This event is hosted by The Chosun Media, Korea’s largest media group, in collaboration with our Center. Run over two days, around 300 speakers—world-renowned political, corporate, community leaders and scholars, participate to share their experiences and insights with over 3500 audiences in this two-day event. Topics discussed range from leadership, management, innovation, digital transformation, AI, and cybersecurity, to healthcare, environment, energy, start-ups, education, politics, trade, and economy. For more info: alc.chosun.com
Conferences
Every year, our Center presents two major international conferences aimed to bring together global and regional leaders to discuss, learn, and provide possible solutions for the pressing issues currently facing Asia. Taking place in Seoul and Kuala Lumpur, the Center, in close partnership with various leading players in the region, strives to promote these two events as the region’s representative premier knowledge forums for the continent’s key decision-makers, leading thinkers, and opinion leaders.
Asian Leadership Conference
Asia Leadership Forum
This event provides the opportunity to hear from leading experts from Harvard University on the topics of leadership, management and innovation encompassing both theories for change and real-life case examples. It is designed to help key decision-makers in Asia develop capacity and competence as change-agents. For more info: alf.asialeadership.org
Past Keynote and Featured Speakers
Barack Obama
The 44th President of the United States of America
David Cameron
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Joko Widodo
President of Indonesia
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India
Jack Ma
Founder and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group
Mark Fagan
Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard University
Barbara Kellerman
Lecturer in Public Leadership, Harvard University
Moshik Temkin
Associate Professor in Public Policy, Harvard University
Samuel Kim
President, Center for Asia Leadership MPA, Harvard University
Robert Livingston
Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard University
Dana Born
Co-Director, Center for Public Leadership Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard University
Dean Williams
Faculty in Public Policy, Harvard University
Steve Jarding
Faculty in Public Policy, Harvard University
Martin Attiq
MBA, Stanford University Fellow, Harvard University
Laura Thompson
Co-Founder/CEO, Coaching for Global Change
David Shore
Faculty in Public Health, Harvard University
Rahul Daswani
MPP, Harvard University
Past Conferences
Asia Leadership Forum 2020
How to Lead Adaptively beyond the Crisis November 16 – 21, 2020 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Asia Leadership Forum 2019
Exercising Leadership in the 21st Century: A Forum of Powerful Ideas from Harvard University May 10-11, 2019 Kuala Lumpur & Kuching, Malaysia
Asia Leadership Forum 2018
Rethinking Leadership in Times of Change & Uncertainty May 19, 2018 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Asia Leadership Conference 2020
The World After the Coronavirus: Rebuilding Global Leadership for the Next 100 years November 11, 2020 Seoul, South Korea
Asia Leadership Conference 2019
The World at a Crossroads: Searching for Concrete Solutions May 14-15, 2019 Seoul, South Korea
Asia Leadership Conference 2018
Globalization in Crisis: Navigating the World with New Opportunities May 16-17, 2018 Seoul, South Korea
Asia Leadership Conference 2017
New Leadership in the Era of Hyper-Uncertainty : Towards Cooperation and Prosperity July 3-4, 2017 Seoul, South Korea