The roundtable conferences of the National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA), known as “NECA Resonance,” organize discussions on core issues of public health and medical care to seek consensus among a wide range of interested parties. Since its establishment in 2009, NECA has held roundtable conferences to resolve conflicting issues in healthcare by developing policies based on rational decision-making processes. The name “NECA Resonance” originates from a branding process of the NECA roundtable conferences intended to preserve the literal meaning of the Korean term “resonance,” which means to empathize with others’ thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, as well as to create a healthier society based on social consensus through a sense of resonance.

he purpose of this research is threefold: first, to improve the operation of roundtable conferences by identifying possible improvements based on previous roundtable conferences; second, to obtain social consensus by narrowing the gap between theory and practice, finding resolutions among stakeholders for roundtable topic conflicts; and finally, to promote the use of roundtable results as a basis for health policy decisions.