Jinju City Holds Meeting on Development Plans for K-Entrepreneurship Jinju International Forum

Jinju City in Gyeongnam has begun preparations to elevate the successfully held ‘K-Entrepreneurship Jinju International Forum’ last month into a world-class economic forum representing South Korea.

The city announced on the 7th that it held a ‘K-Entrepreneurship Jinju International Forum Development Plan Meeting’ at the Korea Automobile Industry Cooperative in Seocho-gu, Seoul, gathering diverse opinions from experts across various fields to grow the forum into an international economic event.

The meeting was attended by Co-Chairmen Mayor Cho Gyu-il, former UN Economic and Social Council Chair Oh Jun, Kim Jong-wook, Vice Chairman of the Jinju K-Entrepreneurship Foundation and representative of Swiss Port Korea, former Chair of the National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences Sung Kyung-ryung, former Chair of the National Water Management Committee Heo Jae-young, Professor Kim Ki-chan of Catholic University, and former Yonhap News Executive Director Cho Bok-rae.

They are holding a meeting to discuss development plans for the 'K-Entrepreneurship Jinju International Forum.'

At the meeting, participants shared the key achievements of the ‘K-Entrepreneurship Jinju International Forum’ held over three days from July 9 to 11, discussed issues and improvements from the preparation phase through post-event management, and explored development plans.

The main achievements highlighted included presenting the ‘Jinju K-Entrepreneurship’ as a new spirit of the era that respects humanity and values community to overcome challenges and crises such as the transition to the digital age and climate change faced by our society, as well as enhancing the brand value of Jinju city through the global spread of Jinju K-Entrepreneurship.

Participants proposed various development plans aiming for the K-Entrepreneurship Jinju International Forum to become a world-class economic forum comparable to the Swiss Davos Forum.

Co-Chairman Oh Jun stated, “Since this year’s event was successfully held in connection with the International Council for Small Business (ICSB), next year we should jointly host the event with international organizations that have global networks such as ICS, and involve global companies originating from Jinju like Samsung, LG, GS, and Hyosung to raise the status of the Jinju International Forum.”

Kim Jong-wook, Vice Chairman of the Jinju K-Entrepreneurship Foundation, said, “For the global expansion of Jinju K-Entrepreneurship, the active participation of global companies from Jinju is most important. The Jinju International Forum has sufficient competitiveness to develop into a world-class economic forum comparable to the Swiss Davos Forum,” and suggested, “Let us boldly adopt what fits our circumstances by benchmarking the Swiss Davos Forum.”

Mayor Cho said, “The K-Entrepreneurship Jinju International Forum has not only publicized the excellence and originality of Jinju K-Entrepreneurship, which respects humanity and values community, domestically and internationally, but also became an important tipping point for the global spread of Jinju K-Entrepreneurship. Together with the Jinju K-Entrepreneurship Foundation, we will thoroughly prepare for next year’s Jinju International Forum from now on and develop it into an international economic forum that nurtures innovative and creative future entrepreneurs who will lead South Korea’s economy.”

Additionally, measures such as activating corporate participation, embracing local residents and organizing special sessions for youth, establishing a dedicated website for the international forum, enabling non-face-to-face participation in response to the digital era, discovering regional specialized industry exploration programs, and building an event operation system using cloud platforms were also discussed as important future tasks for the Jinju International Forum.

Meanwhile, Jinju City and the Jinju K-Entrepreneurship Foundation will participate in a session titled ‘K-Entrepreneurship and South Korea’s Future Growth Strategy’ at the 24th World Knowledge Forum to be held at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul from September 12 to 14 to promote the global expansion of K-Entrepreneurship. In October, they plan to hold the ‘Jinju K-Entrepreneurship Youth Forum’ at the Jinju K-Entrepreneurship Center with youth from various sectors and related organizations of the 4th Industrial Revolution.

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