WKF 2025

WORLD KNOWLEDGE FORUM 2025

New Odyssey:
Navigating the Great Transition

September 9-11, 2025
Jangchung Arena · The Shilla Seoul

2024 HIGHLIGHTS

2025 LEAFLET

WORLD KNOWLEDGE FORUM 2025

New Odyssey:
Navigating the Great Transition

September 9-11, 2025
Jangchung Arena · The Shilla Seoul

2024 HIGHLIGHTS

2025 LEAFLET

WORLD KNOWLEDGE FORUM 2025

New Odyssey:
Navigating the Great Transition

September 9-11, 2025
Jangchung Arena · The Shilla Seoul

2024 HIGHLIGHTS

2025 LEAFLET

WORLD KNOWLEDGE FORUM 2025

New Odyssey:
Navigating the Great Transition

September 9-11, 2025
Jangchung Arena · The Shilla Seoul

2024 HIGHLIGHTS

2025 LEAFLET

66,022 Participants

6,058 Speakers

86 Countries

1,903 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.

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Innovation Day
Monday, September 9

Inspire Day
Tuesday, September 10

Knowledge Day
Wednesday, September 11

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Inspire Arena

Ocean Tower Conference Hall

Inspire A

Inspire B

Mountain A

Mountain B

Island

Events

14:00 - 14:50

Financial Secrecy: An Industrial Organization Framework

14:00 - 14:50

How Tottenham Hotspur Established Itself as a Top-Tier Club

14:00 - 14:50

Human Renaissance in the Era of Robots

14:00 - 14:50

RCEP and Re-Globalization: Game Changers for China's Economic Strategy

14:00 - 18:00

[MBA] Coffee Chat with Global Business Schools

15:00 - 15:50

How Companies can Survive and Thrive in the Climate Crisis: Checklists for Corporate Leaders

15:00 - 15:50

Empathy at the Heart of Coexistence

15:00 - 15:50

Corporate Growth Strategy: Insights on M&A and Governance

15:00 - 15:50

Women's Health Gap: A $1 Trillion Market Opportunity

16:00 - 16:50

The Pitfalls of Attracting and Retaining Talent in a World of AI

16:00 - 16:50

Mastering Strategic Decision-Making: Critical and Rational Thinking for Leaders

16:00 - 16:50

Fintech, Blockchain, and the Upgrade of the Global Payments Systems

16:00 - 17:10

Crypto Market in 2025

17:00 - 17:50

Life Long Learning: Perspective for Future of Executive Education

17:00 - 17:50

Innovation Illusion: How so Little is Created by Working So Hard

09:30 - 10:20

Geopolitical Outlook 2025: End of Co-existence?

09:30 - 10:30

Searching for Future Industries in Space

10:00 - 11:00

[Open Session] Navigating New Knowledge in the AI Era

10:30 - 11:10

Forecasting the 2024 U.S. Presidential Race: Views from Both Sides

10:30 - 11:10

AI Will Cause Jobs to Evolve, Will You Be Able to Evolve With It?

10:30 - 11:30

The Secret of Innovation Introduced by the Winner of the ASEAN Entrepreneur Award

10:40 - 11:10

Conversation with an Investment Guru, Jon Gray

11:20 - 12:00

Chip War 2.0: The Global Battle for Semiconductor Supremacy

11:20 - 12:10

Global Business in Africa

11:20 - 12:10

Trump's Foreign Policy and the Korean Peninsula: A Fireside Chat with Robert O'Brien

11:20 - 12:20

The Great Demographic Reversal

12:00 - 12:30

Book Signing (Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology) / Chris Miller

12:00 - 13:20

[Open Session] The 1st An Jung-geun Awards for Patriots in Business

14:00 - 15:00

[Open Session] WKF 25th Anniversary Opening Plenary: 'Journey Towards Co-existence'

15:10 - 15:50

[Open Session] How to Bring Peace in the Middle East...A Conversation with Naftali Bennett

15:10 - 15:50

Mauricio Macri: Where Argentina's Economy Is Headed

15:10 - 16:00

AI Confessions: The Good, The Ugly, and The Unexpected.

15:10 - 16:00

Yulia Navalnaya: We Need to Talk About the Victims of Putin

15:10 - 16:00

Korea's Quest for Offshore Oil

16:00 - 16:40

[Open Session] The Revolution of AI Translation: The Collapse of the Tower of Babel

16:00 - 17:00

U.S. Industrial Policy Post-Election

16:10 - 17:00

War on Drugs: The Importance of International Cooperation

16:10 - 17:00

Iron Dome: In Defense of the Islands of Democracy

16:10 - 17:00

John Kelly and Andrew Kim's Insights on Global Security with Focus on the Korean Peninsula

16:10 - 17:00

How AI is Transforming Business

16:50 - 17:10

[Open Session] Lee Soo-man on Celebrity, AI, and Our Future

17:00 - 17:30

Book Signing (Fentanyl) / Ben Westhoff

17:00 - 19:00

Türkiye VIP Reception: Insights into Türkiye's Economic Vision and Investment Potential

17:10 - 18:00

How K-pop Mesmerized the World

17:10 - 18:10

[Korea Conference] Sail Away to the Blue Ocean

17:10 - 18:10

[Open Session] Winning Together: Chanho Park's Lessons on Teamwork and Leadership

17:10 - 18:10

Global Money Move

17:10 - 18:10

Building Cyber Resilience

18:30 - 21:30

K-POCHA: Mingling Night

09:00 - 09:40

[Open Session] Coexistence of Two Systems of Governance: Traditional Government for the Physical World, Blockchain for the Digital World

09:00 - 09:40

Türkiye’s Monetary Policy: Disinflation Trends and Economic Impact

09:00 - 09:40

Inclusive Financial System

09:00 - 09:50

Next AI Decacorn

09:00 - 09:50

From Connectivity to Entanglement: A Lecture by Professor Ian Goldin

09:00 - 09:50

Value-up policies: Opportunities and Challenges

09:50 - 10:30

[Open Session] Conversation with Arthur Laffer

09:50 - 10:50

U.S.-China Trade War 2.0

09:50 - 11:00

Economic Outlook 2025

10:00 - 10:40

Captivating World of K-Food

10:00 - 10:50

Audrey Tang: The Power of Collective Intelligence

10:00 - 11:00

Reliable, Renewable Energy

10:40 - 11:20

[Open Session] New Ideas from Dead CEOs by Todd Buchholz

10:50 - 11:30

A New Tax System for a Globalized World

11:00 - 11:30

Book Signing (The New Cold War) / Robin Niblett

11:00 - 12:10

A World Powered by Brain-Computer Interface

11:10 - 12:10

Humanitarian Response in Conflict Zones

11:10 - 12:10

Is Quantum the Next Big Thing?

11:10 - 12:20

Corporate sustainability strategies

11:30 - 11:50

Book Signing (New Ideas from Dead Economists) / Todd Buchholz

11:30 - 12:10

[Open Session] The End of China's Rise and the Future of World Order

11:40 - 12:20

Vietnam - a trustworthy friend in chaotic world

13:30 - 14:30

Why do people indulge in conspiracy theories?

13:40 - 14:30

Battling Obesity

13:40 - 14:30

Navigating Critical Mineral Supply Chains for National Security and Industrial Resilience

13:40 - 14:30

Investing in Turbulent Macroeconomics

13:40 - 14:40

The Future of Agriculture in the Digital Age

14:00 - 14:25

Book Signing (Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China) / Michael Beckley

14:30 - 15:00

Book Signing (Conspiracy) / Michael Shermer

14:40 - 15:20

Six Materials That Are Changing the World

14:40 - 15:30

Energy Game Changer, SMR

14:40 - 15:30

New Way to Honor the Deceased: AI Digital Remembrance

14:40 - 15:40

Unlocking Success with Neuroscience

14:50 - 15:30

Transforming the Agri-Food Industry with AI

15:40 - 16:10

Inside AI Startups: Founders and Product Insights. Fireside Chat between Charles Kantor and Summer Kim

15:40 - 16:30

The Legacy We Leave Behind: Building AI for Future Generations

15:40 - 16:30

Key Holders of Sustainable Architecture

15:50 - 16:40

[The 39th Korea-Japan Business Forum]Fostering Green Energy Collaboration between Korea and Japan

16:00 - 17:30

13th Korea Knowledge Awards

16:20 - 18:00

Innovative Ways to Net-zero

16:30 - 17:20

17th Women Leaders Forum

16:40 - 18:00

The Ethics of AI

16:50 - 18:00

Art in a New Era

17:00 - 18:00

Brewing a Sustainable Future: Navigating the Coffee Value Chain

18:30 - 20:00

WKF Gala Dinner

WORLD KNOWLEDGE FORUM Main Speakers of 2025

Jared Diamond Bestselling author of “Guns, Germs, and Steel”
Professor at UCLA

Werner Vogels AMAZON.COM
CTO

Charles Michel
Former President of the European Council

Robert F. Smith Vista Equity Partners
Chairman

Nazir Razak Chairman at Ikhlas Capital
Former Chairman of CIMB

Ashishkumar Chauhan National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)
CEO

Anne Corona Aon
CEO of Enterprise Clients

Marisa Chearavanont Special Advisor to CP Group
Founder of Chef Cares Foundation

Anna Lembke Bestselling author of “Dopamine Nation”
Professor at Stanford University

Kurt Björklund Permira
Chairman

Ian Horrocks Oxford University
Professor

James Robinson 2024 Nobel Laureate
Professor at the University of Chicago

John J. Mearsheimer The University of Chicago
Professor

Subodh Kulkarni Rigetti Computing
CEO

Herbert Diess Chairman of Infineon Technologies
Former CEO of Volkswagen AG

Edward Lee Chef

Martin Eberhard Tesla
Founder, Original Chairman & CEO

SHIRAKAWA Masaaki
Former Governor of the Bank of Japan

Pascal Daloz Dassault Systèmes
CEO

SHIN Hak-Cheol LG Chem
Vice Chairman

Dmytro Kuleba
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Yuval Beiski Rafael
Vice President

Cody Keenan
Former White House Director of Speechwriting

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.

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Duolingo and Its Social Impact Mission│Luis von Ahn (Duolingo, Founder)

2025-05-20

An Era of Errors and Bias in AI… What matters most?│Itziar de Ros(IESE)

2025-05-20

Partnership is the foundation for innovative medicine...Novartis will seek growth with K-Bio

2025-01-20

Where does our current quantum technology stand?│Fabio Donati(IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience)

2023-11-29

The biggest opportunity since the 1990s is coming│Andrew Burych, Brookfield Asset Management

2023-11-29

The Limits of Banks and Governments, Infrastructure Investment for Individuals | Daniel Fuchs

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.

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