Name: THE Innovation & Impact Summit 2026
Start: 2026-11-17T09:00:00+09:00
End: 2026-11-19T16:00:00+09:00
Location: Korea University

Speakers

Our high-quality speakers are essential to ensuring our events engage audiences and provide relevant, up-to-date and innovative content for our delegates. If you are an innovator or influencer in your field, or know someone who is, please apply below.

Shiyi Chen

President

Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo

Wen-Chang Chen

President

National Taiwan University

Ian Chew

Founder

Greenie Web

Ha Uk Chung

Assistant Professor

Korea University

Darren Cooke

Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship Officer

University of California, Berkeley

Sanmay Das

Professor and Associate Director of AI for Social Impact

Virginia Tech

Amir Dhia

Technical Manager for Higher Education

Education Above All Foundation

Marina Donohoe

Chief Executive Officer

QUBIS

Dawn Freshwater

Executive Director

Worldwide Universities Network

Randolph Hall

Director, Centre for Risk and Economic Analysis of Threats and Emergencies

University of Southern California

Tim Hart

Director Warwick Innovations

University of Warwick

Seungh Ah Hong

Investor

Korea University Holdings

Kiyohiro Houkin

President

Hokkaido University

Kuancheng Huang

Chief Director, Center for Institutional Research and Data Analytics

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Yun-jong Jeon

President

Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology

John Kao

President

National Tsing Hua University

Derik(Dae Jin) Kim

Chief K-Preneur

K-Preneurs

Shin Cheul Kim

Associate Vice-President for Research and Development (Knowledge Transfer)

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Alistair Lawrence

Head of Branded Content

Times Higher Education

Mai Lan Le

President

VinUniversity

Hyemin Lee

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

Finda

Sophia Li

Senior Regional Director, Greater China

Times Higher Education

Mei Mei Lim

President, APAC

Times Higher Education

Sun Sun Lim

Vice-President of Partnerships and Engagement

Singapore Management University

Max Lu

President and Vice-Chancellor

University of Wollongong

Joshua Ka-ho Mok

President

The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong

Jon Mon

Professor

Korea University

Nomcebo Mthombeni

Interim Director

Durban University of Technology

Christina Murray

Chief International Adviser to the President

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Eric Parilla

Vice-President for Research, Community, Social Development and Internationalisation

Northwestern University

Thomas Park

Chief Investment Officer

InBc Investment Corp

Joe Qin

President

Lingnan University

Fernando Reis

Vice-President for Research

Federal University of Minas Gerais

Helmut Schönenberger

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

UnternehmerTUM

Anderson Shum

Vice-President and Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research

The University of Hong Kong

Daniel Sui

Senior Vice-President of Research and Innovation

Virginia Tech

Barış Tan

President

Özyeğin University

Clarence Tan

Chief Executive Officer

Origgin Capital

Sian Wee Tan

Senior Vice-President of Innovation and Enterprise

National University of Singapore

Yap Peng Tan

Provost

VinUniversity

Ani Vashakmadze

Associate Professor

Business and Technology University

Franck Vazquez

Director of Open Science

Frontiers

Dolores Volkert

Head of Strategic Education Initiatives

EIT RawMaterials

Christina Wong

Director of Research and Innovation

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Lydia Wong

Director, Global Alliance of Industries @ NTU

Nanyang Technological University

Sang Hyeon Woo

Chief Executive Officer

Korea University Holdings

Bin Yang

Vice-Chancellor of the University Council

Tsinghua University

Jia-Yush Yen

President

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Jaeho Yeom

President

Taejae University

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