Speakers 2023 - YSEALI Academy

Our Speakers
High-profile international & regional academic scholars and industry leaders with diverse backgrounds and expertises will collaborate with the YSEALI Academy to deliver multidisciplinary and distinctive seminars to future Southeast Asian leaders.

Speakers of From Geopolitics to Geoeconomics: Southeast Asia in the Whirlwind of Global Competition

David Dapice

Senior Vietnam and Myanmar Program, Harvard Kennedy School

Carlyle A. Thayer

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales (UNSW) at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) in Canberra

William Hayton

Associate Fellow with the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House

Selina Ho

Assistant Professor in International Affairs and Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalisation, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

Vu Minh Khuong

Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (National University of Singapore)

Le Hong Hiep

ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore

Julia Tijaja

ASEAN, trade, and global value chain specialist

Angela O'Mahony

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Pardee RAND Graduate School and a senior political scientist at RAND

Bui Thi Viet Lam

Country Representative of US - ASEAN Business Council

Vu Thanh Tu Anh

Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management

Robert T. Connolly

General Director, Crossroads Vietnam Co, Ltd

Frederick (Fred) R. Burke

Senior Advisor of Baker McKenzie Vietnam

Faculties of the Unconference on Impact Entrepreneurship

Dana R.H. Doan

Visiting Adjunct Faculty in Economics at Fulbright University Vietnam

Erkko Autio

Chair in Technology Venturing and Entrepreneurship at Imperial College London Business School

Helet Botha

Assistant Professor, Business Policy and Strategy

Bill Fischer

Professor Emeritus of Innovation Management of IMD Business School and Senior Lecturer of MIT Sloan School of Management

Patrick Reichert

Term Research Professor at the IMD elea Center for Social Innovation IMD

Jack Sim

Founder of World Toilet Organization and Adjunct Associate Professor at National University of Singapore (NUS)

Saras D. Sarasvathy

Paul Hammaker Professor at University of Virginia’s Darden School

Jim Zuffoletti

Serial Entrepreneur

Rajesh Nair

Professor of Practice in Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Asia School of Business

Shuyin Tang

Partner, Patamar Capital and Co-founder & CEO, Beacon Fund

Yuho Myoda

Economist, Macroeconomic Research Division

Tasnim Abdul Hadi

Programme Manager for Systems and Design Thinking at the Lien Centre for Social Innovation

Tasya Karissa

Executive Director & Co-Founder of Biorock Indonesia

Tiago Ratinho

Professor of Entrepreneurship IESEG

Trinh Huynh

Director of Bong Sen Center

Matius Rua

YSEALI Academy Alumnus

Renuka Sena

Co-founder and CEO of Proficeo Consultants

Gracia Kelana

YSEALI Academy Alumna

Marcus Wong

YSEALI Academy Alumnus

Speakers of the Creative AI and Cultural Influence Seminar

Mira Seo

Vice Provost, Fulbright University Vietnam

Lawrence Ilag

Simon See

Senior Director, Chief Solution Architect and Global Head, Nvidia AI Technology Center

Pamela Nguyen Corey

Faculty, Fulbright University Vietnam

Ming Tan

Founding Executive Director, Tech for Good Institute

Van Thuy Tuyen An

Director, Human Resource - Team Manager, KBank VietNam

Catriona Moran

Head of School, Saigon South International School

Mitchel Chua

Intellectual Property Expert

Lamtharn Hantrakul

Senior AI Research Scientist, TikTok/ByteDance

Robert T. Connolly

General Director, Crossroads Vietnam Co, Ltd

Maslina Malik

Senior Officer, ASEAN Secretariat

Brian O’Reilly

Adjunct Lecturer and Corporate Trainer, Business Leadership and Management

Subbarao Kambhampati

Professor, Arizona State University

Hoang Ha Thi

Director, YSEALI Academy

Rina Rudyanto

Manager, AI Lab of MTI Technologies

Thomas Galvez

Technology Learning Coach and International School/Online IB Educator, Saigon South International School

Phaedra Boinodiris

IBM Consulting’s Global Leader in Trustworthy AI

Melissa Caranto

General Manager, MSL Vietnam

Paul Espinas

Former Marketing Director of VietnamWorks and Angel Investor

Daniel Mendes

Instructional Coach: MS Technology, Saigon South International School

Jeff Robidoux

Teacher, Saigon South International School

Marian Pastor Roces

Global Art Curator and Critic; Founder of Tao, Inc.

Speakers of The Southeast Asia’s Economic Integration amid Global Turbulence Seminar

Carlyle A. Thayer

David Dapice

Edward Cunningham

KJ Ung

Managing Director of First Solar Vietnam

Le Thi Anh Nguyet

Legal and Compliance Manager

Le Thai Ha

Ly Qui Trung

Maury Peiperl

Michael Luong

Suzanne C. de Janasz

Vu Minh Khuong

Frederick (Fred) R. Burke

Vu Thanh Tu Anh

Tommy Koh

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