Speakers of 2018

Gao Erji Vice President of Caixin Media
Executive President of Caixin Insight

Akira Kawasaki ICAN(2017 Nobel Peace Prize Winner)
International Steering Group Member

Kang Tae Young POSCO Research Institute
President

Gary Liu South China Morning Post (SCMP)
CEO

Gary Samore Harvard Belfer Center
Executive Director for Research

Gabriel Dye Freelance Model and MC

Gordon Flake Perth USAsia Centre
Founder & CEO

Gonzalo Garland IE Business School
Vice President

Kwahk Jiyoung POSTECH
Professor at Department of Industrial & Management Engineering

Koo Sunggy Samsung Electronics
VP, Smart Appliances & Home IoT, Digital Appliance

Kwon Young-eun teamw.e
CEO

Kim InChul Sungkyunkwan University
Professor Emeritus

Kim Youngjun KIST School
Associate Professor

Kim Daeyoung Maeil Business Newpaper
Editor of Finance News Desk

Kim Kyoung Hyeok Samsung Heavy Industries
EVP and Head of Marketing Division

Kim Hongil Banks Foundation for Young Entrepreneurs
Managing Director

Kim Jin Han Gyeongbuk Center for Creative Economy and Innovation
Director

Kim Yonghwan Seoul National University
Chair of the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering

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

Kim Jun Ho Intel
Director, Asia Pacific Client Application Engineering

Kim Byung-gun CEO of BK Medical Group
CEO and Co-founder of ICO Platform

Kim Seungjoo Graduate School of Information Security, Korea University
Professor, Department of Cyber Defense

Kim Sung-han former Vice Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Republic of Kor
Professor at Korea University

Kim Young Joon Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Partner

Kim Eugene SparkLabs
Partner

Kim Bowon KAIST
Associate Vice President of the Office of Planning and Budget

Na Kyung-Won National Assembly Congressman

Masashi Nakajima Reitaku University
Professor

Hajime Nozawa JTB Tourism Research
President & CEO

Nicholas Wilson JLL
Director, Asia Pacific Capital Markets Research

Nick Halla Impossible Foods
Senior Vice President for International

Da Hongfei NEO
Founder

Daniel Jones Bext360
Founder and CEO

Daniel XuChang Song Xiaozhu
CMO

Diana Aparicio Kiwibot
Head of Sales and Strategic Partnerships

Dan Vahdat Medopad
CEO & Founder

Douglas H.PAAL Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Vice President

Dirk Ahlborn Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Inc. (HTT)
CEO

David Young The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) from the Boston office
Senior Partner and Managing Director

Donald Johnston OECD
The 4th Secretary-General

Dominic Ong Strategic Automotive Partnerships, Grab
Regional Head

Diego A. Areces Schneider Electric
Process Automation North Asia Hub Leader

Ravi Velloor Singapore Press Holdings Ltd
Associate Editor, The Straits Times

Rajeev Suri Nokia
President & CEO

Randy Williams Keiretsu Forum
Founder & CEO

Lei Xing Stanford University School of Medicine
Professor

Regina Lim JLL
Head of Capital Markets Research, Southeast Asia

Laurence Liao CMIG International Holding Pte. Ltd.
CEO

Robert C. Merton MIT Sloan School of Management
Professor of Finance

Lucas Kello Oxford University
Senior Lecturer in International Relations

Renaud Girard Le Figaro
Journalist

Li Zhuo AutoX
COO

Liu Wenjing Tsinghua SEM
Professor of Marketing

Richard Orbell JLL Korea
National Director, Capital Markets

Richard N. Cooper Harvard University
Professor

Richard Ma Quantstamp
Co-Founder and CEO

Linda Brimm INSEAD
Professor

Margarita Mayo IE Business School
Professor

Markus Engelberger Creative Tribe
Founder

Martin Ruubel Guardtime
President

Mike Orgill Airbnb
Director of Public Policy, Asia Pacific

Mike Petersen New Zealand
Special Agricultural Trade Envoy

Michael Cashen Google Android Auto
Senior Technical Solutions Consultant

Marc Vanhuele HEC Paris
Professor of Marketing & Associate Dean

Martin Villig Taxify
Co-Founder

Martin J Murray GM International
Director, Global Program Manager BEV Propulsion

Mordechai Sheves Weizmann Institute of Science
Vice President

Moon Younghoon nonce
Co-Founder

Mitch Liu Theta Labs and SLIVER.tv
Co-Founder and CEO

Mikkal Herberg The National Bureau of Asian Research
Research Director for the Energy Security Program

Miko Matsumura Evercoin
Founder of Crypto Exchange

Ming Maa Grab
President

Park HongKun Harvard University
Professor

Jason Park Korbit
CEO

Park Sanghwan HanaTour Service Inc.
Founder and CEO

Park Suyong Block Crafters
Founder and Managing Partner

Bark Taeho Lee&Ko Global Commerce Institute
President

Park Seung Yong Hyundai Heavy Industries Group
Executive VP, Chief Marketing

Justin Park Metadium
CEO

Park In-kook Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies
President

Park Suk-bum UN Global Compact Network Korea
Secretary General

Ban Ki-moon United Nations
The 8th Secretary-General

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

Beat Ulrich St. Gallen Foundation & St.Gallen Symposium
CEO

Ben Nelson Minerva
Founder & CEO

Byun JeoungWoo Kyung Hee University
Professor

Bruce Cumings University of Chicago
Professor

Bruce Anderson Global Electronics Industry of IBM
Global Managing Director

Bruce Bennett RAND Corporation
Senior Researcher

Bruce Klingner The Heritage Foundation
Senior Research Fellow for Northeast Asia

Samuel Cassatt ConsenSys
CSO

Sameer Hasija INSEAD
Professor

Sandra Ro Global Blockchain Business Council
CEO

Sandra Wu Origin X Capital
CEO

Robert H. Xiao Perfect World Co., Ltd.
CEO

Seo Seung-Woo Seoul National University
Professor

Suh Kyung won Hyundai Motor Group
Global R&D Master

Sung Taeyoon Yonsei University
Professor

Sonja Lyubomirsky University of California, Riverside
Professor

Shon Dohyun Twitch
Director of Business Development

Leona Son Synco
COO

Song Kyungjin Institute for Global Economics (IGE)
President

Sripriya Ranganathan Embassy of India
Ambassador

Scott Galit Payoneer Inc.
CEO

Scott Snyder Council on Foreign Relations
Senior Fellow

Stephen Ezell Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
Vice President

Stephen Engle Bloomberg Television
Chief North Asia Correspondent

Ciara Sun Bgogo
Digital Asset Exchange, Chief Strategy Officer

Shin Jaiwon NASA
Associate Administrator for Aeronautics

Shin Sung-Chul KAIST
President

Shin Jae Yoon Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
Advisor

Shin Sunghwan Hongik University
Professor of Finance

Shin Insub George Mason University Korea
Professor, Department of Systems Engineering

Sheila Warren World Economic Forum
Project Head, Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology

Sylvain Laurent Dassault Systèmes
Executive Vice President

Jane Jie Sun Ctrip.com
Chief Executive Officer

Arancha González International Trade Centre
Executive Director

Amit Kapoor Chair, Institute for Competitiveness
President & CEO, India Council on Competitiveness

Ahn Dong-Hyun Seoul National University
Professor

Andreas Saari Slush
CEO

Antony Lewis R3
Director of Research

Albert Zhang Design Traveloka
Co-Founder and Head

Abdullah Albeyatti Medicalchain
CEO

Adam Gazzaley UC San Francisco
Professor in Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry

Andrew Hamilton New York University
President

Anthony Kim The Heritage Foundation
Resarch Manager

Yang Jun 37 Interactive Entertainment
Senior Vice President

Yang Lan Sun Media Group and Sun Culture Foundation
Chairperson

Donna Yang eMei
Founder and CEO

Phil S. Yang TK Net and CKT Development
Chairman

Yang Dong Renmin University
Professor

Hunter S. Urm Head of DSME R&D Institute, DSME
Executive Vice President

Egle Nemeikstyte Blockchain Centre, Lithuania
CEO

Edwin Feulner Heritage Foundation
Founder

Eric Allison Uber Elevate
Head

Eric Ly LinkedIn.com
Co-Founder

Esko Aho The 37th Prime Minister of Finland

Elena Okorochenko S&P Global Ratings
Managing Director and Head of Asia-Pacific

Alicia Yi Korn Ferry
Managing Director, Co-Leader Asia Pacific

Austin Sweeney Herbert Smith Freehills
Corporate Partner

Tetsuo Ochi MCP Group
Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer

Wang Zhenghua Spring Group
Chairman

Wang Rui Peking University
Professor of Marketing

Johannes Stroebel New York University Stern School of Business
Professor of Finance

Won Heeryong Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
Governor

Wes Levitt Theta Labs
Head of Strategy

Jong H. Wi Chung-Ang University
Professor

Ryu Woong Hwan SK Telecom
GM and SVP of Open Collaboration Center

Yoon Young-kwan Professor Emeritus of Seoul National University
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, ROK

Jae Yoon New York Life Investment Management
CIO

Nguyen Thanh Hung SOVICO Holdings
Chairman

Nguyen Thi Thuy Binh Vice President of Vietjet Group
Chairwoman of Thai Vietjet

Rhee, Mok-hee The Presidential Committee on Jobs
Vice-chairman

Lee Kunwoo GenEdit
Co-Founder and CEO

Lee Narae Block Crafters
Partner and General legal counsel

Lee Joo Ryang Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI)
Research fellow

Lee Jae-Seung Korea University
Professor & Jean Monnet Chair

Lee Dongho Herbert Smith Freehills
Managing Partner - Korea

Lee Won Bok Ewha Law School
Professor

Will Lee Blue Whale Foundation
CEO

Lee Myung Jae Yulchon
Senior Foreign Counsel and Co-head of the Mobility Team

Yi Tehyok Yulchon
Senior Foreign Counsel

Lee Jung-Hoon Yonsei University
Professor

Lee Junghoon Telofarm
CEO

Lee Jinhyung Stanford University
Professor

Eun-Chul LEE Bitfury Group
Head of Bitfury Korea

Lee Dong Kurn Global Compact Network Korea
President

Ignacio Garcia Alves ADL
Chairman & CEO

Lim Sang Hoon This is Game
CEO

Jia Qingguo Peking University
Dean

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

Jessy Yeunju Jang ASEAN-Korea Centre
Head of Information and Data Unit

Michael Wen Zhang SenseTime
President

Zang Zhong Tang UCAR
Vice President

Janet L. Yellen The 78th United States Secretary of the Treasury

Jack Poon Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professor of Practice

Jack Harari Blizzard eSport Leagues
Vice President, International Partnerships

Jack Lee HCM Capital
Founding Managing Partner

Chung Byung-Hoon D.STREET
CEO

Jeong Gu-Min Kookmin University
Professor

Zheng Chao NOVAEX Cultural Development Group
Founder and CEO

Je Hyunjoo Yellowdog
CEO

Jay Eum Translink Capital
Co-Founder & Managing Director

Jason Miller Teneo Strategy
Managing Director

Jason Hsu Taiwan Parliament
Legislator & Member of Parliament

James Shilling Depaul University
Professor

James Allsop Herbert Smith Freehills
Senior Associate

Jeff Shumway Social Finance
Managing Director

Cho Wan-suk Seoul
Director of Social Entreprises Support Division

Jonathan Tischler Credit Suisse
Managing Director

Jordan Kostelac JLL APAC PropTech
Director

Joshua Carrott YouTube Channel ′Korean Englishman′
YouTuber

John Kim New York Life Insurance Company
President

John Ehara Unison Capital
Partner &. Founder

Jimmy Zhong IOST
Founder & CEO

Cha Inhyok SK Telecom
Executive Vice President

Charles Freeman US Chamber of Commerce
Senior Vice President

Choi Seunghyuk McKinsey Korea
Partner

Carmen Simon Founder of Memzy
Cognitive Neuroscientist

Kaidi Ruusalepp Funderbeam
Founder and CEO

Karoli Hindriks Jobbatical
CEO & Founder

Kenneth Frazier MSD (Merck & Co., Inc.)
Chairman of the Board & CEO

Kenny Shih Coinsuper
Executive Director

Kersti Kaljulaid The 5th President of Estonia

Kent Larson MIT Media Lab
Director of City Science

Krishna Ramachandra Duane Morris & Selvam LLP
Managing Director

Christopher Hill 25th Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Christopher Smart Barings
Head of Macroeconomic & Geopolitical Research

Keith Rabin KWR International
President

Tami Overby US Chamber of Commerce
Former SVP

Taavi Kotka Estonia
Former Chief Information Officer

Ted Lin Binance
Chief Growth Officer of Binance

Terry Martin DW(Deutsche Welle) News
Senior Anchor

Tyler Xiao Xianlife
Founder

Tom Tao Wanxiang Blockchain Inc.
Vice President

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

Tilman Ruff IPPNW(1985 Nobel Peace Prize Winner)
Co-President

Tim Draper Draper Associates and DFJ
Founding Partner

Fabian Schvartzman AeroFarms
Strategic Research and Technology Development Lead

Paige Fitzgerald Waymo
Head of Strategic Partnerships & Business Development

Peter Limbourg Deutsche Welle (DW)
Director General

FURo-D Future Robot

Prakash Somosundram XSQ Global
Head of Acceleration

Fraser Doherty SuperJam
Founder

Florian Kohlbacher North Asia The Economist Group
Director, Economist Corporate Network

Peter Shannon Levitate Capital
Managing Director

Heidi Capozzi The Boeing Company
SVP, Human Resources

Hurr Hee Young Korea Aerospace University
Professor

H. R. McMaster The US National Security Council
The 26th Advisor

Herbjorn Hansson Nordic American Tankers Ltd.
Chairman

Halsey Minor Founder and CEO of Live Planet
Strategic Technology Partner and Investor in the VideoCoin Network

Hong Daesoon Ewha Womans University
Professor

Hong Won-Pyo Samsung SDS
President& CEO

Hwang Jongwoon KIST Europe
Head of Smart Convergence Group

Hwang Jong-Sung National Information Society Agency
Lead Researcher

Juan Ma INSEAD
Professor