We’ll open Next Library Satellite Seoul by gathering all participants together for a shared beginning - welcoming the community, introducing the festival, and a fireside chat reflecting on the elements of community. The fireside chat will explore on the making of Next Library as both a festival and a community, and on the values and spirit it carries as it arrives in Asia for the first time, in a conversation between Marie Østergård, Library Director of Aarhus Public Libraries and Yoonmi Eom, CSO of SeeArt Foundation. The evening continues with an informal Get2Gether with food, drinks, and music, creating space to connect and ease into the days ahead.