The Department of Integrative Health will host a special lecture on healing industries, titled “The Future of Wellness through Forest Therapy and Care Farming,” at 1:30 p.m. on September 12^th (Sat) in Room 501 of Building A at Seoul Cyber University. The special lecture will be held both online and offline, and further details are available on the Department of Integrative Health website.

The special lecture will consist of two sessions. The first lecture will be delivered by Shin Won Seop, former Minister of the Korea Forest Service, while the second will be given by Kim Kyung Mi, former Director General of the Agricultural Environment Division at the Rural Development Administration. Shin Won Seop, President of the World Forum on Forest Therapy, previously served as the 30^th Commissioner of the Korea Forest Service and as a professor in the Department of Forest Sciences at Chungbuk National University. For the first session, he will deliver a lecture titled “The Evolution, Practice, and Future of Forest Therapy.”

The second lecture, “Advancing Together: Care Farming and Integrative Health Management,” will be delivered by Kim Kyung Mi, former Director General of the Agricultural Environment Division at the Rural Development Administration. She previously served as Director of the Research Policy Division at the Rural Development Administration and as a member of the Presidential Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs and Food Industry. In her lecture, she will explore new possibilities for healthy living and care based on agriculture.

Lee Min Young, Dean of the Department of Integrative Health said, “The Department of Integrative Health, which is committed to training forest therapy guides and care farming specialists, has organized this special lecture on healing industries for 2026.” She added, “This special lecture, featuring leading experts in forest therapy and care farming, will provide an opportunity to introduce promising career paths in the wellness field.”

Meanwhile, Seoul Cyber University’s Department of Integrative Health is the only department of its kind in Korea and has assembled an outstanding faculty. The department focuses on maintaining and promoting health and preventing and treating disease by utilizing the body’s inherent natural healing abilities. Integrative medicine combines the achievements of modern Western medicine with the strengths of complementary and alternative medicine. Based on this approach, the department aims to cultivate integrative healing professionals through practical education that equips students with knowledge of natural healing theories and techniques.