Speakers of 2015

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

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

Alan Greenspan The 13th Chairman of Federal Reserve Board

Aldo Flores-Quiroga IEF
Secretary General

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

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

Andrei Lankov Kookmin University
Professor

Hu Angang Institute for Contemporary China Studies, Tsinghua University
Dean

Balagopal Vissa INSEAD
Professor of Entrepreneurship

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

Benjamin Butler Emerging Future Institute
Futurist

Bill Gates Microsoft Corporation
Co-founder

Choung BooMann National Information Society Agency
Executive director

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

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

Chad Williams Phnom Penh Post
Editor-in-Chief

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

Changhee Lee Seoul National University
Professor

Oh ChangHo LG Display
CTO

Shin Changho IBM Intellectual Property
IP Executive

Liu Chen Beijing Foreign Studies University
Professor, Director

Yoon Chi-won UBS Group
President Asia-Pacific

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

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

Chris Ryan MSCI
Managing Director & Head of Asia Pacific

Chris Faulkner Breitling Energy
CEO

Christof Kutscher AXA Investment Managers S.A.
Chairman

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

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

Moon Chung-In Yonsei University
Professor

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

Colin Powell The 65th United States Secretary of State

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

Hong Daesoon Ewha School of Business
Professor

Park Daesu KT Economics & Management Research Institute
Senior Vice President

Daniel Thomsen Stratasys Korea
General Manager

Danny Leipziger Growth Dialogue
Managing Director

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

David Christian Macquarie University, Sydney
Professor

David Chon Pioneer Investors
CEO

Jang Dayk Seoul National University
Professor

Hooi Den Huan Nanyang Technological University
Director of Nanyang Technopreneurship Center

Don Tapscott The Tapscott Group
CEO

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

Choi DooWon Hyvision system
CEO

Choi Dosoung Gachon University
Vice President, Professor of Finance

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

Edmund Phelps 2006 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics

Eileen Donahoe Human Rights Watch
Director of Global Affairs

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

Esko Aho Prime Minister of Finland (1991-1995)

Eswar Prasad Cornell University & Brookings Institution
Professor

Eugenia Kalnay University of Maryland
Distinguished University Professor

Jung Eun Seung Samsung Electronics
Executive Vice President

Suh Eunkook Yonsei University
Professor

Fran Rosch Norton Business Unit
Executive Vice President

Fumitake Koga Co-author of The Courage to be Disliked

George Soros Soros Fund Management
Chairman

Gino Yu Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design
Associate Professor

Gregory Mankiw Harvard University
Professor

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

Cho Gwang Rae Korea Aerospace Research Institute
President

Azaraimy Haji Hasib Borneo Bulletin, Brunei Press
Chief Reporter

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

Haruki Wada Tokyo University
Emeritus Professor

Hasnudin Hamzah Permanent Mission of Malaysia
Permanent Representative

Kim Hee Kyong MBN
Anchor

Herbjørn Hansson Nordic American Tankers
Chairman

Hermawan Kartajaya MarkPlus Inc
Founder & CEO

Hiroshi Ishiguro Osaka University
Professor

Kim Ho-Cheol IBM
Energy Research Manager

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

Shin Hyung-kwan Mnet Contents Business
President

Joo Hyeonghwan Ministry of Strategy and Finance
1st Vice Minister

Ichiro Kishimi Co-author of The Courage to be Disliked

Ignacio Garcia Alves Arthur D. Little
Global CEO

Suh Il Hong Hanyang University
Professor

Lee Ilhoung KIEP
President

Ingo Walter Stern School of Business, New York University
Professor

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

Bahk Jaewan Sungkyunkwan University
Dean, Graduate School of Governance

Jagdeesh Prakasam Rotella Capital Management
Co-Chief Investment Officer

James Green Rosetta Capital Management
CEO

Jan Jones Blackhurst Caesars Entertainment
Executive Vice President

Yoo Janghee Maeil Business Newspaper
Executive Advisor

Jason Pontin MIT Techonology Review
Editor in Chief

Jeffery Kim Sung Kyun Kwan University
Professor Emeritus

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

Ma Jia CAPI
Chairman

Kim Jinill Korea University
Professor

Kwag Jinoh Samsung Display
Senior Vice President

John Rice GE
Vice Chairman

John Mearsheimer University of Chicago
Professor

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

John Paul Dejoria John Paul Mitchell Systems
Chairman

Jon L. Stein Kettera Strategies LLC
CEO

Lee Jonathan Boeing
Director

Kang Jong Koo Korean Air Tech Center
VP/Engineering

Lee Jong-Wha Korea University
Professor of Economics

Kim Joo-ha MBN
Anchor

Joon Han Yonsei University
Professor

Joseph Foo Jason Marine Group
Chairman

Joseph Abraham ANZ Indonesia
CEO

Joseph E. Stiglitz 2001 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics

Oh Jun Ho KAIST
Professor

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

Juyeol Lee Bank of Korea
Governor

Yoon Kwang Joon Smart Drone Center
Director

LEE, Kang Yoon IBM
Executive

Karl Hedrick Dept of Mechanical Engineering UC Berkeley
Professor

Kasper Yttesen Siemens Wind Power Offshore
Director of Offshore Strategy

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

Kazumasa Iwata Japan Center for Economic Research
President

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

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

Koichi Hamada Yale University
Tuntex Professor Emeritus of Economics

KV Rao Tata Sons Limited
Resident Director - ASEAN

Shin Kwanho Korea University
Professor

Yi Kyongsu Seoul National University
Professor

Bae Kyoung Yul Sangmyung Univ
Professor

Na Kyung-Won Foreign Affairs & Unification Committee
Chairperson

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

Larry Ellison Oracle Corporation
Chairman and CTO

Laurence Kotlikoff Boston University
Professor of Economics

Le Luong Minh Secretary General
ASEAN

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

He Liping Beijing Normal University
Professor

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

Manuel Sosa INSEAD
Professor of Technology and Operations Management

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

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

Matthieu A Van Bilsen IBM Asia Pacific
Industrial Sector Leader

Melito S. Salazar, JR. Manila Bulletin
Vice President

Michael Brecht Doodle
CEO

Michael Bradshaw Warwick Business School
Professor of Global Energy

Michael Pich INSEAD
Dean of Executive Education

Michael Porter Harvard University
Professor

Mike Herrington Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
Executive Director

Milo Jones IE Business School
Professor

Song Minsoon University of North Korean Studies
President

Mordechai Sheves Weizmann Institute of Science
Vice President for Technology Transfer

Nathan Nunn Harvard University
Professor of Economics

Nathan Blecharczyk Airbnb
Co-founder

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

Net Jacobson Sparklabs Global Ventures
Co-founder and Partner

Nicolas Sarkozy The 23rd President of the France

Nouriel Roubini Roubini Global Economics
Chairman

Hyun Oh-Seok Korea National Diplomatic Academy
Chair Professor

Kwon Ohjoon POSCO
CEO

Otman Basir IMS
CEO

Paul Kennedy Yale University
Professor of History

Paul Krugman City University of New York
Professor

Peter Sykes The Dow Chemical Company
President, Asia Pacific

Peter Tyroller Robert Bosch GmbH
Chairman of Asia-Pacific

Philip Anderson INSEAD
INSEAD Alumni Fund Chaired Professor of Entrepreneurship

Pindar Wong VeriFi
Chairman of Consultancy

Liu Qiao Peking University, Guanghua School of Management
Professor

Zhou Qiren Peking University
Professor

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

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

Kim Rando Seoul National University
Professor

Remo Giuffre General Thinking & TEDxSydney
Founder & Director

Richard Koo Nomura Research Institute
Chief Economist

Richard Branson Virgin Group
Founder

Robert Riener ETH Zurich
Professor

Roberto Brazzale Brazzale group
Chairman

Robin Li Baidu
Chairman and CEO

Rolf Strom-Olsen IE Business School
Professor

Roni A. Einav Einav Hi-Tec Assets
Chairman

Ko San ATEAM Ventures
CEO / Founder

Sang Jin Park Samsung Electronics
President

Lee Sang Yup KAIST
Distinguished Professor and Director

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

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

Hwang Seiwoon KCMI
Chief Economist

Kang Young Seog Hyundai Heavy Industries
Executive Vice President

Moon Seung Il Seoul National University
Professor

Kim, Seung Jo Seoul National University
Professor

Myung, Seungeun VentureSquare
CEO

Shanker Singham Competitiveness and Enterprise Cities at Babson Global
Managing Director

Lei Sihai China Radio International
Chief Commentator

So-Young Kang Awaken Group
Catalyst & CEO

Sonny Vu Misfit
CEO

Subrata Bhattacharjee Borden Ladner Gervais
Partner

Han Sung Joo Korea University
Professor Emeritus

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

Chang Sungsup KAI
Vice-President

Sung Taeyoon Yonsei University
Professor

Takao Kashiwagi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Professor

Tal Ben-shahar Happier TV
Chief Learning Officer

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

Theo Waigel
German Minister of Finance (1989-1998)

Theresa Rah Oratio
Co-CEO

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

Thomas N. Rollinger Red Rock Capital LLC
CIO

Thomas Piketty Paris School of Economics
Professor

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

Tim Hwang FiscalNote
CEO

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

Tony Blair The 73rd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Tsuyoshi Takashiro Takashiro Tokyo
CEO

Guo Wanda China Development Institute
Executive Vice President

Wei Liu iMakr
Chief Operations Officer

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

Will Graylin LoopPay
CEO

William Pesek
Syndicated Columnist

Rhie, Won-bok Duksung Women′s University
President

Park Won-soon Mayor of Seoul

Wondo Kang Samsung Electronics
Director

Cho Wondong Chung-ang University
Chaired Professor

Yang Woong Chul Hyundai Motor Group
Vice-Chairman

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

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

Yi Gao State Power Economic Research Institute
Senior Engineer

Yigal Erlich Yozma Group
Chairman

Yoichi Masuzoe Governor of Tokyo

Kim Yong Jin Sogang University
Professor

Song Yong Kyu Korea Aerospace University
Professor

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

Yonghwan Kim Seoul National University
Professor

Jung Yooshin Sogang University
Professor

Hori Yoshito GLOBIS University
President

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

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

Cho Young Hoon SK telecom
Senior Vice President

Pae YoungWoo IBM
Client Technical Advisor

Kim Younkyoo Hanyang University
Professor

Zheng Yuhuang Tsinghua University
Professor

Chun Yung-woo Korean Peninsula Future Forum
Chairman and Founder

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

Lee Zoonky Yonsei University
Professor/CIO