Gimhae City Fires the Starting Signal for Content Activation... Hosting an Open Forum

Business Briefing Session, Special Lectures by Anipang and Wadiz Celebrities

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] The Gyeongnam Gimhae Life Science Industry Promotion Agency will hold a content open forum at the Gimhae Startup Cafe on the 22nd.

According to the city, the forum is being held as part of the G-Content Testbed support project to foster Gimhae as a content-specialized city.

On the day, there will be a content business briefing, a special lecture and talk show by content experts, and networking among participants.

Under the slogan "G-novation: Gimhae, Innovating with Content," the Promotion Agency plans to directly organize content projects such as ▲Content Idea Contest ▲Game Academy ▲Content Testbed Support Project ▲Content Festival.

Among them, through the Content Testbed Support Project, they plan to discover promising content companies outside the region and actively promote their relocation to the area.

The Promotion Agency will actively consider investment linkage for companies that decide to relocate to the region.

Gyeongnam Gimhae-si Gimhae Biomedical Industry Promotion Agency.
[Photo by Gimhae City Hall]

At the special lecture by content experts on the day, Lee Jung-hoon, director of Wemade Play, the creator of Anipang, and Choi Dong-cheol, co-founder of Wadiz, a prospective unicorn company operating a comprehensive startup support platform, will serve as instructors.

After the special lecture, a discussion on the development plan for Gimhae City's content sector will be held.

Pre-registrants for the content open forum include the Gyeongnam eSports Association, Meta Content Campus Association, Content Community Cooperative, Gyeongnam Culture and Arts Promotion Agency, Gyeongnam Creative Economy Innovation Center, Changwon Industry Promotion Agency, Inje University, and Changwon University.

Park Seong-ho, director of the Promotion Agency, said, "This content forum is a signal to revitalize Gimhae City's content industry," adding, "We will make this year the first year of content industry growth and achieve meaningful results."