2026 World Emerging Security Forum
SPEAKERS
Opening Ceremony
10:00 - 10:20
Emerging Technology: Risks and Opportunities
JEONG Yeondoo
Vice Minister for Strategy and Intelligence, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
KIM Huy Kang
Secretary to the President for Cybersecurity, Office of National Security
Plenary Session I
10:20 - 11:50
AI Integration and the Emerging Security Landscape:
Threat Amplifier or Resilience Multiplier?
Alexander Babuta
Director, Centre for Emerging Technology and Security,
The Alan Turing Institute
Peter Anstee
National Security Policy Lead,
Global Affairs, OpenAI
Sami Khoury
Former Government of Canada
Senior Official for Cyber Security
Guy Lalanne
Senior Economist, Directorate
for Science Technology and Innovation, OECD
OH Il Seok
Director of Emerging Security Studies, Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS)
Breakout Session I
13:20 – 14:40
The Evolution of Drone Warfare and AI:
Lessons Learned and the Next Frontier for Advanced Militaries
James Lewis
Distinguished Fellow,
Technology, Center for European Policy Analysis
Peter Bae
Executive Vice President,
MRO Business Group,
Hanwha Aerospace
Fiona Barnaby
Head of Humanitarian Affairs and
Policy for East Asia, International Committee of the Red Cross
LIM Chae Deok
Principal Researcher, AI Robot & Mobility
Research Division, Electronics and Telecommunications
Research Institute (ETRI)
Arbo Probal
Program Manager, Unmanned Systems (UxS) and Counter-UxS,
Force Transformation Command, Estonian Defence Forces
Breakout Session II
13:20 – 14:40
The Tech Triangle: AI, Cyber, and Nuclear:
Deterrence in an Age of Converging Technologies
Trevor Rudolph
Senior Non-Resident Fellow,
GeoTech Center, Atlantic Council
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Karen Gibson
Former Deputy Director of National
Intelligence for National Security Partnerships
Steven Kelly
President, Center for Technology &
Strategic Stability, Institute
for Security and Technology
Graham Nelson
Founder and Executive Director,
AI Diplomatic Engagement Network (ADEN)
SOHN Han-byeol
Professor, Department of Military Strategy,
Korea National Defense University
Breakout Session III
13:20 – 14:40
New Space in the Age of Frontier AI:
Low Earth Orbit and the Nexus of Militarization and Commercialization
Kolja Brockmann
Senior Researcher(Non-Resident),
Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme,
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
CHOI Myungjin
CEO, InSpace Co., Ltd.
JUNG Yungjin
Professor, Department of Defense Policy,
Korea National Defense University
SUZUKI Kazuto
Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo
& Director, Institute of Geoeconomics at International House of Japan
Clayton Swope
Deputy Director of the Aerospace Security Project, Defense and
Security Department, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Plenary Session II
15:00 – 16:30
Securing the Future:
High-Tech Competition Amid Geopolitical Conflict
LEE Seungjoo
Professor, Department of Political Science &
International Relations, Chung-Ang University
Tai Ming Cheung
Co-Director, Institute on Global Conflict and
Cooperation, University of California San Diego
Gen. (Ret.) Philippe Lavigne
Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group &
Former Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT), NATO
Sameer Patil
Director, Centre for Security, Strategy and
Technology, Observer Research Foundation
Olivia Shen
Director, Strategic Technologies Program,
United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
Closing Remarks
16:30 – 16:40
Emerging Technology: Risks and Opportunities
HA Wieyoung
Director-General for International Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs