World Knowledge Forum
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The World Knowledge Forum is a fete of knowledge, the biggest in Asia. It is also known as Asia's Davos Forum (World Economic Forum
). Established in October 2000, the World Knowledge Forum gathers more than 100 business and opinion leaders from around the world ranging from environmental and international organizations to world's biggest corporations and institutions. These leaders predict the future and discuss possible solutions for problems that are already, or might become, an issue. The main aim is to highlight the importance of knowledge sharing towards a balanced prosperity of the global economy.The WKF is hosted by Maeil Business Newspaper, Korea's premier business daily, in a knowledge-partnership with Bain & Company, a global consultancy. The conference is the largest of its kind in Korea and since 2000 over 600 ~ 1200 local and global leaders from business, government and academic sectors have attended.
Forum themes have ranged from “Shaping the New Millennium With Knowledge” in 2000 to “Knowledge in a World of Risk” in 2002; from “Creativity & Collaboration: Foundation of the New Era” in 2005 to “Collabonomics & Greater Asia” in 2008. The 2010 WKF overall theme is “ONE ASIA MOMENTUM: G20 LEADERSHIP AND CREATINNOVATION”
2008 Key Speakers:
2007 Key Speakers:
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
). Established in October 2000, the World Knowledge Forum gathers more than 100 business and opinion leaders from around the world ranging from environmental and international organizations to world's biggest corporations and institutions. These leaders predict the future and discuss possible solutions for problems that are already, or might become, an issue. The main aim is to highlight the importance of knowledge sharing towards a balanced prosperity of the global economy.The WKF is hosted by Maeil Business Newspaper, Korea's premier business daily, in a knowledge-partnership with Bain & Company, a global consultancy. The conference is the largest of its kind in Korea and since 2000 over 600 ~ 1200 local and global leaders from business, government and academic sectors have attended.
Forum themes have ranged from “Shaping the New Millennium With Knowledge” in 2000 to “Knowledge in a World of Risk” in 2002; from “Creativity & Collaboration: Foundation of the New Era” in 2005 to “Collabonomics & Greater Asia” in 2008. The 2010 WKF overall theme is “ONE ASIA MOMENTUM: G20 LEADERSHIP AND CREATINNOVATION”
2009
Main Theme: One Asia, New Economic Order and Recovery- Greater Asia : Outlook 2009
- Partnering for Growth
- Finance beyond Uncertainty
- Network Innovation
- Green is Green
- Government as Biz Partner
- Win-Win Society
2008
Main Theme: Collabonomics + Greater Asia- Greater Asia : Outlook 2009
- Partnering for Growth
- Finance beyond Uncertainty
- Network Innovation
- Green is Green
- Government as Biz Partner
- Win-Win Society
2008 Key Speakers:
- Richard BransonRichard BransonSir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, best known for his Virgin Group of more than 400 companies....
, President and Founder of the Virgin Group - Michael PorterMichael PorterMichael Eugene Porter is the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School. He is a leading authority on company strategy and the competitiveness of nations and regions. Michael Porter’s work is recognized in many governments, corporations and academic circles globally...
, Professor of Harvard University - Eric MaskinEric MaskinEric Stark Maskin is an American economist and Nobel laureate recognized with Leonid Hurwicz and Roger Myerson "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory." He is the Albert O...
, 2007 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics - H.E Amr bin Abdullah al-Dabbagh, Governor of SAGIA
- Maurice StrongMaurice StrongMaurice F. Strong, PC, CC, OM, FRSC is a Canadian entrepreneur and a former under-secretary general of the United Nations. Strong's first name is pronounced "Mor'ris" with the accent on the first syllable....
, Former Under Secretary General of UN - John HowardJohn HowardJohn Winston Howard AC, SSI, was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He was the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies....
, Former Prime Minister of Australia - Bertie AhernBertie AhernPatrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern is a former Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 26 June 1997 to 7 May 2008....
, Former Prime Minister of Ireland - Esko AhoEsko AhoEsko Tapani Aho is a statesman and former Prime Minister of Finland.-Early life and career:Aho was born in Veteli, Finland. Prior to attending university, he began a career in politics. From 1974 to 1979, he was Chairman of the Finnish Centre Youth, which had before him grown many of his...
, Former Prime Minister of Finland - James WolfensohnJames WolfensohnSir James David Wolfensohn AO KBE FKC was the ninth president of the World Bank Group.-Early life:James Wolfensohn was born in Sydney, Australia, on 1 December 1933...
, Former President of World Bank - Robert PoletRobert PoletRobert Polet is the CEO of Gucci Group and formerly worked as the president of the ice cream and frozen foods division of Unilever. A self-described "modern gypsy", he moved frequently from country to country and his international experience was one of the attributes the Gucci owner, PPR, was...
, CEO of GucciGroup - Richard Levin, President of Yale University
- Jack TroutJack TroutJack Trout is among the world’s most famous marketing gurus. Over the 40 years of marketing consultancy work, Jack Trout has engaged in hundreds of assignments all over the globe...
, Author of Positioning - Hiroshi KomiyamaHiroshi Komiyamais a Japanese scientist. He was the president of University of Tokyo from April 2005 to March 2009. His major research fields are Chemical engineering, Environmental engineering, functional material science and CVD reaction engineering....
, President of University of Tokyo - Frank-Jürgen RichterFrank-Jürgen RichterFrank-Jürgen Richter is a German entrepreneur and currently the Chairman of Horasis. He has served in that role since he founded the organization.-Business Meetings:...
, Chairman of Horasis
2007
Main Theme: Wealth Creation & Greater Asia- Emerging Asia
- New Growth
- Evolution of Finance
- Leadership
- Security & Prosperity
- Web 2.0
2007 Key Speakers:
- Alan GreenspanAlan GreenspanAlan Greenspan is an American economist who served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States from 1987 to 2006. He currently works as a private advisor and provides consulting for firms through his company, Greenspan Associates LLC...
, Former Chairman of Federal Reserve Board - Colin PowellColin PowellColin Luther Powell is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African American to serve in that position. During his military...
, Former Secretary of State of USA - Tom PetersTom PetersThomas J. "Tom" Peters is an American writer on business management practices, best-known for In Search of Excellence .-Life and career:Peters was born in Baltimore, Maryland...
, Chairman of Tom Peters Company - Edmund PhelpsEdmund PhelpsEdmund Strother Phelps, Jr. is an American economist and the winner of the 2006 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Early in his career he became renowned for his research at Yale's Cowles Foundation in the first half of the 1960s on the sources of economic growth...
, 2006 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics - Vinton Cerf, Vice President & Chief Internet Evangelist of Google Inc.
- Peter SandsPeter Sands (banker)Peter Sands is a British banker. Since November 2006 he is chief executive officer of Standard Chartered plc.- Early Life :...
, Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered Bank - Stephen S. Roach, Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia
- Min Zhu, Group Executive Vice- President of Bank of China