A platform for open innovation

Published May 28, 2019 by Anders Hektor in Republic of Korea

Working in South Korea I have the opportunity to be an early adopter of 5G mobile services. Of course there is a cost for being part of this. The economic cost is not worse than the 4G-alternative on the korean market, but the only available...

The picture shows Ambassador Jakob Hallgren during his presentation at KEY 2019. Photo: MoneyToday

Swedish Perspectives at KEY Platform 2019

Published May 8, 2019 by Anders Hektor in Republic of Korea

For the seventh year running, Seoul hosted the conference K.E.Y Platform. “K.E.Y” representing the organisers desire to “Knock around ideas” to get “Educated’ and “Yield everything” during the conference. This year, the focus was...

Finally, an Office for Science and Innovation in Seoul

Published March 18, 2019 by Anders Hektor in Republic of Korea

This year, Sweden and the Republic of Korea celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations. What a good time to open an Office of Science and Innovation, and how proud I am to be the first Swedish Science and Innovation Counsellor to be placed at the...