Speakers of 2018
Speakers of 2018
Gao Erji
Vice President of Caixin Media
Executive President of Caixin Insight
Executive President of Caixin Insight
Akira Kawasaki
ICAN(2017 Nobel Peace Prize Winner)
International Steering Group Member
International Steering Group Member
Kang Tae Young
POSCO Research Institute
President
President
Gary Liu
South China Morning Post (SCMP)
CEO
CEO
Gary Samore
Harvard Belfer Center
Executive Director for Research
Executive Director for Research
Gabriel Dye
Freelance Model and MC
Gordon Flake
Perth USAsia Centre
Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO
Gonzalo Garland
IE Business School
Vice President
Vice President
Kwahk Jiyoung
POSTECH
Professor at Department of Industrial & Management Engineering
Professor at Department of Industrial & Management Engineering
Koo Sunggy
Samsung Electronics
VP, Smart Appliances & Home IoT, Digital Appliance
VP, Smart Appliances & Home IoT, Digital Appliance
Kwon Young-eun
teamw.e
CEO
CEO
Kim InChul
Sungkyunkwan University
Professor Emeritus
Professor Emeritus
Kim Youngjun
KIST School
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Kim Daeyoung
Maeil Business Newpaper
Editor of Finance News Desk
Editor of Finance News Desk
Kim Kyoung Hyeok
Samsung Heavy Industries
EVP and Head of Marketing Division
EVP and Head of Marketing Division
Kim Hongil
Banks Foundation for Young Entrepreneurs
Managing Director
Managing Director
Kim Jin Han
Gyeongbuk Center for Creative Economy and Innovation
Director
Director
Kim Yonghwan
Seoul National University
Chair of the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
Chair of the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
Kim Sang Hyup
Graduate School of Green Growth, KAIST
Visiting Professor
Visiting Professor
Kim Jun Ho
Intel
Director, Asia Pacific Client Application Engineering
Director, Asia Pacific Client Application Engineering
Kim Byung-gun
CEO of BK Medical Group
CEO and Co-founder of ICO Platform
CEO and Co-founder of ICO Platform
Kim Seungjoo
Graduate School of Information Security, Korea University
Professor, Department of Cyber Defense
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
Professor at Korea University
Kim Young Joon
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Partner
Partner
Kim Eugene
SparkLabs
Partner
Partner
Kim Bowon
KAIST
Associate Vice President of the Office of Planning and Budget
Associate Vice President of the Office of Planning and Budget
Na Kyung-Won
National Assembly Congressman
Masashi Nakajima
Reitaku University
Professor
Professor
Hajime Nozawa
JTB Tourism Research
President & CEO
President & CEO
Nicholas Wilson
JLL
Director, Asia Pacific Capital Markets Research
Director, Asia Pacific Capital Markets Research
Nick Halla
Impossible Foods
Senior Vice President for International
Senior Vice President for International
Da Hongfei
NEO
Founder
Founder
Daniel Jones
Bext360
Founder and CEO
Founder and CEO
Daniel XuChang Song
Xiaozhu
CMO
CMO
Diana Aparicio
Kiwibot
Head of Sales and Strategic Partnerships
Head of Sales and Strategic Partnerships
Dan Vahdat
Medopad
CEO & Founder
CEO & Founder
Douglas H.PAAL
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Vice President
Vice President
Dirk Ahlborn
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Inc. (HTT)
CEO
CEO
David Young
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) from the Boston office
Senior Partner and Managing Director
Senior Partner and Managing Director
Donald Johnston
OECD
The 4th Secretary-General
The 4th Secretary-General
Dominic Ong
Strategic Automotive Partnerships, Grab
Regional Head
Regional Head
Diego A. Areces
Schneider Electric
Process Automation North Asia Hub Leader
Process Automation North Asia Hub Leader
Ravi Velloor
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd
Associate Editor, The Straits Times
Associate Editor, The Straits Times
Rajeev Suri
Nokia
President & CEO
President & CEO
Randy Williams
Keiretsu Forum
Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO
Lei Xing
Stanford University School of Medicine
Professor
Professor
Regina Lim
JLL
Head of Capital Markets Research, Southeast Asia
Head of Capital Markets Research, Southeast Asia
Laurence Liao
CMIG International Holding Pte. Ltd.
CEO
CEO
Robert C. Merton
MIT Sloan School of Management
Professor of Finance
Professor of Finance
Lucas Kello
Oxford University
Senior Lecturer in International Relations
Senior Lecturer in International Relations
Renaud Girard
Le Figaro
Journalist
Journalist
Li Zhuo
AutoX
COO
COO
Liu Wenjing
Tsinghua SEM
Professor of Marketing
Professor of Marketing
Richard Orbell
JLL Korea
National Director, Capital Markets
National Director, Capital Markets
Richard N. Cooper
Harvard University
Professor
Professor
Richard Ma
Quantstamp
Co-Founder and CEO
Co-Founder and CEO
Linda Brimm
INSEAD
Professor
Professor
Margarita Mayo
IE Business School
Professor
Professor
Markus Engelberger
Creative Tribe
Founder
Founder
Martin Ruubel
Guardtime
President
President
Mike Orgill
Airbnb
Director of Public Policy, Asia Pacific
Director of Public Policy, Asia Pacific
Mike Petersen
New Zealand
Special Agricultural Trade Envoy
Special Agricultural Trade Envoy
Michael Cashen
Google Android Auto
Senior Technical Solutions Consultant
Senior Technical Solutions Consultant
Marc Vanhuele
HEC Paris
Professor of Marketing & Associate Dean
Professor of Marketing & Associate Dean
Martin Villig
Taxify
Co-Founder
Co-Founder
Martin J Murray
GM International
Director, Global Program Manager BEV Propulsion
Director, Global Program Manager BEV Propulsion
Mordechai Sheves
Weizmann Institute of Science
Vice President
Vice President
Moon Younghoon
nonce
Co-Founder
Co-Founder
Mitch Liu
Theta Labs and SLIVER.tv
Co-Founder and CEO
Co-Founder and CEO
Mikkal Herberg
The National Bureau of Asian Research
Research Director for the Energy Security Program
Research Director for the Energy Security Program
Miko Matsumura
Evercoin
Founder of Crypto Exchange
Founder of Crypto Exchange
Ming Maa
Grab
President
President
Park HongKun
Harvard University
Professor
Professor
Jason Park
Korbit
CEO
CEO
Park Sanghwan
HanaTour Service Inc.
Founder and CEO
Founder and CEO
Park Suyong
Block Crafters
Founder and Managing Partner
Founder and Managing Partner
Bark Taeho
Lee&Ko Global Commerce Institute
President
President
Park Seung Yong
Hyundai Heavy Industries Group
Executive VP, Chief Marketing
Executive VP, Chief Marketing
Justin Park
Metadium
CEO
CEO
Park In-kook
Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies
President
President
Park Suk-bum
UN Global Compact Network Korea
Secretary General
Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon
United Nations
The 8th Secretary-General
The 8th Secretary-General
Paik Keun-Wook
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES)
Senior Research Fellow
Senior Research Fellow
Beat Ulrich
St. Gallen Foundation & St.Gallen Symposium
CEO
CEO
Ben Nelson
Minerva
Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO
Byun JeoungWoo
Kyung Hee University
Professor
Professor
Bruce Cumings
University of Chicago
Professor
Professor
Bruce Anderson
Global Electronics Industry of IBM
Global Managing Director
Global Managing Director
Bruce Bennett
RAND Corporation
Senior Researcher
Senior Researcher
Bruce Klingner
The Heritage Foundation
Senior Research Fellow for Northeast Asia
Senior Research Fellow for Northeast Asia
Samuel Cassatt
ConsenSys
CSO
CSO
Sameer Hasija
INSEAD
Professor
Professor
Sandra Ro
Global Blockchain Business Council
CEO
CEO
Sandra Wu
Origin X Capital
CEO
CEO
Robert H. Xiao
Perfect World Co., Ltd.
CEO
CEO
Seo Seung-Woo
Seoul National University
Professor
Professor
Suh Kyung won
Hyundai Motor Group
Global R&D Master
Global R&D Master
Sung Taeyoon
Yonsei University
Professor
Professor
Sonja Lyubomirsky
University of California, Riverside
Professor
Professor
Shon Dohyun
Twitch
Director of Business Development
Director of Business Development
Leona Son
Synco
COO
COO
Song Kyungjin
Institute for Global Economics (IGE)
President
President
Sripriya Ranganathan
Embassy of India
Ambassador
Ambassador
Scott Galit
Payoneer Inc.
CEO
CEO
Scott Snyder
Council on Foreign Relations
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow
Stephen Ezell
Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
Vice President
Vice President
Stephen Engle
Bloomberg Television
Chief North Asia Correspondent
Chief North Asia Correspondent
Ciara Sun
Bgogo
Digital Asset Exchange, Chief Strategy Officer
Digital Asset Exchange, Chief Strategy Officer
Shin Jaiwon
NASA
Associate Administrator for Aeronautics
Associate Administrator for Aeronautics
Shin Sung-Chul
KAIST
President
President
Shin Jae Yoon
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
Advisor
Advisor
Shin Sunghwan
Hongik University
Professor of Finance
Professor of Finance
Shin Insub
George Mason University Korea
Professor, Department of Systems Engineering
Professor, Department of Systems Engineering
Sheila Warren
World Economic Forum
Project Head, Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology
Project Head, Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology
Sylvain Laurent
Dassault Systèmes
Executive Vice President
Executive Vice President
Jane Jie Sun
Ctrip.com
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Arancha González
International Trade Centre
Executive Director
Executive Director
Amit Kapoor
Chair, Institute for Competitiveness
President & CEO, India Council on Competitiveness
President & CEO, India Council on Competitiveness
Ahn Dong-Hyun
Seoul National University
Professor
Professor
Andreas Saari
Slush
CEO
CEO
Antony Lewis
R3
Director of Research
Director of Research
Albert Zhang
Design Traveloka
Co-Founder and Head
Co-Founder and Head
Abdullah Albeyatti
Medicalchain
CEO
CEO
Adam Gazzaley
UC San Francisco
Professor in Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry
Professor in Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry
Andrew Hamilton
New York University
President
President
Anthony Kim
The Heritage Foundation
Resarch Manager
Resarch Manager
Yang Jun
37 Interactive Entertainment
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President
Yang Lan
Sun Media Group and Sun Culture Foundation
Chairperson
Chairperson
Donna Yang
eMei
Founder and CEO
Founder and CEO
Phil S. Yang
TK Net and CKT Development
Chairman
Chairman
Yang Dong
Renmin University
Professor
Professor
Hunter S. Urm
Head of DSME R&D Institute, DSME
Executive Vice President
Executive Vice President
Egle Nemeikstyte
Blockchain Centre, Lithuania
CEO
CEO
Edwin Feulner
Heritage Foundation
Founder
Founder
Eric Allison
Uber Elevate
Head
Head
Eric Ly
LinkedIn.com
Co-Founder
Co-Founder
Esko Aho
The 37th Prime Minister of Finland
Elena Okorochenko
S&P Global Ratings
Managing Director and Head of Asia-Pacific
Managing Director and Head of Asia-Pacific
Alicia Yi
Korn Ferry
Managing Director, Co-Leader Asia Pacific
Managing Director, Co-Leader Asia Pacific
Austin Sweeney
Herbert Smith Freehills
Corporate Partner
Corporate Partner
Tetsuo Ochi
MCP Group
Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer
Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer
Wang Zhenghua
Spring Group
Chairman
Chairman
Wang Rui
Peking University
Professor of Marketing
Professor of Marketing
Johannes Stroebel
New York University Stern School of Business
Professor of Finance
Professor of Finance
Won Heeryong
Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
Governor
Governor
Wes Levitt
Theta Labs
Head of Strategy
Head of Strategy
Jong H. Wi
Chung-Ang University
Professor
Professor
Ryu Woong Hwan
SK Telecom
GM and SVP of Open Collaboration Center
GM and SVP of Open Collaboration Center
Yoon Young-kwan
Professor Emeritus of Seoul National University
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, ROK
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, ROK
Jae Yoon
New York Life Investment Management
CIO
CIO
Nguyen Thanh Hung
SOVICO Holdings
Chairman
Chairman
Nguyen Thi Thuy Binh
Vice President of Vietjet Group
Chairwoman of Thai Vietjet
Chairwoman of Thai Vietjet
Rhee, Mok-hee
The Presidential Committee on Jobs
Vice-chairman
Vice-chairman
Lee Kunwoo
GenEdit
Co-Founder and CEO
Co-Founder and CEO
Lee Narae
Block Crafters
Partner and General legal counsel
Partner and General legal counsel
Lee Joo Ryang
Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI)
Research fellow
Research fellow
Lee Jae-Seung
Korea University
Professor & Jean Monnet Chair
Professor & Jean Monnet Chair
Lee Dongho
Herbert Smith Freehills
Managing Partner - Korea
Managing Partner - Korea
Lee Won Bok
Ewha Law School
Professor
Professor
Will Lee
Blue Whale Foundation
CEO
CEO
Lee Myung Jae
Yulchon
Senior Foreign Counsel and Co-head of the Mobility Team
Senior Foreign Counsel and Co-head of the Mobility Team
Yi Tehyok
Yulchon
Senior Foreign Counsel
Senior Foreign Counsel
Lee Jung-Hoon
Yonsei University
Professor
Professor
Lee Junghoon
Telofarm
CEO
CEO
Lee Jinhyung
Stanford University
Professor
Professor
Eun-Chul LEE
Bitfury Group
Head of Bitfury Korea
Head of Bitfury Korea
Lee Dong Kurn
Global Compact Network Korea
President
President
Ignacio Garcia Alves
ADL
Chairman & CEO
Chairman & CEO
Lim Sang Hoon
This is Game
CEO
CEO
Jia Qingguo
Peking University
Dean
Dean
Chang Dae-Whan
Founder of World Knowledge Forum
Chairman of Maekyung Media Group
Chairman of Maekyung Media Group
Jessy Yeunju Jang
ASEAN-Korea Centre
Head of Information and Data Unit
Head of Information and Data Unit
Michael Wen Zhang
SenseTime
President
President
Zang Zhong Tang
UCAR
Vice President
Vice President
Janet L. Yellen
The 78th United States Secretary of the Treasury
Jack Poon
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professor of Practice
Professor of Practice
Jack Harari
Blizzard eSport Leagues
Vice President, International Partnerships
Vice President, International Partnerships
Jack Lee
HCM Capital
Founding Managing Partner
Founding Managing Partner
Chung Byung-Hoon
D.STREET
CEO
CEO
Jeong Gu-Min
Kookmin University
Professor
Professor
Zheng Chao
NOVAEX Cultural Development Group
Founder and CEO
Founder and CEO
Je Hyunjoo
Yellowdog
CEO
CEO
Jay Eum
Translink Capital
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Jason Miller
Teneo Strategy
Managing Director
Managing Director
Jason Hsu
Taiwan Parliament
Legislator & Member of Parliament
Legislator & Member of Parliament
James Shilling
Depaul University
Professor
Professor
James Allsop
Herbert Smith Freehills
Senior Associate
Senior Associate
Jeff Shumway
Social Finance
Managing Director
Managing Director
Cho Wan-suk
Seoul
Director of Social Entreprises Support Division
Director of Social Entreprises Support Division
Jonathan Tischler
Credit Suisse
Managing Director
Managing Director
Jordan Kostelac
JLL APAC PropTech
Director
Director
Joshua Carrott
YouTube Channel ′Korean Englishman′
YouTuber
YouTuber
John Kim
New York Life Insurance Company
President
President
John Ehara
Unison Capital
Partner &. Founder
Partner &. Founder
Jimmy Zhong
IOST
Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO
Cha Inhyok
SK Telecom
Executive Vice President
Executive Vice President
Charles Freeman
US Chamber of Commerce
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President
Choi Seunghyuk
McKinsey Korea
Partner
Partner
Carmen Simon
Founder of Memzy
Cognitive Neuroscientist
Cognitive Neuroscientist
Kaidi Ruusalepp
Funderbeam
Founder and CEO
Founder and CEO
Karoli Hindriks
Jobbatical
CEO & Founder
CEO & Founder
Kenneth Frazier
MSD (Merck & Co., Inc.)
Chairman of the Board & CEO
Chairman of the Board & CEO
Kenny Shih
Coinsuper
Executive Director
Executive Director
Kersti Kaljulaid
The 5th President of Estonia
Kent Larson
MIT Media Lab
Director of City Science
Director of City Science
Krishna Ramachandra
Duane Morris & Selvam LLP
Managing Director
Managing Director
Christopher Hill
25th Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Christopher Smart
Barings
Head of Macroeconomic & Geopolitical Research
Head of Macroeconomic & Geopolitical Research
Keith Rabin
KWR International
President
President
Tami Overby
US Chamber of Commerce
Former SVP
Former SVP
Taavi Kotka
Estonia
Former Chief Information Officer
Former Chief Information Officer
Ted Lin
Binance
Chief Growth Officer of Binance
Chief Growth Officer of Binance
Terry Martin
DW(Deutsche Welle) News
Senior Anchor
Senior Anchor
Tyler Xiao
Xianlife
Founder
Founder
Tom Tao
Wanxiang Blockchain Inc.
Vice President
Vice President
Thierry de Montbrial
French Institute of International Relations (Ifri)
Executive Chairman
Executive Chairman
Tilman Ruff
IPPNW(1985 Nobel Peace Prize Winner)
Co-President
Co-President
Tim Draper
Draper Associates and DFJ
Founding Partner
Founding Partner
Fabian Schvartzman
AeroFarms
Strategic Research and Technology Development Lead
Strategic Research and Technology Development Lead
Paige Fitzgerald
Waymo
Head of Strategic Partnerships & Business Development
Head of Strategic Partnerships & Business Development
Peter Limbourg
Deutsche Welle (DW)
Director General
Director General
FURo-D
Future Robot
Prakash Somosundram
XSQ Global
Head of Acceleration
Head of Acceleration
Fraser Doherty
SuperJam
Founder
Founder
Florian Kohlbacher
North Asia The Economist Group
Director, Economist Corporate Network
Director, Economist Corporate Network
Peter Shannon
Levitate Capital
Managing Director
Managing Director
Heidi Capozzi
The Boeing Company
SVP, Human Resources
SVP, Human Resources
Hurr Hee Young
Korea Aerospace University
Professor
Professor
H. R. McMaster
The US National Security Council
The 26th Advisor
The 26th Advisor
Herbjorn Hansson
Nordic American Tankers Ltd.
Chairman
Chairman
Halsey Minor
Founder and CEO of Live Planet
Strategic Technology Partner and Investor in the VideoCoin Network
Strategic Technology Partner and Investor in the VideoCoin Network
Hong Daesoon
Ewha Womans University
Professor
Professor
Hong Won-Pyo
Samsung SDS
President& CEO
President& CEO
Hwang Jongwoon
KIST Europe
Head of Smart Convergence Group
Head of Smart Convergence Group
Hwang Jong-Sung
National Information Society Agency
Lead Researcher
Lead Researcher
Juan Ma
INSEAD
Professor
Professor
