Dr Hwang Jong-Sung is a lead researcher at South Korea’s National Information Society Agency, leading research on data and AI national strategies, smart cities, and future government. He served as a master planner of Busan EDC National Pilot Smart City from 2018 to 2021. Dr Hwang holds a doctoral degree in political science from Yonsei University.

Alex is the vice president of Comma Entertainment, an international advertising agency based in South Korea. He has operated marketing campaigns for global brands such as Samsung Display, Jagermeister, HiteJinro, Lotte Chilsung, and NVIDIA.

Angel Martinez is a culture writer and content strategist based in Manila, Philippines. She recently finished a one-year fellowship at Kontinentalist, an award-winning editorial studio that tells data stories about Asia. Today, she writes about the internet, identity, and their intersections for publications like VICE, i-D, Vox, and Teen Vogue. When she’s not knee-deep in the written word, you can find her crying over the New Year’s Eve scene from When Harry Met Sally… (1989) and cafe-hopping in pursuit of the perfect Spanish latté.