On March 17, the ECCK CFO Forum held a session“Digital Transformation for Intelligent Enterprise” at The Executive Center.

The session was presented by Mr. Shawn Chun, Head of Industries and Customer Advisory of SAP Korea, and explored how new technologies are being used for corporate management and what can be done with them. In addition, the forum discussed the meaning of Intelligent Enterprise, which is what leading companies are pursuing, and what role Digital Transformation plays for this. Lastly, we would like to thank The Executive Center once again for their generous venue support.

CFO Forum on Digital Transformation for Intelligent Enterprise

March 19, 2021

HR Forum on Remote Working

March 11, 2021

On March 11, ECCK organized a session for its HR Forum on Remote Working. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 many companies have devised ways to implement or improve their ways of remote working.

During this session, Mr. Eric Wan, Principal Consultant at RDI Worldwide and Mr. Praveen Upadhyay, Director People & Culture for Korea at Phillip Morris International shared their insights into what are the key aspects of a successful remote working strategy. We would like to thank our speakers for sharing their wonderful insights.

On March 16, the ECCK hosted a live webinar on 'AI+Ethics=Problems Solved?'. During the webinar, Mr Robert Wagner (Professor of University of Applied Sciences Nordhausen) shared his insights and depth knowledge on Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Live Webinar on AI+Ethics=Problems Solved?

March 16, 2021

Live Webinar on Female Empowerment

March 8, 2021

On International Women's Day, the ECCK hosted a live webinar on the importance of female empowerment and contributions companies can make.

The webinar was presented by Kumjoo Huh (Executive Vice President of Kyobo Life Insurance), Heekyung Min (Executive Vice President CJ CheilJedang), Gilles Fromageot (President & Chief Executive Officer of AXA Korea), and Patsy Li (Global Community Director/Executive Director of The Executive Centre Korea). Ms Eunice Kim, former professor of Ewha Woman University Law School, moderated the event. We would like to thank our speakers for their valuable insights.

On February 23, the ECCK hosted a webinar on the Future of the WTO. During this webinar, Seokyoung CHOI (Senior Advisor, Lee & Ko), Hosuk LEE-MAKIYAMA (Director, ECIPE) and Ignacio GARCIA BERCERO (Director in DG Trade, European Commission) shared their insights and depth knowledge about the WTO.

They explained the WTO’s current situation, assessed the future challenges, and discussed about the direction taken by new leadership.

Live Webinar on the Future of the WTO

February 23, 2021

On February 18, the ECCK hosted a webinar on Enhancing Supply Chain Resilience. During this webinar, Toby Adam HOGG (Regional Lead Logistics Product Manager, Maersk), Mr. Pascal Robin (General Manager, Sanofi Pasteur Korea) and Mr. Thomas Choi (Head, Evonik Korea affiliates) shared their insights on how the resilience of their supply chain is enhanced and where possible challenges remain.

Live Webinar on Enhancing Supply Chain Resilience

February 18, 2021

On February 9, the ECCK hosted a webinar on Risk Outlook 2021. Dr. Hyunick KIM (Medical Advisor,International SOS) and Ms. Jaeeun LEE (Security Manager, International SOS) shared their view and insight of all the risks and opportunities which lie ahead of us based on annually published Risk Outlook report by International SOS.

Live Webinar on Risk Outlook 2021

February 9, 2021

On February 4, ECCK organized a webinar on the Severe Accidents Penalties Act, which was passed by the National Assembly in January.

During this webinar Mr. Jungwoo Lee, Partner at Yulchon, introduced the general framework and implications of the new Act. Following that, Mr. Yung Sang Lee, Partner at Yulchon focused the Act’s potential legal risk in terms of prosecution. Lastly, Mr. Moritz Winkler, Partner (Foreign Attorney) at Yulchon shared how Compliance Teams can mitigate the impact of the new Act.

Live Webinar on the Severe Accidents Penalties Act

February 4, 2021

On February 2, ECCK organized the sixth edition of its annual Labour Market Trends and Expectations 2021 seminar.

During the webinar Mr. JunWon Choi, Country Manager of Robert Walters Korea, spoke about the Korean labour market and trends by sector as well as amongst professionals. Thereafter, Ms. HC Elizabeth Yu, Co-Head of Employment at Bae, Kim & Lee provided an overview of pertinent changes to employment related regulations in 2021, as well as major employment and labour policies.

Live Webinar on Labour Market Trends and Expectations 2021

February 2, 2021

On January 21, ECCK President Christoph Heider spoke about the effect of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on Korea during a joint webinar. The webinar featured participation by European chambers operating in the RCEP countries and was organized in collaboration with the EBO Worldwide Network

Joint ECCK-EBOWWN Webinar on RCEP

January 21, 2021

On January 18, ECCK organized a webinar about proposed bills to create an expansive class action and punitive damages system in Korea.

During the webinar Kim&Chang’s Jay Kim and Seong-Soo Park explained the background and current status of the bills before discussing the key features (from the introduction of a jury system to civil cases and the retro-active effect of the class-action bill to advised preparatory steps for companies).

Live Webinar on Class Action Act

January 18, 2021

On January 13, ECCK organized a webinar on the Economic Outlook for 2021 for more than 100 participants. Ms. Juliana Lee (Managing Director of Deutsche Bank) shared her expectations on the economic developments in the wider Asia region, after which Dr. Kyu-Chul Jung (Director at the Korea Development Institute) focused his remarks on Korea’s economic outlook.

Live Webinar on Economic Outlook

January 13, 2021