Conference Details | Kascon Foundation

KASCON 31

Saturday, October 4th, 2025

The Maritime Conference Center at ...

692 Maritime Boulevard
Linthicum Hts., MD 21090-1952
(866) 798-9469

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER

We will not cover all of these themes and topics, but they are worth thinking about -- for this conference and for future conferences.

On Being Korean American… On Being an ABK (American-Born Korean)

On Being a KBA (Koran-Born American)... On Being a “Korean Korean” in America

On Being Asian American… On Being Amerasian

On Being Bicultural… On Being Biracial… On Being Multiracial

On Being Bicultural and Multicultural

On Being an ABC (American-Born Chinese)

On Being an ABT (American-Born Taiwanese)

Where Asian Americans & the AAPI Community Can Come Together

Where Asian Americans & the AAPI Community Can Demonstrate Solidarity

Why Voting Matters

Faith & Community, Public Service, and Service to Humanity

Is the Korean American Community in America Divided, And, If So, Along What Lines?

On Physical, Emotional, Mental, and Spiritual Well-Being

Does Affirmative Action No Longer Apply to Asian Americans?

Is the “Model Minority Myth” Still Prevalent?

How Asian Americans Can “Break the Corporate Ceiling”

Moving Science, Technology & Academia Forward in the Service of Humanity

E Pluribus Unum

Why It’s Important to Honor Everyone Who Came Before Us

Does Identity Begin With Language?

Is the Media the Unofficial Fourth Branch of the Government?

Careers in Journalism

Careers in Education, Teaching & Academia

Careers in Visual Arts & Dance

Careers in Engineering & Technology

Careers in Banking & Finance

Careers in Real Estate

Careers in Law

Why Uplifting & Supporting One Another is Evermore Important Today

What it Means To Be a Civic-Minded American

Why Asian American Studies is Growing in Importance on College Campuses

What Colleges and Graduate Schools Really Want to Know About the Applicant

How to Write the Best College Essays and Personal Statements

Can Koreans and Korean Americans Introduce Jeong to America and the World?

Jeong = A FACE = Affection, Friendship, Affirmation, Camaraderie, Endearment

What Comprehensive New Immigration Act Might Supplement the 1965 Immigration Act?

Can We Abolish the Lingering Effects of the Pandemic?

U.S.-East Asia Relations

U.S.-Korea Relations (North and South)

Will the U.S. Restitch the Korean Peninsula?

Building Our Future Together One Dream, One Friendship & One Connection At a Time

What’s Your Dream?

What’s Your Story?

Keynote Speakers

SoHyun Bae, Artist living and working in New York; BFA, Rhode Island School of Design; MFA, Boston University; MTS, Harvard Divinity School

David Baek, Aerospace Engineer at Blue Origin; BSE, Mechanical Engineering & Masters in Space Engineering, University of Michigan

Rev. Hyepin Im, President and Founder of Faith and Community Empowerment (facela.org);U.S. Presidential Appointee on the Board of the Corporation for National and Community Service

Dr. Young J. Kim, MD, PhD, Surgeon-scientist & Adjunct Professor, Vanderbilt University; Former Surgeon & Professor, Johns Hopkins; Former Chair of Oncology and the Global Development Scientific Council at Regeneron

Dr. Rose Maria Li, MBA, U. Chicago; PhD, Public & International Affairs, Princeton University; Founder, President & CEO, Rose Li and Associates, Inc.

Kathy Park, National correspondent for NBC News; BA Degrees in Journalism and Psychology, University of Maryland, Collage Park

Featured Speakers

Hannah Colen, Korean American photographer, producer, and multidisciplinary artist

Philip Colen, Software Developer @ Deloitte

Dr. Yong S. Colen, PhD, Professor of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Luke Hahn, Lieutenant at U.S. Navy Reserves and former nuclear engineer for the U.S. Navy;Technical Project Manager at Axiom Innovation

Brendon S. Kim, Managing Director and Head of Investments at Samsung NEXT Ventures

Erick Kim, Esq. Corporate Attorney, Davis, Agnor, Rapaport & Skalny, LLC, Columbia, MD

Juliana Kwak, Sales Manager at Redfin, Greater Washington, D.C. Metro Area

Sophia Kwok, College of William and Mary, BA, Education '25, Masters in Education '26

Dr. Albert Lee, MS, PhD, Director, Science Management and Research Administration, Rose Li and Associates, Inc.

Dr. Shawn Li, Mass Spectrometry Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Dr. Hyung Na, Pharmacist and small business owner

Dr. Paul Na, Pharmacist at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Moderators

Susan Baek, Production Assistant at NBC News, New York, NY; BA, School of Public and International Relations; Certificates in Cognitive Science and Asian American Studies; Princeton '23

Thomas Baek, Founder, The Korean American Students Conference (KASCON)

Please Stay Tuned for Updates!

Shuttle service is available to and from BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport & BWI Amtrak Station

Call the Maritime Conference Center and Hotel at
(410) 859-5700
if you need shuttle service.

Shuttle Service

For reservations at the Maritime Conference Center Hotel,
call (410) 859-5700 or visit https://mccbwi.org/

Parking

For Overnight Guests, Speakers, Volunteers, and Participants, Please Park in Lot D.

For Conference Day Only Guests, Speakers, Volunteers, and Participants, please park in Lots A or B.