From musical jackets to clothes that serve medical purposes, the possibilities of high-tech fashion are limitless. Dr. Jisoo Ha, associate professor of fashion design at Seoul National University and a specialist in technological innovations in the fashion industry, will discuss some of the most interesting recent studies and research as well as what the future of this field holds, in Korea and beyond.

Ha received her bachelor of fine arts degree from Parsons the New School for Design, and her master's and doctoral degrees from Seoul National University. She was an instructor at Parsons from 1998 to 1999 and has lectured internationally. Since 2005 she has been developing and designing fashionable high-tech products in collaboration with the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Next Generation Computing Association, and the product designer Myungsoo Lee.

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