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Youngsook Park    

Leading Futurist

Park Young-sook is the representative of the UN Future Forum, which is the Korean Node of the global future research organization, the Millennium Project. She worked for over 20 years as a senior diplomat at the British Embassy in Korea and for 10 years as the director of the Public Diplomacy at the Australian Embassy in Korea, where she was exposed to futures foresight. Later, she joined a global group of futurists and is currently responsible for representing over 10 international future research organizations in Korea..

Since 2005, she has published over 50 best-selling books, including the World Futures Report and ChatGPT. She is recognized as a futurist who has lived with Grace Humanoid Robot and the world's first companion robot daughter. She is the Korean representative of the Artificial General Intelligence Society due to her contribution to the rise of AGI, and a partner of various organizations, such as the OpenCog Foundation, SingularityNet, SophiaDAO, and Awakening Health.

She operates the YouTube channel 'Park Young-sook Future TV' and works as an editor-in-chief of AI Net Internet Newspaper, a member of the Ministry of Defense Reform Advisory Council, the Army Future Innovation Advisory Council, and the Future Committee of the Military Manpower Administration. She studied French at Kyungpook National University, received a master's degree in education from the University of Southern California, and completed a Ph.D. in social welfare at Sungkyunkwan University. She has authored numerous books, including the "World Future Report" series, which has sold over 800,000 copies as a bestseller for 15 consecutive years, “ChatGPT World Future Report,” "Artificial Intelligence Revolution 2030," "AI World Future Report 2023," "Blockchain Revolution 2030," and more.

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