Interview: Mr. Massimo Roj, Founder and Managing Partner, Progetto CMR

Founded in 1994, Progetto CMR has developed a significant experience in the planning and realization of Corporate Interiors. While concentrating on this core activity, its range of consultancy has gradually expanded. Integrated design has always been the strong point of its approach. Clients are offered a qualified team of 80 professionals with different core competencies, organized into six divisions: Architecture (Building Design and Corporate Interiors), Engineering, Health and Safety, Industrial Design, Process Management, Research and Development. As noted by Mr. Massimo Roj, founder and Managing Partner, Progetto CMR, the company represents the ability to think and design in an innovative way for the various scenarios and elements of the workplace, with customer satisfaction playing...

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Interview: Dr. Kim Yeong-seen, President of Korea Consumer Agency

The Korea Consumer Agency is a government organization, that was established in July, 1987, based on the Consumer Protection Act. Its founding principle is to protect consumer rights and interests, to promote a rational consumption life and to contribute to the sound development of the nation's economy. The agency is contributing to national economic development through providing consumer redress, consumer information and education, guaranteeing safety and rights, and protecting consumers economic interests. It provides distinctive and professional services on consumer affairs as a public institution specialized in effectively promoting the governments consumer protection policies. An interview with Dr. Kim Yeong-seen, President of Korea Consumer Agency, on the role of the agency and plans...

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Interview: Mr. Ahn Byong-man, Minister of Education, Science & Technology

The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is striving to secure core basic & source technologies by fostering highly-competitive global talents and building innovative capacity of universities and research institutes with an aim to develop future growth engines. Interview with Mr. Ahn Byong-man, Minister of Education Science & Technology. >>The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) is pursuing various reform policies to strengthen the national competitiveness in education, science and technology under the vision to promote education, science and technology as a building block to turn Korea into a global first-class advanced country. The education policy is especially focused on strengthening autonomy of the schools and improving the public education...

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Interview: Mr. Andreas Martin, Head of International Acquisitions & Sales, Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH

The DekaBank Group, owned by savings banks and Landesbanken (Federal State banks), is the largest provider of open-ended real estate funds in Germany. The Groups two investment companies, Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH and WestInvest Gesellschaft fuer Investmentfonds mbH, have a total of more than 21 billion euro in assets under management. Deka Immobilien GmbH is affiliated with these companies and is responsible for global real estate purchases and sales, real estate asset management, and all other real estate services, including product development. Bundling the Groups real estate services in Deka Immobilien and streamlining and simplifying organizational processes has generated large synergy effects that provide a win-win situation for all parties involved. As noted by Andreas Martin,...

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Interview: Mr. Chua Choy-Soon, Managing Director, SEB Investment

The Swedish SEB Group offers a comprehensive range of global and local investment products and has more than 130 billion euro in assets under management worldwide. It's real estate arm, part of SEB Asset Management, is based in Frankfurt, and offers real estate and securities investments, specializing in total return strategies. The company's experience and expertise make it the SEB Group's global center of competence for real estate. The company's real estate success story began in 1989 with the launch of SEB ImmoInvest. Its largest real estate mutual fund with a gross fund volume of approximately 8 billion euro grew as the Investmentgesetz (German Investment Act) developed, from a fund that invests in Germany and Europe to one that invests around the world. As noted by Mr. Chua Choy-Soon,...

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