GWANGJU < invest Korea

According to Yonhap News,

Global big tech companies such as Amazon Web Services, Hitachi Energy, and Siemens will visit Gwangju to examine the latest industrial trends.

The Gwangju Free Economic Zone Authority (GFEZA) announced on August 17 that it will hold the '2023 International Investment Promotion Forum' at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center on September 14.

Under the theme of "Sustainable Industry, Creating Opportunities for Tomorrow," there will be three sessions: advanced medical and bio; future energy; and future mobility.

CEOs of global corporations and experts are scheduled to attend to share industrial trends and seek new directions.

Ali Izadi, head of APEC Research Bloomberg NEF, and Tino Hildebrand, vice president of Siemens Korea, will give keynote speeches, while Steven Malme, general manager of Amazon Web Services, will give speeches in medical and bio session.

CEOs of representative companies from each area including Activ Surgical (US), Osteogene Bio (US), Aspect Biosystems (Canada), Hitachi Energy Korea (Japan), SolarEdge (Israel), DETROIT Electric Group (UK), and Quanergy (US), will participate to discuss advanced cases of innovative companies and collaboration measures.

The GFEZA said it will also prepare a B2B event involving CEOs of global big tech companies, domestic companies and investors to help business and investment cooperation between companies.

Commissioner Kim Jin-cheol of the GFEZA said, "It will be an opportunity for global companies to get interested in Gwangju, discovering business cooperation models with domestic companies while laying the groundwork for investment attraction."


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Source: Yonhap News (August 17, 2023)