Author Archives: Ian Chen

Dr. Yoo-Jin Han

Name  

Dr. Yoo-Jin Han
Economy KOREA
Title Vice-Executive Director / Assistant Professor 

 
Organization(s) Asia Pacific Women’s Information Network Center (APWINC) / 

Department of Entrepreneurship, School of Global Service, Sookmyung Women’s University
Introduction Past Professional Experience: 

  • Development of national-level intellectual property (IP) indicators at the Korean Institute of Intellectual Property

 

 

Expert in:

  • Intellectual Property

 

 

 

Education:

  • B.Sc in Industrial Management, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)
  • MBA in International Business, Seoul National University.
  • PhD in the Management of Technology, Seoul National University.

 

 

Dr. Craig Warren Smith

Name  

Dr. Craig Warren Smith
Economy USA
Title Founder & Chairman / Co-Chairman
Organization(s) Digital Divide Institute / Investor Group Against Digital Divide
Introduction Past Professional Experience:

  • Senior Fellow , Center for Ethics of Science and Technology at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
  • Advisor, True Corporation, CP Group
  • Senior Advisor, Human Interactive Technology Laboratory, University of Washington, U.S.A
  • Visiting professor at Kennedy School of Government, Singapore
  • Advisor to multinational corporations (Microsoft, Intel, IBM, Nokia, Oracle), philanthropic institutions (Ford, Rockefeller and Kellogg Foundations), ministers of emerging markets (India, Indonesia, Thailand), intergovernmental institutions (UN, UNESCO, World Bank, OECD), and leading universities (Harvard, MIT).

 

 

Expert in:

  • Meaningful Broadband for economic and social transformation
  • Social and cultural impacts of digital technology
  • Next-generation software and new computer/human interfaces
  • Philanthropy, corporate citizenship, social entrepreneurship and public/private partnerships
  • Strategies for enhancing human impacts of the mobile revolution in Southeast Asia
  • Spiritual Computing
  • Engaged Buddhism

 

 

Education:

  • Political Science (cum laude), Stanford University
  • MA Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
  • PhD in Sociology, Brandeis University

 

 

Mr. Carl Middlehurst

Name

 

Mr. Carl Middlehurst
Economy AUSTRALIA
Title General Counsel and Company Secretary
Organization(s) National ICT Australia (NICTA)
Introduction Past Professional Experience: 

  • Adjunct Professor of Internet and e-Commerce Law, Santa Clara Law SChool
  • Licensing Counsel, The Salk Institute, La Jolla
  • Solicitor, Baker & McKenzie (Sydney and San Diego)
  • Manager of International Investment Program for High-Growth Emerging Markets, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Palo Alto)
  • Local General Counsel for Australasia & Asia South (interim), Sun Microsystems (Australia)
  • Counsel, Marketing,, Trademarks, APAC, APAC Distribution, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Palo Alto)

 

 

Expert in:

  • Intellectual property law and management
  • Commercial law and practice
  • Distribution models
  • Internet, e-Commerce and privacy law
  • International aspects of law on the internet
  • Use of Intranets in legal departments
  • Biochemistry research