Bob Webb is the Martin J. Patsel, Jr., Research Professor at the McIntire School of Commerce  at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A. He is also the Editor of the Journal  of Futures Markets—a leading academic journal in finance that focuses on publishing research  on derivative securities and markets. His background includes service in business, government  and academia. Specifically it includes: trading fixed income securities for the Investment  Department of the World Bank (Consultant); trading financial futures and options on the floor of  the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (Member); designing new financial futures and option  contracts for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (Senior Financial Economist); analyzing the  effects of deregulating the financial services industry, among others, at the Executive Office of  the President, Office of Management and Budget (Senior Financial Economist); examining  issues related to international futures markets at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading  Commission (Senior Financial Economist). He earned his M.B.A. and Ph.D., degrees in  finance from the University of Chicago. He held a joint appointment at the Korea Advanced  Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Business School in Seoul, Korea for three years.  He has written opinion pieces for The Wall Street Journal, (USA) Investors’ Business Daily,  (USA) Nikkei Weekly, (Japan), MK Economic Newspaper (Korea) and the Nihon Keizai  Shimbun (Japan). He has published his research in a number of academic journals including  the Journal of Econometrics and the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics and is the  author of the books, Trading Catalysts: How Events Move Markets and Create Trading  Opportunities, and Macroeconomic Information and Financial Trading and the co-author of the  books, Investment Strategy and State and Local Economic Policy, and Shock Markets: Trading  Lessons for Volatile Times which was published by the FT (Financial Times) Press in April 2013.  Pearson and China Machine Press published the Chinese translation of Shock Markets: Trading  Lessons for Volatile Times, in 2015 under the title, The Real Rules of Trading.

Byung Duck Kim is currently a Senior Research Fellow Financial Markets Division at the  Korea Institute of Finance (KIF). He assumed this position after serving as Director General  for Public Funds at the Ministry of Planning and Budget in 2006. During his four years at the  Ministry, he was in charge of the supervision, evaluation, and monitoring of all public funds in  Korea, such as the National Pension Fund. Currently, Dr. Kim’s research interests span various  financial issues, such as pension funds, asset management, financial institutions, markets, and  regulations.   In addition to his role at the Ministry of Planning and Budget, Dr. Kim has played an active  role in a variety of government committees, including the Committee for Pool of Public Funds,  the Committee for Public Funds Evaluation, the Committee for Public Enterprises Evaluation  at the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the Asset Management Committee of the Korea  Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC), and the Risk Management Committee of the National  Pension Fund among several others.   Dr. Kim completed his undergraduate studies at Seoul National University and the University  of Texas at Austin; and received his MA and PhD from the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Bon Sung Gu has been a Senior Research Fellow at the KIF since 2007. His research  interests are mostly in financial industry policy issues from managerial, legal and supervisory  perspectives. He served as a member of the management advisory board or a member of  board of directors in several Korean financial institutions including banking holding company and life insurer. Prior to joining the KIF, he worked for Andersen Consulting in the strategy  and financial services areas upon earning his doctorate from the University of York. His  publications are mostly related to policy and supervisory issues and managerial strategies  in the Korean banking sector.

Ph. D in Finance, Seoul National University Editorial, Journal of Finance and Public Assets President, Korean Association of Financial Engineering (2015) Member, Committee for Housing Finance Management General Leader, Evaluation Sub-group for Research Planning, Government Policy Research Institutions (2017) Expert Adviser for Social Science Group, Korea Research Foundation Chief, BB21 Research Team (2010-2013) Lieutenant, Korea Air Force

Dr. Ki Hwan Lee is currently the dean of Graduate School of Maritime Finance and a professor of  corporate finance at Department of Shipping Management, Korea Maritime and Ocean University  in Busan, Korea. He is also the director of Global Ship Finance Expert Training Program funded by  Ministry of Ocean and Fishery Affairs and Korea Shipowners’ Association. He served as the dean  of academic affairs and the dean of College of International Studies at KMOU. Before joining  KMOU in 1995, he also worked for Korea Development Institute from 1982 to 1994. He also served  as a member of Management Evaluation Committee of public enterprises between 2003 and 2010.  In addition, he has served as a member of several committees of Busan Metropolitan City  Government since 1996. He was a president of Korea Association of Financial Engineering and has  also served as a director or an editor of many finance related academic associations since 1996. He received his Ph.D. from Manchester Business School, University of Manchester in 1993. His  recent research areas include shipping finance, IPOs, venture capital and entrepreneurship. In  particular, he published many papers on the performance of venture capital-backed IPOs in the  journals such as the Korean Management Review, Korea Venture Management Review, Korean  Journal of Financial Management. He is recently focusing on ship finance research.

<Education> 2008-2010     CFA INSTITUTE, Charter Holder 1998-2005     YONSEI UNIVERSITY, Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science)     <Career> 2015 –Current     KENSHO TECHNOLOGIES, AI Consultant Feb 2017 –Feb 2018     JAPAN INTERNATIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT CONSORTIUM (JIAM), Senior Advisor PYTH, Founder : PYTH, a short for Process Your Transaction Here, is an independent technology development company. I established PYTH for a VISA purpose, but also I needed to establish a contract with companies such as Kensho on B2B basis, so that I can hire engineers. We are planning an expansion to Singapore in the near future. 2015 – 2018     NEXT VENTURES, CEO : Next Ventures is an affiliated arm of PYTH, with a mission to incubate technology startup companies. 2007 – 2015     MIZUHO SECURITIES, Vice President at Investment Banking Products Group Jul 2007     EHMAN BROTHERS, Associate at Equity Derivatives Sales 2005 - 2007, Korea     SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS, Analyst at Samsung Corporate Venture Group

<Education> Bachelor of Philosophy, Beijing University Master Program at KAIST Munsul Future Strategy Graduate School   <Career> Huobi Korea, CFO LindemanAsia Investment Robust Asset Management

<Career> 2016.11~ Present,         Chair and Founder, Chair of Korea Soceity of Blockchain 2017.3~ present,           Board Member at Shinhan Bank (No 1 Bank in Korea) 2017 ~ present,             ISO/TC307 Korean Representative of Blockchain Standard 2017.11 ~ present,         Advisory Committee Member of Financial Service Commission (FSC) 2017 ~ present,             Blockchain Advisor of City of Seoul 2014 ~ present,             Chair of Software Venture program division, Korea University 2014, 2015                    Inside Bitcoins Speaker, Kintex, Seoul, Korea 2014,                             World Knowledge Forum Speaker 2012 ~ 2013                  Associate Dean of Graduate School of Computer & Information Technology 2011 ~ 2012                  Associate Dean of College of Information & Communication 1999 ~ 2003                  Assistant Professor, Computer Science Dept., Texas A&M Univ.

<Education> Master of Law, Brigham Young University   <Career> Chairman of Board of Governors, American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (2017.07 ~ ) President, Foundation Ronald McDonald House of Korea( 2015.06 ~ )  Lawyer, Kim & Chang Law Office ( 1980.10 ~ ) President, American Chamber of Commerce in Korea ( 1998.08 ~ 2002.12 ) Civil commissioner of the government regulation reform committee ( 2003.04 ) Advisor to the Seoul International Economic Advisory Council ( 2001.11 ~ ) Chairman, Future Companion Foundation ( 2000.02 ~ ) Commissioner, The Foreign Investment Advisory Committee of the City of Seoul ( 1999.03 ~ ) Commissioner, The Special Committee on Future Strategy of the Red Cross Commissioner, The Foreign Policy Committee Director, The Korea Tourism Organization Commissioner, The Northeast Asian Economic Center Promotion Committee Advisor to the Small and Medium Business Policy Commissioner, Jeju Free International City Support Committee Outside Director, GM Korea ( 2015.09 ~ 2018.03 ) Director, The Korea-US Educational Culture Foundation ( 2005.09 ~ ) Director, Environmental Foundation ( 2005.05 ~ ) Outside Directior of Doosan ( 2004.03 ~ 2010.03 ) Outside Directior of POSCO( 2004.03 ~ 2010.02 ) Baker & McKenzie’s Chicago Office ( 1979.09 ~ 1980.10 ) Baker & McKenzie’s Tokyo Office ( 1978.05 ~ 1979.09 )

Mr. Ulf Carlsson joined Nasdaq in 1996. He has since 2003 been heading up Nasdaq’s operations  in North Asia & Japan, based in Hong Kong. He is the Chairman of Nasdaq Japan Ltd. and MarketWire China Inc., as well as the Director of the  Board of Nasdaq Hong Kong Ltd and Nasdaq Singapore Ltd. Previously, from 1996 to 2003, Ulf was the Head of Nasdaq Marketplace Systems Business Unit,  responsible for development and support of the marketplace systems globally.  Ulf holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science at the University of Lund, Sweden.

<Education> Ph.D, Technology Innovation Management, Postech   <Career> Strategic Planning, Huobi Korea Strategic Planning & Data science team, Woowa brothers Corps. Technology Strategy Team, Samsung SDS

<Education> Bachelor in Statistics, Kyungpook National University Master in Software Engineering, Sogang University Doctor in Computer Science, Soongsil University Future Integrated Technology Program Course, Seoul National University   <Career> 2017-current :    IBM Korea CTO, Director 2015-2016 :      S&D TSE & Samsung Tech Advisor, Director 2013-2014 :      SWG CTO & Tech Sales Executive 2011-2012 :      SWG Architect Group leader, Executive  2010 :             SWG System z SW Tech Sales leader, Executive 1990 :             Join IBM Korea

PARK Young Ho has almost 30 years of experience in capital market and now heads the Busan  International Financial City Promotion Center from February 2017. He is the primary contact for  global financial institutions with interests in developing their businesses in Busan Financial Hub.  He served as Executive Director of Korea Securities Depository, where he started his career in  1987. Between 2012 and 2016 PARK has been heading the Global Securities and Fund Division  and between 2009 and 2012 he led the Strategy and Planning Department of Korea Securities  Depository. He has BA in law from KonKuk University and MS in international finance from  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

<Education> Ph.D.,         University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Economic, 1995 M.S.,          University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Economics, 1993 B. A.,          Yonsei University, Applied Statistics, 1980   <Career> Executive Director The Export-Import Bank of Korea Director General Ship Finance Department The Export-Import Bank of Korea