On May 2 2016, Professor Jaeyoung Park  , president of the world's leading commercial fusion company, EMC2, delivered a special lecture at Khon Kaen University, hosted by the College of Local Administration in association with the Office of the Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer. The special lecture's topic was on magnetic-electrostatic confinement, or 'polywell' fusion energy technology, where EMC2 owns key intellectual property and patents.