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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang slated to meet global business leaders at South Korea's APEC summit

Over 1,700 business leaders from around the world including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang are set to convene in Gyeongju North Gyeongsang

later this month for the 2025 APEC CEO Summit the largest private economic forum ever hosted in ￰0￱ to the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) the APEC CEO Summit will now run from October 28 to 31 — extended by one day from its initial three-day ￰1￱ event is expected to draw leaders from 16 of APEC’s 21 member economies and about 1,700 ￰2￱ attendees include Nvidia’s Huang Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman

Google’s Chief Marketing Officer for Asia Pacific Simon Kahn Citi Group CEO Jane Fraser and Johnson & Johnson CEO Joaquin ￰3￱ chief Kristalina Georgieva and OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann are also anticipated to attend the ￰4￱ says Huang will discuss the company’s vision for AI During the four-day summit business and policy leaders will debate global economic and geopolitical trends

digital transformation sovereign AI frameworks digital currencies and innovations that are shaping the future of ￰5￱ host

the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry has appointed its chairman Chey Tae-won to lead the ￰6￱ will guide sessions from the October 28 opening banquet through the October 31 closing ￰7￱ has confirmed that CEO Jensen Huang one of the most highly anticipated participants

will ￰8￱ is set to outline Nvidia’s vision for AI robotics digital twins and autonomous ￰9￱ insiders suggest he may also hold side meetings with Samsung’s Lee Jae-yong and KCCI’s Chey Tae-won

and perhaps visit some Samsung or SK Hynix chip ￰10￱ is slated to deliver his speech on the summit’s final ￰11￱ leaders from sectors spanning finance to energy will also take the stage including Citigroup’s Jane Fraser Johnson & Johnson’s Joaquin Duato JPMorgan’s Daniel Pinto

Marubeni’s Masayuki Omoto Hitachi’s Toshiaki Tokunaga Sinochem’s Li Fanrong CATL’s Zeng Yuqun

and Deloitte’s David ￰12￱ figures such as IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva and OECD head Mathias Cormann along with Korean tech executives Choi Soo-yeon of Naver and Lee Hong-lak of LG AI Research will join ￰13￱ year’s summit may foster closer relations between the public and private sectors as companies meet individually with APEC heads of state and ministers to explore concrete business and investment ￰14￱ far

economists have estimated that the gathering will add roughly 7.4 trillion won ($5.2 billion) to Korea’s economy and create 22,000 employment ￰15￱ Executive Vice Chairman Park Il-jun commented on the summit: “The 2025 APEC CEO Summit will become a practical cooperation platform that turns challenges facing Korean companies into new opportunities.” The Korea Meteorological Administration is partnering with Nvidia Nvidia has been expanding its reach in South ￰16￱ semiconductor company has been working with the Korea Meteorological Administration to enhance AI-driven weather prediction ￰17￱ companies are collaborating to deploy Cosmos an AI foundation model created for self-driving and robotics

to boost the accuracy of rainfall ￰18￱ Adie a senior engineer at Nvidia gave his statement on their project: “We aim to ultimately make climate information public so that everyone can access it in the future with the long-term goal of predicting climate change patterns.” Nvidia-backed startup Cohere also opened up an office in South Korea to serve as an Asia-Pacific ￰19￱ AI company still tailors its large language models to meet the needs of regulated industries

helping clients in finance healthcare energy and government securely automate tasks

including risk assessment and quality ￰20￱ seen where it ￰21￱ in Cryptopolitan Research and reach crypto’s sharpest investors and builders.

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