ABOUT KSEA
The Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) was established in 1971 as a non-profit
national professional organization. It encourages networking and mentorship amongst students and
professionals with college degrees in science and engineering and a common cultural heritage.
KSEA has three purposes in mind. First is to promote the application of science and technology for the
general welfare of society. Second is to foster the cooperation of international science communities, especially
between the United States and Korea. Lastly, KSEA serves to help Korean-American scientists and engineers
to develop their full career potential by organizing technology transfer and entrepreneurship seminars,
technical and leadership conferences, and by fostering mentor-mentee relationships among many other
activities.
Currently, KSEA has more than 40 chapters and 13 technical groups covering all major branches of science
and engineering. Since its founding, it has been recognized as the main representative organization promoting
the common interests of Korean-American scientists and engineers.
KSEA welcomes participation from 1st-generation, 2nd-generation, and 3rd-generation Korean American
scientists and engineers including those from mixed-race and adopted communities.
KSEA promotes awareness of the rapid advances in science and engineering occurring inside and outside the
United States. Today, it is helping create opportunities for the young generation by establishing lines of
communication with other talented scientists and engineers in the United States and Korea.
The Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)
1952 Gallows Road, Suite 300
Vienna, Virginia 22182, USA
Email: sejong@ksea.org
Phone: 703-748-1221, Fax: 703-748-1331
ABOUT YGNITE
Ygnite (pronounced ignite), the
young generation technical and
leadership conference, is the
premier conference for the 1.5 and
2nd generation Korean-Americans
in the fields of technology, science,
and engineering. It is generously
hosted by the Korean-American
Scientists and Engineers Association
(KSEA), the Korea-U.S. Science
Cooperation Center (KUSCO),
and the Korean Federation of
Science and Technology Societies
(KOFST).
This year the conference will be held in Dallas,
Texas, a thriving startup location of technology
in the United States. It will also be one of our
most ambitious conferences to date. We plan
on bringing together well over 200 of the
brightest and most promising Korean-American
scientists and engineers from all over the North
America. Once in Dallas, they will have the
opportunity to showcase their research, attend
science and leadership panels, participate in
problem solving exercises, and network with
others in their field.
With your partnership, we can help in
developing successful and prosperous careers
for young generation Korean-Americans.
KSEA Young Generation
Email: yg@ksea.org
Website: http://yg.ksea.org
BACKGROUND
The Young Generation program of KSEA was founded in 1999 and the first Young Generation Technical and
Leadership Conference was held in 2005 in San Francisco with 44 undergraduate and graduate students, with
following conferences successfully held in the cities depicted below. The Young Generation Technical and
Leadership Conference with its nickname Ygnite is now in its 11th year and has grown quite rapidly since its
inception. This year will be one of our most selective conferences ever, with a goal of over 200 highly
qualified participants converging in Dallas, TX.
PROGRAM
The Ygnite program is comprised of both technical and
leadership events. As a conference that celebrates
excellence in science and engineering, we hold poster
fairs, research presentations, and technical overviews.
We also help attendees network within their field
so they can gain a broader vantage point.
The leadership portion of our program combines
presentations by distinguished experts from academia,
industry, and business CEOs. We also provide
presentation training, leadership workshops, and
teamwork exercises. All of this is to ensure that our
participants are fully prepared for various career path
choices.
For example, in our previous conferences, we have had:
Technical
Leadership
 Research Lectures on Emerging Technologies
 CEO Lectures on Success and Entrepreneurship
 Cellular and Microbiology
 Keynote Dinner Banquet Talks on Leadership
 Bioengineering
 Teamwork Problem Solving Competition
 Engineering and Computer Science
 Dale Carnegie Workshop on Leadership
 Science and Society
 Toastmasters Workshop on Public Speaking
 Medical Research
 Korean Heritage Session
 Research Poster Fair
 Young Generation Chapter Officers’ Workshop
Career
Networking
 Mentoring
 Speed Networking
 Career Resource Fair
 Participant Poster Fairs
 Academia Speaker Panel
 Networking Lunches
 Industry Speaker Panel
 Happy Hour Social
 “A Day in the Life” Participant Talks
 Wine and Cheese Night
 Interviewing and Negotiating Workshop
 Red Carpet Photo Shoot
 Sightseeing
 Business Venture Competition
SPEAKERS
Ygnite is fortunate to bring speakers from academia, industry, government and communities to share their
experience and vision to our participants. Past speakers have included company CEOs, university
professors, technical leaders, elected officials and specialists on leadership and communication. In past
years, we were fortunate to have:
Political and Community Figures
 Paull Shin, Ph.D.
State Senator, Washington State
 Mark Keam, J.D.
Delegate, 35th district, Virginia House of Delegates
 James Sun, CEO
GeoPage.com, TV Host, “The Apprentice” Finalist
Industry Leaders
 Michael Park
Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Business Solutions
 Jane Hyun
Author, “Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling”; Hyun & Associates
 Michael Yang
Founder and Board Director, Become.com
 Susan Kim
CEO, Plum District
 Tim Haahs
President, Timothy Haahs & Associates, Inc.
 Jay H. Chung, PhD
CEO Tyco Engineering
 Steve Ro, P.E.
President, Lee & Ro, Inc.
 Yongkeun Joh
CEO and Founder, Advanced Food Systems, Inc.
 Jae Hoon Kim, Ph.D.
Executive/Senior Technical Fellow, Boeing Company
 Sean Park
Head of Global Product Marketing, YouTube
 Jane Oh, Ph.D.
Manager and Principal Investigator, NASA JPL
 Gene Lee, Ph.D.
Sr. Software Engineer, Walt Disney Animation Studios
 Stephen Chan
Co-founder and VP of Bus. Dev., ZL Technologies Inc.
 Esther Yang, Ph.D.
R&D Director, Abbott Laboratories
Academic Pioneers
 Dennis W. Hong, Ph.D.
Director of Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa),
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCLA,
Named one of the “Ten Young Geniuses Shaking Up Science
Today“ by Popular Science
 Dong H Kim, M.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery,
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
 John Kim, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, UCLA, 2002 Ho-Am Laureate
 Luke Lee, Ph.D.
Professor, Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley,
2010 Ho-Am Laureate
 Larry W. Kwak, M.D.
Professor and Chair, MD Anderson Cancer Center, The
University of Texas
 Christopher Park, M.D., Ph.D.
Pathologist, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Venture Capitalists
 Hodong (Ho) Nam
General Partner, Altos Ventures
 David Lee
Partner / Co-Founder, XG Ventures; Venture Partner, SK
Telecom Ventures
 Jay H. Eum
Co-Founder and Managing Director, TransLink Capital
PARTICIPANTS
Ygnite brings together young professionals and students in science and engineering from across the
country and gives them the opportunity to share their knowledge and experiences with each other
and expand their personal and professional networks.
Young Professional Participants
include Industry Employees from:
Student Participants include Ph.D., Participants’ Areas of Expertise
M.S., and B.S. Candidates from:
Include:
 Apple
 Harvard University
 Petroleum Engineering
 Google
 Yale University
 Nuclear Engineering
 Microsoft
 Columbia University
 Chemical Engineering
 Facebook
 Stanford University
 Electrical Engineering
 Amazon.com
 MIT
 Computer Science
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Oracle
Chevron
Intel
Samsung Electronics
IBM
GlaxoSmithKline
Boeing
US Dept. of Homeland Security
General Motors
Kimberly-Clark
Northrop Grumman
eBay
Tesla Motors
NIH
NASA-JPL
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Duke University
University of Pennsylvania
Caltech
Johns Hopkins University
Dartmouth College
Northwestern University
Brown University
Cornell University
Vanderbilt University
Rice University
UC Berkeley
UC Los Angeles
University of Michigan
Georgia Tech
UC San Diego
 Computer Engineering
 Mining Engineering
 Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
 Physics
 Materials Science & Engineering
 Applied Mathematics
 Cognitive Science
 Finance & Economics
 Industrial Engineering
 Economics
 Statistics
 Biomedical Engineering
 Civil & Environmental Engineering
 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
PARTICIPANT DEMOGRAPHICS
2015 Participants
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196 attended
Ages 18-35
75% of participants were 1.5 or
2nd generation Korean-Americans
1/3 were US citizens
Even ratio of 44% women to
56% men
From 23 states and 2 Canadian
provinces
About 1/3 professionals, 1/3
graduate students, and over 1/3
undergraduate students
Disciplines include engineering,
physical sciences, biological
sciences, and medicine
Ygnite attracts a wide diversity of Korean-Americans, in terms of
age, location and background. Of the 217 participants at last
year’s conference in Orlando, over 75% of the participants were
either 1.5, arriving in the US during childhood, or 2nd generation
Korean-Americans and over one-third were US citizens. The
wide range of ages, from 18 to late-30s, provided valuable
networking experience for promising younger participants, and
chances for seasoned participants to share their experiences with
younger ones. The gender distribution is nearly 1-to-1 between
women and men, and participants also come from an excellent
mix of geographic regions in the US and some parts of Canada.
In terms of careers, the participant are composed of just under
one-third young professionals and just over two-thirds students,
with a few post-docs and professors. The a rea s of study or
experti se va ry wi th engi neering bei ng the most popula r
one, foll owed by bi osci ence and professi onal fiel ds suc h
as medici ne and l aw. In 2016, we would like to increase the
percentage of Graduate and Professional Participants.
* Based on statistics from Ygnite 2015 in Orlando, FL
ORGANIZERS
The Ygnite organizing committee is composed of future leaders in KSEA who are interested in helping to
develop the next generation of scientists and engineers. The volunteer organizers come from diverse fields
such as biosciences, engineering, medicine, and design, and are working professionals, post-doctoral fellows,
graduate students, and college students. The organizers are appreciative of your interest in Ygnite.
Conference Chair
Conference Co-Chair
Daegene Koh
Georgia
Institute of
Technology,
GA
Conference Co-Chair
Stella Chun
Thermo Fisher
Scientific, PA
Dennis Cha
Taslimi
Construction,
CA
Conference Co-Chair
Kathy Lee
MCPHS
University, MA
Organizing Committee
Program Team
Networking Team
 MeeAe Hong
University of Washington
 Daniel Lee
Bingham, Osborn &
Scarborough
 Jonathan Kim
CSX Technology
Speaker Team
 Katherine Cho
Columbia University
 Young Yim
Independent Consultant
 Greena Kim
Georgia Inst. of Technology
 June Lee
Stanford University
 Kenny Lee
UC San Diego
 Clara Kim
Vanderbilt University
 Woongsu Keum
UC San Diego
 Stella Eunjung Kim
Rutgers University
 Lily Minchae Kwak
UC Los Angeles
 Karl Kyeongan Kwon
University of Houston
 YJ Jin
Hulu
 Danny Kim
MIT
 Jane Yoojin Kim
UC Davis
 Youngsoo Kim, Ph.D.
(President), North Carolina
State University
 Soo Eung Lee
Shippable
 Hangaram Kim
Univ. Health Network,
 Thomas Yoon
Yahoo
 Mina Choi
University of Maryland
 Solomon Kang
Doosan Hydro Tech
Media and Website Team
 Jennifer Jo
UC Los Angeles
KSEA Executive
Committee
 Inseung Kang
Georgia Inst. of Technology
 Dahea Diana You
Rutgers University
 Jun Ha Park
Georgia Inst. of Technology
Publicity and Sponsorship
Team
Conference Advisors
 Benjamin Lee, Ph.D.
INVIA Medical Imaging
 John H Lee, Ph.D.
KPMG
 Israel Jung
Boeing
Administration Team
 Kaylee Shin
SBM Offshore
 Yun Young Yim
Vanderbilt University
 Michael Lee, Ph.D.
New Jersey Inst. of Tech
 Carol Rim
University of Arizona
 Claire Hur , Ph.D.
Rowland Inst. At Harvard
 Jaehoon Yu, Ph.D.
(President-Elect), University
of Texas at Arlington
 Eun-Suk Seo, Ph.D.
(First Vice President),
University of Maryland
 Sung Woo Kim, Ph.D.
(Second Vice President),
North Carolina State
University
 Tom Oh, Ph.D.
(Executive Director),
Rochester Institute of
Technology
 Sunkyu Park, Ph.D.
(Finance Director), North
Carolina State University
 Jae Hyeon Ryu, Ph.D.
(General Director),
University of Idaho
CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES
We rely upon your generous donations to continue with the development of innovative programs, invite engaging
speakers, and nurture more leaders of the future.
Our main costs come from supporting our participants. Due to the continual support of our sponsors, we are able
to subsidize travel, lodging, and meals to attract the best and the brightest talents. Our other main category of
expenses comes from conference operations. We need support in order to attract speakers, award prizes, put
together conference programs and brochures, and arrange technical support during the conference.
We offer the following sponsorship packages at each level:
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$7,500+
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$5,000+
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Named sponsorship for 1 dinner banquet with brief presentation (2 available)
Named sponsorship for 1 competition award (3 available)
Named sponsorship for 1 plenary session or workshop (4 available)
Participant and 5-year alumni electronic resume book including contact list
Space for 3 corporate participants with waived registration
Program booklet advertisement (2 pages) and sponsor page recognition
Networking/recruiting table or booth with plenary announcement
Company logo on conference projection screen, and all merchandising
Conference website company logo advertisement and sponsorship recognition
Named sponsorship for 1 competition award (3 available)
Named sponsorship for 1 plenary session or workshop (4 available)
Participant electronic resume book including contact list
Space for 2 corporate participants with waived registration
Program booklet advertisement (1 page) and sponsor page recognition
Networking/recruiting table or booth with plenary announcement
Company logo on conference projection screen
Conference website company logo advertisement and sponsorship recognition
Named sponsorship for 1 plenary session or workshop (4 available)
Participant electronic contact list
Space for 1 corporate participant with waived registration
Program booklet advertisement (1/2 page) and sponsor page recognition
Networking/recruiting table or booth with plenary announcement
Company logo on conference projection screen
Conference website company logo advertisement and sponsorship recognition
CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES
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$2,500+
Program booklet advertisement (1/4 page) and sponsor page recognition
 Networking/recruiting table or booth with plenary announcement
 Company logo on conference projection screen
 Conference website company logo advertisement and sponsorship recognition
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$1,000+
Program booklet sponsor page recognition
 Company logo on conference projection screen
 Conference website company logo advertisement and sponsorship recognition
* Custom sponsorship packages can be arranged.
We also are appreciative of contributions from individual donors at each level:
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$1,000+
$250+
$500+
<$250
Ability to fund specific program of choice
 VIP lounge/bar access based on level
 Donors recognition during plenary session
 Program booklet sponsor page and website recognition
SELECTED SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS
Career Resource Fair
Ygnite Program Booklet Ad
KSEA Letters Magazine Ad
Diamond, Platinum, Gold and Silver
Sponsors can...
 Recruit employees from a pool
of tier 1 talent
 Network with conference
participants
 Promote to industry, community,
and academic leader
The approximately 100 page
program booklet containing the
program information, speaker and
participant biosketches, abstracts,
essays, and sponsor advertisements, is published in color and
high-quality glossy paper, and is
read by all participants and
including speakers and conference
guests.
Published four times per year
reaches an audience of over 5000
Korean-American scientists and
engineers in the US. Ask us about
KSEA corporate membership.
Exhibitor Space Includes:
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6 foot table or 10’ x 10’ booth
area
 2 chairs
 Table cloth
 Electrical power, upon request
Our past corporate sponsors have included:
 Advanced Food Systems (AFS)
 Amazon.com
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Daegu-Gyeongbuk Institute of
Science and Tech. (DGIST)
Defense Intelligence Agency
Duo USA
Epsilon Systems Solutions
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Gwangju Institute of Science and
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Technology (GIST)
Image Solutions, Inc (ISI)
KIA
Kollaboration
Korea Evaluation Institute of Industry
Technology (KEIT)
Leadership Education for Asian
Pacifics, Inc (LEAP)
Lee & Ro, Inc.
LG Electronics
National Security Agency (NSA)
 Office of the Director of National
Intelligence (ODNI)
 Rambus*
 Samsung Telecom
 SAP Korea R&D Center
 SK Energy
 Texans Financial
 The Boeing Company*
 Toastmasters
 United Transport Service (UTS)
*Employee matching gift
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Gain visibility and recruit for your organization as a sponsor! Sponsors may reserve named sponsorship for select
program events listed below. Please inquire further for details and arrangements. Program schedule is subject to
change.
Friday 1/22/2016
Saturday 1/23/2016
Sunday 1/24/2016
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Breakfast
Welcoming Session
Conference Orientation
Icebreaker
Networking Lunch
Discussions
Technical Lectures
Research Poster Fair
Dinner Banquet
Evening Entertainment
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Breakfast
Team Activity
Lunch
Technical Lectures
Breakout Sessions
Research Poster Fair
KUSCO Dinner Banquet
Plenary Talk
Evening Entertainment
Photoshoot
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Breakfast
Coffee Hour
Check-Out
Council Session
Awards
Closing
Farewell Lunch
I. Contact Us
We are more than happy to discuss your sponsorship options by email to Mina Choi at yg@ksea.org.
II. Sponsorship Package and Benefits
Please let us know in addition to the desired sponsorship package, any customizations you may have.
We will review your requests and discuss with you the ways in which we are able to meet them.
III. Method of Donation
Provide your company name, contact name, email, phone number, address, and donation amount,
Then to make payment either:
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Mail a Check to KSEA, 1952 Gallows Road Suite 300, Vienna, VA 22182, USA made out to
KSEA with memo YGTLC Sponsorship.
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Pay with Credit Card by calling KSEA HQ at (703) 748-1221 during Office Hours of M-F, 9am5:30pm EST, ask to speak to Finance Manager Kelly Han.
IV. Acknowledgement of Donation
If you need an invoice, IRS 501(c)(3), payment receipt, or other forms., please let us know.
Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to hearing from you.