‘APEC Summit Gyeongju Hosting’ Hope Forum Held… Lee Hee-beom, Booyoung Group Chairman, Delivers Keynote Speech

Panel Discussion with Former Chief of Security Yeom Sang-guk and Others

Park Jung-ho, Yoon Seung-hyun, and Daniel Lindemann Attend

Gyeongbuk Province and Gyeongju City are making every effort to host the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, and the ‘2025 APEC Summit Gyeongju Hosting Hope Forum’ will be held on September 7 at the Gyeongju Hwabaek Convention Center (hereinafter HICO).

Hosted by Gyeongbuk Province and Gyeongju City and organized by the Gyeongju Hwabaek Convention Bureau Foundation, this forum will feature various lectures including a keynote speech, overseas case studies, and panel discussions under the theme ‘Gyeongju, Riding the Cutting Edge and Running the Silk Road,’ held in two parts.

Promotional Material Announcing the Hope Forum for Hosting the APEC Summit in Gyeongju

The first part of the forum will begin with a keynote speech by Lee Hee-beom, Chairman of Booyoung Group and former Chairperson of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, on the topic ‘The Necessity of Hosting the APEC Summit in Gyeongju ? The World is Transitioning from Regionalism to a Multilateral System.’

Following this, Phan Thi Dao, a diplomat from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Da Nang, Vietnam, will present a case study on overseas hosting. Da Nang successfully hosted the APEC Summit in 2017 and made bold investments in conference and tourism infrastructure as a host city, marking a turning point in its rise as an international tourism city representing Vietnam.

Next, a panel discussion titled ‘APEC Summit, Why Gyeongju?’ will take place. Centered on moderator Park Jung-soo, Vice President of the APEC Society, experts from four fields will discuss the necessity of hosting the APEC Summit in Gyeongju.

In the security field, Yeom Sang-guk, CEO of RTS and former Chief of the Presidential Security Service, will participate; in the economic field, Professor Park Jung-ho of Myongji University; in tourism and MICE fields, Professor Yoon Seung-hyun; and in the cultural field, broadcaster Daniel Lindemann will attend.

After the panel discussion, a dinner will be held in the second part. The dinner will be open to all participants. Anyone interested in Gyeongju’s hope to host APEC can attend the forum, and pre-registration allows for quick and convenient entry on the day.

For more detailed information, please check the HICO website or contact the Gyeongju Hwabaek Convention Bureau.

Mayor Joo Nak-young of Gyeongju said, “Through this forum, we hope to discover new capabilities of Gyeongju, an international city that has long exchanged with the world and is a representative cultural tourism city of Korea,” adding, “We ask for the participation of many citizens to enhance competitiveness as a host city for the APEC Summit and to further spread consensus for hosting.”

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