Social Change and Business Opportunities in North Korea

Fakultät V
Diakonie, Gesundheit
und Soziales
Fakultät V
Diakonie, Gesundheit
und Soziales
Registration
To participate in the conference, registration is
mandatory. Please register by sending an email to:
NKconference-f5@hs-hannover.de
Human rights violations, a nuclear arms program and a
Participants who are not members of the University of Applied
state-controlled economy – most news on North Korea
Sciences and Arts Hannover pay a registration fee of € 25.00
cover these issues.
in cash upon arrival.
For further information on the conference, please contact:
cordula-von.denkowski@hs-hannover.de
According to recent reports and academic research, however, the number of semi-private businesses in North
Korea is growing and the regime has been calling for foreign
Venue:
Hochschule Hannover, Fakultät III
Hörsaal (Etage -1)
investments. Moreover, there seem to be slight changes
Expo-Plaza 2 (Designcenter)
in some social conditions.
30539 Hannover
The conference “Social Change and Business Opportunities in North Korea” aims to inform interested journalists,
academics and European companies about some of these
recent developments inside North Korea.
Social Change and
Business Opportunities
in North Korea
International Conference
20 th March 2015
11.00 – 16.00
Prof. Dr. Cordula von Denkowski
teaches psychology and criminology at the Department
of Social Work, Faculty V, University of Applied Sciences
and Arts Hannover. Her research focuses on forced
migration and social change in North East Asia.
Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. Sung-Jo Park
Social Change and Business Opportunities
in North Korea
International Conference, 20 th March 2015
is professor emeritus at the Free University of Berlin
and formerly BK Professor at Seoul National University,
13.00
13.45
Buffetlunch
Trade and investment in North Korea:
business options in the garments
Programme
10.30
and ICT sector
Paul Tjia, Director of GPI Consultancy
Registration
Republic of Korea. At present, he is chairman of the Board
of Governors of CASS Europe. Professor Park is recipient
of the German Federal Cross of Merit. He is co-author and
co-editor of the book “Europe – North Korea between Humanitarianism and Business?” (Lit Berlin, 2010).
Paul Tjia
is director of GPI Consultancy, a Dutch ICT consultancy
11.00
Opening address:
Social Change in North Korea?
Prof. Dr. Cordula von Denkowski, Faculty V,
14.30
15.00
North Korea between economic fiasco
Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. Sung-Jo Park
International criminal law, trade sanctions
Workforce“ (Cambridge University Press). He has con-
and the North Korean system of customs
tacts with North Korean software companies since 1997.
and border policing:
As from 2006, he organizes business missions to North
obstacles to starting business in North Korea?
Korea,withparticipantsfromdifferentsectors.
Charles A. von Denkowski, M.A.
and military distention:
is there survival without opening and reform?
firm.Heisco-authorofthebook:„OffshoringInformation Technology – Sourcing and Outsourcing to a Global
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover
11.30
Discussion
Charles A. von Denkowski, M.A.
15.30
Discussion
Freie Universität Berlin
is an external doctoral student of Prof. Dr. iur. Thomas
Feltes, Faculty of Law, Ruhr-University of Bochum/Germany. His dissertation focuses on the North Korean administration. Charles is a member of the Asian Society
12.30
Discussion
16.00
Closure and afternoon tea
of Criminology.