WORLD KNOWLEDGE FORUM 2021
Terra Incognita:
Redesigning the Global Architecture
September 14th ~ 16th
WORLD KNOWLEDGE FORUM 2021
Terra Incognita:
Redesigning the Global Architecture
September 14th ~ 16th
WORLD KNOWLEDGE FORUM 2021
Terra Incognita:
Redesigning the Global Architecture
September 14th ~ 16th
52,860
Participants
4,788
Speakers
82
Countries
1,387
Sessions
The World Knowledge Forum which is
held by Maekyung Media Group, was launched in 2000 to pursue balanced global development and prosperity based on knowledge sharing.
MAIN SPEAKERS OF 2021
stands for an online speaker.
Mike Pompeo
The 70th Secretary of State of the United States
Michael Sandel
Harvard University
Professor
Professor
Thomas Bach
IOC
President
President
Mark Schneider
Nestlé
CEO
CEO
Marcus Wallenberg
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB)
Chair of the Board of Directors
Chair of the Board of Directors
Graham Allison
Harvard University
Professor
Professor
Paul Milgrom
Stanford University
Professor
Professor
Bob Sternfels
McKinsey & Company
Global Managing Partner
Global Managing Partner
Ban Ki-moon
United Nations
The 8th Secretary General
The 8th Secretary General
Jim Goodnight
SAS Institute
Co-founder and CEO
Co-founder and CEO
Peter Diamandis
XPRIZE Foundation
Founder & Executive Chairman
Founder & Executive Chairman
Bobbi Brown
Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
Founder
Founder
Jesper Brodin
Ingka Group, IKEA
President and CEO
President and CEO
Marc Raibert
Boston Dynamics
Founder & Chairman
Founder & Chairman
Warren East
Rolls Royce
CEO
CEO
Patrice Caine
Thales
Chairman and CEO
Chairman and CEO
Roy Azevedo
Raytheon Intelligence & Space
President
President
Michael Schoellhorn
Airbus Defence and Space
CEO
CEO
Pamela Melroy
NASA
Deputy Administrator
Deputy Administrator
Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum
Creator
Creator
Luke Ellis
Man Group
CEO
CEO
Daron Acemoglu
MIT
Professor
Professor
Justin Yifu Lin
National School of Development Peking University
Professor
Professor
Edwin Feulner
Heritage Foundation
Founder
Founder
Fatih Birol
International Energy Agency(IEA)
Executive Director
Executive Director
Jim Goodnight
SAS Institute
Co-founder and CEO
Co-founder and CEO
Mustafa Varank
Republic of Turkey
Minister of Industry and Technology
Minister of Industry and Technology
Gary Shapiro
Consumer Technology Association
President and CEO
President and CEO
Chris Urmson
Aurora
CEO & Co-Founder
CEO & Co-Founder
PROGRAM
Day1
Tuesday, September 14
Day2
Wednesday, September 15
Day3
Thursday, September 16
Day4
Friday, September 17
Jangchung
The Shilla Hotels
Dynasty A
Dynasty B
Lilac
Emerald
Ruby
Topaz
Seoul Club
Haneul Theater
08:00 - 09:20
Special Debate with Michael Sandel(Opening Ceremony)
09:30 - 10:30
Dialogue with Mike Pompeo: America, China, and the Future of Northeast Asia
10:40 - 11:20
Marcus Wallenberg-Kyung Shik Sohn: The Geo-technological Challenge
11:30 - 12:00
Strengthen collaboration and drive action on climate change
12:10 - 12:35
Driving Sustainable, Inclusive Growth
13:40 - 14:10
[Open Session] Robots for the Real World: Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond (*Robot Demonstration)
14:25 - 15:25
Space Economics: Why Billionaires Go to Space
15:40 - 16:40
[Open Session] World of Influencers
KNOWLEDGE STREAM
Knowledge Stream is a webinar series in which we invite top experts from various fields, including technology, industry, economy, finance and politics via online to provide easy, fast, and fun insights.
KNOWLEDGE ARCHIVE
It is a space where global speakers of the World Knowledge Forum can meet the knowledge shared at past forums so that they can face the present and see the future based on the past.
NOTICE
The Last Chance to Register for This Year’s WKF Enlightenment
2021.09.03
[WKF] Korea at a Glance
2021.08.09
Deadline Closing Friday for Try Everything Startup Fair Held in Seoul Next Month
2020.08.19
Asia’s Biggest Startup Fair “Try Everything” Holds Inaugural Event on Sep. 16-18 in Seoul
2020.07.21
Maekyung’s 21st WKF Held as Planned in Seoul in Sept with Theme of Pandenomics
2020.07.07
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