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