Speakers & Panelists

Hugh Bradlow
President, Australian Academy
of Technology & Engineering
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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 1 – Speaker
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Dimitra Simeonidou
Chair Professor, High Performance Networks, University of Bristol
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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.

Professor, Urban Design
Director & Smart Green City Lab,
SungKyunKwan University
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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.

Ann-Louise Johansson
CEO, Qamcom Research & Technology
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Sunguk Justin Moon
Senior Vice President, KT
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Head, Hitachi Research Laboratory
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Mohammad Shahidehpour
Distinguished Bodine Chair Professor
of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
Session 2 – Speaker
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John Jong-Woong Choe
CEO, Encored Technologies
Session 2 – Panelist
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Andreas Ulbig
Co-founder and COO, Adaptricity
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Sang-Hyup Kim
Director, Center for Sustainable Development
Session 3 – Speaker
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Richard J Dawson
Professor, Earth System Engineering, Newcastle University
Session 3 – Speaker
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Frank Rijsberman
Director General, Global Green Growth Institute
Session 3 – Speaker
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Akhilesh Gupta
Adviser and Head of
Scientist-G & Strategic
Programmes, Minister for Science
Session 3 – Panelist
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François Bertiere
CEO of Bouygues Immobilier
Session 3 – 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.

Myongju Lee
Architecture Department,
Myongji University
Session 3 – Panelist
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Sooin Lee
Cofounder and CEO of Enuma
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She is an education technology company with offices in Berkeley and Seoul. She designs exceptional learning apps that empower ALL children — including those with special needs or without access to resources — to become independent learners. Most recently, Sooinn led her team in the creation of Kitkit School, a comprehensive math and literacy learning suite for children in developing countries, which went on to win the $15M Global Learning XPRIZE competition. Before Kitkit School, she created the award-winning and chart-topping Todo Math, which has seen more than 7 million downloads worldwide, and designed the Project Injini series for young children with special needs.
In 2017, Sooinn was named an Ashoka Fellow for her ongoing work in bringing accessible, quality education solutions to children around the world.

Jian Wang
Chairman, Alibaba Group Technology Committee
Session 4 – Speaker
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Myongsook Susan Oh
President, Korean Society for Engineering Education
Session 4 – Panelist
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Geoff Chase
Distinguished Professor, University of Canterbury
Session 4 – Panelist
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