-gon, Governor of Hwasun County, Dr. Rolf M. Zinkernagel, professor of Experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich and Governor Lee Nak-yon of Jeonnam Province)

Opening remark delivered by Dr. Joon Haeng RHEE, professor of Chonnam National University

The Forum hosted in the Lecture Hall of the Hwasun Hanium Culture & Sports Center

○ The Forum identified and discussed current challenges in vaccine development, vaccines in the pipeline such as DNA vaccine and orally administered vaccines, the international ethics of vaccine development with regard to epidemics such as Zika virus disease, and national vaccine policies of South Korea, thereby giving implications to all areas of vaccine from research, international coordination to government policies.

Dr. Margaret Liu, President of International Society for Vaccines attending as a panelist for the

Roundtable Meeting

○ Dr. Joon Haeng RHEE, Professor of Chonnam University and organizer of the Forum, remarked “The Forum has drawn not only local specialists but also international experts in the area of vaccine for the first time in Asia, testifying to the potential of the Hwasun Vaccine Industrial Complex. We will make utmost efforts to ensure that Hwasun, building on the fruits of the Hwasun International Vaccine Forum, will become the heart of Korea’s vaccine industry, and ultimately an international pivot for the global vaccine industry.”

○ The Hwasun Vaccine Industrial Complex, the venue of the Forum, is the only vaccine industrial complex in South Korea, in which Cheonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Green Cross Corp Hwasun Plant, Biopharmaceutical Research Center of Jeonnam Bioindustry Foundation and Korea Testing & Research Institute are located.

Speakers and guests during the photo session

Roundtable Meeting panelists and guests

Dr. Rolf M. Zinkernagel, professor of Experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich

Dr. Rafi Ahmed, Professor of Emory University

Dr. Pele Chong, United Biomedical Inc., Asia

Dr. Peter Khoury, Senior Program Officer of the

Global Health Office of the President, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Dr. Hiroshi Kiyono, professor of University of Tokyo

Dr. Jerome H. Kim, Director General of International Vaccine Institute

Dr. Myron Levine, professor of the University of Maryland

Dr. Margaret Liu, President of International Society for Vaccines

Dr. Joon Haeng RHEE, professor of Chonnam National University

Dr. Baik Lin Seong, professor of Yonsei University

Dr. Young-Chul Sung, professor of Postech University

Won Keun Seong, Director of Center for Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health