Speakers & Panelists

Eun Kyeong Jeong
Plenary session – Keynote Speaker
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Sunguk Justin Moon
Session 1 – Speaker
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Head, Hitachi Research Laboratory
Session 1 – Speaker
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Mohammad Shahidehpour
Distinguished Bodine Chair Professor
of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
Session 1 – Speaker
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John Jong-Woong Choe
CEO, Encored Technologies
Session 1 – Panelist
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Brian Vad Mathiesen
Professor, Aalborg University
Session 1 – Panelist
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Andreas Ulbig
Co-founder and COO, Adaptricity
Session 1 – Panelist
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Won Pyo Hong
President & CEO, Samsung SDS
Session 2 – Speaker
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Hugh Bradlow
President, Australian Academy
of Technology & Engineering
Session 2 – Speaker
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His career reflects his passion for the advancement of information and communications technology and its role in creating a better society.

Young Tae Kim
Secretary-General, International
Transport Forum (ITF)
Session 2 – Speaker
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Professor, Urban Design
Director & Smart Green City Lab,
SungKyunKwan University
Session 2 – Panelist
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Professor Kim has been a Chief Planner of Seoul Digital Media City (DMC) since 1997. He has designed and consulted Irkutsk Baikal Smart City and Danang Comprehensive Plan. He is currently leading a national project that aims to develop new models for industry cluster in Danang, sponsored by Korean Ministry of Land and Transportation and UN Habitat.

Dimitra Simeonidou
Chair Professor, High Performance Networks,
University of Bristol
Session 2 – Panelist
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She is a co-founder of two spin-out companies; Ilotron (2000) which was subsequently acquired by the US Company Altamar in 2001, and Zeetta Networks – a University of Bristol spin-out. Zeetta is delivering SDN software platforms for enterprise networks. She is also the CTO for the Bristol Is Open (BIO) project , contributing the architecture for the smart city ICT infrastructure.

Ann-Louise Johansson
CEO, Qamcom Research & Technology
Session 2 – Panelist
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Sooin Lee
Co-founder and CEO of Enuma
Session 3 – Speaker
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In 2017, Sooin was named an Ashoka Fellow for her ongoing work in bringing accessible, quality education solutions to children around the world.

Ainomaija S. Haarla
Chair Of The Board Of Directors
at ProConsilium Ltd
Session 3 – Speaker
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Jian Wang
Chairman, Alibaba Group Technology Committee
Session 3 – Speaker
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Myongsook Susan Oh
President, Korean Society for Engineering Education
Session 3 – Panelist
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Geoff Chase
Distinguished Professor,
University of Canterbury
Session 3 – Panelist
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Cristina Riesen
Session 3 – Panelist
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Sang-Hyup Kim
President, Jeju Research Institute
Session 4 – Speaker
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Richard J Dawson
Professor, Earth System Engineering,
Newcastle University
Session 4 – Speaker
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Frank Rijsberman
Director General, Global Green Growth Institute
Session 4 – Speaker
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Akhilesh Gupta
Adviser and Head of
Scientist-G & Strategic
Programmes, Minister for Science
Session 4 – Panelist
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François Bertiere
CEO of Bouygues Immobilier
Session 4 – Panelist
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He is also Chairman at Bouygues Immobilier Foundation and Chairman of Fondation Des Ponts and on the board of 6 other companies.
He previously was Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of France Construction SA, Director-Urban Development at Communauté d’agglomération de Cergy-Pontoise (France) and Deputy Director at France Ministry of National Education.

Yeora Chae
Climate, Air quality and Safety division in Korea Environment Institute, Korea
Session 4 – Panelist
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