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Chang Yong Son (Dr)

Chang Yong Son (Dr)

Director General, Communication Conformity Assessment Center, Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), South Korea

Dr Chang Yong Son is Director General of Communication Conformity Assessment Center in the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), Republic of Korea. He obtained his PhD in City, University London, UK, holding Certified Public Accountants in US. He served a Director in Radio Resource Planning Division and Radio Environment and Safety Division in National Radio Research Agency and Expert on ICT and Development in United Nations of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP). Before join the UN ESCAP, he worked as a Director of MSIT and worked for communication regulatory institutions including the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the Korea Communications Commission and the Korea Broadcasting Commission. He awarded the ‘Republic of Korea Civil Servant Award 2023’, recognizing his contribution to ICT development and global cooperation. His interests fall within communication policy and social change, especially digital development, artificial intelligence, and spectrum management. In 2024, he published ‘Digital Technology and Communication Policy in Korea: From Infrastructure to Artificial Intelligence’ in Lexington Books.

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