Theme: WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?

What are the issues and concerns that are foremost on the minds of Asian leaders of our generation? The first Fireside Retreat in Seoul, Korea will gather young Korean and Japanese leaders from various sectors for a weekend to lay the foundation for personal and leadership support network in the region.  The focus of the retreat will specifically NOT be about exchanging business cards but about taking our work hats off and putting on the human hats for the weekend.  We will discuss where we are in our lives and how we are doing.

Program

Friday October 1st

• 18:00 ~23:00 Welcoming Cocktail and Dinner hosted by Jaewoong Lee
  The venue “Le Petit Cru” is a restaurant in Samcheong-dong, a unique area where modern and traditional architecture co-exist, full of trendy restaurants, quaint shops and cafes.
  

Saturday October 2

• 08:30 – 09:00 Session II: What’s on your mind? Julianne Lee & James Kondo
• 09:00~09:45 Session III: Chat by Joseph Kim “Leadership Issues in Growing Bio-tech Companies”
  
• 09:45~10:00 Break
• 10:00 – 10:45 Session IV: Chat by Claire Chino “Gender Issues in Japan”
  
• 10:45~11:15 Session V: What’s on your mind? Kumi Fujisawa & Daisuke Iwase
  
• 11:15 – 12:00 Session VI: Chat by Kohey Takashima “Table for Two”
  
• 12:00~13:30 Lunch hosted by Joseph Kim
• 13:30~14:15 Session VII: Chat by Hongsung Moon “The Revolving Door : Crossing Over Between the Public and Private Sector”
  
• 14:15~14:30 Break
• 14:30~15:00 Session VII : What’s on your mind? Jaewoong Lee
  
• 15:00~17:30 A visit to the Korea Furniture Museum: a beautiful, expansive traditional Korean style architecture housing some of the best antique furniture collection.
• 17:30 ~ 19:30 Relaxation at Chaum : a leading, state-of-the-art health/spa/medical center using  cutting-edge stem cell technology and east-meets-west medicine. They will give us a pre-opening tour and an introduction to their institution. We will get to experience the “dream capsule” and those of you who are interested can use their exercise and sauna facilities. Change of clothes and exercise shoes will be provided.
  
• 19:30~ 21:30 Dinner at Chaum (choice of detoxing, slimming, anti-aging dinner) hosted by Julianne Lee
• 21:30 ~ Nightcap/wine hosted by H.S. Cho in a trendy district of Seoul

Sunday October 3

• 09:00 Relaxing Brunch & Tour hosted by Joon Chung
  A time to kick back and shoot the breeze ~~!
  Special guest: Sang-hyup Kim, Secretary to the President for Green Growth & Environment. The Korean government has been making proactive and ambitious moves to promote green growth and recently established an international institution to support this initiative. Sang-hyup is the leading mastermind behind the government efforts and a good friend. Tour options can be discussed upon arrival for those who are interested.
  
• 12:00 End of Retreat
  

Participant List

1. Julianne (Jihyun) Lee, Senior Advisor RBS (YGL 2005)
2. James Kondo, Prime Minister’s Office, Japan (2005)
3. Claire Chino, Corporate Counsel, Itochu Corporation (2005)
4. Jaewoong Lee, Senior Partner Sopoong (the social venture incubator), Founder of Daum (2005)
5. Joseph Kim, CEO, Inovio (2006)
6. Kohey Takashima, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Oisix Inc. (2007)
7. Kumi Fujisawa, Vice President, SophiaBank (2007)
8. H.S. Cho, Executive Vice President, Hyosung (2007)9. Nami Matsuko, Head of Corporate Citizenship Department, Nomura Holdings Inc. (2009)
9. Daisuke Iwase, Co-Founder and Representative Director, Lifenet Insurance Company (2010)
10. Hongsung Moon, Executive Managing Director, Doosan; Former Ministry of Finance & Strategy
11. Joon Chung, CEO Solitech (Technology Pioneer)