Speakers of 2015

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Matthieu A Van Bilsen IBM Asia Pacific
Industrial Sector Leader

Joseph Abraham ANZ Indonesia
CEO

Esko Aho Prime Minister of Finland (1991-1995)

Philip Anderson INSEAD
INSEAD Alumni Fund Chaired Professor of Entrepreneurship

Azaraimy Haji Hasib Borneo Bulletin, Brunei Press
Chief Reporter

Bae Kyoung Yul Sangmyung Univ
Professor

Bahk Jaewan Sungkyunkwan University
Dean, Graduate School of Governance

Otman Basir IMS
CEO

Tal Ben-shahar Happier TV
Chief Learning Officer

Subrata Bhattacharjee Borden Ladner Gervais
Partner

Carl Bildt Former Prime Minister, Sweden(1991-1994)
Foreign Minister, Sweden

Jan Jones Blackhurst Caesars Entertainment
Executive Vice President

Tony Blair The 73rd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Nathan Blecharczyk Airbnb
Co-founder

Michael Bradshaw Warwick Business School
Professor of Global Energy

Richard Branson Virgin Group
Founder

Roberto Brazzale Brazzale group
Chairman

Michael Brecht Doodle
CEO

Mark Buchanan Forecast: What Physics, Meteorology and the Natural Sciences Can Teach Us About
author

Benjamin Butler Emerging Future Institute
Futurist

Chang Dae Whan Founder of World Knowledge Forum
Chairman of Maekyung Media Group

Chang Sungsup KAI
Vice-President

Chen Weidong China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)
Chief Economist

Cho Wondong Chung-ang University
Chaired Professor

Jungho Cho Ontario Teachers′ Pension Plan (Asia) Ltd
Senior Principal

Cho Young Hoon SK telecom
Senior Vice President

Cho Gwang Rae Korea Aerospace Research Institute
President

Choi Dosoung Gachon University
Vice President, Professor of Finance

Choi DooWon Hyvision system
CEO

David Chon Pioneer Investors
CEO

Kaye Chon The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dean and Chair Professor of School of Hotel & Tourism Management

Choung BooMann National Information Society Agency
Executive director

David Christian Macquarie University, Sydney
Professor

Chun Yung-woo Korean Peninsula Future Forum
Chairman and Founder

Chung Jae-ho Seoul National University
Professor of International Relations, Director of the Program on US-China Relations

Ben Chung Cisco GCoE (Global Center of Excellence)
Center Manager

Marcelo Cummins GE’s Asia Pacific Renewables Sales Team
Technical Leader

Yvo de Boer Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Director-General

John Paul Dejoria John Paul Mitchell Systems
Chairman

Harry S. Dent, Jr. Dent Research
Senior Editor / Author of The Demographic Cliff

Eileen Donahoe Human Rights Watch
Director of Global Affairs

Rajeev Dubey Member of the Group Executive Board, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
Group President (HR & Corporate Services) & CEO (After-Market Sector)

Roni A. Einav Einav Hi-Tec Assets
Chairman

Larry Ellison Oracle Corporation
Chairman and CTO

Yigal Erlich Yozma Group
Chairman

Chris Faulkner Breitling Energy
CEO

Aldo Flores-Quiroga IEF
Secretary General

Joseph Foo Jason Marine Group
Chairman

Yi Gao State Power Economic Research Institute
Senior Engineer

Ignacio Garcia Alves Arthur D. Little
Global CEO

Bill Gates Microsoft Corporation
Co-founder

Timothy Geithner 75th United States Secretary of the Treasury (2009-2013)
President, Warburg Pincus

Remo Giuffre General Thinking & TEDxSydney
Founder & Director

Tim Gould International Energy Agency
Head of Unit, Resources and Investment

Will Graylin LoopPay
CEO

James Green Rosetta Capital Management
CEO

Alan Greenspan The 13th Chairman of Federal Reserve Board

Guo Wanda China Development Institute
Executive Vice President

Koichi Hamada Yale University
Tuntex Professor Emeritus of Economics

Hasnudin Hamzah Permanent Mission of Malaysia
Permanent Representative

Han Duck-Soo Prime Minister of Korea (2007~2008)

Han Sung Joo Korea University
Professor Emeritus

Joon Han Yonsei University
Professor

Herbjørn Hansson Nordic American Tankers
Chairman

He Liping Beijing Normal University
Professor

Karl Hedrick Dept of Mechanical Engineering UC Berkeley
Professor

Mike Herrington Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
Executive Director

Christopher Hill University of Denver
Dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies

Hong Daesoon Ewha School of Business
Professor

Hong Sungjoo SK Hynix
Executive Vice President Head of R&D

Hooi Den Huan Nanyang Technological University
Director of Nanyang Technopreneurship Center

Hori Yoshito GLOBIS University
President

Hu Angang Institute for Contemporary China Studies, Tsinghua University
Dean

Hur Kyungwook Professor of KDI School of Public Policy
Former Ambassador of the Permanent Delegation of OECD

Tim Hwang FiscalNote
CEO

Hwang Seiwoon KCMI
Chief Economist

Hyun Oh-Seok Korea National Diplomatic Academy
Chair Professor

Hiroshi Ishiguro Osaka University
Professor

Kazumasa Iwata Japan Center for Economic Research
President

Net Jacobson Sparklabs Global Ventures
Co-founder and Partner

Jang Dayk Seoul National University
Professor

Donald Johnston Secretary-General of the OECD (1996-2006)
CONSULTANT LAWYER

Milo Jones IE Business School
Professor

Joo Hyeonghwan Ministry of Strategy and Finance
1st Vice Minister

Ju Chulki Cheong Wa Dae
Senior Secretary to the President for Foreign Affairs and National Security

Jung Yooshin Sogang University
Professor

Jung Eun Seung Samsung Electronics
Executive Vice President

Eugenia Kalnay University of Maryland
Distinguished University Professor

Kang Young Chul Office for Government Policy Coordination
Deputy Minister for Regulatory Reform

So-Young Kang Awaken Group
Catalyst & CEO

Kang Jong Koo Korean Air Tech Center
VP/Engineering

Wondo Kang Samsung Electronics
Director

Kang Young Seog Hyundai Heavy Industries
Executive Vice President

Hermawan Kartajaya MarkPlus Inc
Founder & CEO

Takao Kashiwagi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Professor

Paul Kennedy Yale University
Professor of History

Kim Byung-Yeon Seoul National University (SNU)
Professor in Department of Economics

Kim Rando Seoul National University
Professor

Kim Sang-Hyup Graduate School of Green Growth, KAIST
Visiting Professor

Kim Younkyoo Hanyang University
Professor

Kim Yong Jin Sogang University
Professor

Kim Yongbeom Financial Services Commission
Standing Commissioner of Securities and Futures Commission

Kim Jinill Korea University
Professor

Jeffery Kim Sung Kyun Kwan University
Professor Emeritus

Kim Choong Soo Bank of Korea
Governor of Bank of Korea (2010-2014)

Kim Ho-Cheol IBM
Energy Research Manager

Yonghwan Kim Seoul National University
Professor

Kim, Seung Jo Seoul National University
Professor

Kim Joo-ha MBN
Anchor

Kim Hee Kyong MBN
Anchor

Ichiro Kishimi Co-author of The Courage to be Disliked

Ko San ATEAM Ventures
CEO / Founder

Fumitake Koga Co-author of The Courage to be Disliked

Richard Koo Nomura Research Institute
Chief Economist

Laurence Kotlikoff Boston University
Professor of Economics

Ken Koyama The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)
Chief Economist & Managing Director

Raghu Krishnamoorthy GE
Vice President, Executive Development & Chief Learning Officer

Paul Krugman City University of New York
Professor

Christof Kutscher AXA Investment Managers S.A.
Chairman

Kwag Jinoh Samsung Display
Senior Vice President

Kwon Ohjoon POSCO
CEO

Andrei Lankov Kookmin University
Professor

LEE, Kang Yoon IBM
Executive

Lee Ilhoung KIEP
President

Lee Sang Yup KAIST
Distinguished Professor and Director

Juyeol Lee Bank of Korea
Governor

Lee Jonathan Boeing
Director

Changhee Lee Seoul National University
Professor

Lee Zoonky Yonsei University
Professor/CIO

Lee Jong-Wha Korea University
Professor of Economics

Lei Sihai China Radio International
Chief Commentator

Danny Leipziger Growth Dialogue
Managing Director

Li Xiguang Tsinghua University International Center for Communication Studies
Professor / Director

Li Guanghui Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, MOFCOM
Vice President

Li Xiangyang National Institute of International Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Director

Robin Li Baidu
Chairman and CEO

Lim Chae-Un Small and medium Business Corporation(SBC)
President

Liu Chen Beijing Foreign Studies University
Professor, Director

Liu Qiao Peking University, Guanghua School of Management
Professor

Wei Liu iMakr
Chief Operations Officer

Ma Jia CAPI
Chairman

Gregory Mankiw Harvard University
Professor

Yoichi Masuzoe Governor of Tokyo

John Mearsheimer University of Chicago
Professor

Manoj Menon Frost & Sullivan
Senior Partner & Asia Pacific Managing Director

Le Luong Minh Secretary General
ASEAN

Tatina Mitrova Energy Research Institute Russian Academy of Sciences
Head of Oil and Gas Department

Thierry Montbrial French Institute of International Relations (Ifri)
Executive Chairman

Moon Chung-In Yonsei University
Professor

Moon Seung Il Seoul National University
Professor

Myung, Seungeun VentureSquare
CEO

Na Kyung-Won Foreign Affairs & Unification Committee
Chairperson

Nguyen Huu Ninh Center for Environment Research, Education and Development (CERED)
Chairman

Nathan Nunn Harvard University
Professor of Economics

Oh ChangHo LG Display
CTO

Oh Jun Ho KAIST
Professor

Akihiro Omura Toray Industries, Inc.
General Manger, Manufacture Division

Ami H. Orkaby MAC Fund
Co-Chairman and Co-Founder

Pae YoungWoo IBM
Client Technical Advisor

Paik Keun-Wook Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES)
Senior Research Fellow

Leon Panetta
U.S. Secretary of Defense (2011-2013)

Alexander Panov Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Head of the Department of Diplomacy

Park Daesu KT Economics & Management Research Institute
Senior Vice President

Park Won-soon Mayor of Seoul

Sang Jin Park Samsung Electronics
President

William Pesek
Syndicated Columnist

Edmund Phelps 2006 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics

Michael Pich INSEAD
Dean of Executive Education

Thomas Piketty Paris School of Economics
Professor

Navanethem Pillay UN High Commissioner for Human Rights(2008~2014)
Retired

Jason Pontin MIT Techonology Review
Editor in Chief

Michael Porter Harvard University
Professor

Colin Powell The 65th United States Secretary of State

Jagdeesh Prakasam Rotella Capital Management
Co-Chief Investment Officer

Eswar Prasad Cornell University & Brookings Institution
Professor

Theresa Rah Oratio
Co-CEO

KV Rao Tata Sons Limited
Resident Director - ASEAN

John Register United States Olympic Committee
Associate Director Community and Military Programs

Rhie, Won-bok Duksung Women′s University
President

John Rice GE
Vice Chairman

Robert Riener ETH Zurich
Professor

Thomas N. Rollinger Red Rock Capital LLC
CIO

Fran Rosch Norton Business Unit
Executive Vice President

Nouriel Roubini Roubini Global Economics
Chairman

Chris Ryan MSCI
Managing Director & Head of Asia Pacific

Melito S. Salazar, JR. Manila Bulletin
Vice President

Nicolas Sarkozy The 23rd President of the Frence

Mordechai Sheves Weizmann Institute of Science
Vice President for Technology Transfer

Shin Kwanho Korea University
Professor

Shin Hyung-kwan Mnet Contents Business
President

Shin Changho IBM Intellectual Property
IP Executive

Shanker Singham Competitiveness and Enterprise Cities at Babson Global
Managing Director

Song Minsoon University of North Korean Studies
President

Song Yong Kyu Korea Aerospace University
Professor

George Soros Soros Fund Management
Chairman

Manuel Sosa INSEAD
Professor of Technology and Operations Management

Jon L. Stein Kettera Strategies LLC
CEO

Joseph E. Stiglitz 2001 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics

Rolf Strom-Olsen IE Business School
Professor

Suh Il Hong Hanyang University
Professor

Suh Jeong-in Mission of the Republic of Korea to ASEAN
Ambassador

Suh Eunkook Yonsei University
Professor

Sung Taeyoon Yonsei University
Professor

Peter Sykes The Dow Chemical Company
President, Asia Pacific

Tsuyoshi Takashiro Takashiro Tokyo
CEO

Ching W. Tang University of Rochester / Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Professor

Don Tapscott The Tapscott Group
CEO

Daniel Thomsen Stratasys Korea
General Manager

Donald Trump Jr. The Trump Organization
Executive Vice President

Peter Tyroller Robert Bosch GmbH
Chairman of Asia-Pacific

Eric Van der Kleij Entiq (Level39)
Co-founder / Managing Director

Balagopal Vissa INSEAD
Professor of Entrepreneurship

Sonny Vu Misfit
CEO

Haruki Wada Tokyo University
Emeritus Professor

Theo Waigel
German Minister of Finance (1989-1998)

Ingo Walter Stern School of Business, New York University
Professor

Chad Williams Phnom Penh Post
Editor-in-Chief

Alan Willits Cargill Asia Pacific Holdings Pte Ltd
Chairman, Asia Pacific

Won Youn-Sang Samsung Heavy Industries(SHI),
Executive Vice President

Pindar Wong VeriFi
Chairman of Consultancy

Woo Sang-Sun HYOSUNG R&D Center
President (CTO)

Yang Woong Chul Hyundai Motor Group
Vice-Chairman

David Yermack New York University Stern School of Business
Chairman of Finance Department

Yi Kyongsu Seoul National University
Professor

Yoo Janghee Maeil Business Newspaper
Executive Advisor

Yoon Chi-won UBS Group
President Asia-Pacific

Yoon Kwang Joon Smart Drone Center
Director

Kasper Yttesen Siemens Wind Power Offshore
Director of Offshore Strategy

Gino Yu Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design
Associate Professor

Zheng Yuhuang Tsinghua University
Professor

Zhou Chunsheng Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
Professor

Zhou Qiren Peking University
Professor