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High Council

The High Council is the advisory board that is positioned with high-level international
experts and representatives providing direction to meet the objectives of the Seoul Smart City Prize.

Ajit Manocha

CEO & President, SEMI
Arthur H. Lee

President, Professor of Computer Science, SUNY Korea
Bruno Lanvin

President, Descartes Institute for the Future
Charles E. Morrison

Senior Fellow (Former President), East-West Center
Jennifer Cowley

President, University of Texas at Arlington
Joanna Rubinstein

Chair of the Board, Sweden for UNHCR
Nicholas Yu

Executive Director, Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation
Oh Joon

Former South Korean Ambassador to the UN
Oh Se-hoon

Mayor of Seoul, President of WeGO
Stephen Hammer

CEO, New York Climate Exchange
Youngkun Kim

CEO, 3K Soft Co., Ltd.
Yves Daccord

Chairman of Our Common Home & Chairman of Edgelands Institute

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee consists of experts from the public and private that will lead the operation of the Seoul Smart City Prize and
oversee the consultation bodies to work in successful partnership.

Alexandre Hedjazi

PDirector, Global Environmental Policy Program, University of Geneva; Organization Manager, UNECE
Barbara Carfagna

Author, Anchor, and Journalist, RAI (Radiotelevisione Italiana - Italian television)
Byoung Joon Kim

Vice President for Globalization, Kookmin University
Chang D. Yoo

Professor of Electrical Engineering, KAIST
Chang Seob Lee

Member, Ministry of National Defense Policy Advisory Committee
Danil Kerimi

Member, Independent Oversight Advisory Committee, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Hazem Galal

Partner, Cities and Local Government Global Leader and Global Smart Mobility Co-leader, Pricewaterhousecoopers (PwC)
Jae Eun Shin

Assistant Professor, Underwood International College, Yonsei University
Jordi Vaquer

Secretary General, Metropolis
Junghoon Lee

Professor, Graduate School of Information, Yonsei University
Jungsuk Oh

Professor of Operations Management, Seoul National University
Kak Soo Shin

Deputy President of the NEAR Foundation (former Vice-Foreign Minister, Ambassador to Japan)
M. Jae Moon

Professor, Department of Public Policy and Management, Yonsei University
Matteo Tarantino

Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Milan
Pyungryun Yu

Vice-President for Administration & External Relations, SUNY Korea
Seok-won Lee

Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University
Sungbin Yim

President of Favors.Co; Vice-Chairman for Global Communications at the Institute of Smart City & Architecture
Sungjin Kang

Professor, Department of Economics, Korea University
Walid Farghal

Director General, Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) Congress
Young-Im Cho

Professor of AI Engineering, Gachon University

High Council

The High Council is the advisory board that is positioned with high-level international
experts and representatives providing direction to meet the objectives of the Seoul Smart City Prize.

Ajit Manocha

CEO & President, SEMI
Frank Rijsberman

Director-General, GGGI
Jennifer Cowley

President, University of Texas at Arlington
Joanna Rubinstein

Chair of the Board, Sweden for UNHCR
Maimunah Mohd Sharif

Former UN-Habitat Executive Director
Oh Se-hoon

Mayor of Seoul

President of WeGO
Yves Daccord

Chairman & Co-Founder, Egdelands Laboratory

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee consists of experts from the public and private that will lead the operation of the Seoul Smart City Prize and
oversee the consultation bodies to work in successful partnership.

M. Jae Moon

Professor, Department of Public Policy and Management, Yonsei University
Sungbin Yim

President of Favors.Co
Vice-Chairman for Global Communications at the Institute of Smart City & Architecture
Alexandre Hedjazi

Director, Global Environmental Policy Program, University of Geneva
Organization Manager, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Barbara Carfagna

Author, Anchor, and Journalist, RAI (Radiotelevisione Italiana - Italian television)
B. Joon Kim

Professor of Public Administration, Kookmin University
Bruno Lanvin

President of Smart City Observatory, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
David Scharia

Chief of Branch, Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED), United Nations (UN)
Danil Kerimi

Co-Founder of Edgelands Institute
Edlam Abera Yemeru

Chief of Knowledge and Innovation Branch, External Relations, Strategy, Knowledge and Innovation (ERSKI) Division, UN-Habitat
Hazem Galal

Global Leader, Cities and Local Government, PwC
Oh Joon

Former South Korean Ambassador to the United Nations (UN)
Park Jong-Kyu

Vice President, Export-Import Bank of Korea
Seok-won Lee

Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University
Walid Farghal

Director General, Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) Congress
Young-Im Cho

Professor, Gachon University
Young-Sik Jeong

Professor, Department of Multimedia Engineering, Dongguk University

High Council

The High Council is the advisory board that is positioned with high-level international
experts and representatives providing direction to meet the objectives of the Seoul Smart City Prize.

Jennifer Cowley

President of University of Texas
Yves Daccord

Executive Chairman & Co-founder of Edgelands Institute
Ajit Manocha

President & CEO of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI)
Se-Hoon Oh

Mayor of Seoul

President of WeGO
Joanna Rubinstein

Chair of the Board, Sweden for UNHCR
Council Member, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Leadership Council
Commissioner Alumna, UN Broadband Commision
Frank Rijsberman

Director General of Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee consists of experts from the public and private that will lead the operation of the Seoul Smart City Prize and
oversee the consultation bodies to work in successful partnership.

Sungbin Yim

Chairman of the Prize Organizing Committee
M. Jae Moon

Chairman of the Prize Organizing Committee
Urs Gasser

Professor of Public Policy, Governance and Innovative Technology
Dean of the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology
Young-Sik Jeong

Professor, Dongkuk University - AI Software Convergence
Mohamed Kande

Vice Chairman, US & Global Advisory Leader at Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP (PWC)
Saul Kattan

Founder and President of Kattan Consulting Chair of The Board of Directors of Ecopetrol
Danil Kerimi

Co-Founder of Edgelands Institute
Byoung Joon Kim

Professor in the Department of Public Administration at Kookmin University
Vice President for General Affairs at Kookmin University
Bruno Lanvin

President of Smart City Observatory, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Seok Won Lee

Professor at Graduate School of Public Administration and Executive Director of Center for International Development Evaluation, Seoul National University
Daniel Oh

Associate Professor, Korea University, Department of Smart City
Eui-Sung Yi

Partner at Morphosis Architects and the Director of The Now Institute