World Knowledge Forum

World Knowledge Forum
Motto Knowledge Sharing
Formation 2000
Type Non-profit organization
Legal status Foundation
Purpose Economic
Headquarters Seoul, Korea
Region served
 Worldwide
Official language
 English
Chang Dae-whan
Website www.wkforum.org

The World Knowledge Forum is a fete of knowledge, the biggest Forum in Asia. Established in October 2000, the World Knowledge Forum gathers more than 150 business and opinion leaders around the world ranging from environmental and international organizations to world's biggest corporations and institutions. These leaders predict the future and discuss possible solutions for the problems which are already, or might become, an issue. The main aim is to highlight the importance of knowledge sharing towards a balanced prosperity of the global economy. The WKF is hosted by Maeil Business Newspaper, Korea's premier business daily. The conference is the largest of its kind in Asia, and since 2000 over 3000 local and global leaders from business, government and academic sectors have attended annually.

Forum themes have ranged from “Shaping the New Millennium With Knowledge” in 2000 to “Knowledge in a World of Risk” in 2002; from “Creativity & Collaboration: Foundation of the New Era” in 2005 to “Collabonomics & Greater Asia” in 2008. The 2010 WKF overall theme was “One Asia Momentum: G20 Leadership And Creatinnovation”, and the WKF 2013 was "One Asia Metamorphosis".

The 15th World Knowledge Forum is scheduled to held at October 14 to 16, 2014 at Seoul, Korea.

2014

Main Theme: Invigorating the Global Economy

2014 Key Speakers:

Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic (2007-2012) Gene Sperling, Former Director, the National Economic Council Thomas Piketty, Professor,Paris School of Economics Yukio Hatoyama, Former Prime Minister of Japan; Jean Claude Trichet, Former President of the European Central Bank Jeremy Rifkin, President, The Foundation on Economic Trends. Scholars invited were Kenneth Rogoff, Professor at Harvard University Li Yining, Honorary Dean, Peking University Guanghua School of Management Koichi Hamada, Emeritus Professor, Yale University Andrew McAfee, Associate director, Center for Digital Business at the MIT Sloan School of Management


2013

Main Theme: One Asia Metamorphosis

2013 Key Speakers:

2012

Main Theme: The Great Breakthrough: New Solutions for Growth (Leadership, Integrity, Creativity, and Happiness)

2012 Key Speakers:

2011

Main Theme: The New Economic Crisis: Reforming Global Leadership & Asia's Challenge

2011 Key Speakers:

2010

Main Theme: One Asia Momentum, G20 Leadership & Creatinnovation

2010 Key Speakers:

[[Speakers:John Chambers, Chairman, CEO Cisco/ 
           Koo, Ja Kyun, CEO& President LS Industrial Systems/
           Norbert H. Karl, Global Sales Manager, Siemens AG/
  Moderator:Fred Dubee, Senior Advisor, UN Global Compact]]

2009

Main Theme: One Asia, New Economic Order and Recovery

2008

Main Theme: Collabonomics + Greater Asia

2008 Key Speakers:

2007

Main Theme: Wealth Creation & Greater Asia

2007 Key Speakers:

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