Global Innovative Growth Forum (GIGF2020)

First launched in 2019, the Global Innovative Growth Forum (GIGF) is a forum for global leaders to engage and collaborate on promoting innovation for sustainable growth. Today the global pandemic is challenging the world on how to address health and economic issues simultaneously. We now live in a world where social distancing is the new norm and must rely on accelerated digital innovation and the need to maintain a clean environment. COVID-19 has completely reshaped the global innovative ecosystem as economic and social structures are rapidly changing.

The World Bank Group Korea Office will be collaborating with the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance to host GIGF 2020 which will be held virtually in Seoul. This year’s GIGF will highlight “Innovative and Sustainable Growth in the Post COVID-19 Era.” Speakers such as Vinton G. Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist of Google and Saeed Amidi, Founder and CEO of Plug and Play will talk about the unprecedented impact of the pandemic on global innovation and growth and the search for new drivers of growth through digital and green innovation. The forum will include an interactive session between Korean technology startups and a panel of World Bank and external experts, as part of the recently announced Disruptive Technologies for Development (DT4D) 2.0 challenge. Stay tuned for more information about the event!