Conference
Local Futures continued its unique and ongoing collaboration with the city government of Jeonju by hosting yet another Economics of Happiness conference in the city – our fifth in what has become an annual event – on October 16th-17th, 2019.
Our first Jeonju conference in 2015 resulted in the Jeonju Declaration on the Economics of Happiness, in which the local government committed:
“to shift its administrative system away from a paradigm that prioritizes growth and development towards one that puts people first, and…to create an economy that works for the people and makes local communities happy.”
The conference focused on three inter-related topics: public banks, local food, and urban regeneration through community restoration.
Along with an impressive array of voices from South Korea, we brought three international speakers to the conference: Ellen Brown (USA), Della Duncan (UK), and Anja Lyngbaek (Denmark/Mexico).
Korean Speakers
Jeon Eun-ho
– Director, Mokpo Urban Regeneration Support Center
Jung Jae-jin
– Head of Jeonju Urban Regeneration Support Center Team
Gang Sung-wook
– Manager, Jeonju Food Integrated Support Center
Kim Hyun-gon
– Aide to National Assembly Member Kim Hyun-gon
Cho Gyong-ho
– Director, Local Agriculture Research Institute
Park Soo-young
– Secretary-general, Wonju Food Cooperative
Kim Yang-woo
– Chairman, Jeonju Food Producers Association
Jang Soon-chul
– Chairman, Jeonju Meal Service Cooperatives Association
Kim Hee-yeon
– President, Jeonju Food Consumers Association
Les Sung-jin
– President, Social Innovation Banking
Hyun-joo
– Professor, Jeonbuk National University
Ju Se-yun
– Manager, Dongjak Credit Union
Yu Yu-mi
– Director, Resident Cooperative Council
Lee Dong-geun
– Chairman, Economic Community Association “Totori“
Park Yong-soo
– Chairman, Gwangjin Social and Economic Network Enforcement
and more
Click the ‘Speakers’ tab at the top of this page to view profiles of our international speakers at this conference.
Articles in the Media
Here are the main articles from the media in South Korean language:
JJN: www.jjn.co.kr/news, October 15th, 2019
JJN: www.jjn.co.kr/news, October 16th, 2019
Focus Daily: www.ifocus.kr/news, October 15th, 2019
SJB news: www.sjbnews.com/news, October 15th, 2019
Newspim: www.m.newspim.com/news, October 15th, 2019
Todayan: www.todayan.com/news, October 15th, 2019
Asia News Agency: www.m.anewsa.com/article, October 16th, 2019
