2025 KSMS International Conference Program (Ver. 2)

      2025 Korean Scholars of Marketing Science International Conference

Theme: Marketing Transformation in the Era of AI Service

Venue: Samsung Hall, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Date: November 22-23, 2025

Conference Organizing Committee Chair: Eunju Ko, Yonsei University

Conference Chair: Charles R. Taylor, Villanova University

Host: Center for Sustainability & Wellbeing, ICONS, Yonsei University

Organizer: Korean Scholars of Marketing Science

Global Alliance of Marketing & Management Associations

Partners: Keio University

Aoyama Gakuin University

School of Fashion & Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Korea Economy & Management Development Institute

Sponsor: Culture Sustainability Wellbeing Lab

Proceedings Editor: Miyea Kim (Changwon National University)

Local Arrangement Committee Chair: Seoungwoo Lee, Yonsei University


 

PROGRAM & VENUE

Nov. 22, 2025

Venue: Samsung Hall, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

10:00-17:00

2025 GAMMA Lifestyle Innovation Award Competition

10:00-17:00

Exhibition

10:00-13:00

Project Presentations

11:30~12:00

Editorial Board Meetings (Seminar Room 112)

- Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science

- Journal of Global Fashion Marketing

- Journal of Global Sport Management

12:00~12:30

KSMS Board Meeting (Seminar Room 112)

12:00~13:00

Lunch (Choi Yi Sun Hall)

12:30~16:00

Registration (Lobby of the Choi Yi Sun Hall)

13:00~14:20

Opening Ceremony (Choi Yi Sun Hall)

- Welcoming Speeches:

Eunju Ko, Yonsei University

The Conference Organizing Committee Chair of 2025 KSMS International Conference

President of Global Alliance of Marketing & Management Associations

- Juran Kim, Jeonju University

President of Korean Scholars of Marketing Science

- Progress Report: 2026 Global Fashion Management Conference at Madrid

Eunju Ko (Yonsei University), the Conference Organizing Committee Chair of 2026 GFMC at Madrid

- Keynote Speech: The Effect of AI Chatbots versus Human Agents on Customer Satisfaction

Ayşegül Özsomer (Koç University), Editor-in-Chief of Journal of International Marketing

14:30~15:45

Session 1.1 International Journal of Advertising & Journal of International Marketing Research Workshop: How to Get Published in the IJA and the JIM (Seminar Room 308)

Session 1.2 Marketing in General /

Fashion in Tourism Communication and Marketing (Seminar Room 307)

Session 1.3 Sustainability in Global Sport: Environmental, Social, and Economic Futures (Seminar Room 303)

Session 1.4 Consumer Interaction Strategies in the Digital Economy / Fashion Marketing and Consumer Research in the Era of AI Transformation (Seminar Room 208)

Session 1.5 2025 Keio University / Aoyama Gakuin University - GAMMA Joint Symposium I (Seminar Room 206)

Session 1.6 Developing Creative Thinking with AI in Business Education (Seminar Room 313)

Session 1.7 AI and Phygital Transformations in Fashion Marketing and Management (Choi Yi Sun Hall)

15:45-16:00

Coffee Break (Lobby of the Choi Yi Sun Hall)

16:00~17:15

Session 2.1 New Developments in Luxury Advertising:  Artificial Intelligence, New Technologies, Sustainability, and Influencers (Seminar Room 308)

Session 2.2 Fashion Marketing & Management in the Age of AI Fashion Transformation (Seminar Room 307)

Session 2.3 Consumers in A Changing Market Place

Session 2.4 Current Issues in Virtual And AI Powered Marketing (Seminar Room 208)

Session 2.5 2025 Keio University / Aoyama Gakuin University - GAMMA Joint Symposium II /

2025 Safety Management Symposium for Children’s Safety Wears (Seminar Room 206)

Session 2.6 2025 SFT of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University - KSMS Joint Symposium (Seminar Room 313)

17:15~17:30

Award Ceremony (Lobby of the Choi Yi Sun Hall)

JGSMS Best Paper Award 2025 / JGSMS Best Reviewer Award 2025

JGFM Best Paper Award 2025 / JGFM Best Reviewer Award 2025

JGSM Best Paper Award 2025 / JGSM Best Reviewer Award 2025

KSMS Service Excellence Award

Nov. 23, 2025

Yonsei University Campus Tour & Business Meetings

10:00-11:00 

Yonsei University Campus Tour 

Meeting Point: In front of Yonsei Students’ Union Building, Yonsei University

*Pre-registration for this campus tour is required.

11:00-12:00

 Business Meetings