Financial Supervisory Service Hosts '2021 Busan Marine Finance Convention'... "Exploring the Future of the Financial Hub"
Held in Busan on November 2
[Asia Economy Reporter Park Sun-mi] On the 2nd of next month, the '2021 Busan Maritime Finance Convention' will be held in Busan to explore development plans for the financial hub.
On the 31st, the Financial Supervisory Service and Busan Metropolitan City announced that in response to the global strengthening of eco-friendly policies, they will hold the '2021 Busan Maritime Finance Convention' on November 2nd at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Busan to grasp the latest trends in the maritime finance market and seek development plans for Busan as a financial hub.
The Busan Maritime Finance Convention has established itself as an international event covering the latest global trends in maritime finance since 2013, and from this year, it will be expanded and integrated with related maritime finance events into the Busan Maritime & Finance Week (November 2-4).
Representing the host organizations, Financial Supervisory Service Governor Jeong Eun-bo will deliver the opening remarks, and Kim Yoon-il, Vice Mayor of Busan, and Kim Yang-su, President of the Korea Ocean Business Corporation, will give welcome speeches to announce the opening of the 'Busan Maritime·Finance Week'. Members of the National Assembly Kim Hee-gon, Park Soo-young, and Jeon Jae-soo are also expected to deliver congratulatory messages.
This convention will focus on the theme 'Changes in the Maritime Finance Market in the Post-COVID-19 Era and Opportunities for Busan,' addressing the eco-friendly trends in the maritime finance market and response strategies for Busan as a financial hub. In the first session, Orestis Schinas, professor at Hamburg School of Business Administration (HSBA), will highlight the current status of eco-friendly initiatives in maritime finance and future market prospects, while Park Young-ho, head of the Maritime Industry Finance Division at Korea Development Bank, will introduce domestic ESG adoption cases in maritime finance.
In the second session, Michael Mainelli, CEO of Z/Yen, the organization that produces the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), will present evaluations and prospects for Busan as a maritime financial center. Professor Lee Ho-seon of Busan Catholic University plans to propose ways to utilize changes in the shipbuilding and maritime industry to revitalize Busan as a financial hub. In the subsequent panel discussion, chaired by Professor Lee Ki-hwan of Korea Maritime and Ocean University, experts from academia and industry will discuss development plans for Busan's financial hub amid the changing maritime finance environment.
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Online registration for participation is available on the Maritime Finance Convention Secretariat website, and the event will also be broadcast live on YouTube.
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