Successfully Hosts the ‘2025 Youth Entrepreneurs’ Future Outlook: From Local to Global Forum’

Kwangwoon University’s NCI Startup Package Initiative (Director: Park Cheol-hwan) and Gangbuk Youth Startup Maru (Center Director: Kwon Hye-jin) successfully hosted the ‘2025 Youth Entrepreneurs’ Future Outlook: From Local to Global Forum’ on Friday, November 8, 2024.

The forum provided a valuable platform for young entrepreneurs to explore strategies for transitioning from local to global markets while gaining insights through a range of thematic lectures. Attracting over 170 participants, including industry experts and aspiring entrepreneurs, the event received widespread interest and enthusiastic feedback, concluding on a highly successful note.

Under the theme "From Local to Global," the forum featured speakers with expertise across industry, academia, civil society, and government. They delivered diverse presentations from various perspectives, offering young entrepreneurs an opportunity to address real-world challenges they might face and explore potential solutions collaboratively.

The lectures were given in the following order: Julien Quintart, a zero-waste youth entrepreneur ("Making an Impact Through Business: Sustainable Consumption Trends and Opportunities for Young Entrepreneurs"); Noh Hyun-seok, Team Leader of Hyundai Motor Company’s ZERO1NE ("Proposals for Early Startup Growth Through Open Innovation Cases at Hyundai/Kia"); Kim Tae-wan, Professor at Seoul National University and Member of the Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology ("A Startup Nation Strategy for Korea’s Innovation"); and Yoon Yeo-kyung, Director at the Startup Promotion Agency ("Global Startup Powerhouse: Startup Korea").

The young entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners who attended the forum showed great interest in the practical insights and strategies for global expansion shared by the speakers from various fields. The lectures, which emphasized sustainable consumption and environmental considerations in entrepreneurship, startup growth through external collaborations, and national-level entrepreneurship policies, were especially inspiring to the entrepreneurs.

Park Cheol-hwan, Director of the NCI Startup Package Initiative, stated, "This forum provided an important opportunity for entrepreneurs to advance into global markets," adding, "We will continue to support the development of the startup ecosystem through various programs."

Meanwhile, Kwangwoon University's NCI Startup Package Initiative plans to continue expanding its various support programs for young entrepreneurs. Participants are anticipated to utilize the strategies and insights gained from the forum, along with the support provided by the NCI Startup Package Initiative’s programs, to enhance their business ideas for global markets and achieve meaningful outcomes.