The Asia Pacific Women's Information Network Center, holds a smart technology seminar with APEC wome
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The APEC Women and Economy Forum is a convention that was founded in 1989 to promote the economical balance and stable growth in the Asia/Pacific region. The forum was participated by more than 500 people such as government representatives, officials of relevant international organizations, and women entrepreneurs from 21 member nations in the Asia/Pacific region such as the U.S., Australia, China, Indonesia, and Singapore, and the main topic this year was “Breaking Barriers to Economic Integration of Women in the Global Market.”
With the participation from diverse interested parties in the government and industry-academic worlds, including the Minister of Gender Equality & Family Kang Eun-hui, Korean Ambassador to Peru Jang Geun-ho, Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations in Peru Marcela Huaita, and Vice-minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations in Peru Fernando Bolanos Galdos, the seminar composed of discussions on plans to contribute to the economic growth through utilization of women enterprises’ smart technology (innovative information and communication technology) and expansion of economic participation of women.
The main contents of the seminar included sharing the trends and visions of the latest smart technologies (3D printing, Big Data, IoT, etc.) that can be applied to women enterprise activities, sharing of successful models of IT convergence in each industry, and foundation building and development direction for applying smart technologies, etc. And by reinforcing the global competence of Korean women enterprises and sharing the best practices in Korea, the status of Korea was raised as a leading nation of smart technologies.
The hosting organization of the seminar, The Asia Pacific Women's Information Network Center, has been holding APEC Women and Economy Forums every year since 2005 and has made continuous efforts to encourage participation in women’s digital economy from APEC regions. The Director of The Asia Pacific Women's Information Network Center Kim Myeong-hui said, “From the fact that there is a gradual increase of opportunities for women to exercise their competence in this era of creative economy that requires creative ideas and innovative technologies, we will emphasize the importance of fostering competent women in the ICT sector as well as making active efforts to create opportunities for APEC women to actively participate in economic activities through continuous seminars and global networking.”