Speakers of 2008
Speakers of 2008
Lee Myung bak
President of the Republic of Korea
President of the Republic of Korea
C. S. Kiang
Peking University Environment Fund
Chairman
Chairman
Gary Dirks
BP Group
Vice President
Vice President
Nam Ho Kyong
Korea Wind Energy Development Organization
Director
Director
Gopika Spaenle
INSEAD
Associate Director of MBA Programme
Associate Director of MBA Programme
Kiyoshi Kurakawa
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies(GRIPS), Japan
Professor
Professor
Chin Kyung Kim
Pyongyang University of Science & Technology (PUST)
President
President
Hae-Ryun Kim
Adigm
CEO
CEO
Hee-Soo Kim
Adigm
Director
Director
Hoh Kim
THE LAB h
Founder & Head
Founder & Head
Hyung-Tae Kim
Korea Securities Research Institute (KSRI)
President
President
Icksoo Kim
Korea University
Professor
Professor
James Woo Kim
Yahoo! Korea and Overture Korea
CEO
CEO
Mi-Hyung Kim
Kumho Asiana Group
Vice President
Vice President
Suk-hi Kim
Detroit Mercy University
Professor
Professor
Taewoo Danny Kim
Full-time blogger & author of Meconomy
Full-time blogger & author of Meconomy
Yeon-Hee Kim
Bain & Company Korea
Partner
Partner
Young Ill Kim
INNOCEAN
CEO
CEO
Young-Se Kim
INNO DESIGN
CEO/Designer
CEO/Designer
Nagata Tetsuro
Eurus Energy Holdings Corporation
President and CEO
President and CEO
Narayan Pant
INSEAD
Dean of Executive Education and Professor of Strategy
Dean of Executive Education and Professor of Strategy
Jong Won Nam
MBN TV
Chief Commentator
Chief Commentator
Sang Koo Nam
Korea University
Professor
Professor
Satoshi Nojiri
Fidelity Investments Japan Limited
Director
Director
Nik Gowing
BBC
Presenter
Presenter
Akio Tanaka
Infinity Ventures
Co-founder & Managing Partner
Co-founder & Managing Partner
Darmawan Djajusman
Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board
Deputy Chairman for investment Promotion
Deputy Chairman for investment Promotion
Dattatreya Siva Baba
Tripura Foundation Meditation
Spiritual Leader
Spiritual Leader
Daniel Lamarre
Cirque du Soleil
CEO
CEO
Douglas L. Feagin
Goldman Sachs
Head of the Financial Institutions Group for Asia
Head of the Financial Institutions Group for Asia
Dennis Karpes
Dance4Life
Founder
Founder
David Russell
Macquarie Korea Opportunities Management Inc
Representative Director
Representative Director
Donald Johnston
OECD
Former Secretary General
Former Secretary General
Dominic Barton
McKinsey & Company
Asia Pacific Chairman
Asia Pacific Chairman
Ngeap Duong
Cambodia DNG Group
Chairman
Chairman
Deepak Bangalore
SAMIXA
Chairman
Chairman
Lars Vargo
Embassy of Sweden to Korea
Ambassador
Ambassador
Raj Datta
MindTree Ltd.
Vice President
Vice President
Song Lai Le
State Capital Investment Corporation, Vietnam
Deputy General Director
Deputy General Director
Rory Chase
Teleos
Managing Director
Managing Director
Robert Cialdini
Author of ′INFLUENCE: The Psychology of Persuation′
Author of ′INFLUENCE: The Psychology of Persuation′
Robert Polet
Gucci Group
Chairman
Chairman
Rosario Bella Guzman
IBON Foundation
Executive Editor
Executive Editor
Rose Jang
Pop Opera-Crossover Singer
Pop Opera-Crossover Singer
Loic Le Meur
Seesmic
CEO
CEO
Lewis Alexander
Citi
Chief Economist
Chief Economist
Lutfiyah Hanim
Aliansi Petani Indonesia
Researcher
Researcher
Leon Brittan
UBS Investment Bank
Vice Chairman
Vice Chairman
Richard Branson
Virgin Group
President & Founder
President & Founder
Richard Kimber
Friendster
CEO
CEO
Richard Levin
Yale University
President
President
Laletha Nithiyananthan
Kelly Service
Vice President
Vice President
Rita Zhao
Beijing Contemporary Art Fair
Independent curator
Independent curator
Rick Aubry
Rubicon Programs
President
President
Xue Ling Lin
Channel NewsAsia
News Presenter
News Presenter
Linda Koch Lorimer
Yale and Secretary
Vice President
Vice President
Shusaku Maruko
Corporate Strategy Department, FeliCa Networks
General Manager
General Manager
Mike McCabe
Asia Publishing, Electronic Arts Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
Senior Director
Senior Director
Michael Bracken
RBS
Managing Director
Managing Director
Michael Gordon
Fidelity International
Global Head of Institutional Investments
Global Head of Institutional Investments
Michael Porter
Harvard University
Professor
Professor
Michael R. Traem
Arthur D. Little Global
CEO
CEO
Marcus Noland
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow
Mark Mulcahy
Arthur D. Little
Managing Director
Managing Director
Martin Uden
British Embassy of the Republic of Korea
Ambassador
Ambassador
Maurice Strong
UN
Former Under Secretary General
Former Under Secretary General
Muhammad Lutfi
Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board
Chairman
Chairman
Mimma Viglezio
Gucci Group
Executive VP of Global Communications
Executive VP of Global Communications
Michelle Guthrie
Providence Equity Asia Limited
Managing Director
Managing Director
Michelle Mi-Kyung Kim
New York Philharmonic
Assistant Concertmaster
Assistant Concertmaster
Jean Min
Ohmynews
Communications Director
Communications Director
Barney Pell
Powerset
CTO & Co-founder
CTO & Co-founder
Bun-soon Park
Samsung Economic Research Institute
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow
Chan-Mo Park
Pyongyang University of Science & Technology
Co-Chairman of Founding Committee
Co-Chairman of Founding Committee
Kishik Park
ETRI
Research Fellow
Research Fellow
Van Harlow
Fidelity Investment
Managing Director
Managing Director
Barry Nalebuff
Yale University
Milton Steinbach Professor of Management
Milton Steinbach Professor of Management
Patrick Bartholemew Ahern
Ireland
Former Prime Minister
Former Prime Minister
Ved Prakash
Wipro Technologies
General Manager & Head of Knowledge Management
General Manager & Head of Knowledge Management
Beth Brooke
Ernst & Young
Vice Chairman
Vice Chairman
Benjamin Joffe
Plus8Star
CEO
CEO
Brian McDonald
The Delegation of the European Commission to the Republic of Korea
Ambassador
Ambassador
Brenda Musilli
Intel Foundation
President
President
Victorya Hong
Nabe Design
CEO & Designer
CEO & Designer
Vincent Tan
Berjaya Corporation Berhad
CEO
CEO
Bill Wang
Perfect World
Vice President
Vice President
Sam Flemming
CIC Data
CEO
CEO
Young Tae Seo
Hyundai OilBank
President and CEO
President and CEO
Sung Won Sohn
California State University
Professor
Professor
Shawn Galey
Bloomberg Television Asia-Pacific
Managing Director, Commercial Affairs
Managing Director, Commercial Affairs
Sujadi Siswo
Mediacorp Pte Ltd
Indonesia Bureau Chief
Indonesia Bureau Chief
Suzanne Jung
Channel NewsAsia
Anchor & Producer
Anchor & Producer
Scott Moore
Yahoo!
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President
Stefano Giovannoni
Giovannoni Design SRL
Architect/Designer
Architect/Designer
Steve Ellis
Bain & Company
CEO
CEO
Steven Xu
The Economist Group, Economist Intelligence Unit ,China
Chief Representative
Chief Representative
Jang-Sup Shin
National University of Singapore
Professor
Professor
Sheila Bonini
McKinsey & Company
Management Consultant
Management Consultant
Arthur Chang
Global Sales in Alibaba.com
Vice President
Vice President
Ahmed A. Subaey
S-OIL Corporation
Representative Director & CEO
Representative Director & CEO
Andreas Weigend
Amazon.com
Former Chief Scientist
Former Chief Scientist
Amr Al-Dabbagh
SAGIA
Governor and Chairman
Governor and Chairman
Anil Gaba
INSEAD
The Orpar Chaired Professor of Risk Management,Dean of Faculty
The Orpar Chaired Professor of Risk Management,Dean of Faculty
Antony Cowling
TNS plc
President
President
Eric Maskin
2007 Nobel Prize Laureate Economic, Social Science at Princeton Institute for Ad
Professor
Professor
Esko Aho
Finland
Former Prime Minister
Former Prime Minister
Jong Nam Oh
Seoul National University
Professor
Professor
Jae Ryong Woo
Wealth Management Consulting Research Institute at Tong Yang Securities Inc.
Managing Director
Managing Director
William Padolina
International Rice Research Institute
Deputy Director-General
Deputy Director-General
Yuhki Kuramoto
Pianist & Composer
Pianist & Composer
Dong-jun Yoon
POSCO
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President
Hee-Beom Lee
Korea-Arab Society
Chairman
Chairman
Hee-Soo Lee
Hanyang University
Professor
Professor
Jihyun Lee
ABN AMRO Asia Ltd. Seoul Branch
Senior Advisor
Senior Advisor
Kyu Wha Lee
Lee&Ko
Partner
Partner
Sukgeun Lee
ADL Korea
Managing Director
Managing Director
You Jae Yi
Seoul National University
Professor
Professor
Ivo Bozon
McKinsey & Company
Amsterdam Office Director
Amsterdam Office Director
Yoko Ishikura
Hitotsubashi University
Professor
Professor
Ian Chubb
Australian National University
Vice-Chancellor and President
Vice-Chancellor and President
Zhao Xu
Poly International Auction Co. Ltd.
Trustee Senior Consultant
Trustee Senior Consultant
Dae Whan Chang
Maeil Business Newspaper and TV
Founder and Chairman
Founder and Chairman
Dae-Ryun Chang
Yonsei University
Professor
Professor
Yongseok Jang
eBay Asia Pacific
Head of Strategy and Business Development
Head of Strategy and Business Development
Jean-Marc Gilson
Dow Corning
Asia Area President
Asia Area President
Jean-Claude Larreche
INSEAD
The Alfred H. Heineken Chaired Professor of Marketing
The Alfred H. Heineken Chaired Professor of Marketing
Jack Trout
Trout & Partners
CEO
CEO
Shinae Chun
US Department of Labor Women Bureau
Director
Director
Ji-Taek Chung
Bain & Company Korea
Partner
Partner
Jason Brand
Merrill Lynch Pacific Rim
President
President
Jason Calicanis
Mahalo
CEO
CEO
James Baron
Yale University
William S. Beinecke Professor of Management
William S. Beinecke Professor of Management
James Wei
Opera Software
President & Head of APAC
President & Head of APAC
James Wolfensohn
IBRD, World Bank
Former Chairman
Former Chairman
Jeffrey Shafer
Global Banking, Citi
Vice Chairman
Vice Chairman
Dong-Sung Cho
Seoul National University
Professor
Professor
Jonathan Chajet
Interbrand China
Managing Director
Managing Director
Jonathan Coppel
OECD
Counselor to the Chief Economist
Counselor to the Chief Economist
John Culver
Starbucks
Asia-Pacific President
Asia-Pacific President
John Howard
Australia
Former Prime Minister
Former Prime Minister
John B. Hynes
Gale International LLC
President & CEO
President & CEO
Jon Niermann
Electronic Arts
Asia-Pacific President
Asia-Pacific President
John Sequeira
Bain & Company
M&A Regional Practice Area Head
M&A Regional Practice Area Head
Geoffrey Cook
Myyearbook
CEO
CEO
Jimmy Kim
Nexon Corp.
Executive Vice President
Executive Vice President
Charlie Welsh
The Mergermarket Group
Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder
Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder
Yoon He Choi
Brand & Company
Vice President
Vice President
Chuluundorj Khashchuluun
National University of Mongolia
Dean of school of Economics Studies
Dean of school of Economics Studies
Yozo Kaneko
NGI Group
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Kenneth Duberstein
Duberstein Group
Chairman and CEO
Chairman and CEO
Kenneth Rogoff
Harvard University
Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Kevin Dai
Comsenz
CEO
CEO
Kevin Keller
Dartmouth College, Tuck Business School
Professor
Professor
Conor Murphy
Embassy of Ireland to Korea
Ambassador
Ambassador
Chris Wood
Santa Fe Institute
Vice President
Vice President
Chris Zook
Bain & Company
Practice Area Head
Practice Area Head
Tanri Abeng
PT Telkom Indonesia
Tbk Chairman
Tbk Chairman
Thomas Arnold
Mary Boone Gallery in New York
Director
Director
Tomas Naucler
McKinsey&Company Stockholm Ofiice
Director
Director
Thomas F. Cargill
University of Nevada, Reno
Professor
Professor
Tugsjargal Gandhi
Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, Mongolia
Minister
Minister
Tim Parsey
Microsoft Corporation
Partner UX Director, Entertainment and Devices Division
Partner UX Director, Entertainment and Devices Division
Tim Sheerin
Nike Sports Korea
Country General Manager
Country General Manager
He Fan
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of World Economics and Politics
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Pan Gongkai
Central Academy of Fine Art Beijing
President
President
Patricia Moore
Moore Design Associates
President
President
Ferne Edwards
University of Melbourne
Sustainable Cities Research Officer
Sustainable Cities Research Officer
Pekka Wuoristo
Embassy of Finland to Korea
Ambassador
Ambassador
Paul Tregidgo
Credit Suisse
Vice Chairman of IB Division
Vice Chairman of IB Division
Paul Twomey
ICANN
President/CEO
President/CEO
Frederick Dubee
UN Global Compact
Senior Advisor
Senior Advisor
Fred Mason
Caterpillar Inc
Director
Director
Pier Carlo Padoan
OECD
Deputy Secretary General
Deputy Secretary General
Peter Rowe
Embassy of Australia to Korea
Ambassador
Ambassador
Peter Schreyer
KIA Motors
Chief Design Officer
Chief Design Officer
Peter Tennent
New Plymouth, New Zealand
Mayor
Mayor
Philip Oconnor
PROactive Strategies
President
President
Philippe Thiebaud
Embassy of France to Korea
Ambassador
Ambassador
Hassan Abou Taleb
Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, gypt
Vice President
Vice President
Sun Ku Hahn
Yonsei University
Professor
Professor
Duck-soo Han
Republic of Korea
Former Prime Minister
Former Prime Minister
Henrich Greve
INSEAD
The INSEAD Chaired Professor of Organization and Management Theory
The INSEAD Chaired Professor of Organization and Management Theory
Yongjoon Hyoung
Cyworld
Founder
Founder
Hridayeshwar Jha
Tata Steel
Vice President
Vice President
Hiroshi Komiyama
University of Tokyo
President
President
