President Sung-Chul Shin participated in the 2017 Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum for October 1 through 3 in Kyoto, Japan as speaker. At the forum, President Shin made a speech on the role of think-tank, government, and the pubic investment for making innovation of science and technology. More than 100 leaders in governments, universities, and industry including Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan and many Nobel laureates attended the forum.