Jeju Forum

Reinventing Cooperation in a Fragmented World

June 24(Wed.) ~ 26(Fri.), 2026 / Haevich Hotel & Resort Jeju, Jeju Stone Park

Reinventing Cooperation in a Fragmented World

June 24(Wed.) ~ 26(Fri.), 2026 / Haevich Hotel & Resort Jeju, Jeju Stone Park

Reinventing Cooperation in a Fragmented World

June 24(Wed.) ~ 26(Fri.), 2026 / Haevich Hotel & Resort Jeju, Jeju Stone Park

Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity

Jeju Forum has served as an international public forum since 2001, creating platforms to discuss timely
global issues with numerous world-class leaders and experts in various fields.

Speakers of 2026

BAN Ki-moon

Chairman, Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future / 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations
Susilo Bambang YUDHOYONO

Former President of the Republic of Indonesia
HATOYAMA Yukio

President, East Asian Community Institute / Former Prime Minister of Japan
GOMBOJAV Zandanshatar

Former Prime Minister of Mongolia
Michelle BACHELET

Former President of Chile / Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
María Fernanda ESPINOSA

Former President of the 73rd UN General Assembly / Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador
Rafael Mariano GROSSI

Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Rebeca GRYNSPAN MAYUFIS

Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (on leave)
Carolyn RODRIGUES-BIRKETT

Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations
Macky SALL

Former President of Senegal

World Leaders Messages,
Share Wisdom for a Better World

Bill Clinton

Former President of the United States

“We have to present our terms to develop our future, one of our inclusive prosperity, inclusive society, inclusive politics, and active citizenship. We need to show that addition and multiplication are much better than subtraction and division.” 15th Jeju Forum(2020)

BAN Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

"Global crises have underlined our interconnectedness. They have also made it clear that we need global solutions to holistically address the great challenges that we are unprecedentedly facing in human history." 17th Jeju Forum(2022)

Mikhail Gorbachev

Former President of Soviet / 1990 Nobel Peace Prize laureate

“Humanity needs to work it out together to reach a new level of international cooperation and contribute to a more reliable system of international security.” 16th Jeju Forum(2021)

Antonio Guterres

9th Secretary-General of the United Nations

“Cooperation is fundamental to address all the challenges of our time. Working for peace, extending universal discourse, delivering the sustainable development goals, and preventing disasters and crises of all kinds.” 15th Jeju Forum(2020)

José Ramos-Horta

President of Timor-Leste / 1996 Nobel Peace Prize laureate

"There are no short cuts to peace. The road might be fraught with man-made obstacles, stemming from individual or collective experiences, perceptions and fears that have been exacerbated by personal ambition and egos of those at the center." 13th Jeju Forum(2018)

"The Jeju Forum has gained reputation as one of the most influential for exchange of views on the challenges of our times, of fast developing regional and global issues, debt crisis, pandemics, sustainable development, digitization, AI, renewable energy, green economy, fresh water scarcity, food security, climate change, wars of aggression." 18th Jeju Forum(2023)