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Marta Allina
Founder, Seoul Startups
Marta Allina (Poland) originally came to Korea for a student exchange. That was over 11 years ago. Having graduated from Yonsei University Business School, she worked for a few years for THE corporation, before deciding to pursue the path of a community builder. She is now part of weave, a collective of changemakers engaged in social impact projects, like ASAN SANGHOE, and is running Seoul Startups, Korea's biggest international startup community. She believes in entrepreneurship empowerment, balanced business ecosystems and transparency in daily life. Passionate crossfitter and Olympic weightlifter.
Myungrak Kim
CEO at ChoRockSoft (South Korea)
A programmer, making computer games since his school days, Myungrak went to the Department of Atomic Nuclear Engineering at Seoul National University with a vision that fusion energy is the future of mankind, and conducted research on controlling nuclear fusion devices, using big data and artificial intelligence as part of his graduate research. He started his first business in 2002, when Korean venture bubble was completely over, and experienced failure within four years. For the next 10 years, he was in charge of strategic planning, new business, management innovation, information strategy, and construction IT convergence at large and medium-sized companies, and on weekends, went to business school. He started an artificial intelligence company, "Green Soft”in 2015. As the company CEO, he has been able to experience both market expectations and misunderstandings about artificial intelligence. He is currently serving as an adjunct professor at Yonsei University and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, respectively, teaching artificial intelligence in the financial and sports fields. He teaches big data and artificial intelligence at Sejong University, Eulji University, Dankook University, Kyunghee University, Ulsan Institute of Science and Technology, and Chosun University, and is also striving to foster younger students and popularize artificial intelligence.
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Deepika Sandeep
AI and ML Leader at Honeywell (India)
Deepika is a seasoned leader in the field of analytics, machine learning and natural language processing. Currently, she is an AI leader at Honeywell, driving AI for smart buildings, with focus on sustainability, automation and optimization of operations. She has led AI programs in several organizations, across domains, spanning Industry 4.0, renewable energy, automotive manufacturing, real estate and healthcare. She was featured in Analytics India Magazine's 40 Under 40 Data Scientists and Women in AI Leadership lists. She is also a recognized leader in the renewable energy sector, ranked in "40 Under 40 Most Promising Leaders in Indian Solar Industry" and is among "Asia's Most Influential Women in Renewable Energy".
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Alexander Moltzau
KPMG - IDAS Innovation Unit, Norway and Co-founder of AI Social Research
I realised the possibility of digital communication building a network of 10,000 earthpreneurs from more than 100 countries, youth working towards sustainability. Previously I have built up my understanding of communications through my role as marketing director, and later running a design agency for two years. As a co-founder and board member I have helped build two workplaces: six people working with YSI and four full-time staff with The Worst. After starting up YSI and reaching youth from 170 countries interested in sustainable entrepreneurship I decided to pursue social anthropology with computer science. I am currently working in KPMG Norway as an Associate, focused on applications of artificial intelligence (AI) as well as international development. Simultaneously I am building a network called AI Social Research and I am an avid writer on the topic of climate change and technology.
Dr Doo-won Cha
CEO and Founder of CHA mobility research institute
Cha, Doo-Won, CEO and Founder of CHA mobility research institute, and accelerating and networking the mobility strategy and service in Korea. He received Ph.D. at Ajou University and majored in the human factors and user experience in 2002. He was a visiting researcher at Japan Automobile Research Institute, and Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, director of the Human Interface Team at Hyundai MOBIS Research Center, and the policy director at 42.dot. He is an author of The Future of Mobility (2018), and co-authored Job Killer- The Future of Jobs Changing by Robotand AI(2016), The Fourth Industrial Revolution-The Age of Big Bang Disruption (2016), The Age of Hyper Connectivity-The Future of Sharing Economy and Internet of Things(2015), and so on. Currently he is working as a consultant, writer, analyst for mobility and human-machine interface design for various areas of companies.
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Ayush Jaiswal
Co-Founder and CEO of Pesto Tech
Ayush Jaiswal is the Co-Founder and CEO of Pesto Tech, an intensive training programme dedicated to upskilling India’s five million software engineers and giving them access to borderless job opportunities. Founded in 2017, Pesto Tech does this by teaching them how to be effective remote employees and showcasing their talent to the world's best tech companies.
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Prashant Sharma
Head of Growth at Springboard India
Prashant is the Head of Growth for the San-Francisco based online education company, Springboard. He has been instrumental in setting up the India Business and scaled it from 0 to several million dollars in ARR over the last couple of years. In his previous avatar, he has been an entrepreneur and also played an active role in building the startup ecosystem of India.