Over the past decade, Futurist Thomas Frey has built an enormous following around the world based on  his ability to develop accurate visions of the future and describe the opportunities ahead. Having started  seventeen businesses himself and assisting on the development of hundreds more, the understanding he  brings to his audiences is a rare blend of reality-based thinking coupled with a clear-headed visualization  of the world ahead. Predicting the future has little value without understanding the driving forces behind  the trends, subtle nuances that can be leveraged, and implications for both the people directly affected in  the industry as well as others farther down the technological food chain.    Before launching the DaVinci Institute, Tom spent 15 years at IBM as an engineer and designer where he  received over 270 awards, more than any other IBM engineer. He is also a past member of the Triple Nine  Society (High I.Q. society over 99.9 percentile).

“Johnny” John David Kim is Strategic Engagement Director and Head of North East Asia at the GSMA.  In this role, he is responsible for engaging with GSMA mobile operator members, ecosystem partners  and government/policy-makers in the Asia Pacific Region. His activities involve working closely with  these organisations to introduce, implement and execute GSMA initiatives/programmes to foster  innovative business/commercial strategies, new technology adoption/commercialization and general  policy and regulatory developments across a range of topics such as IoT, 4G evolution to 5G, VoLTE  Interconnection, VoLTE Roaming, RCS, and New Regulatory Framework etc.   With over 20 years of research and consulting experience in the ICT and Telecoms industry in North  East Asia, Johnny has executed and directed major research and consulting studies for MNOs, vendors  and government/regulatory organisations. Prior to joining the GSMA, he worked as Regional Head /Managing Director for a research and consulting company specializing in providing advice related to  ICT technology commercialization, commercial strategy and policy & regulatory issues.   Johnny completed studies in Science and Business/Marketing at the University of Melbourne and  Swinburne University of Technology, respectively and has also completed postgraduate studies in  Economics and Applied Information Systems.   As of September 2017, Johnny also holds the position of Adjunct Professor at Yonsei University  Graduate School of Information in Seoul, Korea.

Dr. Kim is Executive Vice President at KT where he is head of Economics and Management Research  Institute, an in-house management consulting organization. Last year he co-authored two books,  The Fourth Industrial Revolution, a Korean Way and The 10 ICT Trends That Will Transform Korea in  2018, reflecting recent areas of research at his organization. In the former book, he argues that the  ICT-based Fourth Industrial Revolution (to much more extent than what mankind experienced in the  previous industrial revolutions) is a two-edged sword that involves the risk of aggravating economic  and social inequality (due to the ‘skill-biased’ nature of recent technologies) as well as the opportunities  of empowering human beings enabled by ICT (AI and 5G mobile networks in particular), proposing big  public-private partnerships (a Digital New Deal) directed at solving social problems and making the  upcoming transformation benefit all by means of ICT.   Prior to joining KT in 2011, Dr. Kim was a Senior Research Fellow at the Korea Information Society  Development Institute (KISDI) (1995-2010). (KISDI is a government-sponsored research institute  specializing in ICT policy.) During his career at KISDI, he authored numerous policy reports and was  actively engaged in the government’s policy making for telecom regulation and ICT industry development.  He also published several scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals including the Review of Network  Economics, Information Economics and Policy, Economics Letters, and Telecommunications Policy.   He obtained his B.A. in Economics from Korea University in 1986 and his Ph.D. in Economics from  UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) in 1992.

<Education> University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering, Ph.D. Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology(KAIST), Department of Management Science, M.S.   <Career> Hanyang Univsity, Business School, Professor Korea Media Management Association, President Korea IT Service Academy Association, Vice President Manchester Metropolitan University, Business School, Assoicate Professor University of East Anglia, Business School, Assistant Professor

<Education> Kwangwoon University Media Content   <Career > VentaVR is the studio on the basis of highly understanding of stereoscopic 3D virtual reality provides  deepest presence and immersion. - Stardate with IRENE , Bloodless VR, Worldvision VR, unicef VR Solicitor (KIPT)

ILYong Seong is Digital Transformation Office lead and the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Cisco Korea.  He is responsible for the success of customers Digital Journey. In addition, ILYong is accountable for working  between Cisco and our customers to establish processes and procedures for capturing, messaging, and  addressing key business requirements and market transitions that need to be delivered in Cisco’s architecture  and solution offerings.   Previously, ILYong Seong was responsible for North Asia System Engineering team and also led the  transformational business team for a new business model in Korea. He used to work panel of a judge for Korea Internet Award which was led by KCC in 2010. A Nineteen-year Cisco employee, ILYong Seong is a former Army Officer. He holds an MS in Electronics from  KwangWoon Univ and competed KAIST Advanced Management course.

He has been an Information Security Specialist and Manager for over 20 years. He was a Software Engineer  at IBM Korea, Inc., from 1991 to 1996 and transferred to KISA (Korea Information Security Agency) in 1996.  Now  he is a Vice President of KISA.   He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science and Statistics from Seoul National University,  Seoul, Korea. And he received his Ph.D. degree in information security at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

<Education> Ph.D Yonsei University   < Career > 2012.1 ~ present    Head of Quantum Information Research Center at KIST 2004.7 ~ 2012.1     Head of Nanosystem Research Center at KIST

<Education> - Korea, University Doctor course completion Information Management & Security - Royal Holloway, University of London MSc Information Security   <Career> - EY, Partner Cyber Security Leader - KT, Senior Vice President ICT Convergence Business Consulting Leader - KT, Senior Vice President CISO (Chief Information Security Office) - Microsoft Korea, Director CSA (Chief Security Advisor) - Samsung Electronics, Senior Manager . Information Security Assurance . Corporate Executive Staff HQ - Samsung SECUI.COM, Senior Manager . Security Consulting team Leader

−      Ph.D in Electric and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul Korea −      System Business Unit, LG Electronics −      Carrier Network Business Unit, LG-Nortel −      R&D Center, Ericsson-LG −      Network Strategy Evolution, Ericsson-LG −      Vice chair of Wireless Network Committee, 5G Forum