KEY PLATFORM 2024

K.E.Y. PLATFORM 2021

Speaker Information

Pre-conference

Jim Louderback VidCon General Manager Influencers, the leading role of the future of marketing in the Post COVID-19 Era
Jim Louderback / General Manager, VidCon
- Jim Louderback is among the most respected figures in digital media with a 20-year history of leadership at the intersection of digital media, experiential events and technology.
- He currently runs experiential business VidCon as an independent division of Viacom. Jim joined VidCon in 2014 as editorial director of the industry track, and took over as CEO in 2017. in early 2018 he led the sale of VidCon to Viacom. He is also a Venture Partner at seed investment firm Social Starts and recently did extensive consulting with a variety of top tech and media companies.
- Throughout his career, Jim has earned a reputation as a visionary who excels at leading startups, growth businesses and turnarounds. His most well-known role prior to VidCon was as CEO of Revision3, where he helped drive a 20x increase in viewers and a 12x increase in revenue beginning in 2007. In 2012, Jim sold Revision3 to Discovery Communications where he remained as General Manager, transforming the group into Discovery Digital Networks. Prior to Revision3, He was Senior Vice President and Chief Content Officer for Ziff Davis Media’s Consumer group and Editor in Chief of many of the publisher’s titles including PC Magazine. He also helped launch cable network ZDTV and guide its transition to TechTV.
- Jim is a recognized thought leader and sought-after speaker who has participated in countless industry events including Collision, The Video Marketing Summit, Digital Leaders San Francisco, International Journalism Festival, Mumbrella, Stream, Reel Online Video Marketing Summit and more.
Nanjeong Lee GIN Influencer Subjective Introspection and Growth Process
Nanjeong Lee / Influencer, Channel Name: nizinanjjang (420K)
- First-generation fashion influencer
- Covered by The New York Times
- Won the Influencer Asia Awards in the fashion category in social media
- Collaborated with Mytheresa x Miu Miu, Marco De Vincenzo, Vivetta, Mulberry and Birkenstock
- Selected as the ‘2020 Influencer of the Year’ by the Global Influencers Network (GIN)
Hanna Lew GIN Influencer Global Lifestyle Exchange and Communication Through a Platform
Hanna Lew / Influencer, Channel Name: Hanna Coreana (470K)
- Half-Korean and half-Peruvian
- Model for cosmetic and clothing brands in Peru
- Global Influencers Network (GIN) Global Ambassador
- YouTube contents: Korean dramas, music, beauty
Bart Van Genugten GIN Influencer The Power of Passion
Bart Van Genugten / Influencer, Channel Name: iGoBart (87K)
- Visited Pyongyang
- Participated in the Korean Federation for Environmental Movement x iGoBart collaboration
- Global Influencers Network (GIN) Global Ambassador
- YouTube contents: Korean War, dark tourism, interviews, North Korea
Sara Holmes GIN Influencer How to Create a Sustainable YouTube Channel
Sara Holmes / Influencer, Channel Name: Hojusara (320K)
- Interviewed the cast from Korean Netflix show ‘Busted!’
- Collaboration video with MOOAS
- Global Influencers Network (GIN) Global Ambassador
- YouTube contents: Korean/Australian culture, food, tourism
Jenny Lee GIN Influencer Creator to an Entrepreneur
Jenny Lee / Influencer, Channel Name: Jenny Korean Class (420K)
- Runs ‘Jenny Korean Class’, a Korean language class channel in social media
- Executive Director for the Global Influencers Network
- Participated in the 2020 Key Platform as a speaker
- Planned and organized a K-pop festival in Manila
- Organized a K-pop festival in Cebu
JiXi Wu SUNING International Merchandising Director
JiXi Wu / Director, SUNING International Merchandising
- CEO of New Retail Co., Ltd.
- Senior Office Director, NetEase Korean Branch
- Chief Delegate of TASLY Pharmaceuticals Group
- Chief Consultant, Ara Medical Consulting Co., Ltd
WeiWei Liu IFLYTEK Country Country General Manager of Korea
WeiWei Liu / Country General Manager of Korea, IFLYTEK Country
- CSO of Accufly.AI
- Accufly.AIis a joint venture specializing in AI that iFLYTEK founded jointly with Hancom Group in 2019. It produces AI translators and chatbot solutions, which are used widely in the fields of finance and government affairs in Korea.
QingLing Meng Ctrip Korea Finance manager
QingLing Meng / Finance manager, Ctrip Korea
- Former IR Manager for the Finance Theam of Agabang & Company
- Former Global IR Manager for the Finance Team of Phoenix Hotels & Resorts
Lachlan Robinson GIN Influencer
Lachlan Robinson / Drummer, Channel Name: Gordo Drummer (1,080K)
- Lachlan Robinson, popularly known by his nickname Gordo, got 170 million views with ‘The Best Drummer Ever’ video on YouTube.
- He travels around the world playing bucket drums and busking, thereby communicating and sharing feelings through music with people of various countries.
- At present, he is using his talent in music to work as the Global Influencers Network (GIN) Global Ambassador. He is currently living in Japan where he continues his busking performances.

Plenary Session 1

Edwin J. Feulner The Heritage Foundation Founder & Chairman Again 2018: Peace on the Korean Peninsula and the Future of ROK-US Alliance
Edwin J. Feulner / Founder & Chairman, The Heritage Foundation
- 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 in 1964.
Chung-in Moon The Sejong Institute Chairman Again 2018 : Peace on the Korean Peninsula and the Future of ROK-US Alliance
Chung-in Moon / Chairman, The Sejong Institute
- 2017 ~ 2021: Special Advisor to the ROK President for Foreign Affairs and National Security
- 2016 ~ Current: Distinguished University Professor, Yonsei University
- 2006~ Current: Editor-in-Chief, Global Asia
Anthony B. Kim The Index of Economic Freedom, The Heritage Foundation Research Manager & Editor Post-Pandemic International Order: Return Of America and Future of the Korean Peninsula
Anthony B. Kim / Research Manager & Editor, The Index of Economic Freedom of The Heritage Foundation

- 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 Brunswickick, 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.
Frank Aum U.S. Institute of Peace Senior Expert on North Korea Post-Pandemic International Order: Return Of America and Future of the Korean Peninsula
Frank Aum / Senior Expert on North Korea policy, United States Institute of Peace
- 2017 ~ Current: Senior Expert on North Korea policy, United States Institute of Peace
- 2011 ~ 2017: Senior Advisor on Korea, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense
- 2010 ~ 2011: Senior Counsel to the Army General Counsel
Andy Kim Post-Pandemic International Order: Return Of America and Future of the Korean Peninsula
Ki Yong Song MoneyToday Chief Editor Routinized Crisis: Transformation of the Way We Work
SungJoo Hong Science and Technology Policy Institute Research Fellow Asynchronous Communication: Power to Earn Time
Sungjoo Hong / Research Fellow, Science and Technology Policy Institute
- 2021 ~ Current: Visiting Professor of Seoul National University
- 2020 ~ Current: Director of Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology
- 2019 ~ 2020: Advisor to the Minister of Science and ICT
- 2018 ~ Current: Member of Planning and Evaluation Committee in the National Research Council of Science and Technology
- 2018 ~ Current: Director of Seoul Institute of Technology
- 2017 ~ 2020: Deliberative Committee Member of Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology
- 2011 ~ Current: Research Fellow of Science and Technology Policy Institute
Jongduck Hwang MoneyToday Innovation Strategy Team Managing Director Internalization of Adaptive Implementation: Future-Oriented Leadership and Organizational Culture
HyoSang Ryou Soongsil University Professor Internalization of Adaptive Implementation: Future-Oriented Leadership and Organizational Culture
HyoSang Ryou / Professor, Soongsil University
- 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
Josh Lee Swit CEO Internalization of Adaptive Implementation: Future-Oriented Leadership and Organizational Culture
Josh Lee / Founder & CEO, Swit technologies inc.
- Seoul National University Seoul, Korea B.A., in English Literature and Linguistics
- Stanford University Palo Alto, CA, Program Certified, in Design Thinking, 2016
- Winner of Startup Grind Global Conference 2020, world’s biggest startup community among 4K+ teams from 133 countries (Feb. 2020)
- Selected as the most promising remote work tech solution from CIO Review (Silicon Valley Enterprise Magazine) (Sep. 2020)
Bhushan Sethi PwC People&Organization Joint Global Leader Internalization of Adaptive Implementation: Future-Oriented Leadership and Organizational Culture
Bhushan Sethi / Global Leader, People & Organization, PwC US
- Works with global companies to create organization and workforce strategies that deliver sustainable business and societal outcomes.
- Recent experiences include operating model design, digital transformation, strategic workforce planning, merger integration, and culture-led change.
- Bhushan is an award-winning thought leader and media spokesperson on ""future of work” and has been recently featured in WSJ, Bloomberg, CNBC, Forbes, BBC, HBR, and The Economist. He is also a current member of councils for both World Economic Forum – Skills and Education and G20/T20 - Future of Work.
- He currently resides in New York City and has lived and worked in Europe, Asia, and US.
Darren Murph GitLab Head of Remote Internalization of Adaptive Implementation: Future-Oriented Leadership and Organizational Culture
Darren Murph / Head of Remote, GitLab
- Darren Murph has over 15 years of experience leading overall remote work in hybrid and all remote environments. From July 2019 to the present, he has been working as Head of Remote at GitLab, working with culture, operations, inclusivity, marketing, employer branding, and communication functions across the company. He also works with the People Group to improve the training of new employees and managers, helping them adapt well in a remote environment. As the head of remote at one of the world’s largest all-remote companies, Darren has provided consulting services to GitLab’s clients, partners, and global startups on the remote work culture.
- Darren Murph, who has written several books, published ‘Living the Remote Dream: A Guide To Seeing the World, Setting Records, and Advancing Your Career’ and ‘GitLab’s Remote Playbook’ related to remote work. In addition, during his seven years at Engadget, the technical publication, he wrote 17,212 blog posts, setting Guinness World Records. He believes ‘All Remote’ is the purest form of remote work in which every individual is treated as a first-class team member.
- He holds a BA in Supply Chain Management from North Carolina State University and an MBA from Campbell University. Prior to joining GitLab, he worked as a supply chain analyst at DuPont in 2006 and Nortel Networks in 2007-2009. Since then, he served as a freelance consultant at McKinsey & Company, a global consulting firm, until 2011, as managing editor at Engadget from 2006 to 2013, and senior vice president of editorial strategy for two years at Weber Shandwick, a global PR firm. Since then, he has worked as global editor-in-chief of TechRadar at Future plc, a British media company, and director of global communications at Dolby Laboratories from 2017 to 2018.
Emma Zang Yale University Assistant Professor of Sociology Internalization of Adaptive Implementation: Future-Oriented Leadership and Organizational Culture
Emma Zang / Assistant Professor of Sociology, Yale University
- Faculty Fellow in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale.
- Expert in flexible work arrangements and gendered consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Consulting experiences for multiple companies and media outlets on issues related to the Chinese society, gender inequality, flexible work arrangement, and family policies.
Anna Stansbury Harvard University Economics PhD Candidate Internalization of Adaptive Implementation: Future-Oriented Leadership and Organizational Culture
Anna Stansbury / Economics PhD Candidate, Harvard University
- Incoming Assistant Professor of Work and Organization Studies at MIT Sloan Business School (from Fall 2021).
- Specializes in labor economics and macroeconomics, specifically on issues to do with labor market institutions and labor market power.
- Recent publications include ""The Declining Worker Power Hypothesis"" with Lawrence Summers, which quantifies the macroeconomic impacts of the decline in worker power in the US over recent decades.
Sangwoo Kang Central CEO Learn From Korean-Style Adaptation Strategy

Special Session 1

Jakob Hallgren Embassy of Sweden in Seoul Embassador
Jakob Hallgren / Embassador, Embassy of Sweden in Seoul
- 2018 ~ Current: Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Korea
- 2012 ~ 2018: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute(SIPRI), Deputy Director.
- 2011 ~ 2012: Swedish MFA, Department for Multilateral Development Cooperation, Head of Division for Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Issues.
- 2010 ~ 2011: Swedish MFA, Department for Security Policy, Head of Division for Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Issues.
- 2006 ~ 2010: The Swedish Permanent Mission in Geneva, Counsellor Humanitarian/Conflict issues.
- 2003 ~ 2006: Swedish MFA, Department for European Security Policy, Desk Officer and Deputy Director for ESDP issues.
Sang-Seon Kim KISTEP President Science and Technology Strategies in the Age of Next Normal
Sang-Seon Kim / President, KISTEP
- President Sang-Seon Kim dedicated his career for 30 years at the Ministry of Science and Technology (current MSIT). He has served in major government posts, including Public Information Officer(Ministry of Science and Technology), Director General of Science and Technology Cooperation Bureau, Science Counselor at ambassador to the US, and Assistant Minister for Policy Management & Public Relations (Ministry of Science and Technology).
- After resigning from the civil service in 2007, he has worked as Secretary-General of Korean Federation of Science & Technology Societies (KOFST), President of Korea Institute of Human Resources Development Science and Technology(KIRD), member of the Presidential Advisory Council on Science & Technology, and Chair of Expert Committee for Policy Coordination, National Science & Technology Council.
Jae-Soo Kim KISTI President Digital transformation and agility strategy in the age of open science
Jaesoo Kim / President, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information(KISTI)
- 2021~Current: President of Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information(KISTI)
- 2021~Current: President of Korea Technology Innovation Society(KOTIS)
- 2013~Current: 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
Noeon Park KISTEP Research Fellow Top 10 Promising Future Technologies in the Contactless Age
Noeon Park / Research Fellow, KISTEP
- 2007.9 ~ Current: Research Fellow of KISTEP
- 2017.9 ~ 2019.8: Director of KISTEP
- 2007.2 ~ 2007.8: Postdoc of GIST
Eun Sun Kim KISTI Director of Data Aanlysis Division Plans for Innovating Public Technology Commercialization in the Age of Government R&D Spending At 3 Trillion Won
Eun Sun Kim / Director of Data Analysis Division, KISTI
- 2019.10 ∼ Current: Director of Data Analysis Division, KISTI
- 2018.03 ∼ 2019.10: Director of Technology Commercialization Center, KISTI
- 2020.11 ∼ Current: Member of National Collaboration Committee of University, Research Institute and Industry
- 2019.01 ∼ Current: Vice chairman of Journal of Innovation Cluster Society
- 2020.02 ∼ 2021.02: Director of Korea Society of IT Services
Hoyoung Seo KT Director AICC Business Department AI/BigData Business Unit Next-Generation Contact Center and AI In the Contactless Age
Hoyoung Seo / Director of AICC Business Department, KT
- 2021 ~ Current : AICC Business Department
Beomseok Suh Lunit CEO AI-Enabled Medical Innovation
Beomseok Suh / CEO of Lunit
- 2018 ~ Current: CEO of Lunit
- 2016 ~ 2018: Chief Medical Officer(CMO) of Lunit
- M.D. at Seoul National University
- Board-certified in Family Medicine at Seoul National University Hospital
- M.B.A. / M.P.H. in Healthcare Management
- B.S. in Biological Sciences at KAIST
Magnus R. Björsne AstraZeneca BioVentureHub CEO Global Biotechnology Trends
Magnus R. Björsne / CEO, AstraZeneca BioVentureHub AB
- Dr. Björsne joined AstraZeneca in 1995 and has held a series of managerial positions within Cardiovascular Research Management. Dr. Björsne moved to the Strategic Planning & Business Development organization in 2006 where he has been leading the Cardiovascular Business Development team involved in the search, evaluation, and transaction of M&As and licensing deals. In 2014 Dr. Björsne implemented AZ BioVentureHub – a novel approach to open innovation which has received multiple international rewards. BioVentureHub allows Biotechs and academic groups across different industry segments to work in close proximity to the skills and capabilities that reside within big pharma.
- Dr. Bjorsne is the AZ board member of Sweden and is a member of the Advisory Board of rising (Research Institutes of Sweden). Dr. Björsne also holds a board seat in UN Global Compact Sweden.
- Dr. Björsne graduated from the University of Lund in 1989 and took his post-graduate studies at Stockholm University where he did his PhD in Medicinal Chemistry. Dr. Bjorsne holds an MBA from Henley Management College in the UK and is an Associate Professor at Sahlgrenska Academy of Medicine.
Pieter Jeekel The Netherlands AI Coalition for Well-being & Healthcare Chairman Global AI and Healthcare Trends
Pieter Jeekel / Chairman of the Netherlands AI Coalition for Well-being & Healthcare, Director and Founder of Evodoc and The Social Health Company

- Pieter Jeekel is Chairmen of the Netherlands AI Coalition for Well-being & Healthcare and director and founder of Evodoc and The Social Health Company.
- Pieter has a background as an eHealth entrepreneur and leader of nationwide healthcare reform programs.
Peter Wijlhuizen Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Korea Senior Officer for Innovation, Technology, and Science
Peter Wijlhuizen / Senior Officer for Innovation, Technology, and Science, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Korea

- Peter Wijlhuizen holds a Master degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Twente. After graduation and a five months’ biking adventure from New York to Los Angeles, he got a job as application engineer at the European headquarters of the American software company C-Mold. After two years he moved to the headquarters of the renowned Dutch semiconductor company ASML to solve software issues on ASML’s lithography machines at customers’ sites and to set requirements for future software updates and releases. In 2004, he was dispatched to the local ASML office in Korea. He became a mediator between HQ and the local office regarding software issues on the ASML machines.
- Since 2006, Peter has been working at the Netherlands Embassy in Korea as Senior Officer for Innovation, Technology & Science. In this function, he is a technology trend watcher and matchmaker, and intermediary between Dutch and Korean innovative companies, universities and R&D-institutes by organizing seminars, meetings and matchmakings for delegations to and from the Netherlands. Focus areas are semiconductor, startups, smart city, energy and high tech industry.
- During his years in Korea, Peter has taken some effort to try to master the Korean language. In his free time, he likes to run marathons.
Anders Hektor Embassy of Sweden in Seoul Science & Innovation Counsellor
Anders Hektor / Science and Innovation Counsellor, Embassy of Sweden in Seoul
- Science and Innovation Counsellor at the Embassy of Sweden in Seoul
- Previously at the Swedish Government, Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, mainly on Digital Economy policies, working with the EU, the OECD, and other international organizations in the fields of standardization, growth analysis, digital inclusion, social welfare, and internet governance.
- Anders has a background as a researcher and holds a Ph.D. in Technology and Social Change

Special Session 2

Dae Woong Lim ECO&PARTNERS2℃ CEO Global Uptake of TCFD and Changes in the Capital Market
Dae Woong Lim / CEO, ECO&PARTNERS2℃
- 2020 ~ Current: CEO of ECO&PARTNERS2℃
- 2016 ~ Current: Industry Adjunc Prof. of Graduate School of Technology & Innovation Management
- 2015 ~ Current: Principal Partner/ Chair of ECO&PARTNERS
- 2015 ~ Current: UNEP Finance Initiative Korea Representative
- 2015 ~ 2017: CEO of Sustainable Finance Center
- 2009 ~ 2010: Focal Point of UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment
- 2008 ~ 2014: Technical Advisor of CDP(Carbon Disclosure Project) Korea Committee
- 2007 ~ Current: Steering Committee Member of Korea Sustainability Investing Forum
- 1995 ~ 2020: Managing Director of Eco-Frontier
Sung Ju Kim Financial Supervisory Service Head of Sustainable Finance Team Climate Finance and Responses
Sung Ju Kim / Head of Sustainable Finance Team, International Affairs Department Financial Hub Korea
2006 ~ Current: Financial Supervisory Service
Young Hun Song Korea Exchange Executive Director ESG Notices by Listed Companies
Young Hun Song / Executive Director, Korea Exchange
- 2021 ~ Current: Executive Director, KOSPI Market
- 2020 ~ 2021: Executive Director, KOSDAQ Market
- 2018 ~ 2019: Director General, Strategic Planning
Huntae Kim POSCO ESG Group Leader POSCO’s Efforts to Comply With the TCFD Recommendations
Huntae Kim / ESG Group Leader, POSCO
- 2020 ~ Current: POSCO ESG Group Leader
- 2019 ~ 2020: POSCO Corporate Citizenship Strategy Group Leader
- 2011 ~ 2018: POSCO Research Institute, Senior Researcher
Andrew Wrobel Emerging Europe Founding Partner
Andrew Wrobel / Founding Partner, Emerging Europe
- Andrew Wrobel is the Founding Partner of Emerging Europe, a London-based intelligence, news, and community platform, and the leader of the Tech Emerging Europe Advocates initiative, a member of the Global Tech Advocates network.
- Trained as a journalist, he specializes in technology and innovation, foreign direct investment, nation branding and soft power, and cross-cultural communications.
- Andrew regularly interviews political and business leaders and speaks at or moderates international political, economic, and technology events, where he promotes discussion about emerging Europe. He is also a juror at various international business-related competitions, a media coach, a location promotion trainer, and a media commentator.
- He has authored and contributed to a number of international business, investment, and trade-related publications focused on the region.
JaeJoon Lim Korea Exchange President & CEO The role of stock exchanges for ESG and sustainable investment
Jae-Joon Lim / President & CEO, Korea Exchange(KRX)
- 2019 ~ Current: President & CEO of KOSPI Market, KRX
- 2018 ~ 2019: Executive Director of Management Strategy, KRX
- 2016 ~ 2018: Executive Director of Derivatives Market, KRX
Marek Dietl Warsaw Stock Exchange CEO The role of stock exchanges for ESG and sustainable investment
Marek Dietl / CEO, Warsaw Stock Exchange
- Dr. Marek Dietl is the CEO of GPW (Warsaw Stock Exchange) since 2018 and economic adviser to the President of Poland.
- He has spent almost 20 years in the consulting and venture capital industries. He collected experience as a non-executive board member of more than 25 organizations.
- Marek Dietl frequently undertakes community and academic activities. He used to serve as a mediator at the arbitration court of the Financial Supervision Commission and adviser to the President of Energy Regulation Office.
Kasia Madera BBC World News Journalist and Presenter Building back better together - Applying clear ESG frameworks for international trade and investment
Kasia Madera / Journalist and Presenter, BBC World News
- For over 18 years Kasia has worked on many of BBC News' flagship programs. She is best known as one of the leading anchors on the BBC's Asia-focused breakfast program Newsday, on-air from 23:00GMT on BBC World News and the BBC News Channel. Kasia specializes in international news and politics, especially European affairs.
- Kasia has worked on many big news stories. A particular highlight was presenting on the night of the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony. Kasia's program was simulcast on BBC One and attracted some of the BBC News Channel's highest audience figures.
- As well as anchoring the BBC's live news programs, Kasia also fronts feature programs as part of BBC Global's Country Direct series. She researched, wrote, and presented Working Lives Krakow for BBC World’s Poland Direct series and Working Lives Zagreb as part of the Croatia Direct series.
- Kasia is an experienced conference facilitator and has chaired panel debates as well as taken part in them. She has hosted numerous prestigious award ceremonies and is the main host of the International Association of Press Club's Freedom of Speech Awards.
Agnieszka Gajewska PwC Partner and CEE Leader Building back better together - Applying clear ESG frameworks for international trade and investment
Agnieszka Gajewska / Partner and Leader of the Public Sector & Infrastructure practice in Central & Eastern Europe, PwC

- Agnieszka Gajewska is PwC Poland partner and leader of the Public Sector & Infrastructure practice in Central & Eastern Europe. Agnieszka has been working with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the past three years on projects to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the region and around the world.
- She has over seventeen years of experience in financing infrastructure projects in the transportation and energy sectors using a variety of funding sources, including private funds, financial instruments, and aid.
- Agnieszka worked in PwC offices in London and Warsaw for eight years until 2007. Later, she was director of the department of infrastructure financing in DEPFA Bank. Since 2009 she has operated a boutique advisory, InfraLinx.
- Agnieszka is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the British ACCA. She holds a doctorate in economics from the School of Economics in Warsaw.
Jin-Young Kim KB Financial Group Inc. CPRO of Brand·ESG Building back better together - Applying clear ESG frameworks for international trade and investment
Jin-Young Kim / CPRO of Brand·ESG, KB Financial Group Inc.
- 2021 ~ Current: CPRO(Chief Public Relations Officer) of Brand·ESG, KB Financial Group Inc.
Head of Brand·ESG Group, KB Kookmin Bank
- 2017 ~ 2020: General Manager of Brand Strategy Department, KB Kookmin Bank
Samuel Burke CNN Journalist and Presenter Sustainable healthcare - Healing the world
Samuel Burke / Journalist and Presenter, CNN
- Samuel Burke is a three-time Emmy award-winning bilingual business and technology journalist who has anchored, reported and produced at CNN, CNN en español, CNN Philippines, ABC and NPR. He is the founder and executive producer of Leumas Productions.
- He started his CNN career as an intern for Anderson Cooper and then served as Christiane Amanpour's digital and field producer. Alongside Amanpour, he traveled across the Middle East producing reports and live broadcasts from Egypt during the country's first-ever democratic elections, Israel and the Palestinian territories. Before joining CNN, Burke was a freelance producer for Phoenix's NPR affiliate KJZZ and ABC News' 20/20 program.
- Burke studied Spanish linguistics at La Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara in Mexico and graduated summa cum laude from the Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University. He received his master's degree in journalism from The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and now serves on the Cronkite School National Board of Advisors.
Balazs Furjes EIT Heath InnoStars Managing Director Sustainable healthcare - Healing the world
Balazs Furjes / Managing Director, EIT Health InnoStars
- Balázs Fürjes is the InnoStars Director at EIT Health InnoStars, responsible for developing healthcare innovation projects in Poland, Hungary, Italy, and Portugal, called moderate innovators according to European Innovation Scoreboard.
- Besides, he is in charge of the development of innovation ecosystems in 13 cities around Eastern-, Central- and Southern Europe. He also works on developing healthcare innovation partnership programmes with the US, Israel, and China.
- Before joining the EIT Health organisation, he was the CEO of the leading policy think tank in Hungary and president of the state-owned National Asset Management company. He also worked at Boston Consulting Group.
- He holds degrees from INSEAD (MBA), Technical University of Budapest (engineering), Eötvös Loránd University (law).
- Fields of expertise: supporting new start-ups in the life sciences sector, creating international partnerships and ventures, funding and acceleration of innovative ideas. Balazs Furjes
Ivana Kostić Health Tech Lab Serbia Co-founder Sustainable healthcare - Healing the world
Ivana Kostić / Co-Founder, Health Tech Lab
- Dr Ivana Kostić is the Co-founder of the Health Tech Lab. It is a local, Serbian health-tech ecosystem. It gathers all stakeholders in order to enable a stable environment for the long-term growth, development and impact of Serbian health-tech innovations. Through identifying health challenges, Health Tech Lab also creates innovative, technological solutions through multiple events and projects where the patient is always at the center.The Health Tech Lab model, presented by Ivana, was announced the Ecosystem Best practice for 2020 by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) - specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for all matters related to information and communication technologies. The awarded model crosses the innovation-in-health gap between the developed and developing countries.
- Ivana was the National female role model for the 2019 declared by the Central European Startup Awards.
- Kostić earned her PhD degree in Bioengineering Systems from the MIT Portugal Program. The collaborative efforts were aimed at developing effective and minimally invasive therapy for ischemic organs.
Ethan Tu Taiwan AI Labs Founder Sustainable healthcare - Healing the world
Ethan Tu / Founder, Taiwan AI Labs
- President of Taiwan AI Federated Learning Alliance
- Founder of PTT, Taiwan's longest-reigning BBS
- Former Senior Program Leader, NHRGI at National Institute of Health USA
- Former Principal Development Manager for Bing and Cortana at Microsoft
- Ethan holds a bachelor and master degree in Computer Science from National Taiwan University
- Ethan Tu contributes to using artificial intelligence to solve the problems we encounter in society.
- Taiwan AI Labs aims to develop next-generation AI solutions and define future experience with AI for the world. There are three topics that Taiwan AI Labs focuses on, which are “HealthCare,” “Smart City,” and “Human Computer Interaction.”
- The mission statement of Taiwan AI Labs is: Innovate AI in Taiwan and for The World, bring technology to meet nature and humanity, and create impacts and improvements for human well-being.
Ki-Suck Jung Hallym University Medical School / Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital Professor Sustainable healthcare - Healing the world
Ki-Suck Jung / Professor, Hallym University Medical School / Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital
- 2012-2016: President of Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital
2016-2017: Director / KCDC(Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
2018: President / Hallym University Medical Center

- 2020~: Advisory member / KMA(Korea Medical Association) COVID-19 Advisory Committe
2021~: Editor-in-Chief / Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases.
2019~: President / Asia-Pacific Society of Respirology Congress 2022 Seoul
1990~: Professor / Hallym University Medical School / Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital
Craig Turp Emerging Europe Editor-in-Chief Sustainable infrastructure, logistics and real estate - Connecting the dots
Craig Turp / Editor-in-Chief, Emerging Europe.
- Craig Turp is the editor of Emerging Europe.
- He has lived and worked in the emerging Europe region for almost three decades, chronicling its transition from a planned to a market economy, and its democratic progress.
Thomas Lubeck International Finance Corporation Regional Manager, PPP Transaction Advisory Services, Asia and Pacific Sustainable infrastructure, logistics and real estate - Connecting the dots
Thomas Lubeck / Regional Manager of PPP Transaction Advisory Services, South Asia and East Asia Pacific, IFC(International Finance Corporation)

2020 - present Regional Manager, PPP Transaction Advisory Services, South Asia and East Asia Pacific
2017 – 2020 Regional Manager, Central and Southeast Europe
2014 – 2020 Regional Manager, Western Balkans
2009 – 2014 Regional Manager, South Caucasus, , Tibilisi, Georgia
2006 – 2009 Senior Investment Officer Kyiv, Ukraine
Sergiu Jiduc WWF Singapore Research Lead in Sustainable Infrastructure Finance Sustainable infrastructure, logistics and real estate - Connecting the dots
Sergiu Jiduc / Research Lead in Sustainable Infrastructure Finance, WWF Singapore
- Sergiu Jiduc is a trained environmental geoscientist and sustainable finance professional. He currently works for WWF Singapore where he researches the current trends and leading practices for integrating climate and nature-related environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors within infrastructure investing. This also includes engaging with NGOs, the private sector, financial institutions, and governments to explore best approaches and methodologies for aligning infrastructure finance with global climate and biodiversity goals.
- In his previous work, Sergiu has supported many research- and policy-based endeavours for both public and private sector clients across water resources management, energy resilience and access, disaster risk management, climate change policy, and green bonds standards development across four continents.
Kwihyun Kahng Korea District Heating Corporation (KDHC) General General Manager of Global Business Department Sustainable infrastructure, logistics and real estate - Connecting the dots
Kwihyun Kahng / General Manager of Global Business Department, KDHC
- 2019 ~ Current : General Manager of Global Business & Inter-Korea Cooperation Dpt.
- 2017 ~ 2019 : General Manager of Strategy and Innovation Dpt.
- 1998 ~ 2017 : Senior Manager of Project Development / Investment Analysis / CEO Assistant / Internal Audit

Plenary Session 2

Qasar Younis Applied Intuition Co-Founder and CEO
Qasar Younis / Co-founder and CEO, Applied Intuition
- In his previous role as a Partner and COO of Y-Combinator (a major startup accelerator in Silicon Valley), Qasar funded and advised early-stage companies.
- Qasar co-founded Talkbin, which was acquired by Google. At Google, he led product teams for Google Maps.
- Qasar holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Peter Ludwig Applied Intuition Co-Founder and CTO
Peter Ludwig / Co-founder and CTO, Applied Intuition
- Previously at Google, Peter led software engineering projects for Google Maps, Android, and Android Auto.
- Peter holds a BS and MS in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.
John Suh Hyundai Motor Group Vice President
John Suh / Vice President, Hyundai Motor Group & Founding Director, New Horizons Studio
- John leads New Horizons Studio at Hyundai Motor Group, a team dedicated to design and build ultimate mobility vehicles (UMVs). UMVs transform from four-wheeled drive to four-legged walking.
- Prior to his role at New Horizons Studio, he was the the founding director of Hyundai Ventures and Hyundai CRADLE.
- John’s educational background includes degrees in Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
Hyunggi Cho Phantom AI, Inc. CEO
Hyunggi Cho / CEO, Phantom AI, Inc.
- Dr. Hyunggi Cho is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of Phantom AI, Inc. a start-up located in San Francisco, California. Phantom AI is a self-driving technology partner for Tier 1s and OEMs, producing software for autonomous vehicles.
- Prior to his time at Phantom AI, Hyunggi was a Senior Computer Vision Engineer at Tesla, focused on Autopilot R&D. He worked on several key aspects of perception for Tesla's Autopilot system including sensor fusion S/W framework (i.e., sensor logging, playback, and visualization), computer vision, and localization and mapping.
- Prior to his time at Tesla, Dr. Cho was a PhD Candidate at Carnegie Mellon University, where he focused on autonomous driving.
Bilal Zuberi Lux Capital Partner
Bilal Zuberi / Partner, Lux Capital
- Bilal has led investments in disruptive technology and software companies like DesktopMetal, Evolv Technology, Applied Intuition, Ironclad, Saildrone, OpenSpace, and several others.
- Prior to joining Lux, Bilal was an investor at General Catalyst Partners. Before becoming an investor, he was an entrepreneur and co-founded GEO2 Technologies. Earlier in his career, Bilal was a strategy consultant at BCG and a visiting scientist at PNNL/DOE Labs.
- Bilal earned a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Special Session 3

Evan Jo Collabee CEO It’s Not That Mr. Kim Is Not Good At His Job
Evan Jo / CEO, Collabee
- Naver Works UX / Marketing strategies
– Hyundai Motor Company Navigation, Naver Collaboration UX
- Naver Chinese Dictionary App UX
- Planning of SKT Syrup (Smart Wallet)
- SKT smart card planning, project management and other roles (13 years of experience)
Omar Zenhom WebinarNinja CEO How to Motivate Your Remote Team Every Day
Omar Zenhom / Co-founder and CEO, WebinarNinja
- Omar Zenhom is the co-founder and CEO of WebinarNinja, a user-friendly webinar platform that lets you create a webinar in 10 seconds flat.
- Since 2014, over a million people have attended a webinar on WebinarNinja, one of the fastest-growing self-funded software companies in the world.
- Omar is also the host of The $100 MBA Show small business podcast.
- As a leader in down-to-Earth entrepreneurship, Omar has been featured in Inc, Forbes, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, and Product Hunt as an authority on independent business.
Kyungsoo Shin SGI CEO
Kyungsoo Shin / CEO, SGI
- 2018 ~ Current : CEO of SGI
- 2006 ~ 2018: CEO of RMS Korea
- 1998 ~ 2006: Consultant of RMS in Japan
Alvin Suh Happy Lab Consultant
Alvin Suh / Consultant, Happy Lab
- 2016 ~ Current: Consultant, Happy Lab
- 2014 ~ 2016: Leadership practice Leader, Aon Hewitt Korea
- 2006 ~ 2012: HRD team leader, Dongwha
- 1997 ~ 2005: Planning team leader, Hanssem
Libby Sander Bond University Professor
Libby Sander / Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Bond University, Founder & Director of the Future of Work Project

- Dr. Libby Sander is Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Bond University, Director of the Future of Work Project, and an agenda contributor at the World Economic Forum.
- Libby is an acknowledged expert on the future of work and the workplace, and a leading authority on the influence of the physical work environment on thinking, emotion, and performance.
- Libby is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Work and Place Journal and the Journal of Management and Organization.
- Libby has written for the Harvard Business Review and her articles on The Conversation have over 2 million readers.
- She appears regularly in national and international media including the BBC, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Newsweek, Sunrise, and The Drum on ABC.
Amir Salihefendić Doist CEO Practical Ways to Create an Asynchronous Communication Organization Culture
Amir Salihefendić / CEO and Founder, Doist
- Amir Salihefendić is the Founder and CEO of Doist — a company he founded in 2007 when he created the task management app Todoist from his dorm room in college. Over the past decade, Todoist has grown completely organically to become one of the world’s most popular to-do list apps with over 25M users and translated into 19 languages. Amir’s mission is to create a future in which anyone can work hard and without distractions from anywhere in the world. Since day one, Doist has been 100% distributed and now employs 90+ talented people in 39 countries. Amir credits the remote-first movement and his ability to hire the most talented team members, no matter where they live, as the secret to his success. The Doist team tried Slack for daily communication but it was disastrous for their productivity so, in 2015, they built Twist to offer a calmer, more organized, more efficient communication platform. Twist combines email and chats into one platform and today is trusted by 400K teams like MIT, Starbucks, and Shopify, and ranked ""The Best Communication App for Distributed Teams“ by PCMag.
- Prior to Doist, Amir was part of the founding team of Plurk, a Twitter precursor used by millions of people that continues to be one of the most popular social networking sites in Asia.
- Originally from Bosnia, Amir grew up in Denmark and studied computer science at Aarhus University in Denmark.
Vania Sena Sheffield University Chair of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Productivity, Leadership and Well-Being In the Future Workplace
Vania Sena / Chair of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship and Director of the Centre for Regional Economic and Enterprise Development (CREED), University of Sheffield

- Professor Vania Sena is the Chair of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship and Director of the Centre for Regional Economic and Enterprise Development (CREED) at the University of Sheffield.
- Her research focuses on productivity, Big Data, innovation and intellectual property.
- Her work has been published by the Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Small Business Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, The Economic Journal, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, European Journal of Operational Research, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics and Regional Studies, amongst others. Her work has been funded by several bodies including ESRC, Nuffield Foundation, NESTA, Leverhulme Trust, IPO, UKTI and British Academy.

Special Session 4

Kim Miso GIN/Creative Force Influencer
Kim Miso / Influencer, Channel Name: Kim miso (890K)
- Participated in the ‘Doing Hanbok’ campaign
- Selected as the ‘2020 Influencer of the Year’ by the Global Influencers Network (GIN)
- Global Influencers Network (GIN) Global Ambassador
- YouTube contents: K-pop, cover dance
Gambhir GIN Influencer
Gambhir / Influencer, Channel Name: yeti1_ (21K)
- Leading role in the film ‘Sword of Sarasen’
- Supporting roles in films including ‘Miss & Mrs. Cops,’ ‘Nine Days,’ ‘Asura: The City of Madness,’ ‘The Himalayas,’ ‘Veteran,’ and ‘He’s on Duty’
- Took part in the Green New Deal Expo
- Global Influencers Network (GIN) Global Ambassador
Liv GIN Influencer
Liv / Influencer, Channel Name: Café Juseyo (270K)
- Currently pursuing PhD in criminology
- Participated in the ‘LAN Cable Tour’ program organized by the Gyeongsangbuk-do Culture & Tourism Organization
- Worked as a college professor in Mexico
- Took part in K-magazine’s online Hallyu Fest
- Global Influencers Network (GIN) Global Ambassador
- YouTube contents: Korean culture, vlog, beauty, crime
Iman GIN/Creative Force Influencer
Iman / Influencer, Channel Name: Hijabi in Seoul City (47K)
- Introduced Seongju as a healing travel destination in the November issue of ‘Lonely Planet’
- Produced ‘YallaKOREA,’ a promotional video series on Muslim restaurants under the sponsorship of I SEOUL U, Korea Tourism Organization and Halalguys
- Global Influencers Network (GIN) Global Ambassador
- YouTube contents: Korean lifestyles, beauty, fashion, travel, halal food
Ilya Belyakov GIN Influencer
Ilya Belyakov/ Influencer, Channel Name: 일리야_대한러시안 (23K)

- Appeared in various Korean TV and radio programs including ‘Abnormal Summit,’ ‘War of Words,’ ‘Running Man,’ ‘Gag Concert,’ ‘Battle Trip,’ ‘Happy Time,’ and ‘Korean Language Competition’
- Modeled for ‘Cosmopolitan’ and ‘Big Issue’
- Gangnam multicultural awareness improvement program, Russian Embassy event introducing the World Cup commemorative coins, Korea Foundation Culture Sharing Ambassador, PR Ambassador for the Nuri-Sejong Institute
- Global Influencers Network (GIN) Global Ambassador
- YouTube contents: Documentary-style interviews, education, language and culture