2025 Jeju, South Korea SWAT Conference Agenda

23-27 June - Jeju Halla Convention Center - 38 Halla University Road, Jeju City, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Nohyeong-dong 1534 (Google Map)

Draft agenda updated 4 June 10:00 CDT. Rooms, moderators, tour & dinner information coming soon.:

Monday, 23 June

08:30 - 09:00
Workshop participant check-in
09:00 - 17:00
SWAT+ Beginner Workshop
Instructed by Chris George & Arun Bawa
09:00 - 17:00
SWAT+ Toolbox Workshop
Instructed by Celray J. Chawanda
09:00 - 17:00
SWAT+ gwflow Workshop
Instructed by Seonggyu Park
09:00 - 17:00
APEX Workshop
Instructed by Jaehak Jeong

Tuesday, 24 June

09:00 - 12:30
SWAT+ Beginner Workshop
Instructed by Chris George & Arun Bawa
09:00 - 17:00
SWAT+ Toolbox Workshop
Instructed by Celray J. Chawanda
09:00 - 17:00
SWAT+ gwflow Workshop
Instructed by Seonggyu Park
09:00 - 17:00
APEX Workshop
Instructed by Jaehak Jeong
13:30 - 17:00
SWAT+ for Configuring Rice Paddy Management
Instructed by Arun Bawa, Seonggyu Park, & Jaehak Jeong

Wednesday, 25 June

08:00 - 09:00
Participant check-in and registration
09:00 - 10:00
Opening session
Dr. SeongJoon Kim, Professor, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
Keynote: Climate Adaptation and Value Creation of Land and Water for our Life with SWAT
10:00 - 10:30
Group photo and coffee break
10:30 - 12:00
Session A1: Water Resources
10:30 - 10:50
Changyeom Kim
Watershed Management Approach Integrating the SWAT-C Model and Machine Learning
10:50 - 11:10
Junyoung Lee
Quantification and Digital Twin Modeling of the Contribution of Agricultural Return Flow to Streamflow in Rice-Paddy Areas through SWAT–SWMM Integration
11:10 - 11:30
Gabriel Soares
Integration of PISF Reservoirs in the SWAT Hydrological Model for Water Security Management in the Pernambuco Semiarid Region
11:30 - 11:50
Gabriel Soares
Land Use Scenarios and Their Impact on Water Availability in the Terra Nova River Basin
10:30 - 12:00
Session A2: Ecological Flow
10:30 - 10:50
Eunmi Hong
Fish Habitat Change Analysis Based on Environmental Flow and Habitat Restoration Area Estimation
10:50 - 11:10
Yoon-Seok Kim
Analysis of WUA Based on Environmental ecological flow and Evaluation of Fish Habitat Restoration Potential Using the SWAT Model
11:10 - 11:30
Seong Joon Kim
Evaluation of ecological flow restoration using PHABSIM and SWAT considering long-term watershed environmental changes
11:30 - 11:50
Yong Won Kim
Assessment of the impact of increased groundwater use on watershed hydrology in the Han River basin, South Korea
10:30 - 12:00
Session A3: Hydrology
10:30 - 10:50
Shiksha Bastola
Enhancing SWAT Streamflow Simulations Using Remote Sensing and Physics-Guided Machine Learning in a Himalayan Sub-Basin.
10:50 - 11:10
Kunyang Wang
Reconstructing Reality in Watershed Modeling: Toward Physical Realism and Process-Reflective SWAT Applications
11:10 - 11:30
Inmaculada Jiménez-Navarro
Assessing Two Hydrological Models for Watersheds with Intensive Agriculture: A Focus on Hydrological Ecosystem Services modeling.
11:30 - 11:50
Francisco J. Segura Mendez
Overcoming Data Limitations in Hydrologically Complex Basins: A Citizen Science and Low-Cost Sensor Approach for SWAT Model Calibration
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
Session B1: Special Session: Paddy Agroecosystems
13:00 - 13:20
Seonggyu Park
Water, Impact, and Sustainability Estimator (WISE) for Predicting and Adapting to Drought and Flood Risks in Rice Cultivation Under Climate Change
13:20 - 13:40
Sushil Kumar Himanshu
Paddy Agroecosystem in Thailand: A Field Perspective
13:40 - 14:00
Puteri Nur Atiqah Bandira
Integrated multi hydro-meteorological risk assessment using SWAT+ and GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Evaluation Method: A Case Study of the Muda River Basin
14:00 - 14:20
Jaehak Jeong
Progress in Refining APEX and SWAT+ for Paddy Water Management Simulation
13:00 - 14:30
Session B2: Water Quality
13:00 - 13:20
Arun Bawa
XGBest- An extreme gradient boosting based water quality estimation tool to predict daily in-stream nutrient and sediment concentrations
13:20 - 13:40
Sara Asadi
Combining Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Modeling with LSTM Deep Learning to Predict Dissolved Oxygen in the Mar Menor Coastal Lagoon
13:40 - 14:00
Albert Nkwasa
Linking watershed phosphorus management to eutrophication responses in European lakes
13:00 - 14:30
Session B3: Environmental Applications
13:00 - 13:20
Inkyung Min
An Improved Aggregation-Decomposition Optimization Approach for Ecological Flow Supply in Parallel Reservoir Systems
13:20 - 13:40
John Lester Arellaga
Assessment of the Impact of Agricultural Land Cover in the Aklan River Watershed, Philippines using SWAT+
13:40 - 14:00
Shuang Gao
Trends of nitrogen pollution in the Yangtze River Basin: Implications for sustainable water management
14:00 - 14:20
Hiroaki Hasegawa
Watershed Biodiversity Estimation System Based on SWAT+ model and Governmental Open Dataset in Japan
14:30 - 15:00
Coffee break
15:00 - 16:30
Session C1: Forest Hydrology
15:00 - 15:20
Eliana Nervi Faggiani
SWAT as a decision support tool to regulate impacts of forestry on water quantity in Uruguay
15:20 - 15:40
Alyza Joy Pabillore
Soil Erosion Assessment Using Vegetation Characterization & SWAT Modeling in Malatgao Dam Watershed in Narra, Palawan, Philippines
15:40 - 16:00
Yuko Nagano
Evaluation of the Impact of Forest Cover Change in the Upper Kikuchi River Basin on Sediment and Nutrient Transport to the Ariake Sea, Japan
15:00 - 16:30
Session C2: Model Development
15:00 - 15:20
Timo Schaffhauser
SWAT+GL: Opportunities & Challenges in Hydroglaciological Modeling Using SWAT+
15:20 - 15:40
Rhia Trogo
Ask VEXA: Your AI SWAT Assistant
15:40 - 16:00
Arun Bawa
A HAWQS-LSTM Framework for Hydrologic Predictions in Ungauged Watersheds
16:00 - 16:20
Amirhossein Khani
Developing a Hydrological Model for an Agricultural Watershed Using SWAT+ Towards Water Quality Assessment
15:00 - 16:30
Session C3: Climate Change Applications
15:00 - 15:20
Eugenio Molina-Navarro
Modeling the impacts of climate change in two Mediterranean reservoir catchments in central Spain
15:20 - 15:40
Alejandro Sánchez Gómez
Impacts of climate change on water resources and their management in the Upper Tagus River basin
15:40 - 16:00
Albert Nkwasa
Future Nutrient Reduction Needs in World’s Largest Rivers to Limit Coastal Eutrophication
16:00 - 16:20
Sujira Sornsungnean
Runoff responses of forest restoration with Pinus Kesiya on a small watershed on climate change in northern Thailand
16:30 - 18:00
Session P: Posters
1
Jin-Hyuk Ahn
Regional Parameterization of the APEX Model for Simulating Phosphorus Loss in Korean Croplands
2
Hyeongjin Bak
Sensitivity and Uncertainty Assessment of BMP Scenarios in Rice Paddies Using the APEX-Paddy Model
3
Sangjoon Bak
Enhancement of Sediment Routing in the SWAT Model under Streamflow Rise and Fall Conditions to Support Dam Operation Strategies
4
Wendelyn Baya
Hydrologic Modeling of Baruyen River in Ilocos Norte, Philippines using Soil and Water Assessment Tool
5
Sun Woo Chang
Integrated Modeling of Hydrological Processes, Groundwater Flow and Reactive Nitrogen Transport in the Musim Stream Watershed, South Korea
6
Jayson del Rosario
Assessing sediment yield of an ungauged watershed in Quirino Province, Philippines using SWAT and QGIS: The Case of Nagtipunan Watershed
7
Roger Jr. Dologuin
SWAT Hydrological Modeling of Sinalang Watershed in Abra, Philippines
8
Wonjin Jang
Integrated SWAT–Machine Learning Framework for Long-Term Chlorophyll-a Forecasting under Climate Change Scenarios in Namyang Reservoir
9
Yeonji Jeong
Quantitative Analysis of Runoff in Submerged Paddy Field Areas Using SWAT-Paddy
10
Youngkyu Jin
Study on quantifying method of water cyle elements using SWAT model with measured data for artifical-natural hydrologic components
11
Chul-Gyum Kim
Long-term Dam Inflow Forecasting in Korea Using Seasonal Climate Outlooks and a Watershed Model: A Case Study of the Chungju Dam
12
Hwansuk Kim
Evaluation of the Pump and Fertilize (PAF) Strategy Using the SWAT-MODFLOW Model in the Sapgyocheon Watershed, Korea
13
Jinuk Kim
Comparative Evaluation of Remote Sensing-Based and SWAT-C Modeled TOC Estimation in an Estuarine Reservoir
14
Min-Jin Kim
Assessment of Future Climate Change Impacts on Hydrology and Water Quality in an Agricultural Watershed Using the SWAT+ Model and CMIP6 GCMs
15
Soo Bin Kim
Integrated Temporal and Spatial Assessment of Climate-Induced Groundwater Sensitivity in Alluvial Aquifers in South Korea
16
Soobin Kim
Estimation of Anthropogenic Chemical Distribution in a Watershed Stream Using a Mesh-Based Graph Neural Network: Toward HRU-Based Expansion in SWAT
17
Wonjin Kim
Assessing the sustainability of instream flow under climate change considering reservoir operation in a multi-dam watershed
18
Dongwoo Ko
A Study of Hydraulic Experiment on Safety Evaluating Technique for Levee Reinforced with Eco-friendly Material
19
Do Hyuck Kwon
Integrating SWAT and Deep Learning for Physically Consistent Prediction of Flow Rate and E. coli Concentration.
20
Byeong Wook Lee
Development of technology to improve the hydraulic and environmental safety of river bridges based on hydraulic experiments
21
Chaelim Lee
Analysis of the Drought Mitigation Effects of Dam Operations: A Case Study of Multipurpose Dams in South Korea
22
Gwanjae Lee
Assessment of Organic Carbon Characteristic Changes Following Paddy-to-Upland Field Conversion in the Bokha Stream Watershed Using the SWAT-C Model
23
Hyeokjin Lee
Comparison of Ecological Flow Estimation Using Cross-section Surveys and UAV-Based DTM
24
Jaenam Lee
Comparison of SWAT and ONE models for long-term runoff simulation
25
Jeong Eun Lee
Assessment of daily and hourly peak floods using SWAT-K simulation
26
Jong-Mun Lee
Evaluation of Nitrogen Loss Reduction by Recommended Fertilization Practices in Sloping Upland Using the APEX Model
27
Se Yeon Lee
Management of Contaminated Soil in Andong Dam Basin using SWAT and LCA (life cycle assessment)
28
Ye-Jun Lee
Modeling climate change impact on soil loss and erosion vulnerability in reclaimed agricultural areas using the APEX model
29
Yonggwan Lee
Evaluation of LEESMORM and SWAT+: A comparative study of distributed and semi-distributed hydrological modeling in the Geum River basin
30
Ruimin Liu
Prediction of agricultural nitrogen loss in future scenarios using time-varying parameter SWAT and SRNM model
31
Yongeun Park
Prediction of nitrate concentrations in baseflow using coupled SWAT-MODFKOW-RT3D models
32
Erika Peklanska
Co-Producing Climate Resilience in Marlborough: Integrating Community Knowledge with SWAT+ Hydrological Modelling
33
Julio Perez Sanchez
Innovative Approach to SWAT Parameter Regionalisation Using Machine Learning Clustering for Streamflow Estimation in Ungauged Basins
34
JongCheol Pyo
Improving micro-pollutant simulation of SWAT model using water quality mapping using multi-spectral imagery
35
Jiali Qiu
Impacts of drought on hydrology and water quality under climate change
36
Diego Salcedo
Hydrologic Simulation of Land Use Change Impacts on Surface Runoff and Flood Risk in the La Mesa Watershed, Metro Manila, Using the SWAT Model
37
Ankook Shin
Comparison of Runoff Models Using Measured Data of KRC standard testbed
38
Hyungjin Shin
16:30 - 18:00
39
Sydney Sichilima
Application of the SWAT+ Model in a Data-Scarce and Complex Catchment: A Case Study of the Upper Zambezi River Basin
40
Cheng Sun
Integration of SWAT and ditch-pond system module for assessing the pollutant removal efficiencies in an agricultural catchment
41
Zhan Wang
Nitrogen legacy effect in the Yangtze River Basin
42
Soyoung Woo
Developing New index for assessing aquatic ecosystem health coupling multi-species distribution models and SWAT model
43
Enyi Xie
Dynamic Simulation of Soil Profile Salinity and Its Impact on Crop Yield under Different Land Use Types: Based on the SWAT framework
44
Jong Woo Yang
Integration of SWAT-GNN Model to Predict Watershed Flow Rate
45
Yerin Yang
Reduction Effects of Furrow Vegetative Cover on Phosphorus Runoff Under Climate Change Scenarios
46
So-Jin YEOB
Assessment of the Applicability of the APEX Model for Simulating Hydrological and Phosphorus Responses in a Sloped Loam Field in Korea
47
Jiayao Zhu
Integrating Crop, Groundwater, and Economic Dynamics: Insights into Climate Adaptation in the Overexploited U.S. Ogallala Aquifer

Thursday, 26 June

09:00 - 10:30
Session D1: Remote Sensing Application
09:00 - 09:20
Kean Michael Cabigao
Utilization of satellite-derived meteorological parameters for SWAT modeling in the Philippines: A case for the Pampanga River Basin
09:20 - 09:40
Jeehun Chung
Study on the Integration and Spatial Calibration of Satellite-Based Hydrological Data Using the SWAT+ Model in South Korea
09:40 - 10:00
Venkatesh Merwade
Enabling the use of Earth Observations for evaluation of SWAT models
10:00 - 10:20
Anis Sakinah Sahabuddin
The Application of SWAT for Hydrological Modeling in the Semantan River Basin, Pahang, Malaysia
09:00 - 10:30
Session D2: Water Resources
09:00 - 09:20
Mayzonee Ligaray
Watershed-scale water supply and demand assessment of Tigum-Aganan-Jaro Watershed, Iloilo, Philippines by coupling the SWAT and WEAP models
09:20 - 09:40
Sunmin We
Evaluation of Changes in Watershed Runoff Characteristics Following Multipurpose Farmland Conversion: A SWAT-paddy Modeling Approach
09:40 - 10:00
An-Rou Cheng
Assessing Land Use Impacts on Water Resources and Non-Point Source Pollution in a Mountainous Watershed: A Case Study of the Wu River Basin
10:00 - 10:20
Juliana Barros
Assessing Climate Change Impacts on the Water Balance of Reservoir Sub-Basins in the East Axis of the São Francisco River Transposition Project, Brazil
09:00 - 10:30
Session D3: Climate Change Applications
09:00 - 09:20
Bate Ashu Agbortoko
Evaluating future flood risk under climate change in a monsoon watershed
09:20 - 09:40
Fabian Merk
Calibration Complexity and Climate Impacts: The Role of Plants and ET
09:40 - 10:00
Kamal Ziaul Islam
Climate Change Impacts on Soil Water Availability and Farm Sustainability in a Boreal Watershed
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
Session E1: Ecological Flow (Special Session)
11:00 - 11:20
Gerardo Castellanos Osorio
The role of daily flows and seasonal factors in Environmental Flow assessment: a case of study in the Tagus River Basin (Spain)
11:20 - 11:40
Javier Senent-Aparicio
A New SWAT+ Extension for Evaluating Environmental Impacts of Hydrologic Alteration Using IAHRIS
11:40 - 12:00
Jinseok Park
Estimating Least Ecological Streamflow Using SWAT–HEC-RAS Coupled Modeling and Ecological Metrics: A Case Study of the Bokha Stream
12:00 - 12:20
Bryan Clark Hernandez
Modeling Environmental Flow Regimes in a Changing Landscape: Decadal Land Cover and Climate Change Impacts on the Aklan River Basin in Central Philippines
11:00 - 12:30
Session E2: Database and GIS Application and Development
11:00 - 11:20
Fergian Yoga Aditama
Integrated Modeling and Visualization of River Outflow and Nutrient Pollution Using SWAT+ and AR in the Geumho River
11:20 - 11:40
Venkatesh Merwade
Cyberinfrastructure (CI) for SWAT Modeling Community
11:40 - 12:00
Rhollthan Tubale
Comparative assessment of different gridded meteorological datasets in SWAT modelling of the Apayao-Abulug River Basin (AARB), Apayao, Philippines
11:00 - 12:30
Session E3: Hydrology
11:00 - 11:20
Shreedhar Maskey
Simulating the impact of urbanization on streamflow for reservoir management in the semi-arid San Juan River basin, Northeast Mexico
11:20 - 11:40
Josicleda Galvincio
Integrating Hydrological Modeling and Renewable Energy for Sustainable Water Management in the São Francisco River Basin
11:40 - 12:00
Mostafa Jafari Ashoorabadi
Modeling Water Quantity and Quality in the Lake Geneva Watershed: A Scenario-Based Approach
12:00 - 12:20
Gian Choi
Evaluation of SWAT Model Reliability for Long-Term Runoff Simulation: A Case Study of the Seolma-cheon Watershed
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Session F1: Sensitivity, Calibration, and Uncertainty
13:30 - 13:50
Younghyun Cho
SWAT model calibration/validation using SWAT-CUP
13:50 - 14:10
Wiyanda Naufal Aflah
Understanding Catchment Hydrological Process Under Non-Stationary Conditions
14:10 - 14:30
Noufia M A
Optimization of Anchor Pixel Selection in Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (SEBAL) Using Genetic Algorithm for Enhanced SWAT Model Calibration with Evapotranspiration Data
14:30 - 14:50
Mohamed Yacoubi
Comparing Single-Site and multi-Site Calibration of Swat+ in a Moroccan Semi-aride watershed
13:30 - 15:00
Session F2: Hydrology
13:30 - 13:50
Rafael Navas
Groundwater vs. surface water irrigation: A comparative SWAT analysis at multiple landscape scales
13:50 - 14:10
Joonyoung Choi
Augmenting Flow Inputs Using SWAT for Improved Machine Learning-Based Reservoir Forecasting
14:10 - 14:30
Colby Weiss
Hydrological modelling on sub-Antarctic Marion Island using the SWAT model
14:30 - 14:50
Jose Pablo Teran Orsini
Implementing generalized methods for simulating lakes and reservoirs on the Community SWAT+ Global Model
13:30 - 15:00
Session F3: Groundwater
13:30 - 13:50
Suh-Ho Lee
Evaluation of Baseflow Using Baseflow Separation and SWAT-MODFLOW 6 in a Small Catchment
13:50 - 14:10
Eugenio Molina-Navarro
SWAT+ vs. SWAT+/gwflow application in a geologically heterogeneous catchment: performance comparison and analysis of the surface water-groundwater interactions
14:10 - 14:30
José Manuel Rodríguez Castellanos
Modeling surface water-groundwater interactions in the Tagus Rivers headwaters with SWAT+/gwflow: an advanced, multi-variable calibration approach.
14:30 - 14:50
Xueliang Zhang
Assessing the Trade-off between water and food in North China Plain using modified SWAT model
TBD
Tour
TBD
Dinner Gala

Friday, 27 June

09:00 - 10:30
Session G1: Hydrology
09:00 - 09:20
Josicleda Galvincio
Expansion of the Hydrological Response Units System for Pernambuco (SUPer): Integrating Small River Basins for Enhanced Water Resource Management
09:20 - 09:40
Mary Nkosi Nkosi
The coupled Influence of Land Management and Climate variability on the Crocodile River Catchment, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
09:40 - 10:00
Juliana Barros
Soil Moisture Assessment in Reservoir Sub-Basins along the East Axis of the São Francisco River Transposition, Brazil
10:00 - 10:20
Pasquinel de la Fraga
How Spatially Distributed Precipitation Data Improve Hydrological Modeling: A SWAT+ Analysis in Mountainous Areas
09:00 - 10:30
Session G2: Model Development
09:00 - 09:20
Lucas Alcamo
Dynamic land use change in SWAT+ with Scenario Decision Tables
09:20 - 09:40
Celray James Chawanda
Streamlining SWAT+ Climate Input Data Woes with a Single-File Superhero!
09:40 - 10:00
Uttam Ghimire
Advancing the realistic simulations of Nitrous Oxide (N2O) emissions in cold climate watersheds using Soil and Water Assessment Tool
09:00 - 10:30
Session G3: Environmental Applications
09:00 - 09:20
Peter Braun
Modelling the effectiveness of Natural/Small Water Retention Measures in Hungary and Lithuania: Similarities and differences
09:20 - 09:40
Virginia López
Implementation of Decision Tables in the SWAT+ Simulation of the Albujon Watershed: A Step Towards Addressing Environmental Challenges in the Mar Menor
09:40 - 10:00
Estifanos Addisu Yimer
Is the decrease in river flow and groundwater level in the Scheldt basin attributed to climate change? (SWAT+gwflow model application)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
Session H1: Sediment, Nutrients, and Carbon
11:00 - 11:20
Rena Christina Puno
Assessment of Surface Runoff and Sediment Transport using SWAT Model in Saltan Watershed, Philippines
11:20 - 11:40
Christian Joseph Siose
Estimating reservoir sediment retention using SWAT for sustainable dam management
11:40 - 12:00
Yu-Ting Wu
Assessing the Impact of Tea Cultivation on Hydrology and Nutrient Export Using SWAT: A Case Study of the Feitsui Reservoir Watershed
12:00 - 12:20
Guan-Zhou Lin
Evaluating the impact of land use on soil organic carbon spatial distribution by SWAT-C model – a case study of the Wu River Basin, Taiwan
11:00 - 12:30
Session H2: Water Quality
11:00 - 11:20
Se yoon Jung
Assessment of the reduction effect of fecal coliform runoff according to livestock compost application rates and maturation periods using the SWAT Model
11:20 - 11:40
Jiaqi Li
Evaluation and mitigation of phosphorus pollution from crop-livestock system in the Poyang Lake Basin using coupled NUFER and SWAT models
11:40 - 12:00
Yue Liu
Optimization of total nitrogen concentration control objectives in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River Basin Based on "Land-Sea coordination"
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Session I1: BMPs
13:30 - 13:50
Xianyu Huang
Spatial Optimization of Ponds for Diffuse Pollution Mitigation in Paddy Field Watersheds: An Integrated SWAT-NSGA-II Decision Support Framework
13:50 - 14:10
Laella Pusparinda
Watershed Management to Support the Sustainability of the Upper Cisokan Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant: Erosion Analysis and Conservation Strategies
14:10 - 14:30
Matjaž Glavan
Evaluation of Agricultural Measures to Safeguard the Vulnerable Karst Groundwater Habitat of the Black Olm (Proteus anguinus parkelj) from Nitrate Pollution
14:30 - 14:50
Lien De Trift
How Good is SWAT+(gwflow) in Representing Nature-Based Solutions?: Case study of The Scheldt River Basin
13:30 - 15:00
Session I2: Sensitivity, Calibration, and Uncertainty
13:30 - 13:50
Dae Seong Jeong
Evaluating a SWAT–Deep Learning Hybrid Model Surpassing Multi-Site Calibrated SWAT in Total Nitrogen Load Prediction
13:50 - 14:10
Byeongwon Lee
A reinforcement learning approach for parameter optimization in the SWAT model
14:10 - 14:30
Eliana Nervi Faggiani
Multi-variable calibration of SWAT in a small experimental catchment area for afforestation scenario analysis
15:00 - 16:00
Closing session

We would like to thank Konkuk University, Korea University, and the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT), along with Seong Joon Kim, Il-Moon Chung, Kyung Hwa Cho, and the rest of the local organizing committee for their hard work organizing the conference and welcoming the SWAT community to Korea.