​On Friday, September 11, the Sejong Institute held a closed-door kick-off seminar with the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS).

Participants from the Sejong include:

- Jungsup Kim, President

- Beomchul Shin, Principal Research Fellow

- Joonkoo Yoo, Senior Research Fellow

- Sungwon Lee, Research Fellow

- Bee Yun Jo, Resaerch Fellow

Other Participants include:

- Torunn Laugan Haaland, IFS 

- Ian Bowers, IFS

- Øystein Tunsjø, IFS

- Cho Sungmin,​ Sungkyunkwan University

- Jeon Kyung Joo, Asan Institute for Policy Studies

- Kang Seung Mo, Korea Institute for Maritime Strategy

- Kim Inwook, Sungkyunkwan University

- Lee Sangkye, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses

- Sohn Hanbyeol, Korea National Defense University

- Park Jae Jeok, Yonsei University

- Espen Frederik Larsen, Norwegian Embassy in Seoul

- Petra Karlsen Stangvik, Norwegian Embassy in Seoul

- Colm Munday, British Embassy Seoul​

- Jee Je Hyeok, U.S. Embassy Seoul

- Jonathan Taylor, CIV USPACOM UNC

- Khanh Nguyen, U.S. Embassy Seoul

- Nishioka Nana, Embassy of Japan

- Scott Morrissey, CIV USPACOM USFK

- Yun Stacey, LN USPACOM UNC