Changwon Chamber of Commerce and Industry to Hold Consecutive Events with Entrepreneurs, Workers, and Local Residents Together

‘Changwon Sanggongin Day’ Commemoration Week Events Including Changwon E-Festa, IP Startup Festival, and Commemorative Concert

Changwon Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Gyeongnam.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Song Jong-gu] The Changwon Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Gyeongnam will hold various events involving local businesspeople, workers, and residents to celebrate ‘Changwon Businesspeople's Day’ on the 11th.

Earlier, starting from the 1st, Changwon Chamber of Commerce, together with the Good Consumption Boom Promotion Council, launched a local consumption promotion event called ‘Changwon E-Festa.’ On the 2nd, to promote trade for companies in the Changwon area, they signed a business agreement with the Korean American Chamber of Commerce of Orange County, USA, and established a partnership with the Irvine Chamber of Commerce.

The main events will take place this week. On the 8th at 2 p.m., the 23rd Changwon Economic Research Forum will be held in the large conference room on the 2nd floor of the Changwon Chamber of Commerce and Industry under the theme ‘The Role of Local Communities with Youth in the Industrial Transition Period.’

Co-hosted with the Changwon City Policy Research Institute and the Bank of Korea Gyeongnam Headquarters, the forum will feature three presentations: the first by Research Fellow Seo Sun-young of the Changwon City Policy Research Institute on ‘Youth Population Movement and Employment Status in Changwon City’; the second by Professor Kim Jong-dal of Kyungpook National University on ‘Analysis of Gyeongnam’s Major Industry Value Chains and Challenges of Industrial Transition’; and the third by Research Fellow Song Soo-jong of the Korea Employment Information Service on ‘Policy Development and the Role of Local Communities to Improve Youth Settlement Conditions.’ Following the presentations, a panel discussion and open discussion will be led by Senior Research Fellow Shim In-seon of the Gyeongnam Research Institute as the moderator.

On the 9th, volunteer activities will be conducted from 10 a.m. A volunteer group composed of local businesspeople and workers in Changwon will deliver side dishes prepared directly by the Korean Red Cross Gyeongnam Branch to elderly people living alone in the area.

On the 10th at 2 p.m., the Gyeongnam IP Startup Festival, a knowledge property festival involving businesspeople, entrepreneurs, technologists, students, and local residents, will be held in the Grand Ballroom on the 2nd floor of the Grand Mercure Ambassador.

On this day, the award ceremony for the Gyeongnam Startup IR Competition and IP IU CONVENTION (Industry-Academia Intellectual Property Competition), currently being conducted by the Changwon Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Gyeongnam Intellectual Property Center, will be held along with an investment briefing session for intellectual property startup companies. Notably, senior local companies will participate as mentors in the investment briefing session to support the stable settlement and investment attraction of early-stage startups.

On the day of Changwon Businesspeople's Day, the 11th, the Changwon Business Awards Ceremony and commemorative concert will be held in the Grand Ballroom on the 2nd floor of the Grand Mercure Ambassador. The Changwon Business Awards Ceremony, held at 6 p.m., will present awards in eight categories divided into medium-large enterprises and small-medium enterprises, including management awards, technology awards, labor awards, and regional contribution awards.

Following this, the commemorative concert at 7:30 p.m. will be an occasion where award recipients, their families, and local businesspeople gather to share mutual encouragement and hope. The concert, narrated by Seo Hee-tae, the permanent conductor of the KNN Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, will feature soprano Kim Soon-young, baritone Kim Dong-seop, the Good Day male vocal ensemble, and the KNN Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra ensemble.

The Changwon Chamber of Commerce and Industry established November 11 as ‘Changwon Businesspeople's Day’ at the general assembly held last year, marking the anniversary of the founding day when the Changwon, Masan, and Jinhae Chambers of Commerce merged and started anew in 2011.

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