Dr. Michael R. Traem is the Head of Advisory of Droege International Group since 2006. Prior to joining Droege International Group, he served as Global CEO at Arthur D. Little, the world's oldest management consultancy. While working at Arthur D. Little, Dr. Traem grew the firm at double the industry average year on year. He was also a member of the Global Management Committee of Altran Technologies and Chairman of the supervisory board of Altran Germany and Austria. He served as Executive VP / Head of European Demand Generation at Celerant Management Consulting and a Managing Director of A.T. Kearney. While working many years in business consultancy, Dr. Traem drew numerous expansion plans to grow firms globally and led projects throughout Europe and Asia to boost business revenue. Dr. Traem regularly lectures as a guest speaker at several universities, business schools and international business forums. He is an author/co-author of 6 books (Innovate Your Company, The Value Growers, After the Merger, Spearheading Growth, The 100-Days-Myth, Banking Supervision), as well as articles on growth, innovation management, mergers & acquisitions, post-merger integration and restructuring. Dr. Traem earned his bachelor's degree in Law and Political Economics and his Conferral of Ph.D. in Law from the University of Saarland, Saarbruecken.

Austan Goolsbee is a professor at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business and one of the world's leading experts on business, government and the economy. Goolsbee also serves as a Strategic Partner and Head of the Economic Intelligence Practice for 32 Advisors, a global consulting and advisory firm providing strategic intelligence to senior executives on a broad spectrum of issues. He currently serves as a member of the Economic Advisory Panel to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and an economics consultant for ABC news. Goolsbee most recently served as chairman of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers and a member of the Cabinet as well as the chief economist for the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board (chaired by Paul Volcker). Prior to the Obama administration, he served as a member of the Panel of Economic Advisers to the Congressional Budget Office. Goolsbee is a former Fulbright Scholar and Alfred P. Sloan Fellow. In 2005, he was selected as one of The Financial Times' six "Gurus of the Future". He writes regularly for the Wall Street Journal and in 2006 was awarded the Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism. Goolsbee earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in economics from Yale University and his Ph.D in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Karel Lannoo is Chief Executive of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) since 2000. CEPS is one of the leading independent European think tanks, with a strong reputation in economic policy research. It budgets total revenues of € 9 million for 2012 and employs about 50 persons. Karel directs the European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI) and the European Credit Research Institute (ECRI), both separate entities that are managed by CEPS. He is a regular speaker at hearings of EU, other national and international institutions and in executive programmes. Karel is also a participant in studies for national and multilateral organisations (EU institutions, OECD, World Bank, ADB) and for financial centres (Channel Islands, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Qatar). He has published some books and numerous articles in newspapers (FT, WSJ, NYT, Financieel Dagblad, De Standaard, De Tijd), specialised magazines and journals on general European policy, and specific financial regulation and supervision matters. Karel has also co-authored The Mifid Revolution with Jean-Pierre Casey, published by Cambridge in September 2009, and MiFID 2.0 with Diego Valiante, published by CEPS in February 2011. On asset management, he published in 2008 with Jean Pierre Casey, UCITS and Asset Management in the EU after MiFID, and in 2012 Rethinking Asset Management with Mirzha Demanuel. Other recent publications and opinion pieces include: The roadmap to banking union: a call for consistency (August 2012); The Eurozone as Home Country of Banks (July 2012); Banking Union in three steps (June 2012); EU version of Basel III runs into trouble (May 2012); EU federalism in crisis, CEPS Policy Brief (December 2011). Karel is an independent director of BME (Bolsas Y Mercados Espanoles), the listed company that manages the Spanish securities exchanges. Karel Lannoo holds a baccalaureate in philosophy (1984) and an MA in history (1985) from the University of Leuven, Belgium and obtained a postgraduate in European studies (CEE) from the University of Nancy, France (1986). He is fluent in English, French, Dutch and Spanish, with good notions of German.

Jacob Funk Kirkegaard has been associated with the Peterson Institute for International Economics since 2002. He is also a Senior Associate at the Rhodium Group, a New York-based research firm. His diverse current research focuses on long-term structural economic reform challenges, regional economic integration in Europe and Asia, capital flows, trade and foreign direct investment, and the productivity impact of information technology. Jacob Funk Kirkegaard is the author, co-author or editor of the following books published by the Peterson Institute: "Transatlantic Economic Challenges in an Era of Growing Multipolarity" (2012); "US Pension Reform - Lessons from Other Countries" (2009); "The Accelerating Decline in America's High-Skilled Workforce: Implications for Immigration Policy" (2007); "Accelerating the Globalization of America: The Role for Information Technology" (2006) and "Transforming the European Economy" (2004). Jacob Funk Kirkegaard has previously testified before both houses of the U.S. Congress, the Danish and EU Parliament, and published and presented on various topics at the U.S. Treasury, EU Ministerial Conferences, the European Commission, the OECD, the IMF, The World Bank, the ADB, ASEAN, The Economist, Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, BBC World, CNN, PBS NewsHour, C-Span as well as numerous other media outlets, private financial institutions and academic institutions and journals. Jacob Funk Kirkegaard is a graduate of the University of Aarhus in his native Denmark, Columbia University in New York and Johns Hopkins SAIS in Washington, D.C.

Dong-Il Kim is the chief investment officer of Franklin Templeton Investment Trust Management Co., Ltd, Seoul, responsible for managing all fixed income assets in Korea. Prior to joining the firm in 2001, Mr. Kim built his career at Regent Asset Management, KTB Asset Management, and Samsung Investment Trust Management after working 10 years as a fixed income investment manager at Samsung Life Insurance Company. From 2001, Mr. Kim introduced the first managed CDOs in Korea and managed approximately US$1 billion of CDO until 2005. He manages fixed income funds for both institutional and retail clients. He is also a co-manager of the Templeton Asian Bond Fund. Mr. Kim holds an M.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and a B.B.A. from Yonsei University in Seoul. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder.

Professor Yoo works at the MBA of Sookmyung Women's University. He achieved B.A. of engineering at Yonsei University, M.A. of engineering at Yonsei University, M.A. of economics at Seogang University and Ph. D. of economics at Hankuk University for Foreign Studies. Yoo has learned about the real economy through his career as HR team leader, technology project leader and planning team leader in big Korean companies like Samsung and Dongyang. His tasks included finding out new projects, overseas investment, M&A and venture investment as a representing director of Iljin Venture Company and took the post of CEO in Inter Venture Co., Ltd. Professor Yoo got attention for opening the entrepreneurship MBA course for the first time in Korea when he was a professor at Dongguk University Business School. He was evaluated as an expert in real and theoretical economics and selected as the Best Teaching Professor while working as a CEO of Dongguk Holdings Inc. He taught business models, M&A and company valuation as a professor at Konkuk University.

Namuh Rhee is a Senior Advisor of 47 Degrees North Capital Management which is a Swiss-based specialist alternative investment firm. Mr. Rhee is mainly responsible for overseeing 47N Capital's activities in the Asia-Pacific region. He currently serves on the boards of directors of Hong Kong-listed Mando China Holdings and Taurus Investment & Securities in Korea. Before 47N Capital, he was Managing Director of AsiaPac Account Management and co-Head of Merrill Lynch's Seoul office. He founded and managed Rhee Capital, an Asia-focused hedge fund that was seeded by the Man group in the early 2000s. Mr. Rhee also worked for Samsung Securities and JP Morgan. He was a member of board of directors of Citibank Korea (formerly Koram Bank) and advisor to the Ministry of Finance & Economy's Financial Industry Development Review Committee. Mr Rhee has a BA from Seoul National University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Mr. Rhee has a daughter attending college in the US and he lives in Singapore with his wife and son.

Kier Boley (18 years' investment experience) is a Portfolio Manager and Investment Committee member in GAM's Multi-Manager team, responsible for non-US equity investment hedge fund portfolios. Prior to joining GAM in April 2000, Mr. Boley spent six years with City of London Investment Management, where, as a director, he was responsible for its London investment team dealing in non-US traded emerging market and Asian funds. Before that, he worked in Asia for two years. Mr Boley holds a BA (Hons) in Economics from Portsmouth University, an MSc in Economics from Southampton University and is a member of the CFA.

Muj Ali is a managing director for Mesirow Financial Hong Kong, Ltd. and is based in Hong Kong. He is responsible for the firm's marketing efforts, client service and business development across the Asia Pacific region. Prior to joining Mesirow Financial Hong Kong, Limited in 2011, Mr. Ali served in various leadership positions at Morgan Stanley Investment Management in Hong Kong. Previously, he served as vice president of global distribution, product development and marketing at Credit Suisse in Hong Kong, Seoul and New York. In addition, Mr. Ali served as vice president of institutional business development at AIG Life and AIG Investments in New York, and started his career at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He received a B.S. in economics and engineering from Vassar College and an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

As Director of Marketing for Asia, and as Head of Korea and Japan business, Mr. Lee works on partnering with institutional investors across the region to bring innovative alternative investment solutions that address their current and future needs. Working from Gottex Fund Management's Asia headquarters in Hong Kong, he assists with his clients and partners on multi-manager hedge fund programs, multi-asset products, managed account platform solutions and hedge fund advisory services. Mr. Lee is a passionate practitioner of full-contact karate and currently is Branch Chief of Hong Kong for IKKF Byakuren Kaikan of Japan. Previous to Gottex, Mr. Lee spent 10 years at Wellington Management Company, LLP, both in Boston and Hong Kong offices.

Dong-ik (Don) Lee has been Chief Investment Officer of KIC since April 2012. Mr. Lee joined Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) in 2008 as the head of Private Markets Group and he has been responsible for KIC's alternative investments which include private equity, real estate, hedge fund, commodity and strategic investments. Prior to joining KIC, Mr. Lee spent five years as Head of Investments at STIC Investments, a private equity/venture capital in Korea, where he was in charge of managing Korea Global IT Fund and closed 30 investments. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Lee was Head of Overseas Investments Team at Samsung Life Insurance, where he managed US$4 billion overseas investment portfolio. From 1987 to 1997, Mr. Lee worked as Emerging Equity Market Analyst at the International Finance Corporation (IFC/World Bank) in Washington, D.C. Mr. Lee received a B.A degree in Economics from Korea University, Seoul, Korea and an M.B.A. (Finance and Investments) and M.S degree in Management Information Systems (MIS) from George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Ben Way is a Senior Managing Director of the Macquarie Group ("Macquarie") based in Asia. Mr. Way heads up Macquarie's infrastructure and private equity activities in the North Asia and Russia region which includes managing ~US8B of equity under management deployed in assets across Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan and the USA. Consequently, Mr Way serves as Chairman of several of these asset companies including Taiwan Broadband Communications (where he previously served as CEO and Managing Director for three years), Shenyang Water (China), North East Chemical (Korea), Cable and More (Korea) and Kangnam City Gas (Korea). Mr Way also sits on the Boards of several other funds and companies including Macquarie Diversified Infrastructure Fund, Macquarie Philippines Infrastructure Fund, Hanjin Terminals (US, Japan, Taiwan), Miaoli Wind Power Co (Taiwan) and Megabox Cinemas (Korea). Mr Way is a member of Macquarie's Asia Management Committee. Mr Way serves as a Director of several non-profit and professional organisations, including the Australian Chamber of Commerce Beijing (Treasurer), the Cable and Satellite Association of Asia, and the Australian- Taiwan Business Council.

Mr. Young Sik Yang, Head of Alternative Investment Division of National Pension Service joined the Long Term Credit Bank and resigned there in 1999 as a member of Enterprise Finance Team. He was responsible for private equity investment for 5 years after he joined Korea Technology Investment Corporation in 2000. Then, he moved to Fund Operation Division of National Pension Service and has led local alternative investment and operation as Replacement Investment Department Manager since 2010. Mr. Yang has a B.A. and a master's degree in Economics from Seoul National University in Korea.

Won Soon Park is a Korean lawyer, social activities and the 35th major of Seoul. His career includes the president of the Institute for Korean Historical Studies, editorial writer at Hankyoreh Shinmun, Secretary General of the People' Solidary for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) and Advisory lawyer of law firm of Sanha. He has received the Manhae Award and the Magsaysay Award in 2006 while working as a representing civil activist in Korea. He is known as an expert in the copyright law and is a member of the Lawyers for Democratic Society and a director of the Hope Institute. He was born in March 26, 1956 as the 6th child among 2 brothers and 5 sisters in Changnyeong. His parents were lay farmers. He entered Seoul National University in 1975 after he graduated from Gyeonggi High School but was expelled due to joining democratic movements. Then, he graduated from the Department of History at Dankuk University in 1983 after passing the bar exam in 1980 and started his career in the legal profession in 1982 as a prosecutor in the Daegu Prosecutors' Office. Next year, he became a lawyer and gained popularity by taking major lawsuits including sexual assault in Bucheon Police Station, occupation of the U.S. Culture Center and sexual harassment of an assistant in Seoul National University. His major prizes include the Magsaysay Award or so-called 'Novel Prize in Asia' (2006), Manhae Award (2006) and Danjae Award (2007).

Matthew Quint is the Director of Columbia Business School's Center on Global Brand Leadership, the leading global forum on branding issues for researchers and executives. In this role, Matthew researches, writes, and presents on a wide range of issues critical to building a strong brand. He has particular expertise in marketing ROI, strategies for marketing in the digital age, and the development of creative and effective brand communications. Matthew is the co-producer of the Center's acclaimed BRITE Conference series which brings together over 500 big thinkers in industry and academia to discuss how innovation and technology help build strong brands. He also works with senior executives from various leading companies -- including Coach, Deloitte, Edelman, Google, SAP, and Visa -- to conduct research, produce events, and promote knowledge sharing among branding and marketing professionals. Previously, Matthew held positions at Columbia University in which he developed the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment, and managed print and digital communications materials for Columbia Law School. Prior to moving to New York City, Matthew was the Assistant Counsellor (Nuclear Science & Technology) at the Embassy of Australia in Washington, DC, where he was instrumental in the negotiation effort that extended the Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel program, a highly regarded non-proliferation initiative involving more than 40 countries. Matthew has a M.S. in strategic communications from Columbia University and B.A. in political science and history from Cornell University.

Yannick is co-founder and CEO of Abramar, an award winning Brazilian certified B-corp whose main activity is real estate development, complemented by impact investment, technology and design. Through Abramar's innovative approach to management and execution, and with an emphasis on IT, planning and controls, it builds the highest quality housing at competitive prices while remaining a steward of its community and the environment. Abramar is developing numerous mixed income and mixed use urban communities in various cities affecting the lives of thousands of residents. Concurrently Abramar creates innovative cloud systems and architectural designs that provide scalable positive impact in the cities it develops and maximizes the value for its local and international investors. In addition to his role at Abramar Yannick remains an active shareholder of the social entrepreneurship space, HUB Madrid, and the Spanish low cost mobile service provider, MasMovil. Previously he established and sold Esmihogar, an intra-country social housing brokerage aimed at increasing patrimony for its Ecuadorian clients. Yannick also served as principal of the US buyout fund, CAC Management. Previously he spent 10 years in the corporate world focused on B2B internet technology at Ariba Inc, Arthur Andersen, and FedEx. He is a published author as well as a regular speaker at conferences, universities, TEDx, Google headquarters, and television, on real estate, technology, responsible development and history. He has been featured in a number of publications including The Economist. Yannick holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with concentrations in International Finance and Marketing, Industrial Engineering and Computer Information Systems.

Caroline manages the Social Investment Business Group's loan and grant activity, including the Group's own investment funds (Adventure Capital Fund and Communitybuilders) and other loan and grant funds run under contract including Futurebuilders and the Social Enterprise Investment Fund. She leads the group's engaged investor and intervention strategies, supporting investees to take advantage of expansion opportunities and also those facing difficulties. Caroline is experienced in social and engaged investing and grant making with a particular focus on community enterprise and asset development, having managed ACF's community enterprise investment funds for six years. Prior to joining ACF Caroline worked on the investment programme at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA). Caroline has also worked in European funding, the third sector and local government regeneration. The Social Investment Business Group is made up of the Social Investment Business and its parent charity, Adventure Capital Fund.

Quayle Hodek is the founder and CEO of Renewable Choice Energy, a leading U.S. renewable energy and sustainability solutions provider. Hodek is recognized as a pioneer in green power marketing. Since founding the company in 2001, Hodek has built Renewable Choice into one of the most respected renewable energy and sustainability companies in the U.S. In 2006, Hodek helped Whole Foods Market become the first major corporation to go to 100% renewable energy. Today, the company's clients include 50 of the Fortune 500, green buildings, universities, cities, and middle-market businesses. Hodek's expertise has played a key role in harnessing consumer demand to drive U.S. renewable energy growth. Under Hodek's leadership, Renewable Choice has developed innovative products and services to meet the growing interest in sustainable alternatives, including the Wind Power Card, the first renewable energy retail product, Green Your Phone, a cell phone offset product developed in conjunction with Best Buy, and Mosaic™, a web-based carbon management software platform that helps organizations measure and reduce their carbon emissions. Hodek was instrumental in the creation of the Green-e Certification Program, North America's highest industry standard for renewable energy purchasing. Hodek and Renewable Choice are also founding members of the Renewable Energy Markets Association (REMA). Called one of the "7 Hottest CEOs" by Treehugger.com and a "Top 30 Under 30" by Utne Reader magazine, Hodek has been featured in numerous national and international media outlets including CNN, CNBC, The New York Times, TIME, and the Wall Street Journal, and given the Green Power Beacon award from the U.S. Department of Energy. In 2012, Renewable Choice was named the Green Power Supplier of the Year 2012 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Hodek resides in Boulder, Colorado, USA, where he serves as a mentor to other entrepreneurs at the Unreasonable Institute.

Garret van der Boom heads international distribution at Quirky.com where he manages retail and B2B relationships in all markets outside of the US. Since Quirky started shipping its first community developed product, nearly 4 years ago, Garret worked across timezones to find partners to represent Quirky in over 30 countries. With the help of partners like Croberry in Korea, Quirky has been able to gather the consumer product ideas from everyday people around the world, develop the solutions with an online community, and place them on the shelves of some of the best retailers. Distribution is just one of the roles in Quirky's mission to MAKE INVENTION ACCESSIBLE.

Harald Heinrichs is a Professor of Sustainability and Politics at the Institute of Sustainability Governance and the Institute of Environmental Communication at the Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany, since October 2009. He is also Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Sustainability. He studied Sociology, Political Science and Economic Policy at the University of Münster. After graduating, he did his doctoral degree in Sociology at the University of Stuttgart in cooperation with the Research Centre Juelich, and also worked as a guest researcher at Tufts University Tufts in the U.S. Professor Heinrichs obtained his postdoctoral at the Research Centre Juelich (Programme Group "Humans, Environment, Technology"), and gave lectures on Sociology of Science, Technology and Environment at the Heinrich-Heine University in Dusseldorf. He then worked as a Junior Professor of Participation and Sustainable Development at the Institute of Environmental ommunication at the Leuphana University of Lueneburg. Before he joined the University of Lueneburg as a professor and dean, he was Environmental and Sustainability Manager for KPMG, a major auditing and consulting company.

Seoul Innovation Planning Officer, Mr. I. D. Cho has a B.A. in Politics and a master's degree in Policy from Seoul National University. He also has another master's degree in Administration from Georgia University of USA. He has worked for the Seoul City for 24 years where he directed major metropolitan policies at various departments such as Planning & Coordination, Culture, and Industry & Economy. Starting from the position of Mayor Policy Secretary, he has consecutively filled various government posts including Policy Initiating Officer, Planning Officer, Organization Officer, and Review & Assessment Officer. He built the foundation for creative municipal operation, established the Seoul Metropolitan Area Great-sphere Economy Cooperation System and Administration Service Quality Evaluation System, promoted the South and North Exchange and Cooperation Project, and supported main municipal issue settlement for the departments of the Seoul City Hall While he was the Industry Support Manager, he contributed a lot to state-of-the-arts industry activation by attracting 「World Design Capital (WDC) 2010」 and establishing the R&D industry base. Since the current mayor, Mr. W. S. Park was inaugurated, he is leading a number of innovation projects as the Seoul City Innovation Planning Officer. He established a new ordinance to build the base for 「Sharing City, Seoul」, one of the municipal target projects, and selected the sharing companies while funding the project cost. Meanwhile, he is not only preparing the sharing activity platform, 「Seoul Sharing Hub」 and the Seoul Exhibition as a Sharing City but also propelling various key innovative projects for the Seoul City including 「Village Community Formation」, led by the community members, 「Conflict Response System Construction」 for preventive and strategic response to the conflict, necessarily incurring from project execution, and 「Human Right City, Seoul」, aimed at human centered value recovery.

Mrs. Kang has worked as a General Manager for a local portal service company in Korea for a long time and now she is working for CC KOREA which is concentrated in digital contents sharing activities. CC KOREA is a group to distribute CCL, an open license for acquisition of correct copyright value and seeking for the balance point between culture and knowledge sharing. The CC movement is a global movement in which more than 70 countries are getting involve throughout the world. CC KOREA is not only distributing CCL itself but also trying to spread the sharing culture in various fields including open government, sharing city, and sharing economy.

Ole Ruch is the Managing Director for Airbnb in Northern Europe and Asia-Pacific, a position he was appointed to in mid 2012. Previously based in East-Asia and Russia developing international markets as part of the Executive Management team for Groupon, Ole used his experience and strengths in the industry to grow the Russian business to a 500 strong team. As a student, Ole was always passionate about the world of digital business. Thriving on the challenging environment this offers and the excitement of building great companies, Ole has founded a number of start-up companies himself and helped to significantly grow global digital brands throughout his professional career. Ole holds a Masters in Management from Imperial College Business School in London, prior to which he studied Entrepreneurship at Boston University and Law at the University of Oslo, all of which equipped him with the necessary skills to take fledgling companies from strength to strength. After spending most of his adult life on the road, Ole has become a self-confessed travel addict, always looking to explore new places, unlocking their secrets and experiencing the local flavours, perfect as he looks to making Airbnb the new dominant form of travel.

Named one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business Ron J. Williams is the CEO and Founder of SnapGoods (http://snapgoods.com) a leader in the sharing economy and Knodes (http://knod.es), the "smart social" platform. He obsesses about making human networks work efficiently and loves connecting people. He graduated from Harvard and worked on Wall Street before realizing that he wanted to build his own companies. He is a Brooklyn native, active mentor, frequent speaker and lover of speed. Mr. Williams is also passionate about education reform and donates time to schools and educational technology initiatives.

Garret van der Boom heads international distribution at Quirky.com where he manages retail and B2B relationships in all markets outside of the US. Since Quirky started shipping its first community developed product, nearly 4 years ago, Garret worked across timezones to find partners to represent Quirky in over 30 countries. With the help of partners like Croberry in Korea, Quirky has been able to gather the consumer product ideas from everyday people around the world, develop the solutions with an online community, and place them on the shelves of some of the best retailers. Distribution is just one of the roles in Quirky's mission to MAKE INVENTION ACCESSIBLE.

Robin Chase is founder and CEO of Buzzcar, a service that brings together car owners and drivers in a carsharing marketplace. Buzzcar.com empowers individuals to take control of their mobility, without looking to governments or big businesses for solutions. Robin is also founder and former CEO of Zipcar, the largest carsharing company in the world, and GoLoco, an online ridesharing community. She is on the Board of the World Resources Institute, the National Advisory Council for Innovation & Entrepreneurship for the US Department of Commerce, and the OECD's International Transport Forum Advisory Board. She also served on the Intelligent Transportations Systems Program Advisory Committee for the US Department of Transportation, the Massachusetts Governor's Transportation Transition Working Group, and Boston Mayor's Wireless Task Force. Robin lectures widely, has been frequently featured in the major media, and has received many awards in the areas of innovation, design, and environment, including Time 100 Most Influential People, Fast Company Fast 50 Innovators, and BusinessWeek Top 10 Designers. Robin graduated from Wellesley College and MIT's Sloan School of Management, and was a Harvard University Loeb Fellow.

Mr. Chansung Hong, Editor in Chief- Industry Department of MoneyToday graduated from Seoul National University in Korea, majoring in Economics and has an MBA from Sogang University in Korea. Later, he completed a doctor course from Sogang University Business School. He participated in Senior Finance Training Course at Economy Management School of Tsinghua University, China and he also used to stay at Enterprise R&D Center of Chuo University, Japan as a visiting scholar. He played a role of journalist at Daehan Investment Trust, Korea Economic Daily, and Dong-a Ilbo. He was also Head of Securities, Economy, and Finance Department of Money Today, Newsroom Director of MTN, and Money Today Correspondent in Beijing, China.

Researcher Mr. J. Y. Ryu holds a B.A. in the Chinese language and literature from Seoul National University, baccalaureate in philosophy (1984) and a master's degree from University of Tsinghua University. He is now taking the Ph. D. course at Beijing University, majoring in social science. He joined Samsung Group in 1989 where he was responsible for business negotiation with China and supported almost all of the investment projects in China of Samsung Group affiliates including Samsung Corning, Samsung C&T Corporation, Shilla HTL Suzhou, Samsung Life Insurance CBD, Samsung Electronics (including cell phone and semiconductor divisions), Everland, Samsung Heavy Industries Shipbuilding Division, Samsung Chemicals, and Samsung Electric while he was stationed in China as a Samsung Group representative. In addition, he played a role of government relations and acted as a special protocol officer for mammoth scale group events like the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Guangzhou Asian Games. On the basis of his native level Chinese speaking ability and extensive knowledge of the Chinese history and culture exceeding general college professors (quoting 'Internal Assessment Data' while he was incumbent'), he kept a close relationship with the Chinese from various social classes not only to support Samsung Group for a number of external or internal projects but also to cooperate with local Chinese governments and government owned companies in many different fields.

Matthew Quint is the Director of Columbia Business School's Center on Global Brand Leadership, the leading global forum on branding issues for researchers and executives. In this role, Matthew researches, writes, and presents on a wide range of issues critical to building a strong brand. He has particular expertise in marketing ROI, strategies for marketing in the digital age, and the development of creative and effective brand communications. Matthew is the co-producer of the Center's acclaimed BRITE Conference series which brings together over 500 big thinkers in industry and academia to discuss how innovation and technology help build strong brands. He also works with senior executives from various leading companies -- including Coach, Deloitte, Edelman, Google, SAP, and Visa -- to conduct research, produce events, and promote knowledge sharing among branding and marketing professionals. Previously, Matthew held positions at Columbia University in which he developed the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment, and managed print and digital communications materials for Columbia Law School. Prior to moving to New York City, Matthew was the Assistant Counsellor (Nuclear Science & Technology) at the Embassy of Australia in Washington, DC, where he was instrumental in the negotiation effort that extended the Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel program, a highly regarded non-proliferation initiative involving more than 40 countries. Matthew has a M.S. in strategic communications from Columbia University and B.A. in political science and history from Cornell University.

Steve Chae is a senior vice president, senior executive director, joined Franklin Templeton in 1999. Based in Seoul, he has research responsibilites for companies in South Korea and focuses on the chemicals sector. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, Mr. Chae worked for GMBR Inc., where he was engaged in strategic consulting projects for Hana Bank and SK Securities. Before that, Mr. Chae worked for LG Industrial Co. Ltd. and Hanwha Chemical Co., where he was responsible for identifying overseas mergers and acquisitions and joint venture opportunities. Mr. Chae earned an M.B.A. in finance from Vanderbilt University and a B.A. in French language and literature from Korea University. He speaks Korean and English.

Tara Hirebet is the Head of Asia Pacific (Singapore) of Trendwatching.com. She was born in India and raised in Singapore, Tara holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Advertising from the University of Falmouth and a Hon BA in Drama and English from the University of Toronto, Canada. Prior to joining trendwatching.com, Tara spent 7 years as a copywriter in Singapore at agencies including TBWA, Ogilvy and Publicis. She also spent three years in China, working for Flamingo Shanghai, where she took part in China-wide ethnographic studies, and working with Beijing youth consultancy China Youthology.

He worked with companies in diverse industries (from Entertainment to Food Industries) to help them understand why Creative thinking is important, what types are appropriate for Innovations, and how to support an entire enterprise in building upon its existing assets to meet future needs and goals. Prior to founding BigLEOs, He joined a lot of Projects for the innovation of tech and culture, where he joined the Policy working group and developed a pioneering approach to helping ministries and city in the development process. He also ran his own innovation consultancy, which specialized in UX-based marketing. His worked for clients such as Seoul city marketing, LG electronics, and KT Telecom ranged from developing tools that enabled internal change to creating enthusiastic experiences for consumers.

Bogdan Geana has over 10 years of cinsuting experience and has developed corporate and brand identity programs across a broad range of markets including Asia, Europe, Middle East, Central America and the United States. His clients have included Avianca, Citi, Coty, eBay, Envision Energy, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, IBM, ITT Industries, Johnson Controls, Kodak, LG Electronics, MasterCard, Mayflower, The National Football League, Samsung, Sprint, Starbucks, Sysmex, Taca Airlines, UMW, United Airlines, United Van Lines, Walmart, Wells Fargo and Zonik. His work has been recognized by leading publications and programs such as Communication Arts, Graphic Design USA, Identity: Best of The Best, Logo Lounge, Rebrand 100 Global Awards, and The Worldwide Logo Design Annual. Previously, he worked as a graphic designer at Landor Associates. Bogdan holds a B.F.A. Summa Cum Laude from the Art Academy of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Dr. Stefan Fillip is a Senior Partner at Lippincott based in Hong Kong with over 20 years of consulting experience, specializing in the development of brand and marketing strategies. He is a member of the firm's executive committee and leads Lippincott's operations in Asia. He has been working across the region for over 14 years. Stefan's areas of expertise include brand strategy, brand architecture, brand portfolio management, naming and naming systems, brand equity assessment and valuation, customer segmentation and brand alignment, and value proposition development. In Korea, he has directed programs for clients such as Doosan Group, Doosan Infracore, Hyundai Card, Kia Motors, Korea Exchange Bank, Korea Telecom, Renault Samsung Motors, Samsung Electronics, Samsung Card, Samsung Life Insurance, Samsung Securities, SK Energy, SK Group, and SK Telecom. Before joining Lippincott, Stefan was a principal at Oliver Wyman where he directed corporate strategy, marketing strategy and business design projects for clients in telecommunications and high-tech industries. Prior to that, he was an in-house consultant at Mercedes Benz and an Assistant Professor in Marketing at the University of Kaiserslautern/Germany. Stefan holds a master's degree in Business Administration and Engineering and a Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Kaiserslautern/Germany.

Ric Dragon is the author of Social Marketology and the DragonSearch Online Marketing Manual, both published by Mc-Graw Hill. He is the CEO and co-founder of DragonSearch, with more than 20 years of extensive experience in graphic design, information architecture, web development and digital marketing. As an artist, Ric has been shown in countless group and solo shows. He is a regular guest columnist for Marketing Land, and Social Media Monthly, and a speaker at many marketing and business conferences.

Yonghun Jung is a Ministerial Counsellor for Energy and Environment at the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE), Korea. He is advising the Ministry on various energy issues including oversees energy resources development projects, oil and natural gas (LNG) procurement, new and renewable energy policies and projects, and climate change negotiations. Yonghun's past experiences has included research program management of Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre in Tokyo for 10 years, contributing to the development of energy policies and measures of APEC member economies with a view to enhance intra-APEC energy trade and investment. He managed numerous energy research projects covering energy demand supply outlook, infrastructure development, technology development, economic and market analyses and regulatory issues. Prior to joining APERC, Yonghun spent 5 years at Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI), where he played a key role in developing KEEI's energy outlook model as well as a Pipeline Natural Gas Project's feasibility assessment model. Currently he also serves as the executive secretary for the International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN), an International Energy Agency (IEA)'s implementing agreement and at the same time one of the key initiatives under the Clean Energy Ministerial. He is leading the management of various smart-grid related international activities including global smart-grid inventory, case studies, and cost-benefit analyses at the ISGAN secretariat. He has published a number of reports and articles on various energy issues that include, inter alia, Feasibility study on the Irukutsk Natural Gas Pipeline Project, the 1st National Communication of the Republic of Korea to UNFCCC, Electricity Sector Deregulation in APEC region, Making CDM Workable, and three APEC Energy Demand and Supply Outlooks. He holds a doctoral degree in Economics from the University of Rochester, New York.

James A. Brown is a Managing Partner for Eznergy LLC and Eznergy NJ LLC; and also an Alternative Energy Funding Specialist. He obtained a BA degree of Business Administration and Accounting at the Gettysburg College (Class of 1979), He obtained his bachelors in Business Administration and Accounting at the Gettysburg College (Class of 1979), Pennsylvania. James is an entrepreneur, and formed several companies in the computer and solar industry. His interests include family activities, church functions, charity work and sports. He also participates in promoting alternative energy to improve the environment by informing people of the money saved and reducing the use of polluting energy sources. He worked as a Solar Industry Advocate since 2007 and implemented over 20 megawatts of solar energy systems and other alternative energy solutions. James established a computer solutions company with annual revenues increasing to $32M from 1998 to 2010. Prior to the Eznergy companies, he has had over 18 years of work experiences in sales and marketing positions for Unisys Corporation from 1979 to 1998, and his sales records totaled over $175M worth of computers and services.

Quayle Hodek is the founder and CEO of Renewable Choice Energy, a leading U.S. renewable energy and sustainability solutions provider. Hodek is recognized as a pioneer in green power marketing. Since founding the company in 2001, Hodek has built Renewable Choice into one of the most respected renewable energy and sustainability companies in the U.S. In 2006, Hodek helped Whole Foods Market become the first major corporation to go to 100% renewable energy. Today, the company's clients include 50 of the Fortune 500, green buildings, universities, cities, and middle-market businesses. Hodek's expertise has played a key role in harnessing consumer demand to drive U.S. renewable energy growth. Under Hodek's leadership, Renewable Choice has developed innovative products and services to meet the growing interest in sustainable alternatives, including the Wind Power Card, the first renewable energy retail product, Green Your Phone, a cell phone offset product developed in conjunction with Best Buy, and Mosaic™, a web-based carbon management software platform that helps organizations measure and reduce their carbon emissions. Hodek was instrumental in the creation of the Green-e Certification Program, North America's highest industry standard for renewable energy purchasing. Hodek and Renewable Choice are also founding members of the Renewable Energy Markets Association (REMA). Called one of the "7 Hottest CEOs" by Treehugger.com and a "Top 30 Under 30" by Utne Reader magazine, Hodek has been featured in numerous national and international media outlets including CNN, CNBC, The New York Times, TIME, and the Wall Street Journal, and given the Green Power Beacon award from the U.S. Department of Energy. In 2012, Renewable Choice was named the Green Power Supplier of the Year 2012 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Hodek resides in Boulder, Colorado, USA, where he serves as a mentor to other entrepreneurs at the Unreasonable Institute.

Yonghun Jung is a Ministerial Counsellor for Energy and Environment at the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE), Korea. He is advising the Ministry on various energy issues including oversees energy resources development projects, oil and natural gas (LNG) procurement, new and renewable energy policies and projects, and climate change negotiations. Yonghun's past experiences has included research program management of Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre in Tokyo for 10 years, contributing to the development of energy policies and measures of APEC member economies with a view to enhance intra-APEC energy trade and investment. He managed numerous energy research projects covering energy demand supply outlook, infrastructure development, technology development, economic and market analyses and regulatory issues. Prior to joining APERC, Yonghun spent 5 years at Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI), where he played a key role in developing KEEI's energy outlook model as well as a Pipeline Natural Gas Project's feasibility assessment model. Currently he also serves as the executive secretary for the International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN), an International Energy Agency (IEA)'s implementing agreement and at the same time one of the key initiatives under the Clean Energy Ministerial. He is leading the management of various smart-grid related international activities including global smart-grid inventory, case studies, and cost-benefit analyses at the ISGAN secretariat. He has published a number of reports and articles on various energy issues that include, inter alia, Feasibility study on the Irukutsk Natural Gas Pipeline Project, the 1st National Communication of the Republic of Korea to UNFCCC, Electricity Sector Deregulation in APEC region, Making CDM Workable, and three APEC Energy Demand and Supply Outlooks. He holds a doctoral degree in Economics from the University of Rochester, New York.

James L. Smith holds the Cary M. Maguire Chair in Oil and Gas Management at Southern Methodist University. Having specialized in energy studies since receiving his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1977, Dr. Smith has been a prolific researcher and author. His publications on OPEC, energy markets, real options, auction theory, and the oil and gas business have appeared in numerous academic and trade journals, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Economic Perspectives, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Mathematical Geology, the Oil and Gas Journal, and World Oil. Dr. Smith is a Senior Fellow of the United States Association for Energy Economics and since 2006 has served as Co-editor of The Energy Journal—the flagship publication of the International Association for Energy Economics. In addition to his academic duties at Southern Methodist University, Dr. Smith provides consulting services to numerous energy companies, regulatory agencies, and other organizations, in the U.S. and abroad.

DJ Kangreceived his Bachelor, M.S. and Ph.D degrees on electrical engineering at Hong-ik University. He joined KERI (Korea Electro-technology Research Institute) sinceSep. 2001. He has worked on many projects related to electricity market, power system operation, and smart grid. His main interests include market simulation, cyber security, operation research, smart grid business model, etc. Recently he is participating in ISGAN (International Smart Grid Action Network) activities as a national expert from Korea. He is leading one of study annexes (groups) for smart grid case studies on various smart grid projects from participating countries in ISGAN.

Professor Sweeney, Stanford University, is Director of the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center and Professor of Management Science and Engineering. His professional activities focus on economic policy and analysis, particularly in energy, natural resources, and the environment. He currently is Senior Fellow of: the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research; Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace; Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Precourt Institute for Energy. Prof. Sweeney is a Senior Fellow of the U.S. Association for Energy Economics, a lifetime National Associate of the National Academies, a council member and senior fellow of the California Council on Science and Technology, a member of the External Advisory Council of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Prof. Sweeney earned his B.S. degree from MIT in electrical engineering and his Ph.D. from Stanford University in engineering-economic systems.

Professor Jang graduated from the department of aeronautics at Boston University, earned his M.A. in the department of mechanics at the MIT and M.A. of business science at MIT Sloan MBA. Then, he earned his Ph. D. at the department of mechanics at the MIT for the production methods considering uncertainties. He worked in the U.S. HQ of Micron Technology, a global semiconductor company as a strategic project manager and supported cost cuts and strategic decision-making processes utilizing scientific methods. Currently, he is a professor in the department of the industry and system engineering at KAIST and performs various researches including supply chain management, mathematical decision-making, feasibility analysis of electric vehicles and big data analysis to enhance mathematical theories and cutting-edge technologies as competitive edges for the business administration. He also has interests in the mathematical analysis of sports games. Jang wrote a book titled 'Business Concert', a best-selling book in the first half of 201 in Kyobo Book Centre and received Jung Jingi Media Award in 2011 for his efforts delivering the knowledge of business administration to lay people with fun. He contributes to the Management 2.0 e-column in Donga Business Review.

As global head of R&D at Opera Solutions, Jacob is in charge of finding and applying new innovations in machine learning. Under his watch the R&D team developed key Opera innovations, including an adaptive auto auction pricing solution utilizing Kalman filters, and collaborative filtering techniques to find statistical anomalies in medical bills as a way to detect revenue leakage. He has more than two decades experience in machine learning, focusing in particular on neural networks. He headed up the Opera Solutions team that, as part of "The Ensemble," ended up "first equals" in the prestigious Netflix data mining competition, beating out over 41,000 other entrants. He has also led projects at major financial institutions, including advanced credit risk models incorporating advanced nonlinear techniques. Before joining Opera Solutions, Jacob led a custom fraud analytics consulting team at Fair Isaac and has also held analytics leadership positions at SAS, ID Analytics, and boutique consulting company BasePoint. Jacob holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pretoria, and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Southern California.

Chris Jang is the Head of Korea for Amazon Web Services (AWS). Chris leads the team that helps businesses of all sizes in Korea learn about AWS and implement the cloud computing platform, allowing them to save money, accelerate their time to market, and focus on their core business. Chris helped establish AWS in Korea and has been with the company for over 2 years. Chris has over 17 years of experience in sales, business development and general management in Korea and Asia Pacific. Prior to joining Amazon Web Services, Chris held management positions at Openwave Systems and Bytemobile (now part of Citrix Systems). Chris earned his Master of Science from the University of Washington and Bachelor of Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Abhishek Sinha Abhishek is a Business Development Manager at Amazon Web Services covering Asia Pacific and focusses on Big Data and High Performance computing workloads. Abhishek discusses the technical and business aspects of cloud computing throughout the region. Abhishek has over 12 years of experience in the IT industry. Abhishek comes from an software engineering background and also has experience in solution architecting, solution sales, and business development. He joined Amazon Web Services in 2012. Prior to joining Amazon, Abhishek was with Hewlett Packard Asia Pacific. Abhishek holds a bachelors in computer engineering from Gujarat University, India.

MJ Kim is the head of Business Development and R Tech Center of FK BCG Corp. She is also a committee member of KRUG. Prior to joining FK BCG Corp., MJ was the head of Scoring Business Team at NEXTWAVE Inc. Since around 2010, MJ has put efforts into a project, which applies advanced techniques to analyze macroeconomic variables and their impact. She has introduced Revolution R, commercial version of open source R, of Revolution Analytics in the Korean market. In the meantime, she has paid a keen attention to big data analysis, which leads to a partnership with Opera Solutions, a US-based company specialized in big data analysis to introduce a big data analysis platform, Signal Hub in the Korean market. In the 1990s, MJ introduced the Credit Scoring in the Korean market. In the 2000s, MJ took the lead to introduce various models-revenue and loan-and strategic system and develop Positive Credit Bureau Score. Introduction of advanced transaction models, and optimization technology for call center channel management were also a part of her achievements.

Mr. Robert Yu graduated from Trinity College, double majoring in Economics and Japanese Literature. He has an MBA from Colombia University. Then, he worked for Novartis Pharmaceutical as a salesman for 2 years and as an educator for 3 years. He was an accountant for Arthur Andersen and a customer management consultant for Merrill Lynch before he moved to YuYu Group in 2008. Now, he is a director of YuYu Pharma and YuYu Healthcare.

Gavin Coombes began his career in public affairs in his native New Zealand, having graduated with degrees in journalism and communications from the country's largest university. Gavin moved to the heart of Asia-Pacific in 1998 as Corporate Communications Director, South-East Asia, for Visa International where he was responsible for all PR activity for the company across six markets. Inspired by the emerging possibilities of digital communications channels he moved to Euro RSCG Worldwide in 2000 with a brief to build the agency's Hong Kong office as an interactive marketing hub. This ultimately led to Gavin being promoted first to lead all marketing (digital, direct, data, event and field) services for Greater China in 2003 and then for the wider Asia-Pacific region in 2005. Having explored all facets of BTL marketing he took a radically different role in 2007 as the Asia-Pacific CEO of FutureBrand and expanded the agency in two directions: public sector (via large engagements for the Singapore and Malaysian governments) and consumer products (via an on-going relationship with P&G). With the digital communications sector having evolved dramatically since in 2000 he joined Profero, also as Asia-Pacific CEO, in 2010 in order to master the new challenges posed by social media and to synthesize his multi-channel skills with new real-time channels. In this role he successfully pitched and won a highly coveted position for Profero on the global Unilever digital agency roster: Unilever is now on track to become the biggest global client for Profero by 2013.

Jerome C. Glenn co-founded and directs The Millennium Project, a leading global participatory think tank supported by international organizations, governments, corporations, and NGOs, which produces the internationally recognized State of the Future annual reports for the past 16 years. Jerome Glenn invented the ""Futures Wheel"", a futures assessment technique; Futuristic Curriculum Development, and concepts such as conscious-technology, transinstitutions, tele-nations, management by understanding, feminine brain drain, just-in-time knowledge, feelysis, nodes as a management concept for interconnecting global and local views and actions, and definitions of environmental security, collective intelligence, and scenarios. He has consulted for governments, corporations, UN organizations, and NGOs. He wrote about information warfare in the late 1980s in his book Future Mind, sent his first email in 1973, and was hired by the Quakers' action arm to organize the environmental programs in New England 1971. In the mid-1980s he was instrumental in getting x.25 packet switching in 29 developing countries which was key to their later getting low cost access to the Internet. More recently he led the design and implementation of collective intelligence systems for the Global Climate Change Situation Room in South Korea, the Prime Minister's Office of Kuwait, and now the Global Futures Intelligence System. Saturday Review named him among the most unusually gifted leaders of America for his pioneering work in Tropical Medicine, Future-Oriented Education, and Participatory Decision Making Systems in 1974. He was instrumental in naming the first Space Shuttle the Enterprise and banning the first space weapon (FOBS) in SALT II. He has published over 150 future-oriented articles, spoken to over 300 organizations, written several books (Future Mind, Linking the Future, and co-author of Space Trek), and is the editor of Futures Research Methodology Version 3.0. Other research is available at www.millennium-project.org.