We are honored to welcome you to the 2025 Jinju International Forum on Entrepreneurship, held under the theme “The Role of Entrepreneurship in the Era of Global Challenges.” This year’s forum convenes global leaders, policymakers, scholars, and entrepreneurs at a time when the world urgently calls for creative, courageous, and human-centered solutions.

Across the globe, we are witnessing intensifying climate change, growing inequality, political polarization, and technological disruption. These complex, interlinked challenges demand not only innovation and investment, but a new kind of entrepreneurial leadership—one that is rooted in purpose, ethics, and community. Entrepreneurship must evolve from a purely economic activity into a transformative force for sustainable and inclusive development.

Jinju offers a uniquely meaningful stage for this global conversation. It is the birthplace of Korea’s four most iconic entrepreneurs—visionaries who laid the foundations of global corporations like Samsung, LG, and GS.

This year’s forum will explore how entrepreneurship can help us reimagine leadership, empower local communities, build resilient ecosystems, and bridge divides across nations and generations.

By bringing together voices from diverse sectors and countries, the Jinju Forum seeks to redefine entrepreneurship not just as a means to economic growth, but as a global movement for justice, sustainability, and human dignity.

We thank you for joining us on this journey and invite you to share your insights, experiences, and visions for the future.

Let us shape this new era of entrepreneurship—together.

Sincerely,

Co-Chairs of the Organizing Committee
2025 Jinju International Forum on Entrepreneurship