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