B-COM Webtoon Conference

• Theme: Contextual Criticism and Expandability of Webtoons

Part 1. B-COM Conference

• Date: 2024. 10. 5.(Sat) 10:00~12:00
• Venue : Webtoon Convergence Center 1F
• Theme: Current Status and Outlook of the Digital Content Industry

Time	division	Contents
10:00~10:05	opening	Park Heung-soo, Dean of the College of Chinese Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
10:05~10:15	keynote presentation
10:15~10:30	Presentation1	Italian Digital Comics Content Market : Historical Dvelopment and Future Prospects Matteo Stefanelli, Art Director of Napoli Comicon
10:30~10:45	Presentation2	Web Comics & Novels : New Opportunities in the US Rosemond Purdue, CEO of Breakthrough Now Media
10:45~11:00	Presentation3	Current status, difficulties and prospects of Chinese webtoons Zhang Guoxiao, President of the Henan Province Cartoonists Association
11:00~11:15	Presentation4	Digital Content Industry and Consumer Market in India Paritosh Tripathi, Vice Presedent of Content at Dashtoon
10:15~10:30	Presentation5	Vietnamese webtoon market Nguyen Khanh Duong, CEO of Comicola JSC
11:30~12:00	Q&A

Part 2. Webtoon Conference

• Date: 2024. 10. 5.(Sat) 13:00~15:00
• Venue : Webtoon Convergence Center 1F
•Theme: Changes in cartoon webtoon literacy in the digital media era

Time	division	Contents
13:00~13:05	opening	Park Se-hyun, President of Korea Association of Manhwa Webtoon Critic
13:05~13:25	Presentation1	Changes in comics consumption styles in Japan Iida Ichishi, Cultural critic
13:25~13:45	Presentation2	Changes in Manga Consumption Styles in Japan Lee Hyun-seok, CEO of Red Seven Inc.
13:45~14:05	Presentation3	The Keys of the French and European Webtoon Market Sebastien Celimon, CEO of White Dragon Event
14:05~14:55	Q&A
14:55~15:00	closing

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