Event Details

The Asia Business Outlook Survey is our annual survey of business dynamics in the Asia-Pacific region. The survey draws on the views and critical insights of over 500 business leaders at some of the world's largest multinationals. Join us as we review the findings and consider how business leaders across sectors are positioning for 2022.


In the first quarter of 2021 South Korea became one of the first OECD countries to see its economy recover to pre-pandemic levels. EIU estimates that its real GDP will grow by 2.8% in 2022, on the back of strong external demand and rebounding consumption. With highly unpredictable outcome of the elections and possibility of the opposition conservative camp to retake the presidency in the election in March 2022, business have to prepare for the risk of deadlock in policymaking, as the ruling Minjoo Party's large parliamentary majority remains unchanged.


Join us to discuss what are the investment plans of MNs in South Korea, and which industries will be more resilient than others in 2022? How are business leaders positioning their strategies vis-a-vis highly volatile socio-political environment? What are the business opportunities to be considered and why?



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Agenda

7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Registration and Networking
8:00 AM - 8:05 AM
Welcome introduction
Jacco Zwetsloot and Andrijana Cvetkovikj
8:05 AM - 8:30 AM
ABOS Survey Results Presentation
Jacco Zwetsloot
Breakfast to be served
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Panel discussion
Kyungjin Song and Jacco Zwetsloot

Speakers

  • Kyungjin Song (Executive Director of Innovative Economy Forum)

    Kyungjin Song

    Executive Director of Innovative Economy Forum

    Dr. Kyungjin Song was President of the Institute for Global Economics (IGE), a private non-profit research institute in Seoul, Korea.

    Dr. Song served the Government of the Republic of Korea in various capacities. She served, 2009-2011, as special adviser to the Chairman of the Presidential Committee for the Seoul G20 Summit in the Office of the President. While working as special adviser, she also wrote and oversaw the entire production of the official White Paper of the G20 Seoul Summit in 2010. Dr. Song worked, 2008-2009, as special aide to the Special Economic Adviser to the President and Chairman of the National Competitiveness Council in the Office of the President. From 2004 to 2008, she worked in the Ministry of Finance and Economy as foreign press spokesperson.

    Dr. Song also served, 2011-2012, as special adviser to the Chairman & CEO of the Korea International Trade Association.

    Dr. Song participates as a member of the executive committee of the Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance, a global think tank alliance.

    Dr. Song was awarded, June 2011, the Korean Government’s Order of Civil Service Merit “Red Stripes” for her outstanding contribution to the success of Korea’s G20 presidency in 2010. She also received in 2015 the Plaque of Appreciation from JoongAng Ilbo, Korea’s leading daily newspaper, for her contribution to the JoongAng Media Group.

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  • Jacco Zwetsloot (Network Moderator, Seoul at The Economist Corporate Network)

    Jacco Zwetsloot

    Network Moderator, Seoul at The Economist Corporate Network

    Jacco Zwetsloot has lived in Korea for 20 of the last 25 years, with a broad range of work experience in the communication, legal, tourism, training and broadcasting sectors. He has worked as an English teacher, a tour guide for the US military, a regular radio show guest, and a translator of North Korean propaganda. Currently, Jacco works as a content creator for a communications consultancy Insight Communications Consultants, hosts a weekly podcast about North Korea, moderates panel discussions, writes a monthly Korean newspaper column and still leads occasional lunchtime walking tours in downtown Seoul for the Royal Asiatic Society Business & Culture Club. Jacco holds a Master of Arts degree in Korean Studies from Leiden University, a Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies from Monash University and a separate Bachelor of Arts in Modern European Studies and German Language from the University of Melbourne.

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  • Andrijana Cvetkovikj (Director, North Asia of The Economist Corporate Network)

    Andrijana Cvetkovikj

    Director, North Asia of The Economist Corporate Network

    Andrijana Cvetkovikj has a Doctoral Degree from Nihon University, and an Executive MBA from the Fox School of Business, Temple University, and a Master Degree in Cinema and Media Studies from the National Academy of Theater and Film Arts of Sofia, Bulgaria. She is recipient of the the WIN Inspiring Women Worldwide Award 2022. Cvetkovikj was the first resident Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia in Japan from 2014-2018. Cvetkovikj was also the Head of the Digital Diplomacy Unit (2013-2014)and the Public Diplomacy Unit (2018) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Macedonia. She sits on the Board of Del Sole Corporation, and used to be an Executive Advisory Board Member of Cartier-Japan (2018-2020), promoting women’s entrepreneurship and mentoring. Cvetkovikj was a visiting professor at Kyoto University (2012), the International Center for Japanese Studies(2010-2011), the European University and other academic institutes. She is currently an Advisor to the OIST Foundation (the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology).

    Cvetkovikj is the Founder & CEO of BrioNexus, Co., Ltd., Tokyo based consultancy firm, and of a non-profit organization Ambassadors of Change. She is a member of the Japan Board Diversity Network (JBDN), and the Worldwide Women Corporate Directors (WCD) Organization. She has been a speaker at the UN Conference for Climate Change, the World Economic Forum, and other venues. In 2018 she received the distinguished award Doctor Honoris Causa by the European University for contributions in the Sciences and Arts.

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