World Knowledge Forum
The World Knowledge Forum (WKF, 세계지식포럼) is a non-profit entity, which aims to promote balanced global growth and prosperity through knowledge-sharing. Its efforts "brings together global leaders to address the importance of knowledge in meeting the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing world".
세계지식포럼 | |
| Formation | October 2000 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Chang Dae-Whan |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Purpose | Economic |
Region served | Worldwide |
Official language | English, Korean |
| Chang Dae-Whan | |
The World Knowledge Forum was conceived as part of the Vision Korea Project, a campaign launched by Maeil Business Newspaper in 1997, to "propose new visions for development to Korea and to the global community". The first World Knowledge Forum, entitled ‘Shaping the New Millennium with Knowledge,’ took place in 2000, shortly after the Asian financial crisis.
Partnering with Nikkei and Bloomberg, the Forum has now grown to encompass 1,053 sessions featuring over 4,028 speakers in total from all around the world.
In September 2022, the 19th WKF was held in Seoul, South Korea, with speakers including, Janet Yellen, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (2014-2018); Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia; Arancha Gonzalez, executive director of International Trade Center (ITC); H. R. McMaster, The 26th White House National Security Council (NSC) Advisor of the Trump administration; Rajeev Suri, CEO of Nokia; Kenneth C. Frazier, CEO of Merck & Co., Inc.; John Kim, President of New York Life Insurance Company; Jane Jie Sun, CEO of Ctrip; Wang Zhenghua, President of Spring Airlines; and Eric Allison, Head of Uber Elevate were present to grace the occasion under the theme, "Collective Intelligence: Overcoming Global Pandemonium".