Sessions
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All
Innovation Day
Monday, September 9
Inspire Day
Tuesday, September 10
Knowledge Day
Wednesday, September 11
All
Inspire Arena
Ocean Tower Conference Hall
Inspire A
Inspire B
Mountain A
Mountain B
Island
Events
14:00 - 14:50
Financial Secrecy: An Industrial Organization Framework
14:00 - 14:50
How Tottenham Hotspur Established Itself as a Top-Tier Club
14:00 - 14:50
Human Renaissance in the Era of Robots
14:00 - 14:50
RCEP and Re-Globalization: Game Changers for China's Economic Strategy
14:00 - 18:00
[MBA] Coffee Chat with Global Business Schools
15:00 - 15:50
How Companies can Survive and Thrive in the Climate Crisis: Checklists for Corporate Leaders
15:00 - 15:50
Empathy at the Heart of Coexistence
15:00 - 15:50
Corporate Growth Strategy: Insights on M&A and Governance
15:00 - 15:50
Women's Health Gap: A $1 Trillion Market Opportunity
16:00 - 16:50
The Pitfalls of Attracting and Retaining Talent in a World of AI
16:00 - 16:50
Mastering Strategic Decision-Making: Critical and Rational Thinking for Leaders
16:00 - 16:50
Fintech, Blockchain, and the Upgrade of the Global Payments Systems
16:00 - 17:10
Crypto Market in 2025
17:00 - 17:50
Life Long Learning: Perspective for Future of Executive Education
17:00 - 17:50
Innovation Illusion: How so Little is Created by Working So Hard
09:30 - 10:20
Geopolitical Outlook 2025: End of Co-existence?
09:30 - 10:30
Searching for Future Industries in Space
10:00 - 11:00
[Open Session] Navigating New Knowledge in the AI Era
10:30 - 11:10
Forecasting the 2024 U.S. Presidential Race: Views from Both Sides
10:30 - 11:10
AI Will Cause Jobs to Evolve, Will You Be Able to Evolve With It?
10:30 - 11:30
The Secret of Innovation Introduced by the Winner of the ASEAN Entrepreneur Award
10:40 - 11:10
Conversation with an Investment Guru, Jon Gray
11:20 - 12:00
Chip War 2.0: The Global Battle for Semiconductor Supremacy
11:20 - 12:10
Global Business in Africa
11:20 - 12:10
Trump's Foreign Policy and the Korean Peninsula: A Fireside Chat with Robert O'Brien
11:20 - 12:20
The Great Demographic Reversal
12:00 - 12:30
Book Signing (Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology) / Chris Miller
12:00 - 13:20
[Open Session] The 1st An Jung-geun Awards for Patriots in Business
14:00 - 15:00
[Open Session] WKF 25th Anniversary Opening Plenary: 'Journey Towards Co-existence'
15:10 - 15:50
[Open Session] How to Bring Peace in the Middle East...A Conversation with Naftali Bennett
15:10 - 15:50
Mauricio Macri: Where Argentina's Economy Is Headed
15:10 - 16:00
AI Confessions: The Good, The Ugly, and The Unexpected.
15:10 - 16:00
Yulia Navalnaya: We Need to Talk About the Victims of Putin
15:10 - 16:00
Korea's Quest for Offshore Oil
16:00 - 16:40
[Open Session] The Revolution of AI Translation: The Collapse of the Tower of Babel
16:00 - 17:00
U.S. Industrial Policy Post-Election
16:10 - 17:00
War on Drugs: The Importance of International Cooperation
16:10 - 17:00
Iron Dome: In Defense of the Islands of Democracy
16:10 - 17:00
John Kelly and Andrew Kim's Insights on Global Security with Focus on the Korean Peninsula
16:10 - 17:00
How AI is Transforming Business
16:50 - 17:10
[Open Session] Lee Soo-man on Celebrity, AI, and Our Future
17:00 - 17:30
Book Signing (Fentanyl) / Ben Westhoff
17:00 - 19:00
Türkiye VIP Reception: Insights into Türkiye's Economic Vision and Investment Potential
17:10 - 18:00
How K-pop Mesmerized the World
17:10 - 18:10
[Korea Conference] Sail Away to the Blue Ocean
17:10 - 18:10
[Open Session] Winning Together: Chanho Park's Lessons on Teamwork and Leadership
17:10 - 18:10
Global Money Move
17:10 - 18:10
Building Cyber Resilience
18:30 - 21:30
K-POCHA: Mingling Night
09:00 - 09:40
[Open Session] Coexistence of Two Systems of Governance: Traditional Government for the Physical World, Blockchain for the Digital World
09:00 - 09:40
Türkiye’s Monetary Policy: Disinflation Trends and Economic Impact
09:00 - 09:40
Inclusive Financial System
09:00 - 09:50
Next AI Decacorn
09:00 - 09:50
From Connectivity to Entanglement: A Lecture by Professor Ian Goldin
09:00 - 09:50
Value-up policies: Opportunities and Challenges
09:50 - 10:30
[Open Session] Conversation with Arthur Laffer
09:50 - 10:50
U.S.-China Trade War 2.0
09:50 - 11:00
Economic Outlook 2025
10:00 - 10:40
Captivating World of K-Food
10:00 - 10:50
Audrey Tang: The Power of Collective Intelligence
10:00 - 11:00
Reliable, Renewable Energy
10:40 - 11:20
[Open Session] New Ideas from Dead CEOs by Todd Buchholz
10:50 - 11:30
A New Tax System for a Globalized World
11:00 - 11:30
Book Signing (The New Cold War) / Robin Niblett
11:00 - 12:10
A World Powered by Brain-Computer Interface
11:10 - 12:10
Humanitarian Response in Conflict Zones
11:10 - 12:10
Is Quantum the Next Big Thing?
11:10 - 12:20
Corporate sustainability strategies
11:30 - 11:50
Book Signing (New Ideas from Dead Economists) / Todd Buchholz
11:30 - 12:10
[Open Session] The End of China's Rise and the Future of World Order
11:40 - 12:20
Vietnam - a trustworthy friend in chaotic world
13:30 - 14:30
Why do people indulge in conspiracy theories?
13:40 - 14:30
Battling Obesity
13:40 - 14:30
Navigating Critical Mineral Supply Chains for National Security and Industrial Resilience
13:40 - 14:30
Investing in Turbulent Macroeconomics
13:40 - 14:40
The Future of Agriculture in the Digital Age
14:00 - 14:25
Book Signing (Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China) / Michael Beckley
14:30 - 15:00
Book Signing (Conspiracy) / Michael Shermer
14:40 - 15:20
Six Materials That Are Changing the World
14:40 - 15:30
Energy Game Changer, SMR
14:40 - 15:30
New Way to Honor the Deceased: AI Digital Remembrance
14:40 - 15:40
Unlocking Success with Neuroscience
14:50 - 15:30
Transforming the Agri-Food Industry with AI
15:40 - 16:10
Inside AI Startups: Founders and Product Insights. Fireside Chat between Charles Kantor and Summer Kim
15:40 - 16:30
The Legacy We Leave Behind: Building AI for Future Generations
15:40 - 16:30
Key Holders of Sustainable Architecture
15:50 - 16:40
[The 39th Korea-Japan Business Forum]Fostering Green Energy Collaboration between Korea and Japan
16:00 - 17:30
13th Korea Knowledge Awards
16:20 - 18:00
Innovative Ways to Net-zero
16:30 - 17:20
17th Women Leaders Forum
16:40 - 18:00
The Ethics of AI
16:50 - 18:00
Art in a New Era
17:00 - 18:00
Brewing a Sustainable Future: Navigating the Coffee Value Chain
18:30 - 20:00
WKF Gala Dinner
