On November 11, Richard Levick will participate in the annual Asian Leadership Conference sponsored by The Chosun Ilbo, Korea’s leading business publication, where global leaders from Barack Obama to David Cameron have come to discuss possible solutions for the pressing issues facing Asia today.
Date:
- Local time in Korea: November 11, 2020 (the event was supposed to be held in May but has been postponed due to the COVID-19)
- EST: 20:00PM, November 10 ~ 11:00AM, November 11
Format: All sessions will be delivered online due to the COVID-19 circumstance.
Theme: Leadership to Reshape the World For the Next 100 Years
The Asian Leadership Conference (ALC), hosted by The Chosun Ilbo, is the most renowned international conference where global leaders come together to discuss and provide possible solutions for the pressing issues that Asia is facing today. With more than 400 sessions, 1000 speakers and 18,000 attendees, the ALC is one of the biggest and most prestigious gatherings of leaders in Asia. World renowned political leaders, global corporate CEOs, and academic leaders have spoken in the conference since its inauguration, and participants of the conference include C&D level and senior executives of Korea’s biggest conglomerates, senior government leaders and officials, professors and researchers
Host: The Chosun Ilbo is regarded as the most influential newspaper in Korea. Founded in 1920, it is the oldest newspaper in Korea and has been continuously striving for journalistic excellency.
Past Speakers:
Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States
David Cameron, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
George W. Bush, the 43rdPresident of the United States
Ban Ki-moon, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations
H.H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, the Chairperson of Education Above All
Gerhard Schröder, Former Chancellor of Germany
Megawati Sukarnoputri, Former President of Indonesia
Dick Cheney, Former Vice President of the United States
Murayama Tomiichi, Former Prime Minister of Japan
Tang Jiaxuan, Former State Councilor of the People’s Republic of China
Dai Bingguo, Former State Councilor of the People’s Republic of China
Masoumeh Ebtekar, Vice President of Iran
Jack Ma, Founder and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group
Angus Deaton, Winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics
Yang Lan, Chairperson of the Sun Media Group
Bernard Werber, Novelist
George R. Roberts, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of KKR
Goh Chok Tong, Former Prime Minister of Singapore
Mahathir Mohamad, Former Prime Minister of Malaysia
Kono Yohei, Former Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan
William Perry, Former United States Secretary of Defense
Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix
Henry Kissinger, Former Secretary of State of the United States
Collin Powell, Former Secretary of State of the United States
Julia Gillard, Former Prime Minister of Australia
Nikki Haley, Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Paul Ryan, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
