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Gwangju Free Economic Zone Authority holds ‘International Investment Attraction Forum’ on the 14th
Amazon, Google, Hitachi Energy, KEPCO, Hyundai Corporation, etc. participated.
- The theme of ‘Sustainable Industry, Creating Tomorrow’s Opportunities’ at the Kim Dae-jung Center
- 3 sessions including advanced medical/bio, future energy, and future mobility
- Global industrial trend outlook… Corporate investment consultation and business cooperation opportunities
The ‘International Investment Attraction Forum’ will be held in Gwangju with the participation of a large number of global big tech companies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, Hitachi Energy, Korea Electric Power Corporation, and Hyundai Corporation.
The Gwangju Free Economic Zone Authority will hold the ‘2023 International Investment Attraction Forum’ at the Kimdaejung Convention Center on the 14th, predicting the new direction of global industrial trends and providing business cooperation opportunities for related companies.
This forum, held under the theme of ‘Sustainable industry, creating opportunities for tomorrow (FUELING THE FUTURE)’, will be run with an opening keynote speech at 10 a.m. and three sessions, including advanced medicine and bio, future energy, and future mobility.
There will also be discussions for each session, business cooperation consultations (B2B) between foreign and domestic companies participating in the forum, and networking events for participants.
At the opening ceremony, Ali Izadi-Najafabadi, head of Asia-Pacific research at BloombergNEF, a global research institute, and Tino Hildebrand, vice president of Siemens Korea, will appear as speakers and deliver keynote speeches.
In his keynote speech, General Manager Ali Izzadi said that despite the uncertain environment such as inflation in Europe, investment in energy transition technology in 2022 exceeded $1 trillion for the first time in history, and that while sales of renewable energy and electric vehicles are increasing, investment trends in energy transition and An announcement will be made regarding future efforts needed.
The three themed sessions of this forum include 12 overseas global companies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, Hitachi Energy, and SolarEdge, and 4 domestic companies such as Korea Electric Power Corporation and Hyundai Corporation. Institutions participate.
In addition, 8 foreign companies, 19 domestic companies, and 2 investors (VCs) in the metropolitan area are scheduled to participate in the event through various promotional and company attraction efforts.
In this forum, new trends in the global industry will be forecast from the perspective of CEOs who directly participate in corporate management, and presentations and discussions will follow on the direction in which global innovative companies will move forward.
As a side event, a business cooperation consultation (B2B) will be held with CEOs (CEOs) of global big tech companies participating as forum speakers and domestic companies and investors (VCs).
As a result of this consultation, the Gwangju Business Administration plans to actively support companies that have confirmed their intention to cooperate in business or have established contact points, so that they can lead to specific results through additional discussions.
In addition, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's caravan event will be held on the 13th, the day before the forum, and the National Free Economic Zone Administrators' Council will be held in Gwangju on the 15th, the day after the forum.
The caravan event is a regional touring event to promote foreign investment attraction hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. Five overseas companies participating in the forum and two foreign-invested companies in the Gwangju region will participate to provide foreign investment consultation and networking among participating companies.
The National Council of Free Economic Zone Administrators is scheduled to be attended by about 40 people, including the heads of the Economic and Economic Development Administration and officials from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, to discuss pending issues in free economic zones.
Kim Jin-cheol, head of the Gwangju Free Economic Zone, said, “This forum is the first international investment attraction forum held in the region, and it will be an opportunity to lay the foundation for investment attraction by creating business cooperation opportunities between overseas global companies and domestic companies.” He added, “The forum will be successful.” “We will do our best to make it happen,” he said. <End>
(Gwangju Free Economic Zone Authority, 613-6041)
