▪ Nam-ki Hong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance (Korea)
- Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank (United States
This year marks the 14th anniversary of Korea’s membership to the IDB. Since joining, Korea has been a key partner in the region through the mobilization of multiple trust funds and knowledge sharing programs to facilitate technological innovation, poverty reduction, increasing access to basic infrastructure, and promoting social development. The panel will discuss the impact that Korea has brought to the region and analyze new potential areas of collaboration
Moderator: Jae Sung Kwak, Kyung Hee College of International Studies, Korea
Panelists:
▪ Federico Gutiérrez, Mayor, City of Medellin, Colombia
▪ Chang Huh, Director General, Development Finance Bureau, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Korea
▪ Dolores Cortés, Director, Institutional Relations, Innovation Park of Buenos Aires, Argentina
▪ Kijoong Kim, Regional President, Regional Headquarter of LAC, Korea TradeInvestment Promotion Agency, Korea
▪ Camilo Kejner, Managing Partner, Angel Ventures, Mexico
▪ Juan Antonio Ketterer, Chief, Capital Markets & Financial Institutions Division, Inter-American Development Bank
Korea was the first East Asian country to seek Free Trade Agreements with LAC partners in the early 2000s, signing FTA with Chile (2004), Peru (2011), Colombia (2013) and Central America (2018). Trade between the two regions experienced a fast and sustained growth, increasing 9.2% per year on average between 2000 and 2018, while Korean investment in the region has expanded sixfold in the last decade alone. This panel will discuss the strategic alliance between Korea and LAC and how to optimize the effect of the FTAs based on the experiences of entrepreneurs and high-level officials from both regions.
Moderator: Fabrizio Opertti, Manager, Integration and Trade Sector, Inter-American Development Bank
Panelists:
▪ José Manuel Restrepo, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Colombia
▪ Sayuri Bayona Matsuda, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade, Peru
▪ Han-Koo YEO, Deputy Minister, Office of FTA Negotiations, Ministry of Trade Industry and Energy, Korea
▪ María Luisa Hayem Brevé, Minister of Economy, El Salvador
▪ Mauricio Castillo Arismendi, CEO, Ingeniería y Construcción Sigdo Koppers Brasil, Brazil
▪ Daniel (Yang-Kyoo) Ju, Executive Vice President, SK E&C, Korea
| 08:30~10:30 | Smart City Technology |
| 08:30~9:00 | Registration |
| 09:00~9:10 | Opening Remarks Agustín Aguerre, Manager, Infrastructure and Energy Sector, IDB |
| 09:10~9:20 | Welcome Remarks Manhee Han, Dean, Urban School, University of Seoul |
| 09:20~9:35 | Presentation Smart Cities of Korea Bumhyun Lee, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements |
| 09:30~9:50 | Presentation Smart City Strategy of Medellin, Colombia Federico Gutiérrez, Mayor of Medellin, Colombia |
| 09:50~10:10 | Presentation Successful Cases of Smart City Solution Ka-yun Jin, Manager, Smart City Association, Korea |
| 10:10~10:30 | Panel Discussion and Q&A |
| Moderator | Sanghun Lee, Vice-President, Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement |
| Panelists | Sangju Lee, Director of Urban Policy Division, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Bumhyun Lee, Senior Researcher, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements Federico Gutiérrez, Mayor of Medellin, Colombia María Mercedes Jaramillo, Sustainable Urban Planning Manager, ProBogota, Colombia Gunhwan Cho, President of Smart City Association, Korea |
Networking Dinner