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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

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MC: Mignon YuExecutive Director at AGC Equity Partners

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PARTI 1: ROUNDTABLES 
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FIRST ROUNDTABLE : THE LAND OF CULTURAL MODERNITY
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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

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SECOND ROUNDTABLE: KOREA ON SCREEN
 
What lies beneath the widespread global appeal of Korean films and series?
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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
 
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PART 2: EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW SCREENING OF A NETFLIX PRODUCTION
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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

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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