Speakers of 2023

Abhijit Banerjee MIT, Professor of Economics
2019 Nobel Prize in Economics

Adriana Keating International Institute of Applied System Analysis (IIASA)
Research Scholar

Akiva Tor The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ambassador of Israel to Republic of Korea

Albert Cheung BloombergNEF
Deputy CEO, Head of Global Transition Analysis

Alexandra Doudard La Prairie UK & Ireland
General Manager

Ali Aslan
International TV Presenter and Journalist

Amal Shehata New York University Stern School of Business
Clinical Professor of Accounting

Andrew Park Story City
Co-CEO

Andrew Park Korea Craft Brewers Association (KCBA)
CEO

Anindya Ghose New York University Stern School of Business
Riehl Chair Professor of Technology and Marketing

Anthony Fauci The 5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Anthony B. Kim The Heritage Foundation
Research Fellow

Armando Guastella Bain&Company Global Sustainability Practice
Partner and Leading Member

Ashish Dave Mirae Asset Venture Investments (India)
CEO

Balvinder Powar IE Business School
Professor

Bapon Fakhruddin The Green Climate Fund
Water Sector Lead

Ben Nelson Minerva Project
Chairman and CEO

Bernard Hoekman European University Institute
Professor

Bernhard Quendt Thales
Chief Technical Officer

Xiang Bing Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
Founding Dean

Bob Sternfels McKinsey & Company
Global Managing Partner

Im Bomi City Meditation
Director

Park Bong-kwon Maeil Business Newspaper
Contributing editor

Zhang Byoung-Tak Seoul National University
Director of AIIS & Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

Eum Byoungchan Armilla AI
Chief Strategist & Head of APAC

Kim Byungsoo Robotis
CEO

Carl Bildt The 30th Prime Minister of Sweden

Carl Benedikt Frey Oxford Martin School
Professor

Yoo Chaeseon The Next Lab Co., Ltd.
CEO

Chang Yongsung Seoul National University
Professor

Charlie Giancarlo Pure Storage
Chairman and CEO

Ahn Cheol-soo
Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea

Hong Cheolkee Sogang University
Professor

Choi In-bom Sogang University
Professor

Ahn Choong-Yong Chung-Ang University
Distinguished Professor

Chris Miller Associate Professor at Tufts University
The Author of “Chip War"

Chris Griswold American Compass
Policy Director

Christopher Cerone Novelis
Government Affairs VP

Christopher Monroe Professor at Duke University
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist of IonQ

Kim Chul-soo Korean Red Cross
President

Cilia Indahl EQT Foundation
CEO

Claudia Nagel Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Professor

Clyde Vanel New York State Assembly
Assembly Member

Won Daero Wilt Venture Builder Pte Ltd
CEO

Hong Daesoon Kwangwoon University
Professor

Damien Stehlé CryptoLab
Chief Scientist

Daniel Kim Tiger Research
CEO

Denes Ban OurCrowd
Managing Partner

Dennis Hong UCLA
Professor

Don Thompson Cleveland Avenue
Founder (Former CEO of McDonald′s)

Cho Dong-chul Korea Development Institute (KDI)
President

Lee Donggun MyRealTrip
CEO & Founder

Jang Dongha KYOWON
Planning & Management Executive Director

Lee Dongik E-Land World
Head of ′WHO.A.U′ marketing team

Donovan Kwak LISMA USA
CEO

Douglas W. Diamond Professor at University of Chicago
2022 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics

Dov Moran Grove Ventures
Managing Partner

Dov Fettman Tevel Aerobotics Technologies
CFO

Lee Duckjun D3Jubilee Partners
CEO

Dustin Moody National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Project Lead for the Post-quantum Cryptography Standardization

Dyota Marsudi Aladin Bank Sharia
President

Edward Mermelstein New York City
Commissioner for International Affairs

Edwin Pan BytePlus
Head of Entertainment & AI Solution

Edwin J. Feulner The Heritage Foundation
Founder and Former President

Ellen Pranata Klar
Founder

Emma Porio Ateneo de Manila University
Professor

Eran Ron Urban Aeronautics
CEO

Eric Adams The City of New York
The 110th Mayor

Eric Daimler Conexus AI
Co-Founder & CEO

Esko Aho The 37th Prime Minister of Finland

Eugene Kim Spark Labs
Partner

Chae Eunmi Korea University
Professor of Physics

Faye Lee Korea NGO Council
Humanitarian Affairs Specialist

Gachoucha Kretz HEC Paris
Professor

Gary Marcus New York University
Professor Emeritus

Nam Gi-hoon SHIFTBIO
CEO

Gizelle Baker Philip Morris International
Vice President of Global Scientific Engagement

Greg Olsen New York State Office for the Aging
Director

Gürcan Karakaş Togg
CEO

Junn Haan Seok Yozma Group
CBDO and Head of Business Development

Hatoyama Yukio The 93rd Prime Minister of Japan

Jang Heechang National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Director

Jung Heewon Asan Medical Center
Division of Geriatrics, Clinical Assistant Professor

Henry Stewart Happy Ltd.
Founder and Chief Happiness Officer

Herbjoern Hansson Nordic American Tankers
Chairman & CEO

Hermawan Kartajaya MarkPlus
Founder & Executive Chairman

Yanagawa Hidehiro Kokusai Electric
Senior Vice President

Ahn Ho-young Chair Professor of North Korean Studies at Kyung-Nam University
Former Ambassador of ROK to the U.S.

Kim Homin Sparklabs
Co-Founder & General Partner

Yoon Hong-sung SK Hynix
Vice President

Lee Hoon Korea Investment Corporation
Chief Investment Officer

Shin Hoshik Tridge
Founder and CEO

Yoon Hyeonjoong Orange Football Network
CEO

Oh Hyodong Lion Group
CBDO

Jung Hyuk Hoon Maeil Business Newspaper
Agriculture & Food Correspondent

Suh Hyun Kwon Sejong University
Assistant Professor

Yang Hyunbong Sejong Techno Park(TP)
President

Joo Hyunho Jfun
CEO

Je Hyunjoo Envisioning Partners
CEO

Ilan Goldfajn IDB(Inter-American Development Bank)
President

Chun In-Bum
The 25th Commander of the ROK Army Special Warfare Command

Kim Inchul SungKyunKwan University
Professor Emeritus

Park Inho ROK Air Force
The 39th Chief of Staff

Lee Inki Korea Craft Brewers Association (KCBA)
CEO

Kwon Intaek Openknowl
CEO

Isaac Getz ESCP Business School
Professor

Jack Choi Knight Frank Korea
Head of the Capital Markets business

Jacob Taylor National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
NIST Fellow & Senior Advisor for Critical and Emerging Technologies

Jae Yoon New York Life Investment Management
CIO

Lim Jae Won GOPIZZA
Founder & CEO

Kim Jae-bum Biological Sciences at Seoul National University
Professor

Kim Jae-wan Korea Institute for Advanced Study
Distinguished Professor of Quantum Universe Center

Shin Jaecheong Samsin
CEO

Song Jaeyong Seoul National University
Professor

Jagannath Panda Institute for Security and Development Policy
Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs

James Huang eXp Commercial
President

James Allworth Cloudflare
Head of Innovation

James Lamont Financial Times
Group Director of Strategic Partnerships

James Kim AMCHAM Korea
Chairman & CEO

James Kemp Macquarie Asset Management
Head of Real Estate, Asia-Pacific region

James Norman Mattis The 26th United States Secretary of Defense

Jan Goetz IQM
Co-founder & CEO

Shin Jang-Sup National University of Singapore
Associate Professor

Jasmine Topor Korea Israel Innovation Center
Founder

Jason Tan Jeneration Capital
CIO

Jay Kim Boryung
Chairman and CEO

Koo Jayoung Pro-Green Technologies
Financial Management CFO

Jean Oh Carnegie Mellon University
Professor

Kim Jeewoong tossbank
Chief Strategy Officer(CSO)

Jeff Westphal MeaningSphere
Founder

Jeffrey J Schott Peterson Institute for International Economics(PIIE)
Senior Fellow

Jenny Johnson Franklin Templeton
President&CEO

Jenny Chu The Korea Conference
founder

Jerry Chow IBM
IBM Fellow & Director of Quantum Infrastructure

Jesper Krarup Holst Copenhagen Offshore Partners
Partner and Senior Vice President

Kang Jihyun ASEAN-Korea Centre
Head of Information and Data Unit

Kim Jin-suk aSSIST University
Chair professor

Yang Jinho CV3 Inc
CEO

Joannes Ekaprasetya Tandjung Indonesian Embassy at Seoul
Minister Counsellor for Creative & Digirtal Economy

Johannes Reck GetYourGuide
Co-Founder and CEO

John Raymond U.S. Space Force
the 1st Chief of Space Operations

John Twigg University College London
Honorary Professor

John Shoffner Ax-2 mission
Pilot

John Yum Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC)
Shipping Program Lead

Choe Jonggeun Seoul National University
Professor

John ′Coz′ Colgrove Pure Storage
Founder & Chief Visionary Officer

Johnny Choi FuturePlay
CIO

Jon Y Asianometry
Founder and Producer

Lim Jong In Senior Advisor at Kim & Chang
Chair Professor at the Graduate School of Information Security at Korea University

Lee Jong-Wha Korea University
Professor

Kim Jong-wook ACE Express
CEO

Park Jonghoon Neuromeca
CEO

Um Jonghwan SK Telecom ESG Alliance
Vice President

Lee Jonghyun Trenbe
CEO

Jung Joo-yong Vision Creator
Founder & CEO

Oh Joon Kyung Hee University
Professor

Park Joon-woo SDF International
F&B Director

Joris Poort Rescale
Founder & CEO

José E. Feliciano Clearlake Capital Group
CEO

Joseph Lidgerwood Restaurant EVETT
Owner and Chef

Joseph Jaworski American Leadership Forum(ALF)
Chairman

Josh Ahn T1
COO

Rhee June-Koo Professor at KAIST
Founder of Qunova Computing

Cheon Jung Hee Professor at Seoul National University
CEO of CryptoLab

Kim Jung-gyu SP&E
CEO

Hong Jung-Wuk KAIST
Professor

Choi Jung-yoon SEMPIO Woori Taste Research Center Head Chef
The World′s 50 Best Restaurant Academy Vice Chair

Park Junghoon CEO of Woori Finance Research Institute
Former Commissioner (Deputy Minister) of Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU)

Kim Jungsang Professor at Duke University
Co-Founder & CTO of IonQ

Min Jungtak Korea Institute of Robotics & Technology convergence(KIRO)
Head of the strategic planning division

Lim Jungwook Ministry of SMEs and Startups
Deputy Minister

Park Junho Pitter Petter Inc.
CEO

Choi Kang Asan Institute for Policy Studies
President

Lee Kang-deok Pohang City
Mayor

Ahn Kangwhuy Jupiter Labs
CEO

Fukui Kazunari GE
Asia Decarbonization Leader

Kim Ki-chan Catholic University of Korea
Professor

Ban Kian Schoolab
Business Development Lead Korea

Kim Povlsen Universal Robots
President & CEO

Kishor Nair Avaada Group
CEO

Kim Koun Seoul Institute
Research Fellow

Park Kyung Ryul KAIST
Professor

Seong Kyung-ryung Hallym University
Emeritus professor

Hur Kyung-wook Senior Advisor at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
Former Korean Ambassador to the OECD

Lars Peder Nordbakken Civita
Economist

Laura Krajecki Deloitte
Director

Lorenzo de Medici

Louise Kavanagh Nuveen Real Estate
Chief Investment Officer and Head of Asia Pacific Real Estate

Lucha Sotomayor Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, United Nations
PoP Lead

Luigi Fontana The University of Sydney
Scientific Director, Charles Perkins Centre RPA Clinic

Manfred Kirchgeorg HLL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
Chair of Marketing Management and Sustainability at Leipzig Graduate School of Management

Marat Maayan Airovation Technologies
Founder and CEO

Marc Rowan Apollo Global Management
Co-Founder and CEO

Marco Richter LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions
Head of global customer success

Marcus Noland Peterson Institute for International Economics
Executive Vice President and Director of Studies

Margaret Mitchell Hugging Face
Chief Ethics Scientists

Mark Tetto TCK Investments
Co-CEO

Martin Keighley CarbonFree
CEO

Maurice Levy Publicis Groupe
Chairman

Mehmet Fatih Kacir Türkiye
Minister of Industry and Technology

Menachem Shafran XM Cyber
SVP of Product and Innovation

Yu Miaojie President of Liaoning University
Deputy to the 14th National People’s Congress of China

Michael Jeon Solasta Ventures
Managing Partner

Michael Chow The Believer Company
Co-founder & CEO

Michael Schoellhorn Airbus D&S
CEO

Michael Riady INDOxyz
Founder

Michael Suffredini Axiom Space
President&CEO

Michael Rich Director of Digital Wellness Lab and Clinic for Interactive Media and Internet Disorders, Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Michael Gronager Chainalysis
CEO

Mikhail Lukin Professor at Harvard University
Co-Founder of QuEra Computing

Mikkel Krenchel ReD Associates
Partner

Miles Prosser International Aluminum Institute
Secretary General

Lee Mingu Cleveland Avenue
Managing Partner

Han Minjoo LF
Media Commerce Executive of e-marketing Department

Misiek Piskorski Professor and Dean of Asia and Oceania
IMD Business School

Moeldoko Presidential Staff of the Republic of Indonesia
Chief

Mogens Lykketoft Chairman at Energinet
President of the 70th UN General Assembly

Moshe Ben-Bassat Plataine
Founder

Yoo Myung-hee Visiting Professor at Seoul National University, GSIS
Former Minister for Trade

Nicolas Véron Bruegel and Peterson Institute for International Economics
Senior Fellow

Nils Karlson Ratio Institute
Founder

Oh Se-hoon
Mayor of Seoul

Ohad Topor TCK Investments
Founder and Chairman

Oleksandra Matviichuk The Centre for Civil Liberties(2022 Nobel Prize in Peace)
Founder and CEO

Pär Nuder Sweden
Former Minister of Finance

Paul Romer Professor at Boston College
2018 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics

Paul Lee Mind AI
CEO

Peggy Poon EQT Foundation
COO

Peter K. Schott Yale School of Management
Juan Trippe Professor of Economics

Philip Kotler Northwestern University′s Kellogg School of Management
Professor Emeritus

Philippe Van Hoof Chairperson of European Chamber of Commerce in Korea
Country Manager for ING Korea

Lee Pilsung SANDBOX NETWORK
CEO

Prasad Mandava Akamai
VP Engineering Global IT & Managing Director India

Jia Qingguo Peking University
Professor at the School of International Studies

Ray Seok RNR Inc.
Founder&CEO

Richard Lee Art In Motion
CEO & Co-Founder

Richard Lee Mckinsey&Company
Senior Partner

Robbie Diamond SAFE
Founder and CEO

Robert Koopman American University School of International Service
Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer

Robin Niblett Chatham House
Distinguished Fellow

Roheen Berry Wiesmann Sports Car Gmbh
Owner and CEO

Ron Klain The 30th White House Chief of Staff

Ron Kim New York State Assembly
Assembly Member

Ronald Kruszewski Stifel Financial
Chairman and CEO

Ushida Ryosuke Financial Services Agency of Japan
Director for International AML/CFT Policy

Sam Altman OpenAI
CEO

Sameer Gupta DBS
Chief Analytics Officer

Sandra DeVincent Wolf Carnegie Mellon University
Executive Director, Manufacturing Futures Institute and NextManufacturing Center

Ha Sang Do Chung-Ang university
Professor

Kim Sang-Hyup Presidential Committee for Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth
Co-Chairperson

Yu Sanghyeok GadgetKorea.inc
CEO

Suh Sangjun EQT Partners Korea
CEO

Bae Sangseung NEW PARADIGM INVESTMENT
CEO

Han Sangyeob Sopoong Ventures
CEO

Sanjaya Bhatia UNDRR Northeast Office
Head of Office

Satchin Panda Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Professor

Scott Snyder Council on Foreign Relations
Senior fellow

Ham Sehoon EQT
Partner and Head of Asia Pacific in the Client Relations and Capital Raising team

Kwon Seok-Joon Sungkyunkwan University
Assistant Professor

Lee Seokgyu Yeongnam University
Honorary Professor

Choi Seokyoung Lee&Ko
Senior Advisor

Cheon Seongwoo The Asan Nanum Foundation
Director of Startup Team

Lee Seung-gi APDRC
the Climate Crisis Resilience Ambassador

Shanker Trivedi NVIDIA
Senior Vice President

Li Siqi UIBE
Professor

Skip Sanzeri QuSecure
Co-founder & COO

Somsubhra GanChoudhuri AI Palette
Co-founder and CEO

Choi Soo-yeon Naver Corp
CEO

Choi Soonwon Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor

Steve Wozniak
Co-Founder of Apple Computer, Inc.

Steven Snow The Believer Company
Co-founder & CPO

Urata Sujiro Waseda University
Professor

Kim Sung-han Professor, Korea University
Former National Security Advisor of ROK

Ahn Sungwoo Zigbang Co., Ltd.
CEO

Lee Sunyoung BigHouse Entertainment Co.,Ltd
CEO

Park Tae-joon Hanyang University
Professor

Bark Taeho Lee&Ko
President of the Global Commerce Institute

Sung Taeyoon Yonsei University
Professor

Koyanagi Takehiko Senior Staff Writer & Editorial Board Member at Nikkei Inc.
Anchor at “Nikkei News Plus 9” on BS TV Tokyo channel

Kitagawa Takuya QuEra Computing
President

Tal Ben-Moshe Grove Ventures
VP Operations & IR

Tamar Kosher Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry
Economic Consular & Head of Israeli Economic and Trade Office in Republic of Korea

Tami Bhaumik Roblox
Vice President of Civility and Partnerships

Tamir Pardo XM Cyber
Co-Founder and President

Tejpaul Bhatia Axiom Space
Chief Revenue Officer

Terry Martin TV News Anchor

Tessa Wijaya Xendit
Co-Founder and COO

Thierry de Montbrial Institut Français des Relations Internationales
Founder and Executive Chairman

Tom Lawrence Harbour Partners & The Eden Group
Founder & Chairman

Vinayak HV McKinsey&Company
Senior Partner

Vu Canh Toan ISET-International in Vietnam
Technical Lead

William Lee Milken Institute
Chief Economist

William Lazonick University of Massachusetts Lowell
Professor

Jung Woo-sung POSTECH
Professor

Shin Woojin Nelson Mullins
Senior Partner

Xavier Castellanos Mosquera IFRC
Under Secretary General

Wang XingXing Unitree Robotics
Founder & CEO

Lee Xuanlai Shanghai Woosheng Asset Management
Founder

Kim Yang-Paeng Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade
Senior researcher

Zhang Yaqin Dean of Institute for AI Industry Research (AIR), Tsinghua University
The Former President, Baidu Inc.

Yigal Erlich Yozma Group
Chairman & Founder

Kwon Yikyun Director General, Korea CCUS Association
Professor, Kongju National University

Shin Yongsan DAMDA.com
Founder & CEO

Whang Yoon-Jae Seoul National University Professor
Korean Economic Association Chairman

Hori Yoshito GLOBIS University
Founder & President

Kang Young-chul KDI Graduate School of Public Policy and Management
Visiting Professor

Kim Young-hun Daehak Naeil
CEO

Jang Young-jae KAIST
Professor

Paik Young-jay
Author of "THICK Data" (Ph.D. in Anthropology)

Yoon Young-kwan Chairman of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of ROK

Choi Youngduck Togi
Founder and CEO

Kim Youngjae Sogang University
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

Yang Yunjeong Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Professor

Kim Yuwon NAVER CLOUD
CEO