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WKF: Global Bureaucrats, Big-Tech CEOs to Share Digitial Vision
[Graphics by Song Ji-yoon] Global big-tech entrepreneurs and policymakers will share their insights and visions on digital and big-tech, the buzzword in Korea under state-led Digital New Deal initiative and countries around the world as they ready for post-pandemic era at this year’s World Knowledge Forum held in Seoul next month. Cedric O, minister of state for digital affairs in France, and Audrey Tang, digital minister in Taiwan, are among the invites to the annual international forum hosted by the Maekyung Media Group. O and Tang, both in their 30s, are dubbed crusaders in digital drive in their countries. O born in 1982 to a Korean father who was a researcher at national defense research institute and a French mother is a close aide to French President Emmanuel Macron. He is leading digital affairs ministry that was newly created in March. O has been advocating the importance of technology prowess in keeping a country’s sovereignty. At the World Knowledge Forum, O will propose a blueprint on digital partnership between Korea and France and share future of France’s digital innovation. Tang from Taiwan is known for her unique background as a transgender and a white hacker that quit school in her teens. She was appointed as the youngest minister without portfolio in Taiwan in October 2016, while working as a “civic hacker” trying to resolve political and social issues in Taiwan through digital technology. Tang has been praised for her pivotal role in combating the coronavirus pandemic successfully in Taiwan by introducing various digital systems to combat the virus. Taiwan introduced an online distribution system for masks to help stable supply in the early stage of the COVID-19 outbreak. Tang proposed a real-name system to the administration regarding the purchase of masks and created the “mask map” website. At the World Knowledge Forum, Tang will introduce digital transformation master plans being led by Taiwan and explain their implications on Korea. Justin Osofsky, chief operating officer of Instagram, also joins the forum. Osofsky, who leads operations and business development at Instagram, will share Instagram’s innovation as how it has moved fast to support the company facing the crisis and changes in future communication methods through social networking platform. Niklas Ostberg, founder and chief executive of Delivery Hero, will also attend the forum as speaker this year for the second year in a row. After attending the World Knowledge Forum last year, Ostberg signed a merger and acquisition deal with Baedal Minjok, Korea’s largest food delivery app. This year, Ostberg will explain changes in global delivery market landscape after COVID-19 and industry-wide innovation and share experiences on startup operations targeting global audiences. He will also speak of criticisms over a monopoly issue after Baedal Minjok takeover in Korea. Kim Jae-hwan, policy head at Korea Internet Corporations Association, expected that a diverse range of new business projects will be introduced at the forum as it will be attended by speakers overseeing digital policy and business around the world. It should be an opportunity for Korea to achieve insights on what strategies are needed to expand its digital industry overseas and to evaluate where Korea’s digital capacity stands at the moment. Under the title of “Pandemics Perspective: Shaping New Global Symbiosis,” the 21st World Knowledge Forum will be held from September 16 to 18 at Jangchung Arena and Shilla hotel in central Seoul with both online and offline sessions. By Yoon Won-sup, Yoo Joon-ho, and Lee Eun-joo
2020.08.12
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WKF in Sept to Provide Investment Solutions During COVID-19 Volatility
The new global order and challenges in the financial market under pandemic influence will be scrutinized, and investment strategies in the volatile and uncertain period explored at the upcoming 21st World Knowledge Forum. The host Maekyung Media Group carefully pooled strategists at home and abroad to share insights about the developments in the global and domestic financial markets at the annual event held on September 16 to 18 at Jangchung Arena and Shilla Hotel in central Seoul. Global chief investment officers (CIOs) will recommend investment guidelines in the uncertain global financial market. Ahn Hyo-joon, who has been serving as CIO of South Korea’s biggest institutional investor National Pension Service since October 2018, will share his know-how that helped the fund generate the largest return rate of 11.31 percent last year despite the high volatility in the global market. Schroders Group CIO Johanna Kyrklund who leads multi-asset investments division and former CIO of Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) Hiro Mizuno will also contribute their expertise. The forum has invited global experts in environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments including Kerrie Waring, CEO of International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), and Fiona Reynolds, CEO of the Principles for Responsible Investment Initiative (PRI). Ryu Young-jae, CEO of Sustin Best who is renowned as an ESG expert in South Korea, and Mizuno who led the efforts to establish the stewardship code in Japan will be discussing ways to build a mutually beneficial relationship between companies and institutional investors for a long term. For the alternative investment sector, global real estate investment moguls including CBRE’s North Asia President Ben Duncan, Macquarie Infrastructure Real Assets (MIRA)’s executive director Michael Chan and Schroders’ global head of real estate Duncan Owen will provide their insights on real estate asset management strategies. The session will be led by Kim Hee-seok, CEO of Hana Alternative Asset Management. Ohad Topor, founder and chairman of TCK Investment, will speak on his experience in managing assets of global super riches based on his credence of serving the rich with more than $5 million assets. The session will be moderated by Mark Tetto, TCK Investment partner and a television personality in South Korea, and joined by Hwang Young-ki, former chairman of Korea Financial Investment Association, and Shin Min-ki, co-CEO of TCK Investment as panels. An Yuhua, Sungkyunkwan Graduate School of China professor will be leading a session about the Chinese market. “The WKF is expected to offer solutions in corporate assessment and wealth strategy at a time smart investment with lush liquidity has become more important than ever,” said Kim Tae-hong, CEO of Growth Hill Asset Management. By Yoo Joon-ho and Choi Mira
2020.08.04
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WKF to Offer Live-Stream, Replay of All Sessions, Exclusive App Coming out Aug
The 21st World Knowledge Forum, Asia’s largest annual business agenda event hosted by South Korea’s Maekyung Media Group, will be live-streamed on a webinar platform to share lively discussions and brainstorming or network in remote environment under virus risks. All the discussion sessions will be available for replay on the platform until the end of the year, allowing more to enjoy the talks of this year’s high-profile speakers. An exclusive app will also be released within the month in Google Play Store and iOS App Store to help business networking. With the app’s messenger option, registered guests will be able to communicate each other in real time and hold a business meeting with others. The host Maekyung Media Group aims to nurture this year’s event as a place to network with others, as well as share the vision and insight of globally renowned speakers. Detailed information on all the agendas, sessions and speakers of the forum will also be available on the app. This year, program books are not offered under the concept of an eco-friendly event. Those who want to join offline sessions have to register first on the mobile app. All registered guests will be offered a summarized report of all sessions after the forum. Under the title of “Pandemics Perspective: Shaping New Global Symbiosis,” the 21st World Knowledge Forum will be held from September 16 to 18 at Jangchung Arena and Shilla Hotel in central Seoul, with both online and offline sessions. Registration deadline is September 29. By Yoon Won-sup and Lee Ha-yeon [ⓒ Pulse by Maeil Business News Korea & mk.co.kr, All rights reserved]
2020.08.04
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WKF Invites US, China Diplomacy Experts to Discuss New Global Order
U.S. and Chinese diplomacy experts are to hold heated discussions on the intensifying power struggle between the two hegemons in the first global-scale forum to be held in Seoul since the coronavirus outbreak. U.S.-China rivalry would be one of the key themes at the 21st World Knowledge Forum, an annual event hosted by Maekyung Media Group to be held on Sept. 16-18 at Jangchung Arena and Shilla Hotel in central Seoul. Hongjun Yu, a former Chinese diplomat, would be speaking in the session "Post-COVID-19 International Order” to share his insight on U.S.-China power dynamics. Yu served as the Vice Minister of International Department of the CPC Central Committee, President of China Centre for Contemporary World Studies (CCCWS) and Member of Foreign Affairs Committee of the CPPCC National Committee. He is currently Adjunct Professor at Renmin University of China and International College of Defence Studies, NDU, PLA, China and Vice President of Chinese People’s Association for Peace and Disarmament (CPAPD). Joining Yu from China would be Guohong Qiu, who served as Chinese ambassador to South Korea for about six years from 2014. Qiu is widely regarded as an expert on Northeast Asia, having spent over 30 years in senior diplomatic posts across China, Japan and South Korea. He was the longest-serving Chinese ambassador in Korea since the two countries normalized diplomatic relations in 1992. He also has over 15 years of experience working for the Chinese Embassy in Japan. U.S. speakers include Edwin Feulner, co-founder and former president of the American think tank The Heritage Foundation, and Marc Knapper, U.S. State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Feulner is considered one of the architects behind the diplomatic policies of the Trump administration. The Heritage Foundation is one of America’s leading conservative think tanks that have played a major role in the policymaking of past Republican presidents. He is expected to share his thoughts on the direction of U.S. diplomatic policy after the U.S. presidential elections in November, as well as his views on South Korea’s alliance with the U.S. and its role in dealing with North Korea. Knapper will share his insights on Northeast Asia policies in the Trump administration. He has held multiple postings in Tokyo and Seoul, giving him unique knowledge into the relations between Korea and Japan. A special session on the “U.S.-China Trade Conflict and Global Trade Governance” would gather trade experts from around the world, including Enrico Letta, former prime minister of Italy; Alan Wolff, deputy director-general of the World Trade Organization; and Jeffrey Schott, senior fellow at the U.S. Peterson Institute for International Economics. The session will discuss the implications of the escalating U.S-China trade war on the global economy and the accelerated decoupling between the two economies following the coronavirus pandemic. By Yoo Joo-yeon and Kim Hyo-jin [ⓒ Pulse by Maeil Business News Korea & mk.co.kr, All rights reserved]
2020.07.29
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Tech Startups Invited to Vie for International Capital at Seoul Startup Fair in Sept.
Up-and-coming tech enterprises across Asia will compete before global venture capitals and international audience with their latest inventions and business ideas this September.Try Everything, jointly sponsored by Seoul Metropolitan Government and Maekyung Media Group, will feature a pitch competition during the three-day startup expo held from Sep. 16, alongside Maekyung’s annual business convention World Knowledge Forum.Some 100 enterprises will present their business models and innovations before international investors, including Tim Draper, Silicon Valley legend known for his early stage investments in Hotmail, Baidu, and Skype. Fleur Pellerin, former French Minister of Culture and Communications and founder of Korelya Capital, a venture capital firm supporting European tech startups, are also invited to the panel.The competition will be run under 10 different themes. Main event is Starup Prize Demo Day, where the winners would compete for investment funds, including 1 billion won ($834,000) from Korea’s Kyowon Group.Other notable events include Korea-ASEAN startup match between selected enterprises from 10 ASEAN member countries, and regional challenge for tech startups in Korea, which will name the contender for final championship Asia Hardware Battle, opening in China this November.Try Everything will also feature lectures, seminars, as well as promotional and meet-up booths. Yancey Strickler, co-founder of Kickstarter crowdfunding platform will share insights into startup’s growth strategy, at the Korean Scale-up session. Case studies on a startup that successfully leveraged crisis time will also be presented.The startup convention will be held on Sept. 16-18 at Jangchung Arena and Shilla Hotel in central Seoul. The hosts expect the conference to be Asia’s top gathering for startups, similar to TechCrunch Disrupt in the U.S., Slush in Finland and VivaTech in France.By Yoon Won-sup, Huh Jin, and Cho Jeehyun [ⓒ Pulse by Maeil Business News Korea & mk.co.kr, All rights reserved]
2020.07.21
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