Speakers of 2022
Speakers of 2022


Esko Aho
The 37th Prime Minister of Finland

Mohammed Ali Al Shorafa Al Hammadi
Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development(ADDED)
Chairman
Chairman

Kevin Ali
Organon
CEO
CEO

Richard Baldwin
Graduate Institute in Geneva
Professor
Professor

Mike Belshe
BitGo
CEO
CEO

Maria Benjumea
Spain Startup (Organizer of South Summit)
President and Founder
President and Founder

Carl Bildt
The 40th Prime Minister of Sweden


Fatih Birol
International Energy Agency (IEA)
Executive Director
Executive Director

Maximilian Bittner
Vestiaire Collective
CEO
CEO

John Bolton
National Security Advisor (2018-2019)
Author of ¡ÇAuthor of The Room Where It Happened¡Ç
Author of ¡ÇAuthor of The Room Where It Happened¡Ç

Sébastien Borget
Sandbox
Co-Founder and COO
Co-Founder and COO

Jason Brink
Gala Games
President of Blockchain
President of Blockchain

Yaron Brook
Ayn Rand Institute
Chairman of the Board
Chairman of the Board


Pauline Brown
Former Chairman of Chairman of LVMH North America
Author of ¡ÇAesthetic Intelligence¡Ç
Author of ¡ÇAesthetic Intelligence¡Ç

David Cameron
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010-2016)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010-2016)


Victor Cha
Georgetown University
Professor
Professor

John Chambers
NYU Stern School of Business
Professor
Professor

JungHee Cheon
Seoul National University
Professor of Mathematics and director of IMDARC(the center for industrial math)
Professor of Mathematics and director of IMDARC(the center for industrial math)

Jenny Chu
The Korea Conference
Founder
Founder

Myunghoon Chung
GC Company
CEO
CEO

Marie-Christine COISNE-ROQUETTE
Sonepar
Chair
Chair

Jonathan Cole
Corio Generation
CEO
CEO

Victoria Coleman
United States Department of the Air Force
Chief Scientist
Chief Scientist

Tyler Cowen
George Mason University
Economics Professor
Economics Professor

Eric Daimler
Conexus AI
Co-founder & CEO
Co-founder & CEO

Melissa Daimler
Chief Learning Officer of Udemy
Author of ¡ÇReCulturing¡Ç
Author of ¡ÇReCulturing¡Ç
Philip Dalidakis
Former Victorian Minister for Innovation & the Digital Economy, Trade & Investment and Small Business


Ray Dalio
Bridgewater Associates
Founder
Founder
Enrique Dans
IE Business School
Professor
Professor

Thierry de Montbrial
Institute for Inernational Relations(IFRI)
Founder and Executive Chairman
Founder and Executive Chairman

Carmine Di Noia
OECD
the Director of the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affair
the Director of the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affair


Robert Einhorn
Brookings
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow

Yigal Erlich
Yozma Group
Founder & Chairman
Founder & Chairman

John Everard
Former British ambassador to North Korea

Zhu Feng
Nanjing University
Director and Professor for Institute of International Studies
Director and Professor for Institute of International Studies

Edwin Feulner
The Heritage Foundation
Founder
Founder

Carl Benedikt Frey
Oxford Martin School
Director of the Future of Work Programme
Director of the Future of Work Programme


Francis Fukuyama
Stanford University
Professor
Professor

Urs Gerber
Center for Asia Pacific Strategy (CAPS)
Chairman of Board
Chairman of Board

Anindya Ghose
NYU Stern
Professor
Professor

David Giordano
BlackRock
Global Head of Climate Infrastructure
Global Head of Climate Infrastructure

Yuriy Gorodnichenko
U.C Berkeley
Professor
Professor


Michael. J. Green
United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney
CEO
CEO

Hoon Han
Statistics Korea
Commissioner
Commissioner

Shayn Hawthorne
AWS Aerospace & Satellite Solutions Division
Space Technology Leader
Space Technology Leader

Noor Helmi
IX Telecom
CEO
CEO


Cal Henderson
Slack
Co-founder & CTO
Co-founder & CTO

Francois Hollande
The 24th President of France
The 24th President of France

James Huang
eXp Commercial
President
President

Jeffrey J. Schott
Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow

Michael Jeon
Solasta Ventures
Managing Partner
Managing Partner

Saeju Jeong
Noom
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CEO

Milo Jones
Changing Character of War Centre, Pembroke College, Oxford
Leading analyst/strategist
Leading analyst/strategist

Jiwon Joung
Algocare
CEO & Founder
CEO & Founder

Woo-Sung Jung
Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, POSTECH
Professor
Professor
Roy D. Kamphausen
President
National Bureau of Asian Research
National Bureau of Asian Research

Erica Kang
KryptoSeoul
CEO & Founder
CEO & Founder

Ban Ki-moon
United Nations
The 8th Secretary General
The 8th Secretary General

Anthony Kim
The Heritage Foundation
Senior Policy Analyst
Senior Policy Analyst


Jerome Kim
International Vaccine Institute (IVI)
Director General
Director General

Hee-Eun Kim
Center for Asia Pacific Strategy (CAPS)
Founder, President & CEO
Founder, President & CEO

Ron Kim
Member of the New York State Assembly from the 40th district
Member of the New York State Assembly from the 40th district

Hyunuk Kim
Department of Administrative Sciences, Boston University
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor

Je Young Kim
LG Energy Solutions
Advanced Cell Research Center
Advanced Cell Research Center

Jongyoon Kim
Yanolja
CEO
CEO

Heino Klinck
Pentagon
Former DASD for East Asia
Former DASD for East Asia

Carl Kock
IE Business School
Professor
Professor

Vincent Koen
OECD
Head of Division, Country Studies
Head of Division, Country Studies

Philip Kotler
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
Professor Emeritus of Marketing
Professor Emeritus of Marketing

Paul Krugman
City University of New York
Distinguished Professor
Distinguished Professor


Wai-Lum Kwok
Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Abu Dhabi Global Market
Senior Executive Director
Senior Executive Director

Tom Lawrence
The Eden Golf Club
Chairman
Chairman

William Lee
Milken Institute
Chief Economist
Chief Economist

Min Jin Lee
Award-winning & Bestselling Novelist and Essayist

Sooinn Lee
Enuma
CEO
CEO

Min-Young Lee
Korea Exchange
Research Fellow
Research Fellow

Mingu Lee
Cleveland Avenue Technology Investments
Managing Partner
Managing Partner

Sirgoo Lee
Dunamu
CEO
CEO

Duhee Lee
LIKELION
CEO
CEO
Pham Nam Long
Abivin
CEO and Founder
CEO and Founder

Prince Lorenzo de Medici

Jaeson Ma
OP3N
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Co-Chief Executive Officer

Marco Marinucci
Mind the Bridge
CEO
CEO

Terry Martin
TV News Anchor

David Maxwell
Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow


Russell Napier
Author of ¡ÇThe Asian Financial Crisis 1995-1998: Birth of the Age of Debt¡Ç

Ben Nelson
Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Minerva Project
Chancellor, Minerva University
Chancellor, Minerva University


Joseph Nye
Harvard University
Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus
Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus

Aireen Omar
Capital A
President(Ventures)
President(Ventures)

Tamir Pardo
Former Director of the Mossad
Senior Advisor to Nanolock Security
Senior Advisor to Nanolock Security

Fleur Pellerin
Korelya Capital
CEO
CEO

Reince Priebus
The 27th White House Chief of Staff
Chairman of the Republican National Committee (2011-2017)
Chairman of the Republican National Committee (2011-2017)

Doug Rae
Carbon Engineering
VP Business Development
VP Business Development

Valerie Ramey
University of California, San Diego
Professor of Economics
Professor of Economics


Mark Read
WPP
CEO
CEO

Maria Ressa
CEO of Rappler
2021 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
2021 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Injong Rhee
Bowery Farming
CTO
CTO


Stephen Roach
Yale University
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow

Jordan Rochester
Nomura Securities
Executive Director
Executive Director

Maya Rogers
Tetris
CEO
CEO

Mike Rosenberg
IESE Business School
Professor
Professor

Keunkwan Ryu
Department of Economics, Seoul National University
Professor
Professor

Chad Sbragia
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for China
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for China

Thomas Schafer
Former German ambassador to North Korea
Former German ambassador to North Korea

Michael Schollhorn
Airbus Defence and Space
CEO
CEO

Paul Schreyer
OECD
Chief Statistician and Director of Statistics and Data Directorate
Chief Statistician and Director of Statistics and Data Directorate

Sorah Seong
WR3P
Co-founder & CEO
Co-founder & CEO

Mordechai Sheves
Weizmann Institute of Science
Former Vice President
Former Vice President

Mark Skousen
Chapman University
Presidential Fellow
Presidential Fellow


Young Sohn
Extreme Tech Challenge(XTC)
Co-Founder
Co-Founder

Sandhya Sriram
Shiok Meats
Group CEO & Co-founder
Group CEO & Co-founder


Bob Sternfels
McKinsey & Company
Global Managing Partner
Global Managing Partner

Jennifer Stojkovic
Founder, Vegan Women Summit
Executive Director, sf.citi
Executive Director, sf.citi


Sara Sutton
FlexJobs
CEO
CEO


John Taylor
Stanford University
Professor
Professor

Neda Ulaby
NPR
Art Desk Reporter
Art Desk Reporter

Eric Xing
Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence(MBZUAI)
President & Professor
President & Professor

Jae Yoon
NYLIM
CIO
CIO


Emi Yoshikawa
Ripple
VP of Corporate Strategy and Operations
VP of Corporate Strategy and Operations

Robert Zubrin
Mars Society
Founder and President
Founder and President