Emerging Europe and the Asian Tigers Towards 2030

EMERGING EUROPE AND THE ASIAN TIGERS

TOWARDS 2030

SUSTAINABILITY • INNOVATION

A unique initiative exploring sustainable future relations

between the emerging Europe region and key Asian markets

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SURVEY

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BACKGROUND

To strengthen the debate on sustainable future relations between emerging Europe and the Asian Tigers and connect business partners.

The initiative includes a survey carried out amongst emerging European and Asian businesses, associations, the diplomatic community and think tanks; a hybrid conference live from Seoul and Warsaw, featuring business leaders — and a report which will be distributed to decision-makers in 23 emerging Europe* countries and the Asian Tigers**.

Three focus areas of collaboration between the region and the Asian Tigers: ESGs, Health and Life Sciences and Infrastructure and Logistics.

* Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine

**Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan

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Survey followed by a report

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Linked conferences in Seoul and Warsaw

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C-level speakers from Asia and emerging Europe

700+

Participants

THREE FOCUS AREAS

Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance

Infrastructure, Logistics & Real Estate

Health

& Life Sciences

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

SURVEY

Emerging Europe will carry out a survey alongside chambers of commerce, sector associations the diplomatic community and think tanks.

The survey is also open to entrepreneurs and business representatives who want to share their views. It covers opportunities and threats impacting the future political and economic relations between the emerging Europe and the Asian Tigers.

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CONFERENCE

Emerging Europe is organising a hybrid conference, online and live from two locations

— Seoul and Warsaw —

featuring business leaders and media representatives.

The discussion will be centred around the region’s collaboration with the Asian Tigers in three areas: technology & innovation, real estate & logistics and infrastructure & engineering.

The events took place on April 29 2021.

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REPORT

Emerging Europe will produce a report including survey findings as well as executive summaries of the discussions carried out at the conference.

A complimentary copy of the report will be distributed to decision-makers in the emerging Europe and Asian Tiger countries. This includes governments, business associations, business leaders and the media. The report will also be available upon request.

Full report release date: May 2021.

ORGANISER

In association with

MoneyToday is a South Korean media group that provides both Internet and offline newspapers focused on the finance industries. Its online business publication has a monthly audience of 22 million readers.

The global conference of MoneyToday Media, K.E.Y. PLATFORM is a platform that provides entrepreneurs, scholars and experts from across the world to explore Korea and exchange insight and know-how.

STRATEGIC PARTNERS

The biggest exchange in Central and Eastern Europe.

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A synergistic business system that attracts investment for entrepreneurial projects in various industries worldwide.

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INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER

Central and Eastern European Chamber of Commerce Singapore.

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CONFERENCE VENUES

The Emerging Europe and the Asian Tigers conference is hosted at the Warsaw Stock Exchange and seamlessly connected to and integrated into MoneyToday's K.E.Y. Platform conference,

hosted at the Conrad Hotel in Seoul, South Korea.

Participants in both venues will be connected live and the events will be broadcasted globally.

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The conference room

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Warsaw and Seoul connected

SPEAKERS & AGENDA

It is becoming increasingly clear that economies and businesses need to break out of growth-dependent frameworks and now, facing a pandemic-induced recession, we must confront — sooner than many of us were prepared to — the possibility of a post-growth economy.

The global Covid-19 pandemic, which has served as the first real proof-point for sustainability, is driving even greater scrutiny of environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics that have gained prominence in recent years.

The recovery from Covid-19 needs to be sustainable and resilient, fully based on principles of environmental protection and sustainable development as we must build back better and together. It is, therefore, important to work on future-proof solutions jointly.

At this unique event, two groups of countries, the Four Asian Tigers —which have steadily retained a high rate of economic growth since the 1960s — and the emerging Europe region —the fastest developing part of the Old Continent — share experiences and discuss solutions to create a foundation for a more sustainable future.

Hosted by Emerging Europe in partnership with MoneyToday, South Korea's leading online business publication, the event will be hosted live from the Warsaw Stock Exchange, Seoul and online via Hopin.

Opening remarks (08:25 CEST / 15:25 KST)

by Andrew Wrobel, founder, Emerging Europe

Fireside chat: Jiwon Jung, Chairman & CEO, Korea Exchange, and Marek Dietl, CEO, Warsaw Stock Exchange (08:30 CEST / 15:30 KST)

In 2009, global index provider FTSE Russell promoted South Korea to developed-market status. Less than a decade later, Poland was also reclassified to developed-market status thanks to continuous improvements in its capital markets infrastructure, supported by the country's steady economic progress.

Key themes:

Two different counties with two different social and economic backgrounds but with the same stamp of success. Why do they matter?
Attracting investors: sharing solutions and best practices for the future.
The role of stock exchanges as change agents giving investors, issuers, regulators, and policymakers guidance to enhance performance on ESG issues and encourage sustainable investment.

Session One: Building back better together: Applying ESG frameworks for international trade and investment (08:50 CEST / 15:50 KST)

International trade and investment are an engine for inclusive economic growth, which is vital in the global post-Covid-19 recovery. This session looks at environmental, social, governance (ESG) and its application in economic relations between the Asian Tigers and the emerging Europe region.

Key themes

A shift in how businesses operate: fair and sustainable trade and investment, social impact investing, sustainable sourcing and supply chains, fair and sustainable trade, innovation and digital transformation.
An accelerating move toward re-shoring or moving operations to more environmentally aware countries.
Emerging Europe and the Asian Tigers’ sustainable trade and investment relations.

Speakers

Kasia Madera, News Presenter, BBC (moderator)
Agnieszka Gajewska, Public Sector and Infrastructure Leader for Central and Eastern Europe, PwC
Jeffrey Liebert, CEO, Gazelle Finance
Dae Woong Lim, CEO, ECO&Partners 2℃ and Korea Representative, UNEP FI
Jinyoung Kim, Head of Brand ESG Group, KB Financial Group

Session Two: Sustainable healthcare — Healing the world (09.40 CEST / 16.40 KST)

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the health care system’s shortcomings and vulnerabilities in several geographies.

Maintaining or restoring health, while minimising negative impacts on the environment and leveraging opportunities to improve it, to the benefit of the health and well-being of current and future generations, is a clear post-Covid goal.

Key themes

Building on the Covid-19 experience — the future of healthcare and how it can benefit from AI, Big Data and other technologies?
How can the Asian Tigers and emerging Europe join forces and contribute jointly to the global healthcare and health tech scene?
What are the Asian Tigers’ and emerging Europe’s value proposition and what are the areas that can be developed together?

Speakers

Samuel Burke, Business and Technology Correspondent, CNN (moderator)
Balázs Fürjes, InnoStars Director, EIT Health InnoStars
Ivana Kostić, PhD, Co-founder, Health Tech Lab Serbia
Ki-Suck Jung, Professor, Hallym University Medical School / Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital (Former Director of KDCA)
Ethan Tu, Founder, Taiwan AI Labs

Session Three: Sustainable infrastructure, logistics and real estate — Connecting the dots (10.25 CEST / 17.25 KST)

Creaking infrastructure limits growth by preventing businesses and people from making the most of economic opportunities.

With e-commerce turnover increasing by 15-20 per cent per year, there is an ongoing structural shift in retail supply chains — and shopping has become far more complex, offering new challenges to urban planners, retailers and logistics companies.

Key themes

How can short-term chaos resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic bring long-term transformation and help plan and build efficient infrastructure to improve transport links?
What role will technology, innovation and sustainability play in shaping the future of our cities?
How can closer collaboration between emerging Europe and the Asian Tigers help find solutions to some of the biggest challenges in infrastructure, logistics and real estate?

Speakers

Craig Turp-Balazs, Editor, Emerging Europe (moderator)
Sergiu Jiduc, Climate Change & Sustainability Specialist, Lead Technical Expert in Sustainable Infrastructure Finance, WWF Singapore
Kwihyun Kahng, General Manager of Global Business Department, Korea District Heating Corporation (KDHC)
Thomas Lubeck, Regional Manager, PPP Transaction Advisory Services, Asia and Pacific, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Closing remarks and networking (11.05 CEST / 18.05 KST)

Networking at our live venues as well as online through the Hopin platform.

Marek Dietl

CEO

Warsaw

Stock Exchange

Samuel Burke

Technology Correspondent

CNN

Kasia Madera

News Presenter

BBC

Andrew Wrobel

Founder

Emerging Europe

Thomas Lubeck

Regional Manager

International Finance Corporation

Jinyoung Kim

Head of Brand

ESG Group, KB Financial Group

Ki-Suck Jung

Professor of Hallym

University Medical School

Hallym University

Sacred Heart Hospital

Jiwon Jung

Chairman & CEO

Korea Exchange

Balazs Furjes

Managing Director

EIT Health InnoStars

Ivana Kostić

Co-founder of Health Tech Lab Serbia

Innovation Fund

Ethan Tu

Founder

Taiwan AI Labs

Agnieszka Gajewska

Public Sector Infrastructure

Practice Leader

PwC CEE

Dae-Woong Lim

Korea Representative

UNEP FI

Kwihyun Kahng

General Manager of

Global Business Department

KDHC

Sergiu Jiduc

Research Lead

Sustainable Infrastructure Finance

WWF Singapore

PREVIOUS EDITION

Towards 2030 United States | Q3 2020

Emerging Europe and the United States: Towards 2030 was the first edition of the Towards 2030 series of projects.

The event took place on August 27 2020, in a hybrid format that combined an international online audience of over 400 delegates from more than 30 countries with a live studio audience in Warsaw, Poland.

Several topics were explored, including challenges and opportunities presented by the Covid-19 pandemic, the media’s role in raising the profile of the region on the global stage, as well as trends in energy and climate, health, infrastructure and mobility, and digital transformation.

Delegates had multiple channels to connect with each other through the HOPIN platform, featuring themed breakout rooms, speed video networking, and also had the opportunity to explore event partners’ virtual booths.

The conference included a keynote address from Mircea Geoană, NATO’s Deputy Secretary-General.

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ABOUT

Emerging Europe is a leading intelligence, community and news platform whose mission is to foster the social, economic and democratic growth of the region and initiate debate about its future. We combine our global reach with a strong local footprint.

Emerging Europe initiates debates and provides a source of know-how and insight. The goal of this initiative is to discuss how will future relations develop, and what will they mean for the region in a broader geopolitical and economic context.