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KEY SOFTPOWER FORUM 2024

How is South Korea reinventing the concept of Soft Power?

February 1st, 2024

At the Cinéma l’Arlequin, Paris

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INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
 
  • Jean-Pierre Raffarin, former Prime Minister of France

  • Catherine Dumas, President of the France-Korea Senate Friendship Group

  • Eva Nguyen Binh, President of the Institut Français

  • Philippe Li, President of KEY

MC: Mignon YuExecutive Director at AGC Equity Partners

PARTI 1: ROUNDTABLES 
FIRST ROUNDTABLE : THE LAND OF CULTURAL MODERNITY
How is Korea renewing the concept of culture by combining art, innovation, aesthetics and marketing?

 

Moderator:  Justine Laguerre, Senior Brand Strategist and KEY NextGen

 

PANELISTS:

  • Fiona Bae, Communications Consultant and Author of Make Break Remix: The Rise of K-style

  • Arnaud Bertrand, Curator of Korean and Chinese collections at the Musée Guimet and Professor at the École du Louvre

  • Jin Woo Park, CEO of TMONET, company specialized in mobile payment, secure environment and unique arts and culture projects

  • Christophe Pradère, CEO of BETC Design, a consultancy firm for creative industries

  • Hae Shin Lim, Senior Consultant at Hyphen Consulting

SECOND ROUNDTABLE: KOREA ON SCREEN
 
What lies beneath the widespread global appeal of Korean films and series?
Moderators: Émilie Luthringer, Project Manager Asia Society Switzerland and KEY NextGen and Daniel Lacabane, Partner and Associate Director BCG
 
PANELISTS:
  • Pierre Giacometti, President of NoCom, consulting firm specializing in communications and opinion strategy
  • Sarah Lelouch, Producer and Director of documentary and fiction films
  • Emmanuelle Spadacenta, Editor-in-Chief of Cinemateaser magazine, French monthly film magazine
  • Jérôme Peyrot, Head of Content Marketing Samsung France
 
PART 2: EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW SCREENING OF A NETFLIX PRODUCTION
First two episodes of A Killer Paradox starring Choi Woo-shik (Parasite, Train to Busan), Son Seok-gu (My Liberation Notes, Sense 8) and Lee Hee-joon (Mouse, The Legend of the Blue Sea).
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EVENT RECAP

Recap of the Soft Power Forum Korea-Europe in Paris with 400 participants:
 

FORUM SPEAKERS

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Jean-Pierre Raffarin

Former Prime Minister of France

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Catherine Dumas

Senator, Chairwoman French Senate France-Korea Friendship Group

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Eva Nguyen Binh

President of the Institut Français

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Philippe Li

KEY President

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Mignon Yu

Executive Director at AGC Equity Partners

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Justine Laguerre

Senior Brand Strategist

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Émilie Luthringer

Project Manager at Asia Society

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Christophe Pradère

CEO of BETC Design

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Daniel Lacabane

Partner and Associate Director BCG

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Arnaud Bertrand

Curator of Korean and Chinese collections at the Musée Guimet

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Fiona Bae

Communications Consultant and Author of The Rise of K-Style

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Jin Woo Park

CEO of TMONET

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Hae Shin Lim

Senior Consultant at Hyphen Consulting

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Sarah Lelouch

Films and Documentary Producer

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Pierre Giacometti

President of NoCom

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Emmanuelle Spadacenta

Editor in Chief of Cinemateaser

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Jérôme Peyrot

Head of Content Marketing & Business Development Samsung France

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KEY CONTRIBUTORS

Members of the KEY Soft Power Initiative Working Group who made this forum happen through their valuable support and insights.

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Tom Fleury 

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Maria Drissi Habti

President of ESSEC Korea

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Louna Balanche

Master Student International Business, University Paris Dauphine

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Zachary Petit

KEY Intern

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Emma Lombard

Master Student  Intercultural Management, ISIT Panthéon Assas

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Romane Tomio

International Relations, Université d'Evry

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Mignon Yu

Executive Director at AGC Equity Partners

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Justine Laguerre

Senior Brand Strategist

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Émilie Luthringer

Project Manager at Asia Society

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Theresa von Boetticher

Lawyer and NextGen Co-Lead

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