Choi Tae-won: "Please Participate in the Icheon Forum to the Extent That Servers Might Crash"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park So-yeon] SK Chairman Chey Tae-won appeared on the company broadcast on the 11th to promote the Icheon Forum, saying, "Please participate actively to the extent that there are talks about the server going down."

Through the video titled 'Chey Tae-won Class Interference Point' released on SK's internal broadcast that day, Chairman Chey encouraged attendance at the Icheon Forum, which will be held for three days from the 18th to the 20th of this month at the SKMS Research Institute located in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province.

Now in its fourth year, the 'Icheon Forum' is SK's annual symposium where representatives and employees of SK Group affiliates discuss economic, social, geopolitical issues, and technological innovation with world-renowned scholars and experts, seeking ways to realize social value through these discussions.

This year's motto for the 'Icheon Forum' is 'Design Deep Change,' and it plans to discuss concrete measures to realize 'Deep Change.'

Since June, Chairman Chey has appeared on the company broadcast a total of four times, including a 'ramen mukbang,' encouraging employee participation. Shedding the authority of a chairman, he communicated with employees with so-called 'B-grade sensibility,' attracting attention.

In the video that day, he explained the reason for personally appearing in the Icheon Forum promotional video, saying, "When having meetings via video, there needs to be a way to immerse oneself. The challenge is to keep communication going."

Chairman Chey emphasized, "Through learning opportunities like the Icheon Forum, you need to understand how the world moves to know what might happen next year. Deep change is not completed at once but must be steadily continued every year, and only by exploring and researching on your own can you stay ahead."

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