Keynote Speakers

Dr. Hak-Seon Kim has been a Professor at Kyungsung University since 2011, with a Ph.D. from Texas Tech University in the United States and expertise in hospitality service management, consumer behavior, and tourism big data analysis. As the founder of the Wellness & Tourism Big Data Research Institute, he has led innovative research and played a key role in internationalizing Kyungsung University. Under his leadership, the university now hosts over 2,200 international students from 59 countries, with more than 1,000 Nepali students representing a significant portion.

Dr. Bing Hou is the dean and doctoral supervisor at the School of Tourism and Culinary Science, Yangzhou University, China. He is currently serving as the director of Key Laboratory of Chinese Cuisine Intangible Cultural Heritage Technology Inheritance of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Researches on Dietetic Science and Culture, and Chief Expert of the “Yangzhou University Cultural and Tourism Integration Development Research Center”. He has published over 70 academic papers in top-tier journals, and was selected for several talent development programs, including the Ministry of Culture and Tourism’s Youth Expert Training Program, Jiangsu Province’s “333 High-level Talent Cultivation Project”.