WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala visits NAVER 1784
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala visits NAVER 1784
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala visits NAVER 1784
- The World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General (DG) witnessed NAVER’s advanced technologies at 1784 and emphasized the importance of digital technologies in trade.
- NAVER 1784, a tech convergence building, continuously grabs global attention by attracting more than 4,000 visitors from 54 countries.
May 23, 2023
This year, NAVER’s second headquarters, 1784, where the company’s cutting-edge technology is integrated, draws attention from all over the globe.
On May 23, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), visited NAVER 1784 during her visit to Korea. Okonjo-Iweala is the first African and female Director-General of the WTO. The WTO Director-General’s visit to Korea is the first in around 10 years since 2014, and it is also significant in that this is the first time that the WTO Director-General visited Korea’s internet platform company.
The Director-General witnessed Korea’s leading IT company’s advanced technologies involving artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and digital twins, and stressed the importance of digital technologies in trade. The President of NAVER's ESG and External Policy Chae Seon-ju and NAVER LABS CEO Seok Sang-ok accompanied the visit.
[Photo] WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at NAVER’s second headquarters, 1784, located in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do
After experiencing firsthand the various technologies integrated into 1784, the Director-General said, “Digital technologies will shape the future of trade, and digital transformation will present challenges and opportunities to industries and governments. Through an engaging discussion with Korea’s young entrepreneurs of today, I can see that Korea is at the forefront of digital transformation. To promote digital trade, the WTO will attempt to devise international collaboration and domestic policy frameworks .”
NAVER’s second headquarters, 1784, is the world’s first robot-friendly building, continuously evolving through the convergence of advanced technologies and space. Several technologies, including AI, robotics, digital twins, autonomous driving, cloud computing, and 5G, are incorporated into the building’s space, helping NAVER’s employees with work and propelling the development of new innovative services.
NAVER’s innovative technological experiments conducted through 1784 are attracting global attention. Up until March of this year, more than 4,000 people from 54 countries have visited 1784, including Under Secretaries of the US Department of State and Department of Homeland Security, Singapore’s Minister for Communications and Information, and the president of the Austrian National Council.
In particular, as Saudi Arabia is pursuing digital transformation nationally, Majid Bin Abdullah Al-Hogail, the Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing, visited 1784 and signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with NAVER for national-level collaboration for digital transformation.
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