Youngran Jeon

Connector, Event planner, Foodie, Global soul, Project manager, Sales specialist

Youngran Jeon works behind the scenes of events. Over the past 10+ years, she has coordinated international forums, corporate events, and conferences—ensuring complex programmes come together and run seamlessly. Her work focuses on programme coordination, speaker communication, and event operations, supporting policymakers, researchers, and industry professionals in shaping and delivering their ideas. She is particularly interested in how ideas are translated into experiences—not only on stage, but through how audiences engage, connect, and respond. While she prefers to stay in the background, she values being part of the process that brings people, ideas, and conversations together.

- Creating moments where people from different worlds truly connect - Bridging Europe and Asia through collaboration and shared challenges - Turning policy into something tangible, engaging, and actionable - Building environments where ideas don’t just stay in presentations—but lead to change

Great ideas don’t create impact unless they are experienced, understood, and shared across boundaries. In a world full of expertise, the real challenge is not knowledge—but connection. I believe the future belongs to those who can turn complex ideas into human-centered experiences that bring people together and move them to act.

B2B Business Development & Partnerships, EU–Korea Policy & Industry Cooperation, International Event Strategy & Operations, Marketing & Brand Visibility (LinkedIn growth, content strategy), Stakeholder Engagement & Cross-cultural Communication, Sustainability & Climate (Circular Economy, Energy, F-gases)

I’ve spent my career behind the scenes—designing, coordinating, and delivering events where ideas are shared but often forgotten. At some point, I started asking myself: What makes an idea stay? What makes people actually act on it? That question led me to focus not just on organizing events, but on shaping experiences that connect people, perspectives, and purpose. TED, to me, is where ideas truly come alive—and I want to be part of creating those moments where one idea can shift how people see the world.

- Running entire events quietly behind the scenes without people noticing - Turning chaos into structured, seamless execution under pressure - Reading the room and adjusting flow instantly during live events - Building something from zero—whether it’s an event, a network, or a LinkedIn page