2021 Speakers

PARK In-Kook
President, Chey Institute for Advanced Studies
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Former President, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies
Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Former President, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies

Marvin CHUN
Dean, Yale College
Richard M. Colgate Professor
Psychology; Neuroscience; Cognitive Science
Yale University
Richard M. Colgate Professor
Psychology; Neuroscience; Cognitive Science
Yale University

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KUMA Kengo
Architect
University Professor and Professor Emeritus
The University of Tokyo
University Professor and Professor Emeritus
The University of Tokyo

FUJIGAKI Yuko
Executive Vice President and Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo

YOSHIKAWA Hiroyuki
Member, Japan Academy
President, International Professional University of Technology in Tokyo and Osaka
President, International Professional University of Technology in Tokyo and Osaka

Ulrike Felt
Head of the Department of Science Technology Studies
Head of the Research Platform Research and Innovation in Academic Practice
University of Vienna
Head of the Research Platform Research and Innovation in Academic Practice
University of Vienna

Jeffrey Sachs
President, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University

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Johan Rockström
Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Professor, Earth System Science, University of Potsdam

Vera Songwe
Under Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the ECA, Economic Commission for Africa, UNECA

Paul Polman
Business leader, Campaigner and Co-author of “Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving more than They Take”

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Michael Sandel
Professor of Government, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University

LEE Jihyun
Director, Office of Environmental Management and Mineral Resources
International Seabed Authority
International Seabed Authority

Uday B. Desai
Former Director, IIT Hyderabad
Chancellor, Anurag University, Hyderabad
Chancellor, ICFAI University Dehradun
Honorary Distinguished Professor, Plaksha University
Chancellor, Anurag University, Hyderabad
Chancellor, ICFAI University Dehradun
Honorary Distinguished Professor, Plaksha University

Maria Rivera Espinosa
Aimee van Wynsberghe
Professor
Director, Institute of Science and Ethics
University of Bonn
Director, Institute of Science and Ethics
University of Bonn

IINO Masamitsu
Special Advisor to the Director, IRCN
Professor Emeritus
The University of Tokyo
Vice-President, The Japanese Association of Medical Sciences
Vice-President, The Japanese Medical Science Federation
Professor Emeritus
The University of Tokyo
Vice-President, The Japanese Association of Medical Sciences
Vice-President, The Japanese Medical Science Federation

Takao K. Hensch
Director, IRCN (UTIAS)
Professor, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Professor, Neurology (Boston Children’s Hospital)
Harvard University
Professor, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Professor, Neurology (Boston Children’s Hospital)
Harvard University

HASIDA Koiti
Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo