On September 17, ECCK President Christoph Heider and Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) Director-General (DG) for IT Tae-kyoon Kim had a discussion on future cooperation between Seoul City and European companies in the field of ICT, especially in the area of ‘Seoul Smart City’. At the beginning of this year, Mayor Park pledged ‘Smart Infra’ would be …
ECCK is pleased to announce that Dr. Uloff Münster, General Manager of Merck Biopharma Korea, has been appointed as the new Chairman of the ECCK Healthcare Committee succeeding Mr. Christophe Piganiol. Also, Mr. Julien Samson, Vice President & General Manager of GSK Korea, has been appointed as a Vice-chairman of the Healthcare Committee. We would …
Dear Valued Member, On behalf of the European Commission’s request, we kindly ask you to take a quick google survey regarding your feedback on the Preference Utilisation Rate (PUR) of exports to Korea. Recently, a study was conducted by DG Trade to look at the extent to which EU exporters use the preferential tariffs established …
ECCK supported the International Seminar on Management of Chemicals and Biocides in OECD Member Countries from September 13 to 14. Hosted by the Ministry of Environment (ME) and the OECD, the seminar provided opportunities to discuss expected challenges and effects as Korea enacted the Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Act and the amendment of the Act …
On September 14, ECCK participated in the seminar ‘New Era of International Cooperation through FDI: Focusing on Job Creation and New Business Opportunities’ organized by Korean Academy of International Business (KAIB). Attended by leading dignitaries and businesspeople including, among others, Dimitris Psillakis (ECCK Chairperson), Michael Reiterer (EU Ambassador), and Kwan-young Kim (Floor leader of Bareunmirae …
On September 14, the ECCK hosted a seminar with Kris Dekeyser, Director of the Policy and Strategy Directorate at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition. Under the theme of ‘Roles and Anti-Competitiveness of Big Data in Digital Economy,’ the participants from various sectors including legal, recruitment, etc. have benefited from the seminar. ECCK would …