Bum-Coo Cho has been leading the B2B initiatives at Samsung since he joined the company in November of 2011 as Senior Vice President of Enterprise Business Team within the Mobile Communications Division. And since the beginning of 2013, Bum-Coo Cho is also responsible for the B2B offerings of the PC products and solutions.
Prior to Samsung, Bum-Coo Cho was the general manager of Cisco Korea for three years. BC Cho played a critical role in defining and leading Cisco Korea’s strategy for global IT business and in making Cisco Korea one of the most successful and influential IT companies in the country. In this period, most noticeably, he has led two major deals, namely with a top-tier telecommunication company and for a “Smart Digital City” project. These changed the landscape of Cisco’s business scope in Korea.
Prior to becoming the general manager of Cisco Korea, he was the executive partner of Accenture. In this role, he managed the electronics and high-tech sector for Accenture in APAC. He was responsible for the markets of Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore and India. In successfully carrying out his responsibilities, he earned the respect of regional and corporate personnel as a high achiever who constantly exceeded performance targets.
He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree of Industrial Engineering from Seoul National University and earned his master’s degree in the same discipline with Korea Advanced Institute of Science of Technology.
Plennary presentation: Inspire New Learning Experience
Teachers and academic staff around the globe are facing the same challenge - how to prepare high-quality education and prepare youth for the jobs of the future, simultaneously ensuring the dialogue in the classroom and an environment that nurtures good student achievements, professional teaching staff and manages schools efficiently and cost-effectively. Schools play quintessentially important roles not just in training of future experts and proactive members of the society, but also as community centers in cities and towns around the globe.
However, as the technology landscape changes with ubiquitous internet access, backed with greater availability of educational software, e-books and so on, the expectations for K12 and university education is changing.
School education is at an inflection point as classrooms that embed technology in their basic learning process and curriculum are ever more becoming smart classrooms. These learning spaces deploy a student-centric approach that fosters dialogue in the classroom and collaborative learning through applications which enhance content and encourage peer review and learning, thus achieving the goal of the interactive classroom.
