The History Museum follow up the Academic Colloquium of May with the 15th Academic Conference, which is scheduled on October 19, Wednesday. Your kind interest and participation will be deeply appreciated.

□ Theme: Revisiting the Mountain Fortresses of Incheon, to shed light on their historical values
- The cultural values of the mountain fortresses of Incheon area as cultural heritages – examination of the direction for them to be designated as official historical sites by the government.

□ Events in the Academic Conference
- Date: October 19 (Wed.), 2016, 14:00 17:30
- Venue: Poongryu Hall, Intangible Cultural Heritage Training Center (2nd floor), Incheon Metropolitan City
- Host: Incheon Metropolitan City   Organizers: Historical Archive, Incheon Metropolitan City / City History Publication Committee, Incheon

□ Opening (14:00 ~ 14:20)
- Greeting Speech: Sangseop Kim (Director of Culture, Tourism, and Sports, Incheon Metropolitan City), Byeongwook Kim (Vice Chair, Incheon City History Publication Committee)

□ Theme Presentation (14:20 ~ 15:50): Moderator: Okyeop Kang (Expert Advisor, Historical Archive)
- Theme 1 (14:00 ~ 14:50): Current status of the studies on the ancient fortress ruins in Incheon’s seaside areas and mountain fortresses, Byeonghee Kim (Director, Hansung Institute of Cultural Heritage)
- Theme 2 (14:50 ~ 15:20) Mountain fortresses of Incheon, the characteristics, preservation, and utilization – Focusing on Moonhak Mountain Forrest and Gyehang Mountain Forest- Dalwoo Nam (Director Inha Institute of Culture and History/ Cultural Heritage Advisor for City of Incheon)
- Theme 3 (15:20 ~ 15:50) Key issues related to the designation of the Mountain Fortress Relics, Hojoon Kim (Senior Researcher, Chungbuk Research Institute of Cultural Heritage)

□ Break (15:50 ~ 16:10) : Preparation for the next session

□ General discussion (16:10 ~ 17:30): Moderator – Yonggeol Cha (Honorary Professor, Chungbuk National University, Former Dean of Korea Fortress Relics Association
* Themed discussion (3):
-  Theme 1 : Sungsoo Bae (General Director, Department of Exhibition and Training, Incheon Metropolitan City Museum)
- Theme 2: Sungsoo Kim (Director, Korean Archeology and Anthropology Association)
- Theme 3 : Soochan Gyeon (Curator, Gyeyang Mountain Forest Museum)
*Free discussion (3)
- Byeongwook Kim (Vice Chair, City History Publication Committee)
- Seokyong Ha (Head, Incheon Branch, Unesco)
- Sangtae Kim (Chair, Incheon City History Institute) (The participants of free discussions may discuss all of the three themes.)

□ Closing (17:30 ~)