The Australia-Korea Business Council is hosting the 43rd Australia-Korea Business Council (AKBC) - Korea-Australia Business Council (KABC) Joint Meeting in Sydney on 29th - 30th November 2022.
The theme for the 43rd AKBC-KABC is Powering future development in the bilateral relationship. Presentations and discussion at the Joint Meeting will focus on green energy, critical minerals, defence, education, renewables and hydrogen, infrastructure and financial services opportunities between our two countries. Please see here for the draft agenda.
This event attracts a senior delegation from Korea, led by the KABC Chairman and CEO of POSCO, Mr Jeong Woo Choi along with senior business, and government representatives from Australia led by the chair of the AKBC, the Hon. Simon Crean.
This year's speakers include:
Session 1 Speakers include: Prof.Kent Anderson- Education Subcommittee Chair and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Global, University of Newcastle Prof.Heejin Lee- Director of the Centre for Australian Studies, Yonsei University
Session 2 Speakers include: Rowena Smith- Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Australian Strategic Materials Ltd. Dale Henderson- Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Pilbara Minerals Kyungsub Lee - Executive Vice President,POSCOHoldings Richard Cho- Managing Director & Vice President, Hanwha Defence Clare Pope- Partner, PwC Sanjeev Gupta - Executive Chairman, GFG Alliance
Session 4 Speakers include: Richard SAMPSON GENEST- Chief Commercial Officer, Stahmann Webster Stephen Timms- Chief Executive Officer (CEO), LOTTE Travel Retail Australia Pty Ltd. Tae-shin Kwon- Vice Chairman, Federation of Korean Industries (FKI)
Session 5 Speakers include: Augustine Kang- Director of the Infrastructure & Structured Finance Unit, NSW Treasury Jay Lee- Executive Director, GS Engineering & Construction Corp. Guy Debelle - Chief Financial Officer (CFO),Fortescue Future Industries Juik Cho - Executive Vice President, POSCO Holdings Nick Entsch - Associate Director, Macquarie Group
This event provides an important opportunity to build and strengthen networks and learn about evolving and emerging business opportunities in the Australia-Korea corridor. AKBC will also be launching the AKBC Financial Services and AKBC Education Services Reports at the Joint Meeting.
Please note that the annual AKBC-KABC Joint Meeting is a members only event, if you would like to become an AKBC member, please contact us for further details via [email protected].
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