citiesabc interview: Jaewon Peter Chun President at World Smart Cities Forum, ARK-i Labs - The Future Cities
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- Dinis Guarda / Jaewon Peter Chun
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- Tue 30 Jun 2020
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“There has been a trend of rising attention for the sustainable industry; the future of smart cities is looking brighter every day and the feasibility of implementing a smart city is becoming widely increasing. With our affiliations, we are successfully creating an inclusive, tech-oriented system through the Smart City Master Planning and TechSandbox.”
Jaewon Peter Chun, President of World Smart Cities Forum.
INTERVIEW FOCUS
1. An introduction from you - background, overview, education...
2. Career highlights
3. South Korea background growth and work in innovation
4. Definition Smart cities
5. Your company, organisation and focus
6. World smart cities forum
7. ARK-i Labs - solution services around the world based in smart cities
8. XnTREE tech accelerator
9. With Covid-19 how can you look at this as a way to redesign our society
10. Goals and how do you see the future of work and the main trends in tech and society
11. Future vision for cities and the world
Jaewon Peter Chun was Born in South Korea, started with Investment Bank and started initially in investment / finance in tech and working in investing in high potential companies. He joined Level 39 since its inception and was involved in accelerating tech unicorns. In Level 39 he started also working with Canary Wharf group working on smart cities. He has been working in 10 smart cities around the world. Finance and technology worked as solutions that Peter wanted to relate with innovation solutions, special to cities and people.
Jaewon Peter Chun is now Chief Executive Officer, ARK-i Labs Full-time, since Nov 2019. He is the President, World Smart Cities Forum Full-time, Dec 2018. Jaewon is the CEO, XnTREE, Jan 2016. He is the Executive Director, Korea-Israel Chamber of Commerce (KICC), since Mar 2011. Jaewon Peter Chun has been a Partner, APEX Investment & Company, since Jan 2005.
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