Asian Leadership Conference
| Asian Leadership Conference (ALC) |
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| purpose | International dialogue |
| Seat | Seoul , South Korea |
| founding | 2005
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| place | Asia, worldwide |
| Organization type | conference |
| Website | www.alcchosun.com |
The Asian Leadership Conference ( ALC ) is an annual international conference hosted by Chosun Ilbo , the highest-circulation Korean daily newspaper, in Seoul , South Korea . The focus of the conference is on current political and economic issues that affect the whole world, but especially Asia.
The first Asian Leadership Conference took place in 2005, a year after the Sumatra-Andaman quake , under the motto “Cooperation and Reconstruction after the Tsunami”. According to the Chosun Ilbo, the main idea behind the conference was that South Korea, based on its own development from a developing country to an industrial nation, could take on a leading role in shaping Asia. What was originally intended as a conference of Asian leaders has quickly developed over the years into a global conference with personalities from all over the world.
The last Asian Leadership Conference was held from March 26th to 27th, 2013 under the motto “Asia's Next Challenge: Good Growth & Smart Welfare” (Asia's next challenge: Good growth and intelligently designed welfare). The next conference is scheduled for March 3-4, 2014 and will be held at the Shilla Hotel, Seoul under the motto “One Korea, New Asia”.
Current conference
The current conference from the ALC series is the Asian Leadership Conference 2014 and will deal with the importance of a reunified Korea in relation to regional security policy and the growth prospects for Korea. George W. Bush , former President of the United States , as well as many other high personalities from politics, business and research will speak on the topic.
- ALC 2014 agendas
The following content is taken from the official brochure of the Asian Leadership Conference 2014:
- “One for One” principle
The “One for One” principle is a donation system introduced for the first time at the ALC 2014, which enables regular participants to issue a day pass. In this way, young adults who are interested in international diplomacy , politics and entrepreneurship but could not afford it for financial reasons can also participate . In order to be admitted as a “One for One” participant, interested parties have to decide on one day and write a short essay about their motivation.
ALC spokesman 2014
| Surname | function |
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| George W. Bush | Former President of the United States |
| Hatoyama Yukio | Former Prime Minister of Japan |
| Goh Chok Tong | Former Prime Minister of Singapore |
| Julia Gillard | Former Prime Minister of Australia |
| Lothar de Maizière | Former Prime Minister of the GDR |
| Surin Pitsuwan | Former Secretary General of ASEAN |
| Tanaka Hitoshi | Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Japan |
| David Bonderman | Founding partner of TPG Capital |
| Barry starlight | Managing Director of Starwood Capital Group |
| Marc Faber | Managing Director of Marc Faber Limited |
| Jim Rogers | Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rogers Holdings |
| Tom Kelley | General Manager of IDEO |
| Dave McClure | Managing director of 500 start-ups |
| Edward Jung | Co-Founder and Technical Director of Intellectual Ventures |
| Eric Li | Founder and CEO of Chengwei Capital |
| Kevin Sneader | CEO of McKinsey & Company Asia |
| Ian Bremmer | President and founder of the Eurasia Group |
| Mark Hutchinson | President and CEO of General Electric Greater China |
| Sato Kumi | Managing Director of Cosmo |
| Edward Prescott | Professor from Arizona State University (2004 Nobel Prize Winner ) |
| Karl-Heinz Paqué | Professor from the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg |
| Zhang Jun | Professor from Fudan University |
| Richard Cooper | Professor from Harvard University |
| Kim Sung-Han | Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea |
| Moon Chung-In | Former Chairman of the Board of the Presidential Committee of the Northeast Asian Cooperation Initiative of Korea |
| Cynthia Montgomery | Harvard professor and writer |
| Robert D. Kaplan | Chief Geopolitical Analyst at Stratfor |
| Michael Green | Senior Vice President of the Center for Strategic and International Studies |
| Adam Johnson | Professor of Stanford University and Pulitzer Prize winner as a writer |
| Hahm Chaibong | President of the Asian Institute for Policy Studies |
| Liu Jing | Deputy Dean of Cheung Kong Business School |
| Mimura Mitsuhiro | Head of the Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia |
| Shen Ding Li | Deputy Dean of Fudan University |
| Because Wei | Head of the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations |
| Andrei Kortunov | President of the New Eurasia Foundation |
| Ian Robertson | Professor at Trinity College Dublin |
| Stuart Thorson | Professor from Syracuse University |
| Kwon Goo-Hoon | Senior Korea Analyst at Goldman Sachs |
| Kim Byung-Yeon | Professor from Seoul University |
| Theresa Rah | Co-managing director of Oratio |
| Ryoo Kihl-Jae | Ministry of Reunification of the Republic of Korea |
| Paik Hoon | Professor from Chung Ang University |
| Lee Sook-Jong | Professor from Sungkyunkwan University |
| Lee Chung-Min | Ambassador for National Security Issues of the Republic of Korea |
| Lee Jong-Hwa | Head of the Asian Research Institute at Korea University |
| Jun Kwang-Woo | Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Pension Fund of South Korea |
| Cheon Seong Whun | President of the Ministry of Reunification |
| Jeong Sae-Ju | Founder of NOOM |
See also
- World Economic Forum
- globalization
- World Social Forum
- Public Eye Awards
- Sustainable development
- World economy
- International labor organization