Speakers of 2024
Speakers of 2024
Gabriel Zucman
UC Berkeley
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Young-chul Kang
KDI Graduate School of Public Policy and Management
Professor
Professor
Youngjoon Kang
DSE
CEO
CEO
Hyoung-Goo Kang
Hanyang University
Professor of Finance
Professor of Finance
Yoon-sung Ko
Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
Director
Director
Eugene Cook
Blackstone Private Equity
Head of Korea
Head of Korea
Grida (Jang Hyewon)
NFC, ArtVerse
Digital Art Curator
Digital Art Curator
Manki Kim
PREEDLIFE
CEO
CEO
Sung Hyun "Andrew" Kim
Former CIA Intelligence Analyst
Former CIA Intelligence Analyst
Huiyeon Kim
Suhn Law Group
Founder and Managing Partner
Founder and Managing Partner
Byung-ho Kim
Maeil Business Newspaper
Editorial Writer
Editorial Writer
Hyoeun Jenny Kim
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Amb., Former Deputy Minister for Climate Change
Amb., Former Deputy Minister for Climate Change
Sarah Nayeon Kim
Foosung Corporation
CEO
CEO
Sei Yong Kim
Gyeonggi Housing & Urban Development Corporation
CEO
CEO
Myungshik Kim
Imperial College London
Chair in Quantum Information Science Theory
Chair in Quantum Information Science Theory
Seojoon Kim
Hashed
CEO & Managing Partner
CEO & Managing Partner
Jin-dong Kim
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Director-General for Bilateral Economic Affairs
Director-General for Bilateral Economic Affairs
Kyung-won Na
Conservative People Power Party
Member of the National Assembly
Member of the National Assembly
Naftali Bennett
The 13th Prime Minister of Israel
Youngwoo Rho
Maeil Business Newspaper
Senior Journalist on International Economy
Senior Journalist on International Economy
Nicolas Véron
Bruegel and Peterson Institute for International Economics
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow
Daniel Twining
International Republican Institute
President
President
Daniela Favoccia
Hengeler Mueller
Partner Lawyer
Partner Lawyer
Deborah Bonello
InSight Crime
Journalist and Editor
Journalist and Editor
David Jones
RWE Renewables
Country Manager Korea
Country Manager Korea
David Devanney
Thorcon Internatinal
CEO
CEO
David Kang
BloombergNEF
Head of Korea & Japan Research
Head of Korea & Japan Research
Dov Fettman
Tevel Aerobotics Technologies LTD
CFO
CFO
Deepak Ramanathan
SAS
Vice President
Vice President
Raed Al Saleh
The White Helmets
Director
Director
Lais Faleiros
Senhora das Graças farm/Cocapil
Producer/Trader
Producer/Trader
Ryan Norys
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Chief Revenue Officer
Chief Revenue Officer
Reince Priebus
The 27th White House Chief of Staff
The 27th White House Chief of Staff
Lila Ibrahim
Google DeepMind
COO
COO
Robert C. O′Brien
American Global Strategies LLC
Co-founder and Chairman (Former U.S. National Security Advisor)
Co-founder and Chairman (Former U.S. National Security Advisor)
Robert G. Eccles
Said Business School, University of Oxford
Visiting Professor of Management Practice
Visiting Professor of Management Practice
Robbie Diamond
SAFE
Founder and CEO
Founder and CEO
Robin Niblett
Chatham House
Distinguished Fellow
Distinguished Fellow
Lucy Pérez
McKinsey & Company (Boston)
Senior Partner
Senior Partner
Lucia Egea
IE Business School
Vice Dean
Vice Dean
Wei Li
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Professor of Economics
Professor of Economics
Richard Jhang
Stratminds
CEO and General Partner
CEO and General Partner
Linda G. Mills
New York University
President
President
Massamba Thioye
UN Climate Change Global Innovation Hub, UNFCCC secretariat
Executive
Executive
Mauricio Macri
Argentina
Former President
Former President
Mike Valerio
CNN International
Correspondent
Correspondent
Mike Rosenberg
IESE
Professor
Professor
Mike Orgill
Uber
Head of Public Policy and Government Relations, Asia-Pacific
Head of Public Policy and Government Relations, Asia-Pacific
Michael Beckley
Tufts University
Professor
Professor
Michael Shermer
Skeptic magazine
Founding Publisher
Founding Publisher
Michael Stirling
Stirling Infrastructure Partners
CEO
CEO
Michael Jeon
Solasta Ventures
Managing Partner
Managing Partner
Michael C. Lynch
Strategic Energy and Economic Research
President
President
Mark Kelson
Greenberg Taurig LLP
Chair of Global Corporate Practice
Chair of Global Corporate Practice
Marc Sosna
IESE Learning Innovation Unit
Executive Director
Executive Director
Mart Noorma
NATO CCDCOE
Director
Director
Martin Redrado
Central Bank of Argentina
Former President
Former President
Matthew Michelini
Apollo Global Managemetnt
Partner, Head of Asia-Pacific
Partner, Head of Asia-Pacific
S. Matthew Liao
New York University
Arthur Zitrin Professor of Bioethics
Arthur Zitrin Professor of Bioethics
Mary E. Lovely
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow
Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow
Mekuria Haile Teklemariam
FDRE Civil Service Commission
Commissioner
Commissioner
Miguel Nicolelis
Duke School of Medicine
Distinguished Professor
Distinguished Professor
Michelle Zauner
Japanese Breakfast
Musician and Writer
Musician and Writer
Michelle Williams
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Professor
Professor
Mickey Kim
Act Two Ventures
CEO & Founder
CEO & Founder
Seung-kyu Min
Sejong University
Professor
Professor
Chanho Park
Team61
President
President
Kyung-ryul Park
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST)
Professor
Professor
Charles Park
OurBox
CGO(Chief Global Officer)
CGO(Chief Global Officer)
MJ Mijeong Park
Kyung Hee University
Professor
Professor
Junghoon Park
Woori Finance Research Institute
CEO
CEO
Si-soo Park
SpaceRadar
Founder and CEO
Founder and CEO
Van Tran Thu
Viet Nam News
Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief
Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief
Bob Sternfels
McKinsey & Company
Global Managing Partner
Global Managing Partner
Marc Kihyeon Bang
Sucafina SA
Trader Korea
Trader Korea
Betts Peters
Oregon Health & Science University
Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Ben Westhoff
Investigative Journalist
′Fentanyl′ Author
′Fentanyl′ Author
Lynn Pyun
Ewha Womans’ University Graduate School of International Studies
Associate Professor of International Business
Associate Professor of International Business
Bruce Tuckman
NYU Stern
Professor
Professor
Vikram Sharma
QuintessenceLabs
CEO
CEO
Samuel Morillon
Siemens Energy
Vice President of Sub-Region Pacific
Vice President of Sub-Region Pacific
Sasha Semienchuk
Novo Nordisk Korea
Vice President & General Manager
Vice President & General Manager
Hyejin Seo
CReA Studio
Founder
Founder
Summer Kim
Stratminds
UX Partner
UX Partner
Sarah Bianchi
Senior Managing Director & Chief Strategist at Evercore ISI
Former United States Deputy Trade Representative
Former United States Deputy Trade Representative
Souphol Chanthavixay
Lao Telecom
CEO
CEO
Steffen Scheuble
Solactive
CEO
CEO
Stephen Tong
Franklin Templeton
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President
Stuart J. Russell
University of California, Berkeley
Professor
Professor
Shimon Eckhouse
Epitomee Medical
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board
Neak Oknha Rithy Sear
WorldBridge International Group
Founder and Chairman
Founder and Chairman
Woojin Shin
Nelson Mullins
Senior Partner
Senior Partner
Hoshik Shin
Tridge
Founder and CEO
Founder and CEO
Adam Bornstein
Innovative Finance Expert Evaluator
HIP Norway
HIP Norway
Arturo Bris
IMD
Professor
Professor
Amir Monsefi
AIRE Advisors
Co-Founder, CEO
Co-Founder, CEO
Asaf Livneh
Embassy of Israel
Defense Attaché
Defense Attaché
Arthur B. Laffer
Laffer Associates
Chairman
Chairman
Hoyoung Ahn
Chair Professor of North Korean Studies at Kyung-Nam University
Former Ambassador of ROK to the U.S.
Former Ambassador of ROK to the U.S.
Alon Bloomenfeld
Raziel therapeutics
CEO
CEO
Alberto Levy
IE University
Professor
Professor
Abdulwahab Almohammad Agha
HELPSYRIA
CEO
CEO
Adam Gazzaley
University of California, San Francisco
Distinguished Professor
Distinguished Professor
Anne-Sophie Chaxel
HEC Paris
Professor
Professor
Jaroslaw Kutylowski
DeepL
CEO and Founder
CEO and Founder
Riken Yamamoto
Architect of Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop Co., Ltd.
2024 Pritzker Prize Winner
2024 Pritzker Prize Winner
David Yang
LIN
Partner, International Practice Group
Partner, International Practice Group
Woochong Um
Chief Executive Officer
Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet
Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet
Ed Conway
Sky News
Economics and Data Editor
Economics and Data Editor
Edward Lee
Coinbase
Director of Product Management
Director of Product Management
Hervé Derrey
Thales Alenia Space
CEO
CEO
Espen Erlingsen
Rystad Energy
Senior Partner & Leader of Oil and Gas Research Team
Senior Partner & Leader of Oil and Gas Research Team
Elizabeth Galton
EG Studio Consulting (Self-employed)
Brand Marketing Director
Brand Marketing Director
Emma Campbell
Médecins Sans Frontières Korea
Executive Director
Executive Director
Han-koo Yeo
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Senior Fellow (Former Trade Minister of the Republic of Korea)
Senior Fellow (Former Trade Minister of the Republic of Korea)
Hyeon D. Yeo
KAIST
Executive Chair and Professor
Executive Chair and Professor
Jens Orfelt
RWE Renewables
Regional president for offshore development
Regional president for offshore development
Ingyu Oh
Kansai Gaidai University
Professor
Professor
Seong-ik Oh
MOLIT
Director General for the Office of Central Land Tribunal & Vice Chair for OECD′s Regional Development Policy Committee
Director General for the Office of Central Land Tribunal & Vice Chair for OECD′s Regional Development Policy Committee
Francis Geeseok OH
Qraft Technologies
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Sang Woo Oh
Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital′s Department of Family Medicine
Professor
Professor
John Oh
Wavebridge
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CEO
Younghoon Oh
Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
Governor
Governor
Audrey Tang
Taiwan’s 1st Digital Minister
Olivier Nduhungirehe
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Rwanda
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Wouter Ghyoot
Umicore
Vice President, Government Affairs
Vice President, Government Affairs
Koichi Wakata
Chief Technology Officer for the Asia-Pacific region
Axiom Space
Axiom Space
Jung-yeop Woo
Hyundai Motor Group
Senior Vice President (Former Director-General for Strategy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Senior Vice President (Former Director-General for Strategy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Chih-Han Yu
Appier
co-founder and CEO
co-founder and CEO
William Lee
Milken Institute
Chief Economist
Chief Economist
William Li
Revo Digital Family Office
Head of Product and Operations
Head of Product and Operations
Yuko Nakajima
Médecins Sans Frontières Japan
President
President
Jae Yoon
New York Life Investment Management
CIO
CIO
Yulia Navalnaya
Advisory Board, Anti-Corruption Foundation
Chairwoman
Chairwoman
Nguyen Ho Nam
Bamboo Capital Group
Founder
Founder
Soohyung Lee
Bank of Korea
Member of the Monetary Policy Board
Member of the Monetary Policy Board
Soo-man Lee
SM
Former Executive Producer
Former Executive Producer
Kwang-Hyung Lee
KAIST
President
President
Jangwoo Lee
World Cultural Industry Forum (WCIF)
President
President
Jungsun Lee
Eulji University, Funeral Industry Major
Professor
Professor
SG Lee
Viva Republica
CEO
CEO
Richard Lee
McKinsey & Company
Senior Partner
Senior Partner
Han Yi
Korea Accounting Institute (KAI)
CEO
CEO
Chul-hee Lee
Seoul National University
Professor of Economics
Professor of Economics
Junghoon Lee
Telofarm
CEO
CEO
Seunghun Lee
THE2H
CEO
CEO
Dongheon Lee
ASLEEP
CEO
CEO
Youngwoo Lee
MVITRO
CEO
CEO
Jun Lee
SOIGNÉ Restaurant Seoul
Executive Chef & Owner
Executive Chef & Owner
Youngro Lee
BitGo
Head Asia
Head Asia
Jangwon Lee
Contents Technologies
Founder
Founder
Changsun Lee
Ministry of Science and ICT
Director of Public Convergence Research Policy
Director of Public Convergence Research Policy
Sang-Leem Lee
SPACE GROUP
Chairman
Chairman
Sun Yul Lee
Kim & Chang
Foreign Attorney
Foreign Attorney
Chan Lee
Korean Society of Energy and Climate Change
President
President
Sanghyup Lee
National Green Technology Research Institute
Director
Director
Sangmok Lee
Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
President
President
Yigal Erlich
Yozma Group
Chairman & Founder
Chairman & Founder
Ian Goldin
Oxford University
Professor
Professor
Moriyuki Iwanaga
Tokyo Stock Exchange
President & CEO
President & CEO
Wataru Ikushima
Marubeni
General Manager of New Energy Business Development Department
General Manager of New Energy Business Development Department
Kohei Itoh
Keio University
President
President
Soh Young In
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Professor
Professor
Ki-Byung Lim
Kyungpook National University
Professor
Professor
Ingo Walter
NYU Stern
Professor
Professor
Dong-seon Chang
Curious Brain Lab
Founder
Founder
Seyoung Jang
DeepBrain AI
Founder and CEO
Founder and CEO
Yongseung Chang
Maeil Business Newspaper
Desk in Editor
Desk in Editor
Justin Wolfers
University of Michigan
Professor
Professor
Justine Gauthier
Mila-Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute
General Counsel and Head of AI Governance
General Counsel and Head of AI Governance
Haan Seok Junn
Spark BioLab
Executive Director
Executive Director
Alexander Wanki Jun
ICEYE
Regional Director Korea
Regional Director Korea
Eun-Bo Jeong
Korea Exchange
Chairman & CEO
Chairman & CEO
Jae Jung
Mckinsey & Company
Partner
Partner
Hyuk-Hoon Jung
MAEIL BUSINESS NEWSPAPER
Agriculture & Food Correspondent
Agriculture & Food Correspondent
CHUNG, Chul
Korea Economic Research Institute
President
President
Euihae Cecilia Chung
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Former Director-General for ASEAN & Southeast Asian Affairs
Former Director-General for ASEAN & Southeast Asian Affairs
Jenny Chu
Korea Conference
Chairman
Chairman
Jennifer Motles
Philip Morris International
Chief Sustainability Officer
Chief Sustainability Officer
Jason Kim
Frieze Art Fair & LGE
Digital Art Director
Digital Art Director
James Allworth
Cloudflare
Head of Innovation
Head of Innovation
James Huang
eXp Commercial
President
President
Jeffrey Miller
TerraPower
Senior Director of Business Development
Senior Director of Business Development
Kyunghyun Cho
New York University
Professor
Professor
Byoungsang Cho
National Intelligence Service
Former Director General of Counter-Terrorism Department
Former Director General of Counter-Terrorism Department
Young-joon Cho
Sustainable Management Center at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Director
Director
Jon Gray
Blackstone
President and COO
President and COO
John F. Kelly
The 28th White House Chief of Staff
John Bickel
Lilly Korea
General Manager
General Manager
John Lee
Korea Aerospace Administration
Deputy Administrator of the Mission Directorates
Deputy Administrator of the Mission Directorates
Jim Rogers
Beeland Interests, Inc.
Chairman
Chairman
Yide Qiao
Shanghai Development Research Foundation
Vice-Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Charles Kantor
H
CEO
CEO
Seung-Ho Choe
Pacifico Energy
Head of APAC Offshore Wind Development
Head of APAC Offshore Wind Development
Youngduck Choi
Togi
Founder and CEO
Founder and CEO
Karin von Hippel
The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
Director-General
Director-General
Catherine Atkin
Stanford CodeX Climate Data Policy Initiative(CDPI)
Chair
Chair
Katalin Novák
Former President of Hungary
Former President of Hungary
Kevin Ali
Organon
CEO
CEO
Chris Miller
Tufts University Professor
The Author of “Chip War"
The Author of “Chip War"
Kim Old
EMOTIV
CCO
CCO
Terry Martin
TV News Anchor
Todd Buchholz
Former White House Director of Economic Policy
Thomas Le Diouron
Impulse Partners
Founder & Managing Partner
Founder & Managing Partner
Timothy Dickens
DR & AJU LLC
Head of Africa Group (Foregin Attorney)
Head of Africa Group (Foregin Attorney)
Thierry de Montbrial
Institut Français des Relations Internationales
Founder and Executive Chairman
Founder and Executive Chairman
Fabio Donati
Research Fellow at IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience
Associate Professor of Physics at Ewha Womans University
Associate Professor of Physics at Ewha Womans University
Pascal Brassier
IAE Clermont Auvergne
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Fatih Karahan
Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye
Governor
Governor
Papa Sagna Mbaye
Former Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy
Senegal
Senegal
Paul Zak
Claremont Graduate University
Professor
Professor
Paul Begala
CNN Political Commentator & Democratic Strategist
Former Counselor to the President in the White House
Former Counselor to the President in the White House
Fredrik Erixon
European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)
Co-founder & Director
Co-founder & Director
Fleur Pellerin
Korelya Capital
CEO
CEO
Harsh V. Pant
Observer Research Foundation
Vice President of Studies and Foreign Policy
Vice President of Studies and Foreign Policy
Insup Han
Samil PwC
Partner
Partner
Herminio B. Coloma, Jr.
Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation
Publisher
Publisher
Henry Haggard
Baker Institute for Energy Studies
Non-Resident Fellow
Non-Resident Fellow
Daesoon Hong
Kwangwoon University
Professor
Professor
Minjae Hwang
LOTTE Chemical Corporation
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Hun Sen
President of the Senate of Cambodia
Hirohito Ogi
Institute of Geoeconomics at the International House of Japan
Senior Research Fellow
Senior Research Fellow
