Famous Domestic and International Music Producers Gather... Daegu City Hosts the First 'World Cultural Industry Forum'

Live Broadcast on YouTube from 10 AM on the 28th

Participants of the '1st World Cultural Industry Forum' eve event held on the 27th are taking a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] The '2020 1st World Culture Industry Forum' (WCIF), where global entertainment industry stakeholders including K-pop discuss cooperation plans, opened online and offline on the 28th at Hotel Suseong in Daegu.

Hosted by Daegu City and Suseong District and organized by the Korea Culture Industry Forum, this forum features participation from renowned domestic and international cultural content producers and is broadcast live in real-time from 10 a.m. with simultaneous Korean and English interpretation via a YouTube channel.

In the first part of the seminar, following welcome and congratulatory speeches by key domestic and international figures including Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun and Minister of Culture Park Yang-woo, a congratulatory message and performance video by SuperM, who topped the Billboard chart with their debut album, will be presented. Additionally, under the theme 'K-POP and Culture Universe,' Lee Soo-man, the executive producer of SM Entertainment, and Steve Barnett, chairman of the global music company CMG (Capitol Music Group), will deliver keynote speeches.

The second part features a special discussion under the theme 'East Meets West in the Entertainment Industry of the 21st Century,' with participation from Katsumi Kuroiwa, CEO of Japan's largest entertainment company AVEX, and CAA (Creative Artist Agency), the world's largest agency company.

The 1st WCIF established the 'WCIF Award,' given to individuals who have contributed to East-West exchange and cooperation in the music and entertainment industry, selecting singer BoA as the first recipient.

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