Speakers
(Updated: May 17, 2012)
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
(alphabetical order)
- Victoria ESSER, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Digital Strategy, US Department of State, USA
- Yoichi FUNABASHI, Chairman of the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, Former Editor-in-Chief, Asahi Shimbun, Japan
- Jeff JARVIS, Author, “Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live,” and “What Would Google Do?“; Director, Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism, City University of New York, USA
- Riyaad MINTY, Head of Social Media, Al Jazeera, Qatar
- Evgeny MOROZOV, Author, “The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom“; Visiting Scholar, Stanford University; Schwartz Fellow, New America Foundation, USA
- Nicole Rebecca SEAH Xue Ling, Member, Central Executive Committee, National Solidarity Party, Singapore
- Joe TRIPPI, US Political Strategist and Author of “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet and the Overthrow of Everything,” USA
Confirmed Keynote/Plenary Panelists
(alphabetical order)
- Zaffar ABBAS, Editor-in-Chief, Dawn Newspaper, Pakistan
- Donny B.U. (BUDHI UTOYO), Executive Director, ICT Watch, Indonesia
- Peter BECK, Country Representative/Korea, The Asia Foundation, South Korea
- Kang BING, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, China Daily, Beijing
- Ambassasador Raymond BURGHARDT, Director, East-West Seminars, East-West Center; Chairman, American Institute in Taiwan, USA
- Ying CHAN, Director, Journalism and Media Studies Programme, The University of Hong Kong; Chair, Global Agenda Council on Informed Societies, World Economic Forum
- CHEN Juhong, Editor in Chief, qq.com and Tencent, China
- Mike CHINOY, Senior Fellow, U.S.-China Institute, Former CNN Beijing Bureau Chief, USA
- Thomas CRAMPTON, Asia Pacific Director, 360 Digital Influence, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Hong Kong SAR
- Masashi CRETE-NISHIHATA, Research Manager, Citizen Lab, University of Toronto, Canada
- Steven GAN, Founder and Editor, Malaysiakini.com, Malaysia
- Dan GILLMOR, Director, Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University, USA
- Christopher GREEN, Manager for International Affairs, DailyNK, South Korea
- Almar LATOUR, Editor-in-Chief, The Wall Street Journal Asia, Hong Kong SAR
- Jean LEE, Pyongyang and Korea Bureau Chief, The Associated Press
- Isaac Xianghui MAO, Director, Social Brain Foundation; Vice President, United Capital Investment Group, China
- Fon MATHUROS, Director and Deputy Head of Media & Communications, World Economic Forum
- MOON Chung In, Professor, Political Science, Yonsei University; Editor-in-Chief, Global Asia, East Asia Foundation; Former Ambassador for International Security Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, South Korea
- MYUNG Seung-eun, Chair, Korea Business Blog Association, South Korea
- Eric OWLES, Chief Producer – Online, New York Times, USA
- Professor PARK Kyungsin, Law Professor, Korea University, Korea
- Stephen QUINN, Digital Media Consultant
- Durga RAGHUNATH, VP Product and Executive News Producer, Firstpost.com, India
- Maria RESSA, CEO and executive editor, Rappler.com, a social news network; spearheaded citizen journalists to monitor 2007 and 2010 Filipino general elections, Philippines
- Ranjan ROY, Associate Editor, Times of India; Editor, Times News Network, India
- Randall D. SMITH, Professor; Donald W. Reynolds Chair of Business Journalism; Co-Director, Center for the Digital Globe; School of Journalism, University of Missouri, USA: Moderator
- Felix SOH, Digital Media Editor, English and Malay Newspapers Division, Singapore Press Holdings Ltd., Singapore
- Alan SOON, Managing Editor, Yahoo Southeast Asia, Singapore
- Dr. Lokman TSUI, Policy Advisor/Lead for Free Expression, Google Asia-Pacific, Hong Kong SAR
- Suthichai YOON, Editor-in-Chief, Nation Multimedia Group, Thailand
Confirmed Breakout Panelists and Workshop Leaders
(alphabetical order)
- Joshua BENTON, Director, Nieman Journalism Lab, Harvard University, USA
- Tania BRANIGAN, China Correspondent, The Guardian, China
- CHOI Young Jae, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Communications, Hallym University, South Korea
- CHOI Yun Jung, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Media Studies, Ewha Womans University, South Korea
- Britton CUNNINGHAM, Graduate Student, University of Missouri School of Journalism, USA
- Polash DATTA, Assistant News Editor, bdnews24.com; Founder, newsually.com, Bangladesh
- FAN Qing, TV News Producer, Wuhan TV, China
- Jocelyn FORD, Free-Lance Journalist/Filmmaker, China
- KIM Eun Young, President, CEO International, Author of “Global Intelligence,” “Image-making,” and “The Yin and Yang of American Culture: A Paradox,” USA
- KIM Jang Hyun, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Communicology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
- Myint KYAW, Chief Editor, Yangon Press International, Myanmar
- Gabriel KINDER, President, KGBco; Writer for Fox News and CNN’s AC360, New York
- LEE Hye-ryeon, Ph.D., Associate Dean, College of Arts and Humanities, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
- LEE Jong Hyuk, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism and Communication, Kyung Hee University, South Korea
- Taj MEADOWS, Manager of Policy Communications in Asia-Pacific, Google, Japan
- Marilee MORROW, Director, Master of Corporate Media, Associate Professor, News/Sports Director, Department of Communication and Media Studies, Marietta College, USA
- Stephanie PADGETT, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri School of Journalism, USA
- PARK Sung Hee, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Media Studies, Ewha Womans University, South Korea
- Neal PEIRCE, columnist for the Washington Post Writers Group and leading urban issues journalist.
- Aditi PHADNIS, Political Editor, Business Standard, India
- Ann QUON, Principal Director, Department of External Relations, Asian Development Bank, Philippines
- Jean R. RENSHAW, Author, “Korean Women Managers and Corporate Culture: Challenging Tradition, Choosing Empowerment, Creating Change“; and “Kimono in the Boardroom: The Invisible Evolution of Japanese Women Managers,” USA
- Ryan SCHLIEF, Program Manager for Asia, WITNESS, USA
- SOHN Ji-ae, President/CEO, Arirang TV and Radio, Seoul
- SON Young Jun, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Communication, Kookmin University, South Korea
- Kaitlin STEINBERG, Graduate Student, University of Missouri School of Journalism, USA
- Dominic SWIRE, Video Journalist, China Radio International, China
- Glenn VAN ZUTPHEN, Owner, VanMedia Group, Singapore
- Josh VILLANUEVA, Multimedia Journalist, Social Media Evangelist, Rappler.com, Philippines
- Aung ZAW, Editor/Publisher, Irrawaddy Magazine, Chiangmai, Thailand
