Innovative Wisdom
Technology for the Common Good

Date : 2014. 05. 21~22 / Location : DDP(Dongdaemun Design Plaza)

Meet our speakers, who are active leaders in the T.I.M.E. (Technology, Information, Media, Entertainment) areas.

Daniel Dae Kim Daniel Dae Kim

Actor / Founder & Producer, 3AD

Throughout his distinguished career, Daniel Dae Kim has been known for creating multifaceted and stereotype-breaking roles including Jin Soo Kwon on the hit TV series, Lost.

Born in Busan, South Korea, and raised in New York and Pennsylvania, Kim discovered acting while a student at Haverford College. After briefly considering a career as an attorney, he decided to follow his true passion for acting and earned a master's degree in fine arts at New York University's Graduate Acting Program.

Upon graduation, Kim's film career began in earnest with roles in the films The Jackal, The Hulk, Spider-Man 2 as well as the Academy Award-winning film Crash. On television, he has guest-starred on numerous shows, including CSI, ER and 24 as CTU Agent Tom Baker. Currently Kim can be seen in the re-boot of the popular CBS series Hawaii Five-0 as Detective Chin Ho Kelly.

He recently expanded his career to include producing. In January of 2014, he signed a first look development deal with CBS Television Studios, the first of its kind with an Asian American actor. With his new company, 3AD, he and his team are currently creating original content for both television and film.
He recently served as cultural envoy and member of the U.S. Presidential Delegation for the United States at the World Expo in Korea. Though he spends time in Los Angeles and New York, Kim spends most of the year in Honolulu, Hawaii where he devotes his free time to his family and various charities.