Seminars & Forums

The Chamber regularly hosts seminars and forums to closely follow market trends and changes in the regulatory environment relevant to the interests of its members.

ECCK News

On November 3, the ECCK successfully hosted a tax forum on the update on Tax amendments 2021.

A Deloitte Korea’s tax partner, inbound and M&A tax leader Scott Oleson covered a discussion on the most recent developments and proposals in Global and Korea taxation including corporation tax law changes for 2020/21 effecting multinational companies operating in Korea as well as individuals and an update on recent tax audit trends.

We would like to thank Deloitte Korea for this informative session. Also, ECCK Tax forum is open to all executives or personnel of member companies related to taxation matters and we are looking forward to providing helpful insight at the next event.

ECCK Tax Forum with Deloitte Korea

November 3, 2020

On November 24, the ECCK CFO Forum was held regarding “Update in Korea Tax Laws including General Taxes, TP and Customs” at the MBK office.

The session covered recent legislative changes regarding BEPS, and how companies in Korea have to manage their TP matters from both tax and customs purposes during this COVID-19 pandemic era. Active Q&A session followed this informative session presented by the partners from KPMG, Tai-joon Kim, Tae Joo Kim and Yu-jin Suh.

ECCK CFO Forum on “Update in General Taxes, TP and Customs”

November 24, 2020

On December 1, a consortium of organizations published a report on the enhanced relationship between Korea and the EU, titled Korea Matters for Europe / Europe Matters for Korea. The report maps out the relationship between the EU and its 27 member states with the Republic of Korea on the tenth anniversary of the bilateral EU-ROK Strategic Partnership, Framework Agreement and Free Trade Agreement.

To provide a complete picture, the report covers the evolution of trade, investment, travel and tourism, educational exchange, culture and studies, and population relations, as well as the DPRK in the context of bilateral relations. Through the presentation of a large amount of data, the report aims for policymakers, businesspeople, journalists, researchers, and other interested groups to better understand the evolution of the relationship between Europe and the ROK.

In order to also share the report’s findings with its members, ECCK organized a webinar on December 2 (the day after its official release) during which Dr. Ramon Pacheco Pardo, KF-VUB Korea Chair at IES-VUB (one of the authors of the report) explained the main findings of the report.

ECCK Webinar with KF-VUB Korea Chair

December 1, 2020

On December 3, ECCK’s Energy & Environment Working Group held a webinar on Waste Management.

During the first session, Ms. Kelly J. Lee and Mr. Jae-Wook Ryu from Shin & Kim introduced the Regulatory Environment relating to Waste in Korea as well as discuss major regulations covering waste and key controversial issues. Also, they touched on the recent trends, changes and policy directions regarding waste management and recycling, and introduction to new changes.

The Waste management policy in the region of Flanders was followed by Mr. Pieter Vervinckt. The region of Flanders in Belgium has one of the highest recycling rates of waste in the European Union. In the second session, the main ingredients of a successful waste management policy were shared.

Besides, Mr. Ted Park, Regional Director Asia Recycling from Tomra Sorting, covered trend in Europe on circular economy with a strong focus on waste management and recycling targets set by EU Directives with empirical cases already happening.

ECCK E&E Webinar on Waste Management

December 3, 2020

ECCK Hosts Live Webinar with the Brussels Effect Author Anu Bradford

October 15, 2020

On October 15, ECCK organized a webinar with Prof. Anu Bradford on the so-called ‘Brussels Effect’, the European Union’s global leading role through its unilateral ability to regulate.

During the webinar Prof. Bradford detailed the Brussels Effect, explained why Washington or Beijing do not possess the same power and explained why certain skepticism about the EU’s power does not hold true. Prof. Bradford, a Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organization at Columbia Law School, is a leading scholar on the EU’s regulatory power and a sought-after commentator on the European Union and Brexit. Prof. Bradford coined the term the Brussels Effect to describe the European Union’s outsize influence on global markets and wrote the book “The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World”.

Cities in Korea can play a pivotal role in creating an enabling environment through regulations and incentives, but the private sector needs to collaborate and explore the cross-sectoral synergies required to achieve a circular model.

Addressing the circular economy in cities requires the design and implementation of transformative activities where different sectors such as water, energy and waste are integrated into systemic roadmaps. A collective understanding of societal problems is essential to progress towards combined system assessments and co-design processes for a portfolio of transformative products and services for facing systemic obstructions and institutional gaps.

On October13, the ECCK Energy and Environment Working Group hosted a webinar on Circular Economy in Cities. Mr. Peter Vangsboand and Ms. Saehee Jeong from the Innovation Centre Denmark at the Danish Embassy shared knowledge and discussed in a Korean context how to developing good practices for achieving more and better dialogue between systemic actors to establish a collaborative multi-stakeholder arena in the utilities, energy and climate adaption sector starting with a demand-led approach, working with Korean city authorities, regional bodies, Korean governments and industry leaders committed to transitioning to the circular economy.

ECCK Webinar on Circular Economy in Cities

October 13, 2020

On November 3, the ECCK Busan Chapter has successfully hosted its first hybrid (virtual & physical) seminar on Korean maritime logistics & Busan port’s future plans at Golden Tulip Haeundae Hotel.

For the first session of the event, a seminar/webinar at an international and national level in the maritime and logistics industry was prepared. Dr. Jan Hoffmann from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) shared with the attendees “the shipping through the pandemic & Korean maritime profile” from Switzerland. Dr. Ho-Chul Park from the Busan Port Authority (BPA) delivered his insights on “Busan Port Now & Vision for Future” at the venue. This interesting first session ended with a Q&A session between the attendees and the speakers which was followed by a networking session for the physical attendees.

ECCK Busan Hybrid Seminar on Korean Maritime Logistics & Busan Port’s Future Plans

November 3, 2020

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