The "2026 Future Finance Forum," hosted by ChosunBiz, was held at the Westin Josun Hotel in Sogong-dong, Seoul, on the 13th morning.
Held under the theme "The future of productive finance and innovative industries," the "2026 Future Finance Forum" was prepared to redefine the role of the financial industry amid a rapidly changing global economic order and to explore the direction of "productive finance" that supports innovative industries such as artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, renewable energy, and bio.
ChosunBiz CEO Kim Young-soo said in opening remarks, "Right now we are facing a powerful wave of AI innovation that is on a different level from the past," and noted, "For such technological advances to take root as a growth engine for the Republic of Korea, the role of productive finance is more important than ever."
Kim added, "If finance in the past focused on efficient resource allocation, finance in the future must become an 'incubator' that embraces disruptive innovation and proactively discovers future value."
At the forum, former Minister of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups Lee Young will deliver a keynote speech on the theme "The age of AI transformation, the role of productive finance for innovative growth." This will be followed by lectures from Furkan Karayaka, deputy head and chief financial officer of the Türkiye Investment Finance Agency, Kim Hak-kyun, president of the Korea Venture Capital Association, Son Young-chae, head of the Public Growth Fund Promotion Team at the Financial Services Commission, Lee Yoon-beom, leader of the strategy team at Naver Pay, Catherine Chen, head of institutional investment at Binance Holdings Ltd., Lee Eun-jin, APAC sales director at Ripple, and Park Sung-hoon, CEO of AIzeroX.