Speakers of 2013

Abhas Jha TransportㆍUrbanㆍDisaster Risk Management Team of World Bank
East Asia and Pacific Sector Manager

Adam Zhu International Management Group (IMG) Greater China
Chairman and CEO

Nikkaku Akihiro Toray Industries, Inc.
CEO&COO

Alan Cloete Deutsche Bank
Co-CEO of Asia Pacific

Alexander Shulgin rASiA.com
Founder

Amr Awadallah Cloudera
Co-founder and CTO

Andrea Masini HEC
Associate Professor

Antonio Villaraigosa former Mayor of Los Angeles, California

Arnaud Vaissié International SOS
Co-founder, Chairman and CEO

Bernard Moon SparkLabs Global Ventures
Co-founder

Bernard Garrette HEC
Associate Dean

Burt Herman Storify
Co-founder

Chang Byeong Hee Korea Aerospace Research Institute
Executive Director of Aeronautics Technology Laboratory

Choi Byung-il Korea Economic Research Institute
President

Carl Kock IE Business School
Professor

Zhou Changting Chinese Embassy to Korea
Minister-counselor

Charles J. Yang T&D Asset Management
Chief Investment Officer(CIO)

Charles-Edouard Bouée Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Asia
President

Cheri F. McGuire Symantec Corporation
Vice President of Global Government Affairs and Cybersecurity Policy

Park Choong-soo Intellectual Discovery Co.
Executive Vice President

Christopher Hill University of Denver
Dean of Josef Korbel School of International Relations

Claire Doussard Harvard Graduate School of Design
Landscape Engineer

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

Hong Daesoon Arthur D. Little Korea
Vice Chairman

Danny Leipziger George Washington University
Professor of International Business

Daphne Koller Coursera Inc.
Co-founder

Donald Johnston Former Secretary General of the OECD

Edward Glaeser Harvard University
Professor of Economics

Ehud Olmert Former Prime Minister of Israel

Emmanuel Bouvier Renault SA
Global Chief Marketing Director for EV

Eric Kim Maverick Capital
Managing Director

Eugene H. Spafford Purdue University
Professor of Computer Sciences

Fatih Birol IEA
Chief Economist

Frank Meehan General Partner of SparkLabs Global
Founder of Kuato Studios

Fraser Doherty SuperJam
Founder

Fan Gang National Economic Research Institute, China
Director

Gemma Calvert Neurosense Ltd.
Founder and Managing Director

George Park IPVALUE Management
Director, Development

Gino Yu Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design
Associate Professor

Goodwin Gaw Gaw Capital Partners
Chairman & Managing Principal

Gregory M. Zeluck Carlyle Asia Partners
Managing Director and Co-Head

Chung Hae Moon ASEAN-Korea Centre
Secretary General

Kim Haksun Samsung Display
Senior Vice President of Core Technology Team

Park Han Jin Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency(KOTRA)
Head of China Business Dept.

Hariprasad Reddy Kondamadugula Wipro Limited
Head of Knowledge Management

Herbjørn Hansson Nordic American Tankers Ltd
Chairman and CEO

Hermann Simon Simon Kucher & Partners
Chairman

Hilke Plassman INSEAD
Professor

Kim Hong Sun AhnLab
CEO

Humbert Peng Gaw Capital
Managing Principal & Head of China

Ignacio Garcia Alves Arthur D. Little
Global Chairman and CEO

Kang Inbyeong LG Display
senior vice president and laboratory chief

Ingo Walter NYU Stern School of Business
Vice Dean of Faculty

Oh Jaehak Korea Transport Institute
Senior Research Fellow

Lee Jangwoo Kyungpook National University
Professor

Shin Je-Yoon Financial Services Commission
Chairman

Jean Lee CEIBS
Professor of Management

Jean-Michel Dumont Ruder Finn Asia
Chairman

Jeannie Suk Harvard Law School
Professor of Law

Jeannie Cho Lee AsianPalate.com
Founder

Jeff Moss ICANN
Chief Security Officer

Jeffrey R. Young Chronicle of Higher Education
Senior Editor

Jeremy Johnson 2U
Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer

Liu Jian School of Architecture, Tsinghua University
Associate Dean

Sohn Jie-ae Arirang TV & Radio
President & CEO

Lee Jinha Samsung Electronics (MIT Media Lab)
Ph.D. Candidate

Jinsoo Cho Hanyang University
Ph.D. Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering

John Bruton Former Prime Minister of Ireland

John C. Howe Patriot Group
Chief Executive & Investment Officer

John White Applied Materials
Vice President of Engineering and Product Technology Development

Jonathan Taub Acacia Research Group LLC
Executive Vice President

Jonathan Thorpe Gale International
Senior Executive Vice President(Chief Investment Officer)

Jonathan Jaglom Stratasys
General Manager, Asia Pacific & Japan

Kim Jong Han Paul Hastings
Partner and Chair of Seoul Office

Lee Jong-Wha Korea University
Professor of Economics

José Ignacio Gafo IE Business School
Professor

Juan Humberto Young IE Business School
Professor

Kim Jun Il Bank of Korea
Deputy Governor & Chief Economist

Choi June Chul (J.C.) Korean Air
Senior Vice President

K. C. Chan Secretary of Financial Services & the Treasury of Hong Kong

Kai Huang Blue Goji
Co-founder

Kay Segler BMW Group
Senior Vice President

Iwata Kazumasa Japan Center for Economic Research
President

Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew Country Heights Group of Companies
Founder

Kishore Mahbubani Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Dean, Professor in the Practice of Public Policy

Hahn Kyu Sup Seoul National University
Associate Professor of Communication

Kim Kyung-hwan Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements
President

Lawrence H. Summers The 8th Director of the National Economic Council

Lifen Zhang Financial Times
Associate Editor, Financial Times; Editor-in-Chief, FTChinese.com

Cho Man KDI School of Public Policy and Management
Professor

Paik Man-Gi Kim & Chang
Senior Attorney and Advisor

Manoj Shreedharan Menon Frost & Sullivan (S) Pte Ltd
APAC President

Mark Valencia Nautilus Institute
Senior Research Associate

Mayooran Elalingam Deutsche Bank Group
Asia Head of Mergers & Acquisitions

Meir Dagan Mossad
former Director

Ming-po, Shirley Chu Hong Kong Police Force
Deputy Director of Hong Kong Police College

Gregory Mankiw Harvard University
Professor of Economics

Nick Edwards South China Morning Post
Business Editor

Nik Gowing BBC
Anchor

Oliver Burkeman The Guardian
Feature Writer

Padma Bhamidipati Infosys Limited
Principal and Brand Manager

Pat Gaines Boeing Korea
President

Paul Smith CFA Institute, Asia-Pacific
Managing Director

Peggy Johnson Qualcomm
President of Global Market Development

Peter Voser Royal Dutch Shell plc
CEO

Peter Kuo Lazard Beijing
Managing Director

Peter Baumann Swarthmore College
Professor of Philosophy

Yoo, Pil Hwa SKK Graduate School of Business
Dean and Professor of Marketing

Jia Qingguo Peking University
Associate Dean of the School of International Studies

Richard Florida Professor, University of Toronto and NYU
Senior Editor The Atlantic

Robert D. Kaplan Stratfor
Chief Geopolitical Analyst

Robert Hong Xiao Perfect World Co. Ltd.
CEO

Robert Lawrence Kuhn Intl. Corporate Strategist and Investment Banker
China Expert, Creator and Host of ′Closer To Truth′

Roland Villinger McKinsey & Company
Senior Partner

Ruihong Tang Brain Intelligence Neuro-Consultancy Ltd.
Founder

Salman Khan Khan Academy
Founder

Kim Sang Hyup Graduate School of Green Growth, KAIST
Professor

Lee Sang-goo Seoul National University
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

Woo Sang-Sun Hyosung R&D Center
President

Sanjay Pradhan Knowledge and Learning of the World Bank
Vice President for Change

Saul Singer Start-up Nation
Author

Serguei Netessine INSEAD
Professor of Technology

Shlomo Mintz Violinist

Abe Shuhei SPARX Asset management
Founder

Skylar Tibbits Self-Assembly Lab, MIT
Director

Stephen Engle Bloomberg Television
Anchor

Stephen Woo Samsung Electronics System LSI Business
President & General Manager

Jang Sung Sub Korea Aerospace Industries
Senior Executive Vice President

Susanna S C Shen The Hong Kong and China Gas Co Ltd
Head of Corporate Information Technology / Chairman – Continuing Transformation Office

Tatsuo Suzuki Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
Managing Executive Officer

Chung Tae Myung Sungkyunkwan University
Head of software department

Ishikawa Takashi Nagoya University
Professor of Aerospace Engineering

Ochi Tetsuo MCP Asset Management Company Limited
CEO & Managing Partner

Thaksin Shinawatra Former Prime Minister of Thailand

Thierry De Montbrial French Institute of International Relations(IFRI)
President

Tyler Cowen George Mason University
Professor of Economics

Vaidyanathan Padmanabhan INSEAD
Professor

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think
Author

Vincent Bastien HEC
Professor of Luxury Marketing

Zhang Yan Beijing Pangu Investment Group
General Manager

Kim Yong Chil Engineering Design Deivision of Hyundai Motor Company
Vice President

Ryu Yong wook The Australian National University
Professor in the Department of International Relations

Hori Yoshito Founder of Globis University Graduate School of Management
Chairman of Globis Capital Partners

Chun Yung-woo Former Senior Presidential Secretary for Security and Foreign Affairs

Yves Doz INSEAD
Emeritus Professor

Yves Leterme OECD
Deputy Secretary-General