Seong-Ik Oh, who was born and raised in Jeju, is responsible for the implementation of smart city policy in Korea’s innovation cities as Director of Innovation City Support Policy of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. In his career, he has made efforts to apply new ideas and technologies for people’s better life, as seen in his success in revising the Motor Vehicle Management Act to permit O2O (online to offline) services in the market through persistent persuasion and negotiation with industry stakeholders and the National Assembly, which was the first legalization of O2O service in Korea. He received a master's degree from Harvard Kennedy School and Tufts University, respectively. Also, he earned a PhD degree from the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University. He worked as a civil servant at the Ministry of Ocean and Fisheries, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and the Presidential Committee for Regional Development. He is also an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Public Administration, Yonsei University. He co-authored Big Picture 2017: 4th Industrial Revolution and Irony of Isolationism (Thinking Garden, 2017), and his recent publications in academic journals include “The Republic of Korea’s Eurasia Initiative and its Full Membership in OSJD
: From the Perspective of Veto Player Theory” (2015), “Korea’s Designation of Living Happiness Sphere in the Local Area from the Perspective of New Institutionalism” (2015).