A Peek into the Soul of Seoul: Doing Business with Korea; Farewell, Youngtae Kim

Hi, Everyone,

We are happy to invite you to an evening of insights into the South Korean Business Culture and Tips for successfully doing business with Israel's natural partner - Korea. The event will take place on Thursday, December 19th at 6 PM, hosted by Microsoft Ventures at Microsoft R&D Center, 13 Shenkar St., Herzlia, in the main building, in the large hall. A registration desk will be set up at the entrance. Please print out the Registration Form (https://www.meetup.com/IsraelStartupNetwork/files/) and bring it with you to the event. Parking is available in the area.

Agenda
18:00-18:30 – Registration and Networking
18:30-19:00 – Presentation, Youngtae Kim
19:00-20:00/20:30 – Panel + Q&A

20:00/:30-21:30 – Networking (Refreshments graciously provided by the Korean Embassy)

The relationship between Israel and Korea is rapidly expanding - and Korea should be considered as one of the first targets for cooperation when planning your global strategy. Koreans have great respect and admiration for Israel in general, and for our innovation culture in particular, and are eager to learn from us and to expand our business ties. They also have much to teach us regarding international marketing, efficient manufacturing, and doing business globally. And, beyond the substantial Korean market, they are a unique and friendly gateway to the vast Chinese market.
One of the most dedicated and ardent supporters of this bi-national cooperation, Mr. Youngtae Kim - Industrial Attaché at the Korean Embassy and Director of the Small and Medium Business Administration of the Republic of Korea - will, unfortunately, be returning to Korea this month. We therefore take this opportunity to say farewell to Youngtae, and to hear a few words about his vision, his hopes, his accomplishments, and his plans for the continuous expansion of this exciting and fruitful cooperation.

Following Youngtae's short presentation, our panel will discuss such issues as cultural differences and similarities and tips for successful business cooperation, and will highlight some case studies that haveleveraged the strengths of each country for mutual benefit.

You are welcome to submit questions in advance of the event to arlene at tech-river dot com

Panel

Tal Reshef, Moderator

An inter-cultural business consultant, Tal improves Israeli companies' business results, providing tools for better understanding and more efficiently doing business with the Korean and other East Asian markets. Tal has a deep understanding of Korean business psychology and wide knowledge of the relevant domains. Clients include: Teva, Waze, Orbotec, Alpha Biotec; iForex, and Plasan.

Youngtae Kim, Keynote Speaker

Industrial Attaché at the Korean Embassy and Director of the Small and Medium Business Administration of the Republic of Korea, Youngtae has completed a PhD course (Venture Financing) in Business Administration from Soongsil University, Korea, has a Masters in Financial Markets from Illinois Institute of Technology, U.S., a Masters in Public Administration from Seoul National University, Korea, and a Bachelors degree in International Economics from Seoul National University, Korea. He has served in various executive positions, including Director of the International Affairs Division, Director of the Overseas Marketing Division, and Director of the Venture Investment Division. Youngtae has prepared several extensive reports on Israel's innovation culture for the Korean Government, and will soon publish a book based on what he has learned about Israel and entrepreneurship.

Yuval Daliot

With more than 25 years of experience of working and doing business in Korea, Yuval retired from Elbit Systems after serving as Regional VP for Marketing & Business Development, responsible for Korea for the last 20 years. Before that, he was the Israeli Defense Attaché for Japan and Korea, and retired from the IDF with the rank of Brig. Gen. Today, Yuval owns a private company, specializing in consulting and guiding Israeli companies in doing business in Korea and the Philippines.

Guy Biran

Co-founder of GZ Capital, an Israel/China-based consulting company, Guy provides services to large companies and organizations from Asia that are looking to do business in Israel and be exposed to Israeli innovation. The majority of clients come from S. Korea, Japan and China. Previously, Guy was head of Private Equity and Venture Capital Investments at Israel's largest Insurance Company - Migdal.

Levi Shapiro

Partner at JIMMI Fund and TMT Strategic Advisors, Adjunct Professor of Communications at IDC, and lead organizer of the MATI conference, Marketing & Ad:Tech Israel-
Levi assists global ICT companies with strategy, investment and growth, both in an advisory and investment capacity, and is currently mentoring a group of Korean entrepreneurs at The Hive.

Alice Grishin

Founder (http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&title=Founder&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&currentTitle=CP&trk=prof-exp-title) of Namher, Alice focuses on the South Korean market, facilitating collaboration between Israeli and South Korean startups and building relationships with Governmental offices. Alice analyzes business processes and operating procedures, and develops and implements improvements to boost global sales, in coordination with team members.

We look forward to seeing you at this important event.

Arlene and Ken