• Public thinker and futurist
• CEO the futures agency
• CEO licensemusic.com

Gerd Leonhard is a renowned public thinker, futurist, keynote speaker, author, and filmmaker. He is recognized globally for his insightful perspectives on the future of technology, society, and business. Gerd has appeared at over 1,800 speaking engagements in 67 countries, acquiring over 300,000 YouTube subscribers on www.gerdtube.com.
He is a leading public thinker, blending technology, humanity, and ethics in his thought-provoking and sharp analyses. Gerd's work focuses on the intersection of humans and machines, exploring how exponential technological advancements will shape our lives, work, and societies.
As an author, Gerd has penned several influential books, including the best-selling “Technology vs. Humanity.” His captivating presentations and speeches employ a unique cinematic, high-tech design which inspires audiences at major events worldwide, and his online ‘keynote television’ style transformed the art of remote speaking.
Gerd’s thought leadership extends to various media platforms, where he regularly shares his visions through blogs, podcasts, and videos. His mission is to foster a sustainable, human-centric future, advocating for a balanced approach to technology which prioritizes human values and well-being.
Gerd is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts (RSA), and CEO of The Futures Agency; a global think tank that advises business leaders and organizations on future trends and strategic foresight.

• Rapporteur, COMEST of UNESCO
• Director, HY Center for Ethics, Law, and Policy of Science and Technology
• PhD, University of London (LSE)

Professor Sang Wook Yi studied physics for his first (B.Sc.) and second (M.Sc.) degrees at Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. The topic of his master’s thesis was the quantum definition of a classically chaotic system, and the research area to which this topic belongs, condensed matter physics would later be the focus of his PhD thesis in philosophy of science at LSE, University of London.
He won the Robert McKenzie Prize with his PhD thesis in 2002.
Just before finishing his PhD in March 2001, Professor Yi started teaching at LSE
in October 2000. He then moved to Hanyang University in the spring term of 2002. He is now a tenured professor at the department of philosophy, and in charge of philosophy-based STS education for undergraduates at Hanyang University. He had been a vice president of the Industry-University Corporation Foundation for Hanyang University, participating in the general management of the academic and industrial research at Hanyang University, especially in charge of humanities and social sciences research. He launched a new interdisciplinary research center, the Center for Ethics, Law and Policy of Science and Technology in 2019, and has been serving as the Director.
Professor Yi’s research interests cover a wide range of topics in the philosophy of science, the philosophy of technology, and STS.
He published many papers on these topics, including Artificial Intelligence, Climate Ethics, Vienna Circle, Posthumanism, and Thomas Kuhn. He is currently working on various ethical issues relating to science and technology including AI ethics, synthetic biology, and human enhancement. He has published a book in 2018 on the nature of integrative and ‘extended’ imagination in science and technology research, and contributed more than 20 book chapters, some of which he also edited.
Professor Yi has been chairing several TA (Technology Assessment) Committees of the South Korean government, including most recently the TA committee of synthetic biology technology in 2022 and Precision Medicine Technology in 2020.
He has been a member of COMEST of UNESCO since 2018, a vice-chair since 2022 and the Rapporteur since 2024. He was also the Rapporteur of the Ad Hoc Experts Group for drafting the UNESCO Recommendation of AI Ethics in 2020. He has served as the president for the Korean Society for Philosophy of Science for the tenure of 2021~2023.

•  Professor, Seoul National University
•  Assistant professor, KAIST
•  PhD, Carnegie Mellon University, Human Computer Interaction Institute

Gahgene Gweon is a professor at Seoul National University (SNU). Additionally, she is the head of Learning Data Research Center at the Learning Sciences Research Institute, Associate research head at the Interdisciplinary program in AI, and directs the Institute for Cognitive Science at SNU. Before joining SNU, she was an assistant professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). She earned bachelor’s degrees in both Computer Science and Economics at University of California, Berkeley in 2002. Dr. Gweon holds an MHCI and Ph.D. from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Currently, she directs the Cognitive Computing Lab (CClab, https://cclab.snu.ac.kr/), where the goal is to understand human cognitive processes and build systems that support these processes using computing technology.

• Global Future of Work Leader, Deloitte
• Partner, Deloitte
• Genetic Counsellor and Operations Excellence Leader, IVF Australia

Nicole is a lawyer, futurist, and passionate pioneer, unlocking new opportunities and aspirations to make work better for humans and humans better at work. With more than twenty years' cross industry and global experience in Information Technology Services, Total Talent Management, Culture Transformation, Change Management, Leadership Development, Human Capital Advisory, and Mergers & Acquisitions, Nicole works with businesses and governments to re-imagine the future vision and inspire business, technology, and workforce strategies to adapt to the constantly evolving new realities of work and realize the new value that the lightning fast advancements in AI and technology innovation can create.
Nicole is based in Tokyo and is Deloitte’s Global Future of Work Leader. Her work frequently involves helping clients understand and explore the 'art of the possible' in today's world of perpetual disruption. This includes unleashing untapped opportunities for global transformation by harnessing global capabilities, experiences, and relationships to drive sustainable transformation. Nicole embraces a holistic approach that aligns work, workforce, and workplace strategies along with the organization structure, operating model, and culture, to help clients enable and accelerate a future focused vision and business strategy.
Nicole is especially passionate about multilateralism and the need for collective action across governments, the private sector, and civil society, to create a more sustainable, equitable, and inclusive world of work.
Leading eminence activities around the Work Agenda is core to Nicole's focus. As well as research and authoring publications on the Future of Work topic, such as Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends Report and Generative AI and the Future of Work, Nicole is a regular speaker at conferences and facilitator of board and executive strategy workshops.

• Commendation from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance
• 2050 Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth Commission, Just Transition Division, Advisory Committee Member
• Ph.D. in Economics at University of Wisconsin-Madison

She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in economics from Seoul National University and her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research primarily concentrates on industry-specific employment policies, with a particular emphasis on labor demand. While many labor economists underscore the significance of labor supply in employment and macroeconomists typically focus on firms' production activities, her work is distinguished by its analysis of labor demand across industries and the exploration of the interconnections between job creation, demographic shifts, and technological advancements.
Her scholarly contributions are rooted in advanced theoretical frameworks, including job search, time friction, equilibrium unemployment, mismatch, sorting, and vertical reallocation. This approach represents an evolution from the traditional static equilibrium models that merely compare the number of job seekers to vacant positions. She highlights the diverse skill requirements across industries and investigates the implications of automation and AI technologies, demographic and industrial structural changes, industry value chains analyses, and carbon neutrality on employment.
She provides policy consultation to several government task forces, including the Job TF, Foreign Worker TF, Population TF, and the Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth Commission. In recognition of her research on the impact of demographic changes on industry-specific employment and her policy advisory contributions, she was awarded a commendation by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance in 2023.

• Founder and CEO of Intellicon Lab Co., Ltd
• Adjunct Professor of KAIST (Moon Soul Graduate School of Future Strategy)
• Consecutive Championships at the World Legal AI Competition (2016 in Japan, 2017 in the UK).
• Vice President of the Korean Bar Association (48th term)
• Expert member of the 4th Industrial Revolution Committee under the President in Korea (2018~2019)

He pioneered the field of Legal AI in Korea as the founder and CEO of Intellicon Lab. He majored in life sciences at Seoul National University and studied various disciplines including mathematics, physics, and computer science. In the late 1990s, he founded Meta Lab, developing AI-math tutor. After studying in Brain-science and AI in US for a while, he returned to Korea to pass the bar exam.
In 2012, he established Intellicon Lab, pioneering interdisciplinary research combining law with mathematics, physics, statistics, and AI in Asia for the first time. In 2014, he developed the world's first legal network simulation system. He won the World Legal AI Competition consecutively in 2016 (Tokyo, Japan) and 2017 (London, UK). In recognition, he was named a Science and Technology Merit Awardee in 2018 by the Ministry of Science and ICT. He developed Korea's first contract analysis AI tool and legal search engine, obtaining international patents. In 2019, he swept the Seoul International Invention Fair with multiple awards. In 2023, he developed Korea's first Legal GPT and won the gold medal and special award at the Seoul International Invention Fair with the generative AI document analysis system (DocuBrain). In 2024, he successfully commercialized Korea's first legal LLM model 'KOALLA' and AI toolkit using the retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)-LLM. He served as the Vice Chairman of the Korean Bar Association (48th term), a specialist committee member of the Presidential Fourth Industrial Revolution Commission, Chairman of the Legal Tech Association, and Vice Chairman of the Korean Society for Artificial Intelligence Law. He also serves as adjunct professor at KAIST (Moon Soul Graduate School of Future Strategy) and KonKuk University (Graduate School of Mass Communication and Public Relations).

• GRA, The Ohio State University, Center on Education and Training for Employment
• Dean, Extension College of Seoul National University
• Director, Career Development Center of Seoul National University
• Team Leader, LG Electronics Alabama, USA, Inc. HR Division, HRD Team
• Specialist, LEGO Korea HR Department

Professor Chan Lee is a leading expert in Human Resource Development (HRD) and organizational development in Korea. As Vice Dean of the School of Transdisciplinary Innovations and professor in the Department of Vocational Education and Workforce Development at Seoul National University, he combines theoretical knowledge with practical experience in career development, organizational development, and performance management.
Holding a Ph.D. from Ohio State University, Professor Lee's career includes roles at LG Electronics USA and LEGO Korea. He has served as Chair of the ATD Korea Summit, Dean of Seoul National University's Extension College and Educational Training Institute, and Director of its Career Development Center.
Currently, Professor Lee advises the National Assembly Digital Campus, chairs the Korea HR Summit, and presides over the Korean Association for Creativity. At Seoul National University, he teaches organizational development, job analysis, performance management, and leadership courses.
Professor Lee actively contributes to major corporations and institutions through lectures and research on leadership development, executive coaching, and organizational culture. Continuing his dedication to advancing HRD research and education, Professor Lee remains a significant influencer in the field both in Korea and internationally. His publications include "This is My First Career Path," "Human Resource Development," and "Vocational Education and Training Policies in Korea."

• Founder of Vtolwerke LLC Consulting for eVTOL and AAM
• Senior Vice President of R&D and Marketing, Leonardo Helicopter
• Aircraft Designer and led Strategic Campaigns, Sikorsky Aircraft

Dr. James Wang is an internationally renowned expert in Advanced Air Mobility, manned/unmanned eVTOL aircraft and helicopter designing and operation.
His expertise spans across technology and business in the aviation and eVTOL industry and his advice is highly sought after. In 2013, WIRED Magazine named him “the Steve Jobs of Rotorcraft” for inventing the world’s first all-electric VTOL technology demonstrator aircraft – the AgustaWestland Project Zero.
Dr. Wang has held several executive leadership positions, including as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Customer Services, and as Vice President of Research and Technology at Leonardo Helicopters; and at Sikorsky Aircraft worked on numerous famous helicopter designs and engineering programs, and led Strategic Sales. He is a professor and the Director of the eVTOL Research & Innovation Center at Nanyang Technological University. He has been invited as a guest lecturer at Stanford University and a guest professor at Seoul National University.
He received his bachelor degrees in Aeronautics and in Electrical Engineering from M.I.T., a master’s from M.I.T. Sloan Business School and a PhD in rotorcraft design from the University of Maryland. He holds numerous patents and major international awards, including Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, UTC Gold Mead Award, VFS Honorary Fellow, AHS Grover Bell Award, AHS Fellow, M.I.T. Luis de Florez Award, NASA Research Award, Finmeccanica Innovation Gold Award, Italian National Innovation Grand Prize, and the coveted Royal Aeronautical Society Gold Team Award.

• 2023.12 ~ SK Telecom, Head of Global Solution UAM Business Office
• 2022.02 ~ SK Telecom, Team Leader of UAM Pilot Business Team
• 2019.01 ~ SK Telecom, Team Leader of 5GX Cloud Business Team

Jeong-il, Kim holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Yonsei University (2001) and a master's degree in business administration from Seoul National University (2010), and joined SK Telecom in 2001.
Since 2001, He had been developing the marketing strategies for SK Telecom’s core biz, called MNO(Mobile Network Operator) and also developing & implementing the various new biz entry strategies as well as operation such as satellite DMB(Digital Media Broadcast), new distribution biz and Cloud biz.
He also established company-wide strategies such as spin-off between SK Telecom and SK Planet, cloud MSP(Managed Service Provider) business investment.
He is currently in charge of SK Telecom’s UAM Business, responsible for SK Telecom UAM demonstration projects and commercialization, and also in charge of central government/local government cooperation, business alliances with external partners, and various business development tasks related to UAM.

• Director of Management Strategy, Korea Airports Corporation
• Head of Innovative Air Mobility Office
• Ph.D in Business Administration from Korea Aerospace University

Mr. Jung has more than 20 years of experience in Airport Operation, Construction, and Strategy planning in aviation field.
Currently Mr. Jung announced the concept of VertiHub in Gimpo international airport, based on current aviation, construction, and other relevant law while implementing UAM ground infrastructure construction strategy.
The Gimpo Airport Vertiport is now moving forward with the permitting process after successfully completing the National feasibility study.
In addition, Mr. Jung is developing a UAM Traffic management system that uses the same sky corridor as helicopter.
Mr. Jung got a Ph. D in Aviation Management.

• Vice President, Hyundai Motor Company, 42dot
• Research Fellow, Policy Advisor, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning
• Associate Member, The National Academy of Engineering of Korea
• PhD, Department of Industrial Engineering, Ajou University

Dr. Cha, a certified professional engineer specialized in human factors, is also a general member of the National Academy of Engineering in Korea. His expertise spans R&D, policy, and strategy development in areas such as human-machine interface, autonomous driving, and mobility. He has amassed experience at notable institutions and companies, including Hyundai MOBIS, the Korea Institute of S&T Planning and Evaluation, Hyundai Motor Group, 42dot, and the CHA Mobility Research Institute.
In addition to his professional roles, Dr. Cha contributes to various policy, strategy, and regulatory committees affiliated with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, the Ministry of Science and ICT, and the Prime Minister's Office. He is an accomplished author, with works such as The Future of Mobility and Post-Mobility to his name. Currently, he serves as the CEO of sonnet.ai, an autonomous driving company.

• Strategic Lead Client Executive Oracle Health – current
• Board Chair, Women’s Alcohol and Drug Advisory Centre that operates a NFP Drug and Alcohol residential service for women.
• Health Consultant Rohling international – 2021 to 2022
• Senior Health Advisor IBM Watson Health, 2016 to 2021

Annette is a healthcare digital expert with over 20 years’ experience in healthcare Information and Communications Technology (ICT) with experience that spans both clinical & ICT. In her early career Annette worked as a clinician within the public health sector in Australia. Transitioned into Healthcare ICT developing proven record in strategy, clinical analyst, business and solution development, clinical research, service delivery, project management, product management and training. She has had a key interest in the supporting adoption of the newer technologies in healthcare sector especially artificial intelligence and have worked across ANZ and Asia Pacific region with clinicians and health organisations doing so.
In IBM Watson Health as clinical advisor supporting client engagements and the business development focusing on innovative technologies in healthcare including Watson Health Portfolio of applications powered by AI gave her the opportunity to experience AI adoption across the region. Now having joined Oracle Health she is involved in the modernization of digital systems underpinned by Generative AI and the potential impact on clinical practice.
Annettes qualifications include General Nursing, Operating Room Nursing, Bachelor’s in Science (microbiology & Biochemistry) and Health Administration as well as Masters in Business Administration and Commercial Law.
As part of her voluntary work Annette is chair of WADAC Board a Not-for-Profit Alcohol and Drug residential rehabilitation service for women.

• Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering
• CoFounder, OBELAB, Point2technology, Barreleye
• PhD, ECE, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Hyeon-Min Bae received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, in 1998 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA, in 2001 and 2004, respectively.
Since 2009, he has been on the faculty of the electrical engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea. He has served on the wireline subcommittee of International Solid-State Circuit Conference (ISSCC) from 2014 to 2019 and has served as a Distinguished lecturer of IEEE Solid-State Circuit Society from 2017 to 2019. Dr. Bae received the Excellence Award from the National Academy of Engineering of Korea and KAIST Top 10 research award in 2013 and the 2006 IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits Best Paper Award.
From 2021 to 2022, he served as a director for intellectual property and technology transfer center at KAIST and currently Dr. Bae serves as the vice president of institute for startup KAIST since 2023.
Dr. Bae is a serial entrepreneur who founded Intersymbol communications and Point2 technology in the US and Terasquare, OBELAB and Barreleye in Korea.

• Professor of Earth System Science at UCL
• Pro-Vice-Provost of the UCL Climate Crisis Grand Challenge
• Specialist Adviser for the UK Parliament Environmental Audit Committee inquiry into Climate change and Security
• Director and Co-Founder, Rezatec Ltd
• Strategy Advisor to Lansons, Net Zero Now, and Sheep Included Ltd
• PhD, Earth Science Department, Cambridge University

Mark Maslin FRGS, FRSA is a Professor of Earth System Science at UCL and the Natural History Museum of Denmark. He is joint Pro-Vice-Provost of the UCL Climate Crisis Grand Challenge. UCL is ranked 9th in the world out of 1,300 universities, with 16,000 staff and £3 billion of research grants under management. UCL covers all aspects of the climate and environmental crisis and Professor Maslin’s current role is the co-ordinate all this work and engage with external partners to ensure this research and knowledge makes a real difference.
Professor Maslin is also Strategy Advisor to Lansons, Net Zero Now, Sheep Inc and CSR Board member of Sopra Steria. He has also been a Specialist Adviser for the UK Parliament on climate change and security. Mark also co-founded and ran an AI GeoAnalytics company Rezatec Ltd from 2012 to 2023. In 2023 Onalytica ranked him the Number One Global Sustainability thought leader and influencer.
Professor Maslin is a leading scientist with particular interest in understanding the solutions to climate change and the other major challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. He has published over 200 papers in journals such as Science, Nature, and The Lancet. He has received research, consultancy and training funding worth over £75m from government, charities, NGOs and the private sector.
Mark has written 10 books and over 100 popular articles – with his contributions on The Conversation have been read nearly 6 million times. He regularly appears on radio and television, including BBC One David Attenborough’s ‘Climate Change: the facts.’ His books include ‘Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction’ (2021), ‘The Cradle of Humanity’ (2019), ‘The Human Planet’ with Simon Lewis (2018/2022) and his latest book is ‘How to save our planet: the facts’ (2021).

• President of GEYK(Green Enviroment Youth Korea)
• Committee member of the Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth Commission's Subcommittee on Just Transition & Climate Adaptation
• Committee member of the Seoul City Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth Commission

Since 2014, Jiyun Gim has served as the president of GEYK (Green Environment Youth Korea), overseeing and leading the organization. She has focused on launching various campaigns to inspire individual action and engaging on climate and environment policies at national and regional level. She has collaborated with international youth on climate crisis solutions and represented Korean youth at the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP). Her roles include working with civil societies, serving as an environmental consultant for the World Bank, and building a career in climate finance investment. Since 2019, as head of the Climate and Environment Division in the Seoul Youth Policy Network, she contributed to the Seoul Nanum Car EV Subsidy Policy (May 2020) and the Ordinance Amendment Proposal by the Seoul City Bank (May 2021).
She has been appointed as a compliance inspector for the Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth, and also serves as a member of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth Commission.
She was honored to be selected as one of the "100 Next Generation Leaders" by Sisa Journal in 2022 and received the Individual Grand Prize at the H.eco Awards hosted by the Herald the same year. In 2024, GEYK was awarded the Seoul City Environmental Grand Prize and received a Commendation for Environmental Education from the Ministry of Environment.

• Professor/Vice Chair, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University
• Board Member, Korea Oceanographic Commission, IOC/UN Ocean Decade Committee
• Board Member, CLIVAR/IOC-GOOS Indian Ocean Regional Panel

Dr. SungHyun Nam is a professor at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University. He has been primarily working on research and education with a focus on ocean observations as a sea-going scientist. After earning his bachelor's (1999), master's (2001), and doctoral (2006, PhD) degrees, he worked for the Agency for Defense Development (2006-2008) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, CA, USA (2008-2014), participating in research projects on naval systems, climate, and marine ecosystems. He has experienced research cruises over 70 times in total, investigating marine environments in seas around the Korean Peninsula, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and coastal seas around Western Antarctica, and has published more than 90 journal articles. He was selected as an awardee for Excellent Teaching (2018), Outstanding Research (2020), and Excellent Education (2023) from the College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University. He has served as the Secretary-General of the Korean Society of Oceanography (2022-2023), a Founding Member of the Young-Korean Academy of Science and Technology (2017-2019), an Associate Member of the Korean Academy of Marine Science (2024-), and a member (and/or governmental representative) on panels or committees of international marine science organizations/programs/reports such as PICES and UNESCO/IOC. In addition to academic publications in his specialized field, he has authored more than 10 Korean books and supervised several books for the general public. Dr. Nam has appeared on Korean TV programs multiple times to enhance communication with the general public on Earth environmental issues, such as climate change, natural disasters, marine pollution, etc.