Small Enterprise and Market Service, Online Forum on 'Small Business Big Data Platform Construction Plan'

On the 5th, Sojinkong Expert Discussion at Mapo Dream Square, Q&A via Comments Also Available

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Jong-hwa] The Small Enterprise and Market Service (SEMAS) announced on the 4th that it will hold an online policy forum on the theme of "Establishing a Big Data Platform for Data-Driven Management of Small Businesses" at 2 p.m. on the 5th at the SEMAS Mapo Dream Square located in Mapo-gu, Seoul.

In this forum, considering that data-driven management for small businesses has become a necessity rather than an option amid the rapidly changing distribution environment due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the swift reorganization into the 4th Industrial Revolution era, topics such as "Utilization of the 4th Industrial Revolution and Big Data," "The Necessity and Utilization Plans for Building a Big Data Platform for Small Businesses," and "SEMAS’s Commercial Area Information System and Its Advancement Plans" will be explored together.

The forum will be attended by Cho Bong-hwan, Chairman of SEMAS; Lee Dong-joo, member of the Democratic Party of Korea; Han Moo-kyung, member of the People Power Party; In Tae-yeon, Secretary for Self-Employment; and Cho Joo-hyun, Director of Small Business Policy at the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. The event will be broadcast live on YouTube from 2 p.m., and anyone interested in related fields such as small business owners, prospective entrepreneurs, and small business consultants can participate online.

The forum will proceed with presentations and discussions by experts in the distribution sector from academia, research institutes, and the distribution industry, followed by a Q&A session through the YouTube comment section.

Kang Maeng-su, CEO of PKG Intelligences, will give a presentation titled "Building a Big Data Platform for Data-Driven Management of Small Businesses." Discussants include Professor Choi Kyu-wan of Kyung Hee University, Park Dae-won, Director of the Commercial Information Research Institute, Jung Eun-ae, Research Fellow at the Small and Medium Business Institute, Kim Sung-pyo, Research Fellow at the Sejong Institute, Lee Eun-cheong, Manager at the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, and Kim Kwan-ho, Director at SEMAS.

Cho Bong-hwan, Chairman of SEMAS, said, "This online policy forum was prepared to establish a response system so that small business owners can proactively cope with the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution and digital transformation," adding, "We will do our best through expert consultation and policy research to explore policy measures necessary for building and utilizing a big data platform for small business owners facing the rapidly changing distribution environment due to COVID-19."

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