Past Projects

Since our founding in November, 2011, KoreaPEN has proudly organized and facilitated a diverse range of impactful projects that drive innovation, foster global collaboration, and nurture future leaders.

PE Projects

  • 2025

    • 2025 Global Practice Startup Program — Seoul Foreign School (SFS)

    • 2025 Global Practice Startup Program — Seoul Scholars International (SSI)

    • 2025 Youth Business Summit (U.S. PE Fair) — Korean Delegation Operation

    • Paju Office of Education — Paju Dream Sharing School 3.0 Practice Startup Program (Basic & Advanced, 60+ students) and Practice Startup Festival

    • Goyang Office of Education — Practice StartupBasic Program & Teachers’ Training (85 students, 14 teachers)

    • Bronze Award, Gyeonggi Sharing School Policy Procurement (top score, Regional Education Division)

    • Prize, Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education — for advancing entrepreneurship education

    2024

    • 2024 Korea-Indonesia Cooperation for Making Indonesia 4.0 — Digital Competency Work Experience PE Program (KRIVET, KIET, Indonesia Ministry of Industry, Politeknik STTT Bandung, Politeknik ATI Makassar)

    • German Delegation Program to Korea — Bremen Ministry of Education, HIBB, BHH, Europaschule SZ SII Utbremen, TBM, and Hamburg vocational schools (BS 06, BS 11, BS 17/BMK, BS 32)

    • Virtual Entrepreneurship Program (Extra Curricular) — Seoul Foreign School

    2023

    • 2023 Korea-Indonesia Cooperation for Making Indonesia 4.0: Digital Competency Work Experience Practice Enterprise (PE) Program
      (Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, Indonesia Ministry of Industry, Virtual Politeknik STTT Bandung)

    • Global ESG Entrepreneurship Capstone Design PE Program in Korea and Germany
      (Induk University, Freie Hansestadt Bremen Die Senatorin für Kinder und Bildung, Europaschule Schulzentrum Utbremen, German Chamber of Economy and Commerce in Bremen)

    • Global Practical Training Program: Entrepreneurship PE Program in Korea and Germany
      (Seoul Robotics High School, Ministry of Education, Technisches Bildungszentrum Mitte, Europaschule Schulzentrum Utbremen, Freie Hansestadt Bremen Die Senatorin für Kinder und Bildung)

    • Training of Trainers for PE Program Facilitation
      (Yongin Media Center)

    • Virtual Entrepreneurship Program as Extra Curricular (EC)
      (Seoul Foreign School)

    2022

    • Biotech Hybrid Internship Career Development Program
      (Ghent University Asia Campus)

    • Study Abroad Program for German Students in Korea
      (Europaschule Schulzentrum SII Utbremen)

    • Global Practical Training Program: Global Entrepreneurship PE Program (New York/New Jersey)
      (Induk University, Ministry of Education, Korean Council for University College Education, Fairleigh Dickinson University)

    • Biohealthcare Business Talent Development PE Program
      (Ministry of Employment and Labor, HRD Korea, Sartorius Korea, SKY Patent Law Firm, GB Ventures)

    • 2022–2024 Korea-Indonesia Cooperation for Making Indonesia 4.0: Digital Competency Work Experience Practice Enterprise (PE) Program
      (Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, Indonesia Ministry of Industry, Virtual Politeknik STTT Bandung, Politeknik ATI Makassar)

    2021

    • Hybrid Global Entrepreneurship Experience PE Program
      (Gongju National University, Induk University)

    • Hybrid Internship PE Program
      (Woosuk University)

    • Global Practical Training Program (Germany): Global Entrepreneurship Program
      (Induk University, Ministry of Education, Korean Council for University College Education)

  • 2020

    • Teacher Training Program for Facilitating Entrepreneurship PE Program
      (Gongju National University)

    • Entrepreneurship Practical Experience Program
      (Gongju National University)

    • Facilitator Training Program
      (Ministry of Employment and Labour, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Jeju Regional Human Resources Development Committee, Jeju Women’s Human Resources Development Center, Labor-Management Development Foundation)

    • Job and Entrepreneurship Experience PE Programs for six universities and high schools in Jeju Island

    • Work Experience PE Programs at four high schools

    2019

    • Job and Entrepreneurship PE Programs at four universities in Korea

    • Trainer Training Courses in Seoul and Busan

    • PE Program for 6 High Schools
      (Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Office of Education)

    • Work Experience PE Programs
      (Nonsan Girls Commercial High School, Ganggyeong Girls High School)

    2017

    • Global Entrepreneurship PE Camp
      (Kyungpook National University)

    • Korean Delegation to the Youth Business Summit, the International Practice Enterprise Fair in the USA

    • Entrepreneurship Experience Programs
      (Ministry of Education, National Research Foundation of Korea, and the Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation)

    • German Internship Preparation PE Program
      (HRD Korea)

    • Work Experience PE Program
      (Wonkwang Information Arts High School)

    • Work Experience PE Program
      (Cheongju Girls’ Commercial High School)

    • Korean Delegation to the 52nd International Practice Enterprise Fair in Germany(Kyungpook National University, Seoul Scholars International)

  • 2016

    • Korean Delegation to the 2016 Youth Business Summit, the International Practice Enterprise Fair in the USA

    • Global Entrepreneurship PE Program (Kwangwoon University)

    • Virtual Entrepreneurship Program for International Schools (Seoul Scholarship International)

    • Global IP Leaders Forum (Co-hosted with the Electronic Times)

    • Korean Delegation to the 51st German International Practical Enterprise Fair

    2015

    • Youth Entrepreneurship Experience Program (YEEP) (Ministry of Education, Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training)

    • Work Experience PE Program (Microsoft)

    2013 - 2014

    • Work Experience PE Program (Kunsan National University, 2013~2019)

    • Work Experience PE Program with Seven High Schools in Chungcheongnam-do and Jeollabuk-do (Ministry of Education, Jeonbuk Provincial Office of Education, Chungcheongnam-do Office of Education

Professional Trainings and Conferences

    • KRIVET Seminar on Indonesia-Korea Collaboration (November 2024)

    • 2023 KRIVET Work Experience and Practical Enterprise Activation Seminar (December 2023)

    • Smart Talent Forum 2021 (Globalization Partners, Smart Manufacturing Innovation Association)

    • Global Entrepreneurship Education Conference (Co-organized by the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training and the Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation, October 2017)

    • World IP Leaders Forum (Co-hosted with Electronic Times and IIPCC, December 2016)

    • InfoSec VN 2016 (Vietnam, November 2016)

    • The Pharma-Bio R&D and IP Conference 2016 (Co-hosted with the Korea Pharmaceutical Association, June 2016)

    • Global Future Leaders Seminar (April 2016)

    • InfoSec MN 2016 (Mongolia, March 2016)

    • Global Workshop for Overseas Business Expansion of Pharmaceutical Companies (Series 2, January 2016)

    • Global Workshop for Overseas Business Expansion of Pharmaceutical Companies (Series 1, December 2015)

    • 2nd Corporate Social Responsibility International Conference (November 2015)

    • International Luxury Conference 2015 (May 2015)

    • Pharma Licensing Negotiation Master Class (Hong Kong, March 2015)

    • Creating Shared Value 2014 International Conference & Partnering Festival (December 2014)

    • Electronic Discovery and Records Management Strategy Forum for Government Agency Investigations and International Disputes (April 2014)

    • Pharmaceutical IP Global Innovation Forum (Co-hosted with the Korea Pharmaceutical Association, November 2013)

    • Corporate Governance, Crisis Management, and Compliance Management (GRC) Conference (June 2013)

    • 2nd Pharmaceutical Industry Development Global Alliance and M&A Strategy Conference (Co-hosted with the Korea Pharmaceutical Association, May 2013)

    • Discovery and e-Discovery Excellence in Cross-border Litigation Conference (April 2013)

    • Overseas Training: Establishing Global IP Management Strategies (New York, April 2013)

    • Pharmaceutical and Bio-industry Development and Global Alliance Strategy Conference (December 2012)

    • IPR International Dispute Resolution Conference (October 2012)

    • Overseas Training: Establishing Global IP Management Strategies (New York, April 2012)

    • Global MBA Leadership Conference & Exposition Korea Training Group (Singapore, January 2012)

    • Develop Your Career Globally: Special Lecture Series (Seoul National University, Yonsei University, and KAIST, November 2011)

    • 2nd Content Business Startup Forum (October 2011)

    • 1st Seminar for Content Business Startups (July 2011)

PE Collaborators

Korea PEN collaborates with diverse institutions, corporations, and universities, both domestically and internationally to help university students develop into global talents through Practical Enterprises.

    • Ministry of Education

    • Ministry of Employment and Labor

    • Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education

    • Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Office of Education

    • Chungcheongnam-do Office of Education

    • Jeollabuk-do Office of Education

    • Paju Office of Education

    • Goyang Office of Education

    • Seogwipo City

    • Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training (KRIVET)

    • Human Resources Development Service of Korea (HRDK)

    • Korean Council for University College Education (KCCE)

    • Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation (KOEF)

    • Heungsadan (Young Korean Academy)

    • International Intellectual Property Commercialization Council (IIPCC)

    • Sustainability Management Foundation

    • Australian Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AustCham Korea)

    • Microsoft Korea

    • Samsung Electronics

    • LG Household & Health Care (LG H&H)

    • Amorepacific

    • Intel Korea

    • Google for Startups Campus Seoul

    • Sartorius Korea Biotech

    • Sky Patent & Law Firm

    • Dankook University

    • Ghent University Global Campus Korea

    • Induk University

    • Jeju Halla University

    • Jeju National University

    • Konkuk University

    • Kongju National University

    • Kunsan National University

    • Kwangwoon University

    • Kyungdong University

    • Kyungpook National University

    • Politeknik STTT Bandung

    • Sangmyung University

    • Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SeoulTech)

    • Woosuk University

    • Branksome Hall Asia (BHA)

    • Cheongju Girls' Commercial High School

    • Chungnam Shipbuilding Industrial High School

    • Deokam Information High School

    • Ganggyeong Commercial High School

    • Jeju Girls' Commercial High School

    • Jinkyung Girls' High School

    • Jungmun High School

    • Korea Beauty High School

    • Namwon Jeil High School

    • Nonsan Girls' Commercial High School

    • Pyoseon High School

    • Samnye Technical High School

    • Seocheon High School

    • Seoul Foreign School (SFS)

    • Seoul Robotics High School

    • Seoul Scholars International (SSI)

    • Wonkwang Information Arts High School