Asian Leadership Conference 2026 | Seoul
May 21, 2026
Dr. Songyee Yoon will join a panel at the Asian Leadership Conference (ALC) 2026, hosted by The Chosun Ilbo and the Center for Asia Leadership. One of Asia's longest-running international leadership forums, ALC annually convenes heads of state, global policy leaders, and business executives to address the most pressing issues facing the region. In a session titled "Our Next Technological Advantage: Future-Ready Skills and Ethical Innovation," Songyee will share her perspectives on how education, research ecosystems, and capital can align to cultivate leaders who build technology that is creative, ethical, and globally responsible.
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2026 Seoul International Finance Forum (FIND) | Seoul, Korea
April 22, 2026
Songyee delivered a keynote at the 2026 Seoul International Finance Forum, hosted by Financial News and now in its 27th year as one of Korea's longest-running international finance convenings — this year drawing the country's senior policymakers, institutional allocators, and global financial leaders, with remarks from President Lee Jae-myung. Her talk, "Capital as the Architect of the Future," argued that institutional capital is increasingly flowing toward AI infrastructure — compute, energy, and semiconductors — and that venture investing is best understood as the earliest learning surface for where the economy is structurally heading. She closed with a proposal for Korea to position itself as a third strategic node between the US and China in the AI economy, leveraging its HBM dominance, industrial AI adoption experience, and sovereign capital base.
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HumanX Conference 2026 | San Francisco, California
April 6–9, 2026
Songyee joined a panel at the 2026 HumanX Conference in San Francisco, one of the leading global AI conferences, held at Moscone Center and convening founders, investors, technologists, and policymakers on the real-world impact of AI on business and society. Alongside Crunchbase CEO Jager McConnell and 500 Global's Global Managing Partner Santiago Zavala, and moderated by TechCrunch's Marina Temkin, she discussed how AI is reshaping early-stage company evaluation — from what makes a durable moat in an era of commoditized models to how the profile of a successful founder is shifting. Her core argument was that the fundamentals of venture investing have not changed, but in a period of rapid technical turnover, adaptability, proprietary data flywheels, and AI-native thinking matter more than traditional markers of startup strength.
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Korean American Day 2026: Innovation without Borders | National Press Club, Washington, DC
January 13, 2026
Dr. Songyee Yoon will speak at the 2026 Korean American Day celebration hosted by the Council of Korean Americans in partnership with the Korea Economic Institute of America. The evening forum, titled “Innovation without Borders: AI, Leadership, and Global Impact,” will feature a fireside chat with Dr. Yoon, exploring the impact of artificial intelligence, ethical innovation, and the growing influence of Korean Americans in technology, venture capital, and global policy.
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The Miilk Trend Show 2026 | Seoul
October 27, 2025
At Race Against AI, the central theme of The Miilk Trend Show 2026, Songyee Yoon, Managing Partner at PVP, delivered a keynote titled “AI is Korea’s Third Fire.” She framed AI as a transformative force on par with fire and language in human evolution. Emphasizing AI's role as a partner in dialogue rather than a rival, Yoon described it as the “Operating System of Collective Intelligence,” capable of reflecting human creativity and amplifying imagination. She also addressed Korea’s demographic challenges and called for embracing AI innovation to drive national progress.
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AIF APAC Investors’ Forum 2025 | Tokyo
October 23, 2025
At the Fall 2025 AIF APAC Investors’ Forum in Tokyo, Songyee Yoon spoke on the evolving role of artificial intelligence in global investment strategies. She explored how AI is reshaping private equity and venture capital by shifting value creation from scale to intelligence, and how investors can adopt AI as a strategic lens for long-term thinking. Emphasizing ethical innovation, she highlighted the need for inclusive investment frameworks that align with sustainability and human-centered design.
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Korea-CA AI Business Forum
October 2, 2025
Held in conjunction with the Korean National Day celebration, this upcoming forum will foster collaboration between Korean AI companies and California’s tech and policy ecosystem. Expected attendees will include key figures such as the California State CIO, who will deliver a keynote on AI policy. Songyee will be invited as a keynote speaker and panelist, where she will share her insights on the future of AI and innovation. The event will also feature a showcase of pioneering Korean AI startups.
MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium (MGAIC) Symposium
September 17, 2025
A premier event hosted by MIT to explore the future of generative AI across research, industry, and policy. Songyee participated in the AI Innovation & Entrepreneurship panel, where she joined fellow leaders from the startup and venture ecosystem to share perspectives on how entrepreneurs and investors can drive responsible and impactful AI innovation.
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Try Everything 2025
September 11–12, 2025
Try Everything is a global startup festival bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, and multinational companies to discuss innovation and startup ecosystem growth. Songyee participated as a speaker, offering insights on artificial intelligence, technological transformation, and global collaboration.
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World Knowledge Forum 2025
September 9-11, 2025
Recognized as one of Asia’s premier global business forums, the World Knowledge Forum promotes balanced growth through knowledge exchange. Songyee was featured as a speaker and contributed her vision on the evolving AI landscape and global cooperation.
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27th Symi Symposium
July 13–17, 2025
Under the 2025 theme “Pandora’s Paradox: Discovering Hope in a Turbulent World; Cultivating Peace, Democracy & Resilient Societies”, this invitation-only retreat brought together global leaders including heads of state, UN dignitaries, academics, and innovators. Songyee Yoon was the only participant representing the venture capital industry. In closed-door discussions, she shared insights on how escalating geopolitical complexities are simultaneously opening new business corridors and heightening risks.
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"AGI: When and How?" at Web Summit, Vancouver
May 28, 2025
Songyee is invited to speak at the Web Summit in Vancouver, where she explores the future of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). In her talk, she examines the tangible progress being made, the persistent challenges that remain, and realistic timelines for achieving AGI—cutting through the hype to offer a grounded perspective on this long-standing goal of AI research.
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Swiss-Korean Innovation Week
May 20, 2025
As part of the 8th Swiss-Korean Innovation Week on “Human Augmentation,” Songyee delivered a virtual welcome remark and contributed to organizing the workshop. She emphasized that innovation must remain human-centered and aimed at building a better society, highlighting the importance of direction—not just speed—in technology development.
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LA Gaming Conference
April 28, 2025
Songyee will deliver a keynote conversation at the LA Games Conference alongside Jon Snoddy, CEO of Operative Games. As Managing Partner at Principal Venture Partners, she will share insights on the future of interactive entertainment, emerging trends in game development, and where the biggest opportunities lie for innovation and growth.
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Startup Scene 2025 – The Korea Society
April 22, 2025
Songyee will deliver the keynote address at The Korea Society’s 2025 Startup Scene Forum in New York City. Titled “Startups in Focus: Driving U.S.–Korea Economic Synergy”, the forum highlights entrepreneurs advancing cross-border innovation between Korea and the U.S. Her talk will offer insights from her experience as a gaming pioneer and early-stage AI investor.
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A Fireside Chat with Songyee Yoon at HBS
April 6, 2025
Songyee joins a fireside chat at Harvard Business School.
With over two decades of leadership at the intersection of AI, ethics, and interactive entertainment, she shares her perspective on how technology and purpose can come together to shape the future. As one of the most successful Asian female leaders in global tech, she reflects on what it means to build at scale, champion innovation, and lead with conviction in industries that often lack diverse representation.
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Supercell AI Panel (during GDC)
March 20, 2025
Songyee was invited to speak at Supercell’s AI Panel, where she discussed the transformative impact of AI on game design, development, and player engagement. The panel brought together prominent figures in the gaming industry to share insights on the future of AI-powered experiences.
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SUI Gaming Summit (during GDC)
March 18, 2025
At the SUI Gaming Summit, held during the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Songyee joined fellow leaders in gaming and Web3 to explore how blockchain and AI technologies are reshaping the gaming ecosystem. The summit focused on fostering innovation and empowering communities through decentralized platforms.
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TedAI San Francisco Conference
October 22nd & 23rd, 2024
TED events bring together a group of industry leaders and change makers for unique experiences dedicated to TED's global mission of sharing meaningful new ideas. We are devoted to curiosity, reason, wonder and the pursuit of knowledge — without an agenda. We welcome people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world and connection with others. TEDAI San Francisco is curated and organized by Sam & Walter De Brouwer, in collaboration with TED.
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Financial Times' Business of Entertainment Summit
September 19-20, 2024
The Financial Times’ inaugural Business of Entertainment Summit will bring together the key players across film & TV, music and gaming to find solutions to the industry’s biggest challenges, identify how collaboration can breed success and explore how businesses can capitalize on disruption.
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Christie's Art + Tech Summit
July 17-18, 2024
Christie’s Art+Tech Summit is a two-day conference bringing together artists, technologists, academics, regulators and industry leaders, continuing Christie’s commitment to lead the dialogue about the role and impact of technologies in the art world.
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Milken Global Conference
May, 2024
The Milken Global Conference gathers thought leaders, innovators, and change-makers to confront challenges from geopolitical tensions and the pressing climate crisis to the complexities of artificial intelligence.
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GamesBeat Summit 2024
May, 2024
GamesBeat Summit brings together leaders across the spectrum of the video game industry ecosystem including entrepreneurs, talent, anchor corporations, support organizations, investment capital, and innovation enablers.
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IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing
April, 2024
The world’s largest and most comprehensive technical conference focused on signal processing and its applications. Songyee will speak about AI in game development and what more will come in coming years.
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Seoul Innovation Forum
Jan 9, 2024
At CES in Las Vegas, Songyee will address a gathering of business leaders to share her perspectives on AI and its implications for Korean businesses.
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Future Investment Initiative (FII)
Oct 24-26, 2023
Global, inclusive and driven by data, the FII fosters great minds from around the world and turn ideas into real-world solutions and actions in four critical areas: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics, Education, Healthcare and Sustainability.
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New Global Sport Conference
Oct 23, 2023
The New Global Sport Conference is a groundbreaking gathering of global leaders in the gaming, sports, and esports industries.
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MIT AI conference
Oct 21, 2023
MIT AI Conference embodies MIT’s tradition of “mens et manus” - applying technology for real-world impact - by convening a cross-section of AI thought leaders including leading academics, engineers, executives, investors, and experts.
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