One of the many professionals you will be able to learn from and interact with at the Go Congress is
Yoonyoung Kim 8P.
Yoonyoung Kim is a professional 8-dan Go player from South Korea. She became a professional in 2007 and was a member of the Korean national team from 2015 to 2017. She won a gold medal in the Women's Team Event at the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games and claimed her first title in the Women's Kiseong tournament the same year.
In 2017, she moved to Canada to promote Go and participated in major North American events, including the 2018 and 2019 US Go Congress and the Canadian Open. After three years, she returned to Korea in early 2021. During her time in Korea, she won the 2022 Women's Baduk League and was the runner-up in the Nanseolheon Cup.
After three years in Korea, she returned to Canada in the summer of 2024 with her two children. Now, while raising her kids, she continues to teach Go through private lessons, workshops, and educational programs.
Visit her website here.