KEY PLATFORM 2024

K.E.Y. PLATFORM 2023

Speaker Information

Pre-conference

Kim, Don Q PADO Magazine Editor in Chief Vision of PADO
- Editor in Chief, PADO Magazine
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Naval Academy
- PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge, UK
Subin Kim PADO Magazine Managing Director How to Use PADO Platform
- Broadcast Journalist, BBC World Service
- Translated: Technology and the American Way of War Since 1945, Anti-Americanism in Democratizing South Korea, The Real North Korea
Heejeong Cho Chung-Ang University Professor Introduction to PADO Editor Network
- Professor, Chung-Ang University
- PhD, Michigan State University
Jenny In Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies PADO with Readers
- Graduated from Songpa Middle School (with highest honors). Currently a standing committee member of Korean Youth Society of Neuroscience (KYSN)
- Steering committee member of the Jung-gu District Education Support Center (Eroum Center, Seoul) and a village school teacher
- Planner and editor for Everyone Lives a Youth at Least Once in Life, a book packed with advice from each generation on 44 concerns of young people

Plenary Session 1

Anchor : Andrew Wrobel Emerging Europe Anchor of K.E.Y. PLATFORM, Founding Partner of Emerging Europe
- Founding Partner, Emerging Europe(since 2013)
- Has worked in different capacities, primarily research - macroeconomics, politics and technology/innovation, sustainability in the CEE region for over 20 years
- Sought after speaker and moderator of international conferences with 50-80 engagements per annum
Jongduck (Drake) Hwang K.E.Y. PLATFORM Managing Director Breaking through the Complex Crisis Born of the Competition for Hegemony: Global West
Anthony B. Kim The Index of Economic Freedom of The Heritage Foundation Research Manager & Editor
- Previously, He had served as Deputy Chief of Staff to Dr. Edwin J. Feulner, founder of the Heritage Foundation
- As an editor, he also manages the production of The Heritage Foundation's annual Index of Economic Freedom
- He won Heritage's prestigious Drs. W. Glenn and Rita Ricardo Campbell Award, which goes to the employee who makes "an outstanding contribution to the analysis and promotion of a free society."
- Before joining Heritage in 2001, he studied economics at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N. J.
- He holds a master's degree in international trade and investment policy from the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University
Edwin J. Feulner The Heritage Foundation Founder The Collision of Value-Driven Worldviews: Human Rights, Freedom, and Diplomatic Security
- He is founder and former president of The heritage Foundation
- After serving as president from 1977 to 2013, He served as a president again for a brief period in 2017. After President Donald J. Trump's inauguration, there were a number of conservative policy victories, most notably tax reform, and The Heritage Foundation played a role in all of them.
- Author of 9 books including New York Times bestsellers, Getiing America Right and The American Spirit. His weekly newspaper column appears in many major, American new spapers, and he serves on several philanthropic boards
- He graduated from Regis University with double majors in English and business
- In 1981, He attended Georgetown University and the Lobndon School of Economics, and then earned a doctorate degree at the University of Edinburgh
- In 1964, He received an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business
Piero Tozzi Congressional-Executive Commission on China Staff Director The Collision of Value-Driven Worldviews: Human Rights, Freedom, and Diplomatic Security
- Piero Tozzi is the Staff Director of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
- His previous positions include Republican Staff Director of the bipartisan Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and Staff Director and Counsel for the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.
- He has also served as Senior Foreign Policy Advisor and Counsel to Representative Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ). Mr. Tozzi received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and his B.A. from Columbia University.
- Mr.Tozzi speaks Mandarin Chinese, and is the author of several works on international law and comparative constitutional law, including Constitutional Reform on Taiwan: Fulfilling a Chinese Notion of Democratic Sovereignty.
Declan J. Ganley RIVADA NETWORKS Chairman & CEO The Collision of Value-Driven Worldviews: Human Rights, Freedom, and Diplomatic Security
- Primarily a telecommunications entrepreneur, having built businesses across Europe, Russia, and the United States.
- Representing Rivada Networks
- Received the Louisiana National Guard Distinguished Civilian Service Medal for his work during Hurricane Katrina.
Nile Gardiner The Heritage Foundation Director, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Strengthening ROK-US Alliance, Expanding Liberal Alliance, and Rising Economic Opportunities on the 70th Anniversary of the Armistice
- Director, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, Heritage Foundation, 2006-Present
- Anglo-American Security Fellow, Heritage Foundation, 2002-2005
- Foreign Policy Aide to Lady Margaret Thatcher, 2000-2002
- Regular commentator for The London Daily Telegraph, and foreign policy analyst on US and British television news shows
Eric Hontz Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) Director, Center for Accountable Investment Strengthening ROK-US Alliance, Expanding Liberal Alliance, and Rising Economic Opportunities on the 70th Anniversary of the Armistice
- Director, Center for Accountable Investment
- Twenty years of experience in post-Soviet economies
- Leading CIPE work on Corrosive Capital and its response
- JD/MBA with experience in alternative investments and associated risk assessmen
Drew Bond C3 Solutions Co-founder, Chairman & CEO Strengthening ROK-US Alliance, Expanding Liberal Alliance, and Rising Economic Opportunities on the 70th Anniversary of the Armistice
- Earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Oklahoma and Executive Education in Finance at the Wharton School of Business.
- Serves as Co-founder, Chairman & CEO of PowerField Energy, a Virginia-based company that manufactures the PowerRack
- Also serves as Co-founder, Chairman & CEO of C3 Solutions, a nonprofit public policy educational organization
- As Chief of Staff at The Heritage Foundation under Edwin J. Feulner; Chief of Staff for Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Denise Bode; and Legislative Assistant to United States Senator Don Nickles of Oklahoma.
Taehwan Kim Bringko CEO Walking with the Liberal Alliance: K-Exports 4.0
- 2019 ~ Present: CEO of Bringko
- 2015 ~ 2016: Chief Business Development Officer of Nexon
- 2012 ~ 2014: Vice President of Nexon Korea

Special Session 1

Byung-Seon Jeong KISTEP President Direction for Science and Technology Innovation Policies Proposed by KISTEP Think 2023
- 2021 ~ Present: President of Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning
- 2019 ~ 2021: The 1st Vice-minister, Ministry of Science and ICT
- 2019 ~ 2019: President of National Science Museum
Jae-Soo Kim KISTI President The Future of Data-Driven Quantum Technology
- 2023.3 ~ Present: Vice President of Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies
- 2022.1~Present: President of the Presidents Council of National S&T Organizations
- 2021~Present: President of Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information(KISTI)
- 2021~Present: President of Korea Technology Innovation Society(KOTIS)
- 2013~Present: Professor of Science and Technology Management Policy at University of Science and Technology
- 2018~2021: Director of Division of National S&T Data, KISTI
- 2008~2016: Head of NTIS Project Group, KISTI
Changhyun Park KISTEP Director of Technology Foresight Center Top 10 Promising Future Technologies in the Age of Data Security
- 2015 ~ Present: Center Director and Researcher for Korea Institute of Science & Technology Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP)
- 2002 ~ 2015: Ph.D. and Principal Researcher for Samsung Electronics
Hoon Ryu KISTI Principal Researcher / Team Lead of Quantum Information R&D Group Quantum Computing Technology and its Applications
- 2022 – Present : Quantum Information Application Research Team Leader, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
- 2016 – Present : Principal Researcher, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
- 2011 – 2015 : Senior Researcher, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
- 2005 – 2011 : System LSI Division under DS Business (formerly Semiconductor Business), Samsung Electronics
Taco Van Someren PAL-V International Vice-President International Business Development The first commercial flying car
- Ynnovate, CEO, till now
- PAL-V, Vice-President Business Development, since 2018
- KPMG The Netherlands, Partner, Strategic Innovation, 2001
- KPMG Germany, Director Sustainable Development, 1993
- PhD, Summa Cum Laude, Tinbergen Institute, University of Amsterdam, first in the world to write about non-technical innovations and the role of time in the economy 1991
- Two years management Rothmans International 1984
Victor Johansson AgTech 2030 Innovator and Project Leader An Insight from Swedish AgTech
- Grew up on a dairy farm
- Developed technology for agriculture for 15 years
- Working today with providing solutions for sustainable energy
Inchan Ji Deep-In-Sight Co., Ltd Director of Research Institute Trends and Prospects for In-cabin Solutions in the Future of Mobility
- 2020 ~ Present: Director of Research Institute, Deep-In-Sight Co., Ltd.
- 2018 ~ 2020: Senior Engineer, YNG Co., Ltd.

Special Session 2

Hankyun Kim ABT CEO "Trustworthy" Cosmetic Products Made by Dad – A Beauty Brand that will ㅡMake it Overseas
- 2019 – Present: CEO, ABT Asia
- 2012 – 2019: Founder and CEO of KoStory
Bomin Lim VITABON.Bio CEO Vitabon Will Change the Future of the Global Market
- 2016 ~ Present : CEO of Vitabon Co., Ltd.
- 2011 ~ Present : Shinhan Bank China NPL agent
- 2012 ~ 2017 : CEO of Evergreen Logistics
- 2007 ~ 2014 : CEO of Baosun Petrochemical Co., Ltd. in China
- 2002 ~ 2004 : CEO of Yangwoo Trading
- 1996 ~ 2002 : CEO of Yangwoo Travel Agency
Yesung Koo Twins Premium Kimchi Inc. President Reorganization & the Penetration Strategy of K- Food Globalization
- 2018 ~ Present: Twins Premium Kimchi Inc. CEO
- 2000 ~ 2002: Chief Designer Women’s Golf wear & SLG Part
- 1999 ~ 2000: Chief Designer for MCM Brand
Dong Yeon Kim JUVENIS Inc. CEO Tectonic Shift in the Cosmetics Markets of Advanced Countries: Anti-Aging
- 2021 – Present : CEO, Juvenis
- 2012 – 2021 : CEO, KowaveM
- 2009 – 2012 : Director, Medivision
- 2004 – 2009 : Director, STC Nara (product launch in Sephora, USA)
- 2000 – 2004 : Joined Avon Products

Plenary Session 2

Jenny Chu The Korea Conference Chairman
- Founder and Chairwoman of The Korea Conference.
- Head of Global Investment at The Boars Club, which is a by-invitation, private international investment club with a global presence, including in London, New York, Los Angeles, Hamilton, and Seoul.
- Serves as a director and the chairwoman of the audit committee of an NYSE-listed company.
- Has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry as an elite wealth management specialist, with a stellar international reputation in the financial industry as a knowledgeable advisor to numerous corporations and ultra-affluent individuals and family offices, serving all their wealth planning and investment needs.
HyoSang Ryou Unicorn Business Institute President Overseas Expansion Strategy for Korea Startups
- Former head of HR Development Team at conglomerates such as Samsung Group and Tongyang Group
- Former CEO of lljin Venture Capital Corp and Inter Venture Co., Ltd
- Opened an entrepreneurship MBA course, the first in Korea, and Selected as one of the Best Teaching Professors while working as a professor at Dongguk Business School
- Former CEO of Dongguk Holdings
- Lectured on Business Model, M&A, and Enterprise Value Evaluation as professor of Business Administration at Konkuk University and Sookmyung Women's University
- BSc and MSc in engineering, Yonsei University; MA in economics, Sogang University; PhD in economics, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Ted Jeong SV Bio Ventures, LP CEO & Managing Partner CDMO: An Opportunity for Korean Biopharma Industry
- 2022 ~ Present: CEO & Managing Partner of SV Bio Ventures, LP
- has more than 25 years of experience as a venture capitalist and a financial executive
- 2020 ~ 2022: Chief Financial Officer of Clene Inc. (NASDAQ: CLNN)
- 2018 ~ 2021: Managing Partner of Kensington-SV Global Innovations
- 2003 ~ 2017: Chief Financial Officer of Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REXN)
- 1997 ~ 2002: Senior Investment Manager of Hyundai Venture Investment Corp.
Ray Seok RNR CEO Innovation in Content Distribution, Licensing, and Ownership : Monoplex and Cine Marketplace 2.0
- 2014.08 ~ Present RNR Inc. / Founder & CEO
- 2010.10 ~ 2014.08 Masterimage3D (Hollywood, USA) / VP, Business Development
- 2007.08 ~ 2008.12 Digital Cinema Korea / VP, Hollywood Studio Relations
- 2004.02 ~ 2010.09 CJ CGV / Manager
- 2002.01 ~ 2004.02 Sergeant, United Nations Security Battalion – JSA
Richard Lee Art in Motion Lab CEO & Co-Founder "K-Art” Meets Digital: Digital Art Market to be Preoccupied by Art in Motion and its Success Factors
- Richard Lee / CEO / Co-Founder Art in Motion Lab
- Digital matte painter/concept artist for 12 years
- The Mandalorian, Amazing Spiderman, Fast 5, 30+ titles
- Midway Games - Concept artist
- 3D Realms - Concept artist
Jung Gyu Kim SPNE CEO Save more lives - World’s first Smoke Removal Sprinkler
- 2021 ~ Present Sungkyunkwan University, Interdisciplinary program Crisis, Disaster and Risk management, Combined Master/Ph.D
- 2021 ~ Present SP&E CEO
- 2014 ~ Present Petra Medical CEO
- 2012 ~ 2014 CVD Solution President
- 2010 ~ 2012 St. Jude Medical Korea Business Unit Manager
- 2002 ~ 2010 Medtronic Korea National Sales Manager
Jongduck (Drake) Hwang K.E.Y. PLATFORM Managing Director
Jayme Kresten Hansen Belvoir Hospital CFO A New Perspective on Globalization: Flipping for K-Brands
- CFO at Bevoir Hospital
- Worked in the healthcare sector for over 30 years
- Worked in medical research and disaster relief work for 10 years
- More than 28 years Board of Director and NGO experience
Roman Park Black Mountain Ventures Managing Partner A New Perspective on Globalization: Flipping for K-Brands
- 2019 ~ Present: Black Mountain Ventures Managing Partner
- 2008 ~ 2019: NVIDIA Finance Director
- 2000 ~ 2008: Samsung Semiconductor Incorporation Sr Finance Manager
Perry Ha Draper Athena Managing Director A New Perspective on Globalization: Flipping for K-Brands
- 2013 – Present: MIT Corporate Development Committee
- 2013 – Present: Leadership Board Member, MIT McGovern Brain Research Institute
- 1997 – Present: Founder and Managing Director, Draper Athena
- 2019 – Present: Chairman, Knowledge AI, Inc.
- 2021 – Present: Chairman, Juvenis, Inc.
- 2011 – Present: Board Chair, Korean American Community Foundation
Charles Brenner City of Hope National Medical Center Alfred E. Mann Family Foundation Chair Using Innovations in Metabolism to Protect the Largest Human Organ: The Skin
- PhD from Stanford Medical School, 1993 and Post-doctoral fellow at Brandeis 1993- 1996
- Expert in metabolism. World’s leading expert in NAD, the central catalyst of metabolism
- Discovered the vitamin activity of nicotinamide riboside and established the field of NAD boosting
- Chief Scientific Advisor of ChromaDex, Co-founder and Chief Scientific Advisor of Juvenis (https://nrlab.kr)

Special Session 3

June-Hee Kwon Hi Investment Partners CEO Venture Capital Investments to Innovate the Agricultural Industry
- 2015 ~ Present : Korea Agricultural and Fishery Food Venture Investment Association, Chair-man
- 2015 ~ Present : Hi Investment Partners, CEO
- 2010 ~ 2014 : KD Partners, Executive Director
- 2000 ~ 2008 : Dream Venture Capital, Director"
Tim Tijsma Van der Hoeven Horticultural Projects Energy&Sustainability Manager Achievements of Innovative Horticultural Projects
- Responsible for conceptual design and feasibility of sustainable greenhouse projects
- Master degree in Building physics and services
- Over 10 years of experience in horticulture and energy sector
DongMyung Shin CJ CheilJedang MI Team Lead Enhancing Agricultural Product Purchases through Data Analytics
- 2022 – Present: Market Intelligence Team Leader of CJ CheilJedang, responsible for purchasing strategy
- 2013 – 2022: Purchasing Organization, CJ CheilJedang
Manuel Madani Priva Horticulture General Manager Priva Asia Productivity Innovation Driven by Digital Convergence
- HEAD of PRIVA ASIA / General Manager of PRIVA South-East Asia
- Working in horticulture in 2011 in Asia and Vice President of the Netherlands Chambers of Commerce in ASEAN
- Co-Founded trade fairs like Horti China, Horti Asia and Horti Future.
Kwansoo Kim Seoul National University Professor of Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
- 2019~2020: President of Korean Agricultural Economics Association
- 2002~Present: Professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Seoul National University
- 1998~2002: Researcher at Food System Research Group in University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 1993~1998: PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sangyeob Han Sopoong Ventures CEO Agriculture Meets High Technology: Directions for Innovation in the Age of AgTech
- 2016 ~ Present: Sopoong Ventures / CEO
- 2012 ~ 2015: Lifebridge Group / CEO
JongChul Baek Agricultural Policy Insurance & Finance Service Head of Investment Management Office Agriculture Meets High Technology: Directions for Innovation in the Age of AgTech
- 2023 ~ Present : Head of Investment Management Headquarters, Agricultural Policy Insurance and Finance Service
- 2005 ~ 2022 : Investigation and Research Department, Insurance Planning Department in Agricultural Policy Insurance and Finance Service
- 1995 ~ 2005 : DB Insurance, NACF National Agricultural Cooperative Federation"