[Keynote Speaker]

Jeremy Rifkin

chair

[Track 1 Moderator]

Kim Hyun-kyum

Chair/President

[Roundtable]

Chang Je-kuk

President

Dr. Jekuk Chang (1964) holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Keio University in Tokyo, Japan (2001). Prior to this, he earned a Juris Doctor from the School of Law at Syracuse University in New York, USA (1993). He also attended The George Washington University in Washington, where he completed an M.A. in International Affairs and a B.A. in Political Science (1989). He has served as Acting Chairman of the Korean Council for University Education, President of the Korean Association of Private University Presidents, Member of the Korean-China-Japan Higher Education Exchange Panel of Experts under Ministry of Education, Chairman of the University Presidents Committee for Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam-Jeju, Member of Policy Consultation Committee under Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Chairman of the Busan Regional Board of the Presidential Committee on Social Cohesion. In addition to serving as president of Dongseo University, his present activities include serving as Co-Chairman of the Busan International Sister Cities Council, Chairman of Global Networks for Blue Planet, President of the Korean Association of Contemporary Japanese Studies, Honorary consul of Hungary in Busan and Director of the Asia University Presidents Forum.

[Panelist]

CHOI Sang Hei

Vice President

Dr. Choi received the B.S. degree in civil and environment engineering from Korea University, Seoul, South Korea, in 1992. In 1995, Dr. Choi joined the Korean Maritime Institute, South Korea, since then, he has been involved in numerous research projects including development & operation of supply chain, port and logistics policy and related nation R&D. Currently, he is in charge of the vice president of research department at the Korea Maritime Institute, overseeing research in the maritime, fisheries, shipping, port and logistics sectors. Externally, he serves as an expert member of the National Science and Technology Advisory Committee and a member of the National Logistics Policy Committee.

[Panelist]

KIM, Byoung-gi

Director General

Education: Aug. 2022 Ph.D ABD, Science & Technology Policy, Pukyoung National University - Specializes in Research on Smart City and Innovation for Data-driven City 2004 M.A. in Public Administration, Maxwell School of Syracuse University 1993 B.A. in Sociology, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea Professional Experience: Aug. 2022 Director General of Maritime Agriculture & Fisheries Bureau, Busan Metropolitan City Jan. 2021 Vice Head of Busanjin-gu District Office, Busan, Korea Jan. 2020 Director-general of Investment Attraction Headquarters, Busan-Jinhae Free Economic Zone Authority (BJFEZ) Sep. 2018 Senior Researcher, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, USA Jan. 2017 Director-general, New Growth Engine Industry Bureau, Busan Metropolitan City - Coordinated City of Busan’s Smart City and Blockchain Policies and Projects Jul. 2016 Director-general of Culture and Tourism Bureau, Busan Metropolitan City Jun. 2014 Director of Administrative Budget Office, Ministry of Strategy and Finance Jan. 2013 Director of Tourism Promotion Division, Busan Metropolitan City Jan. 2010 First Secretary and Consul, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Singapore Overseas Koreans and Consular Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

[Speaker]

Busan-Ningbo Ferry Route to Establish Korea-China-Japan Cross-border E-Commerce Logistics Channel

Hur, Yoon-Soo

Senior Research Fellow

Yoon-soo Hur is currently working as a senior research fellow at the Busan Development Institute(BDI), and has previously served as the head of planning and coordination office and the head of the marine tourism research office Before joining BDI in 2001, he was Researcher in Institute of International Maritime Affairs at Korea Maritime University from 2000 to 2001. His work includes research related to the development of Port & Logistics in Busan, and making the urban planning related to Busan’s Logistics and Port. He also supports the local government for planning the Ocean Industry development for growing the economy of Busan. He also researches Busan’s artic policy for not only getting the opportunity of resource development but also keeping the artic environment. He has published a large number of papers, articles, books and monographs on Logistic strategy, Busan port, Ocean industry. He got the education from BA to PH.D in Korea Maritime University in department of Logistics System Engineering. He is born in 1969 in Republic of Korea.

[Moderator]

Jung, Hyunmin

Full Professor

Professor Jung Hyunmin(1961) studied sociology at Seoul National Uni.(1985, BA), development administration at Carleton Uni.(Canada, Ottawa)(1995, MA), and urban planning at MSU(2018, VRF). Since he started his government official position at the central government by passing the Higher Civil Servant Exam in 1986, he had served as the various high level official at Busan city(Planning, Public Finance, Future Development Strategy, Economy and Industry, and Vice Mayor) as well as at central government(Local Administration, Local Decentralization, Regional Innovation). After he retired, he taught at Ningbo Uni., Zhejiang Province, China, in 2019. In 2020, returning to Korea, he has been teaching at Pukyong National Uni. He is much interested in researching regional innovation policy, local decentralization , regional endogenous development strategy, design strategy for rationalizing local assets, and new leadership model for regional innovation.

[Panelist]

In sub Kwak

President

President Mr. Kwak In-sub was born in Changnyeong, Gyeongsangnam-do in 1956, graduated from Busan High School and Busan National University, and obtained a master's degree in economics from Ohio University in the U.S. He entered public service with the 25th administrative examination and served as the former head of the Busan Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Agency of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, the head of the logistics port office, the chairman of the Korea Maritime Environment Corporation, and the representative of Korea-China Ferry. He was the CEO of PanStar BNGD and has been in charge of the group's shipping business. Since April 2023, he has been the CEO of Panstar line.com.,LTD.

[Panelist]

Ye Rongzhong

Director-general

Mr. Ye Rongzhong was born in November 1964 in Taizhou, China. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Hangzhou University, and a Master of Arts degree in Diplomacy from the University of Westminstar.
Mr. Ye used to be an interpreter in the Foreign Affairs Office of the Taizhou Administrative Office, the deputy director, director and assistant director of the Friendship and Exchange Office of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Ningbo Municipal People's Government, and the deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Ningbo Municipal People's Government. 
Since December 2016, he has served as the director-general of the Foreign Affairs Office of Ningbo Municipal People's Government. Mr. Ye is currently the party secretary of the Foreign Affairs Office of Ningbo Municipal People's Government.

[Panelist]

Wang Shiying

Director

Ms.Wang Shiying (1987) studied Financial Accounting and Management at University of Nottingham Ningbo China(2005) and obtained master of business administration at Ningbo University(2016). She has been working in Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Commerce for more than 11 years, and concentrates on foreign trading management,cross border e-commerce and trading reserach. Now she is the director of Ningbo Cross-border E-commerce Promotion Center which is attached to Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Commerce,and focuses on developing cross border e-commerce platform, and supporting the development of cross border e-commerce enterprises，promoting construction of cross border e-commerce talent system,etc.

[Panelist]

Zhu Enjun

Deputy Director

Mr. Zhu Enjun studied communication engineering at Zhejiang University of Technology in 1994 and transportation at Shanghai Maritime University in 2003. He worked at Ningbo Port Information and Communication Co., Ltd. and Ningbo Port International Logistics Co., Ltd. before working in the Business Department of Ningbo Zhoushan Port Co., Ltd. He has been working in the field of port container logistics for 15 years, focusing on the research and practice of port container logistics, multimodal transportation and other aspects.

[Speaker]

The coordinated development of seaport logistics and cross-border trade in Ningbo

Wang Xiaojing

Deputy Director

Dr. Wang Xiaojing currently serves in the Ningbo Municipal Development and Reform Commission, and he is responsible for the Ningbo's marine economic strategic planning. Meantime, he also holds the part-time master tutor of Ningbo University. Formerly, he was served as the Director of the Strategic Planning Department of Ningbo Institute of Oceanography, and awarded as an excellent talent in Ningbo City. He has undertaken many strategic research projects on the marine economy in Ningbo and has published over 20 research articles, such as "Chinese Management Science", " Chinese Journal of System Management", " Chinese System Engineering".

[Moderator]

Nak Joo Seong

Director, Maritime Finance Division

NakJoo Seong(1963) studied English Literature at Sungkyunkwan University(1988 Bachelor) and International Business at Korea University(2003 Master) and currently being in doctor’s course at Korea Maritime & Ocean University . Since he joined KDB(Korea Development Bank) in 1988, he has worked at various position smore than 30 years, mostly of global business including the expatriate at KDB Ireland Limited , Head of Ship and Aviation Finance Team, Head of Global Business Unit,General Manager of New York Branch etc. Currently he is the director of Maritime Finance Division at KOBC( Korea Ocean Business Corporation )), which support s and strengthens the Korean shipping industry . Also, he is the author of “Aircraft Finance” published in 2020 May.

[Speaker]

Mark Teng

Executive Director

Mark Teng is an Executive Director in the Shipping and Offshore team of Credit Agricole Corporate Investment Bank, where he has worked since 2000. He is primarily responsible for covering the shipfinancing activities of Asian shipping companies, with an emphasis on the Korean market. In his 20-plus years in the Korean market Mark has structured and originated all kinds of Korean ship finance deals including but not limited to SIC scheme, ECA covered loans, Korean shipping funds, and ECA-covered bonds. Mark is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton school and a B.A. in International Studies.

[Panelist]

Heunuk Suk

CEO

Mr. Heunuk Suk majored in Public Administration at Yonsei University (1988) and Ship finance at the Graduate School of Shipping Finance at Korea Maritime and Ocean University (2018). For 14 years, he worked at SK Shipping in SNP and ship finance. In 2003, he founded KSF Ship Finance Co., Ltd. and has been working there ever since. The CEO of KSF Ship Finance Co., Ltd. was appointed in 2020.

[Panelist]

Junguk Jung

Head of Investment Division

Junguk Jung(born 1972) graduated from Hanyang University, Department of Policy & Public Admin. Studies(Bachelor’s degree), Univ. Of Southern California J.D.(Corresspondence Course) and Yonsei University Graduate School of Business(Master’s degree), and completed Ph.D. in Urban Planning at Hanyang University. I have started IB business in Daewoo Securities since 2001 and have been serving as the head of the project finance division of Hana Securities IB Group through Shinhan Investment & Securities I have been working on a variety of alternative investment finance projects such as corporate finance, ship / aircraft / real estate / infrastructure, starting with practical experience in setting up a number of real estate investment trusts (REITs) and Northeast Asia series ship investment companies(SIC). Previously, I was a member of Financial Advisory Group of LH Korea Land & Housing Corporation, outside director of Seoul Investment Management Co. under SH Seoul Housing Corporation, and a member of the Advisory Committee on Real Estate Finance in Seoul City. Currently, I have been participating in the growth corporate management of shipping companies as an outside director of H-Line Shipping as Co GP with Han & Company.

[Panelist]

Seung Cheol Lee

Adjunct Professor & COO

Scott C. Lee, Adjunct Professor of KMOU and Vice President of Korea Maritime Asset eXchange(KMAX), studied Nautical Science(BA) at KMOU, Shipping Trade & Finance(MSc) at London Univ., & Shipping Management(PhD course) at KMOU. He has over 30years’ experience in shipping business such as navigation officer, Strategic & IT planning, ship investment & finance, tanker business, marine HR, fleet operation at SK Shipping Co.,Ltd. Currently, he is driving the ship finance using security token and marine asset trading platform business at KMAX

[Speaker]

Gerbrant Vroegop

Executive Director

Gerbrand is a managing director and Head of Transport & Logistics APAC for ING Bank. In his role he is responsible for the bank’s regional sector coverage of the Automotive, Aviation, Containers & Logistics, Land Transport and Shipping businesses. Prior to becoming regional head in 2020, Gerbrand was a director in the same team, looking after ING Bank’s logistics banking business in Asia Pacific and the origination of ship and container finance transactions in among others Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and Australia. Gerbrand joined the Singapore team in 2009. Prior to his transfer to Singapore in 2009, Gerbrand was part of ING Bank’s Asset Based Finance teams in London (2002) and Rotterdam (2000). While there he worked on a wide range of structured ship finance transactions, with focus on the Americas, Russia and the LNG market. He started his career with ING Bank Netherlands as management trainee in 1999 and undertook in his first year various placements within the bank. Gerbrand completed his Masters’ degree in Business and Economics at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands in 1998.

[Speaker]

Ki-Hwan Jeon

Head of Division

Mr. Jeon (born in 1970) received his bachelor's degree in maritime transportation science from Korea Maritime and Ocean University (1993), business administration from Kyung Hee University (1998), master's degree in business administration (financial management) from Kyung Hee University Graduate School (2000), and doctorate in business administration majored in financial management (2005). He worked for over 20 years at Shinhan Investment & Securities, Hana Investment & Securities, Hanwha Life Insurance, Hyundai Marine Fire Insurance, and Korea Ocean Business Corporation, and mainly performed tasks such as risk management, financial management, and business strategy. The Korea Ocean Business Corporation, where He currently work, is carrying out various policy projects to strengthen competitiveness, such as providing financial support such as investment and guarantees to Korean national shipping companies, and providing shipping information and consulting. General manager Ki-Hwan Jeon is currently the head of the management support team at HMM, of which Korea Ocean Business Corporation is the majority shareholder, and He is a CFA and FRM charter holder.

[Moderator]

Lim In-Cheol

Executive Vice President

Dr. In-Cheol Lim majored in nuclear engineering and earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Seoul National University in 1984 and 1986 respectively. He received his Ph.D. in 1996 from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. He has been working at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute since 1984, and had been responsible for various tasks in the field of research reactors, and was in charge of research on radiation application. Currently, as the Executive Vice President of KAERI, he is oversighting the R&D activities of KAERI. Dr. In-Cheol Lim served as the president of the Korea Society of Radiation Industry and is currently a board member of the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies. He is also a member of the Standing Advisory Group on Nuclear Energy (SAGNE), an organization advising the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He contributed to the six IAEA guidance documents on research reactors and nuclear research infrastructure.

[Speaker]

Lee Tae Ho

Senior Vice President

Dr. Tae-Ho Lee is a senior vice president of Advanced Nuclear Reactor Lab. at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) where he is taking the overall responsibility for developing SMR technology from 2023. He earned his B.S.(1989), M.S.(1991) and Ph.D.(2000) from Seoul National University and has more than 25 years of experience as a technology developer in the fields of design for nuclear reactor system. Early in the 1990s and 2000s, he was involved in the system design of commercial pressurized water reactor and Korean SMR SMART. From mid 2000s to late 2010s, he has participated in several projects related with reactor system design and validation of sodium-cooled fast reactor as project manager or director. From 2020 to 2022, he has led the SMART development as a vice president

[Speaker]

Patrick Joseph Ryan

Sr. Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Patrick Ryan is Senior Vice President, Global Engineering and Technology and Chief Technology Officer for ABS. He is responsible for ABS’ global engineering, technology research and development, digital class, and engineering software organizations, Global Simulation Center and the Global Ship Systems Center. Ryan is known for his vision and energy in digitizing maritime engineering and is leading ABS and our global clients through their digitalization of Class in engineering, plan review, and beyond. His team has the unique responsibility to help shipowners, designers, and builders bring their plans into the digital world, and to lead the development of new technologies that will support sustainability objectives and the increasingly pivotal role of engineering and technology in the global energy transition and the rapid digitization of the maritime industry – all while never deviating from the ABS mission of making the world a safer place and minimizing the impact on the environment. Throughout his career as a naval architect, Ryan has always been focused on cutting edge technologies around ships and ship building. For 21 years prior to joining ABS, he was in various ship design, program management, and engineering leadership roles at Newport News Shipbuilding. He was responsible for digital engineering processes and tools and was at the forefront of the company’s digital transformation for several major shipbuilding programs. Ryan has authored seven U.S. and international patents on industrial augmented reality technology and is the recipient of the prestigious Doug Ensor Award for his leadership and work in Naval hydrodynamics. In 2017, Smart Industry Magazine named him one of the “Top 50” Digital Innovators in Smart Manufacturing. He graduated from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, and Masters in Ocean Engineering. He currently sits on the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering Leadership Advisory Board (LAB), as well as Virginia Tech’s Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Advisory Board, in addition to multiple Houston-area, non-profit volunteer Boards

[Speaker]

Choung, Choung-ho

General manager

Dr. CHOUNG Choung-ho (1973) majored in Bachelor's Degree (1997) and Master's Degree (2001) in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at Seoul National University, and obtained his Ph.D. (2018) in Ocean Systems Engineering from the Mechanical Engineering Department of KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). He has been employed by Hyundai Heavy Industries before his involvement within Korean Register. Within Korean Register, he has been active in the maritime industry for over 18 years now and is focused on and responsible for the risk assessment on various ship and offshore systems. Korean Register is striving to develop safety verification and certification technologies for zero- or low-carbon eco-friendly ships, and recently, it is concentrating on safety regulations and assessment in relation to the marine use of SMR such as nuclear propulsion ships.

[Panelist]

Lee, Heesung

Manager

Part Leader Heesung Lee (1973) majored in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from undergraduate to Ph.D. at Pusan National University(2005) and also served as a Visiting Scholar at Texas A&M University(2004) in the United States for one year. He joined Samsung Heavy Industries in 2005 and has been mainly in charge of Risk Study and Safety Engineering for new technology products until now. Recently, he has been researching and designing concepts for marine products based on SMR. In particular, it is conducting research on engineering for radiation shielding, high temperature corrosion, and marine structure behavior as well as verification technology for marine reactor performance. Heesung Lee is the part leader of the Safety and Environment Technology Part of Samsung Heavy Industries' Eco-friendly Research Center and is a member of the Society of Naval Architects of Korean. Recent activities related to SMR include the development of Korean-style molten salt reactors, technical cooperation with the KAERI(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) and the KRISO(Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering), and the development of marine nuclear power plants with Seaborg.

[Panelist]

Sangmin Park

Research Director

Dr. Park Sangmin, Research Director at HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd., completed his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at Chungnam National University in 2001, followed by a Master's degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University in 2003. In 2019, he obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Process Engineering from Pohang University of Science and Technology. Joining the Hyundai Heavy Industries Group in 2003, Dr. Park engaged in the development of various gas vessels such as LNG carriers, FSRUs, and FLNGs, as well as the design of offshore plants. From 2011 to 2013, he conducted research on subsea offshore plant technology in collaboration with European research institutions at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Currently, he is driving new initiatives in the field of ammonia/methanol vessels, CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage), offshore green hydrogen, and nuclear-powered propulsion ships. He was honored with the Top 10 Mechanical Technology Award in 2017 and was selected as an Engineer of the Korea Award in 2019, recognizing his outstanding contributions.

[Panelist]

Seol, Hanshin

Director

Dr. Hanshin Seol (1976) is Director of Naval Ship Engineering Research Center at Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering (KRISO). He earned his B.S.(1998) from Pusan National University and he received his master’s degree(2001) and Ph.D (2005) from School of Mechanical and Aerospace engineering in Seoul National University. Afterwards, he joined KRISO and has been working in the field of ship propulsion and naval ship stealth research. Dr. Seol has been leading a number of ship propulsion and naval ship R&D projects. Recently, he has been participating in research on the concept design of SMR propulsion ship and Korean-type molten salt reactor in co-operation with the KAERI, Samsung Heavy Industry(SHI), and HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering. Co. Ltd.(KSOE).

[Speaker]

Cheong Ro Ryu

Emeritus Professor

Emeritus Prof. Ryu C.R. (1953) studied Fishing technology at NNFUP (1974) , Ms.of Physical Oceanography at NFUP(1978) and Ph.D. of Coastal and Port Engineering at Osaka University (1984). and has been worked as a professor and E. Prof. at the Department of Ocean Engineering , Pukyong National University. Prof. Ryu worked at University of Delaware, USA and at University of Kanazawa, Japan to research and educate on Oil Spill and Their Effects. After the various research and education activities at the Universities, worked at the government agency on Fisheries infrastructures as the chairman. Now his activities extended as a supervisor of government policy on fishing port and fisheries communities, and as a chairman of the Fisheries Policy Forum of Busan stimulates communication platform on fisheries industries and fishing port cultures etc.

[Speaker]

Kyung Suk Whang

Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee member

Whang Kyung-sook (1963) received Ph.D. in Folklore from Pusan National University Graduate School(2000). As a guest professor at Pusan National University, Pukyung National University, and Busan University of Foreign Studies (1993-2020), and as a member of the Busan City Cultural Heritage Committee (2016-2022), she conducted field research and research on folk culture with a focus on the Busan area. Currently, she is a member of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee of the Cultural Heritage Administration, a member of the Busan Metropolitan History Compilation Committee, a member of the editorial board of the National Maritime Museum, a member of the editorial board of the National Folk Museum, and a board member of the PlanB Culture and Arts Cooperative.

[Speaker]

Ki-soo Kim

Professor/ Director of the Museum

Prof. Kim Kisoo is currently a faculty member in the Department of Architecture at Dong-A University, where he also serves as the Director of the Seokdang Museum. In addition to his academic role, he is actively involved in various positions related to the preservation and utilization of historical and cultural heritage. His serves as a member of the Lighthouse Cultural Heritage Committee under the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Chairman of the Modern and Contemporary Architecture Subcommittee at the Cultural Heritage Administration, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Modern and Contemporary Restoration Technology, and as the President of the international organization DOCOMOMO, Korea (Korean Modern Architecture Preservation Society). Prof. Kim Ki-soo received a Bachelor of Architecture Degree from the Dong-A University in Korea, a Master of Architecture and Ph.D degrees from the Kyoto Institute of Technology in Japan. In 2021, I had the honor of serving as a member of the National Architecture Policy Committee, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Architectural Asset Documentation for the Architectural Institute of Korea, and as the General Director for the 2021 Busan Architecture Biennale exhibition titled 'Longed-for Futures.'

[Speaker]

Ho-Sang LEE

Professor

Prof. LEE Ho-Sang(1975) studied geography education at Korea University(2002) and urban geography at the graduate school of Korea University(2004), and urban geography at Tsukuba University(2008) in Japan. He worked at the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements and Institute for Japanese Studies of Seoul National University. He has been active in Department of Japanese Regional Culture of Incheon National University for over 8 years now and research on cities, transportation, local extinction, regional revitalization, and vacant houses in Japan. Prof. LEE is the general affairs of the Korean Urban Geographical Society and serves as a director of the Association of Japanology in East Asia and the Association of Korean Cultural and Historical Geographers. He is also the director of Institute for Japanese Studies and Japanese Region Research Center at Incheon National University, and the associate director of the Interdisciplinary Institute for Regional Humanities Information at Incheon National University.

[Panelist]

Kyoung-ho Jeon

Curator

Jeon Kyoungho majored in Cultural Anthropology at Chonnam National University and completed his doctoral program in Cultural Anthropology at the same institution. Since 2016, he has been working at the National Maritime Museum of Korea, primarily conducting research on maritime culture, fishing village, and fishing technology

[Panelist]

Kim, Gyeong Su

Senior Research Fellow

Kim Gyeong-su (b. 1965) has been working at the Busan Development Institute (1995) since his master's degree in urban planning at Pusan National University (1993) and completed his Ph.D. in urban planning at Pusan National University (2002). Since then, he has been working at the Busan Research Institute. The research institute is developing major urban development plans for Busan, such as the establishment of a plan to host the 2030 Busan World Expo and the establishment of a plan for the creation of an air city at Gadeokdo New Airport. Dr. Kim Gyeong-su has served as a member of various committees, including a member of the evaluation advisory committee of the National Balanced Development Commission of the government, a member of the Joint Committee on Urban Architecture of Busan City, a member of the Building Committee, and a member of the pre-feasibility review committee for maintenance projects.

[Moderator]

Kim Chang-gyeong

Head Director

Professor Kim Chang-gyeong (1962) majored in Chinese literature (1985) at Pusan National University and ancient Chinese literature (1998) at Peking University, China. He is currently working as a professor of Chinese studies at Pukyong National University and is devoted to academic research. His university activities include serving as dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, dean of the Graduate School of International Studies, dean of academic affairs, and chairman of the university personnel committee, where he has worked to develop the school. He is currently serving as the head of the Humanities Korea Plus (HK+) Project Group at Pukyong National University, a national project. As for external activities, he has served as president and editor-in-chief of several academic societies, including Korean Association for Chinese Studies and the Association of North-east Asian Cultures, and is active as an overseas director of several academic societies in China. He also serves on the planning committee of the World Ocean Forum (WOF).

[Speaker]

Seo Kwang-deok

HK Professor

Professor Seo Kwang-deok (born in 1965) graduated from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Yonsei University(1990), and received his Ph.D. in Chinese modern literature from the same university graduate school(2003). He has worked as a researcher at Yonsei University and Hallym University, and currently works as an HK Professor at the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Pukyong National University

[Speaker]

Seo Kwang-deok

HK Professor

Professor Seo Kwang-deok (born in 1965) graduated from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Yonsei University(1990), and received his Ph.D. in Chinese modern literature from the same university graduate school(2003). He has worked as a researcher at Yonsei University and Hallym University, and currently works as an HK Professor at the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Pukyong National University

[Moderator]

Kwang Hean AN

President

AN Kwang-hean(born in 1960), president of HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Kyunghee University(1983) and a master’s degree in thermo-fluid engineering at Hongik University(1985). He completed the CEO MBA course at graduate school of business in Ulsan University, the CEO Humanities course at graduate school of business in Korea Maritime & Ocean University, and the top level course in shipping, shipbuilding, logistics, and fisheries at graduate school of law in Korea University. AN Kwang-hean is currently serving as president of HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, the world's best shipbuilding and offshore engineering company. In particular, he is the best global leader in the era of carbon neutrality by leading the “Eco-friendly Marine Engineering & Energy Solution” business based on his rich experience as an expert in shipbuilding, shipping, logistics and energy fields. He is also a leading player in Korea’s first domestically developed engine with purely proprietary technology, the "HiMSEN" engine, which has a market share of more than 35% in the global ship market. He has engaged in various activities throughout the industry and academia, including a regular member of “the Society of Naval Architects of KOREA” and “the Korean Society of Marine Engineering”, a technical member of “the Korean Register (KR)”, and the president of “the Korea Federation of Combustion Engines” which is a Korean branch of “the International Council on Combustion Engines (CIMAC)”. Currently, he is active in various fields, such as developing novel technologies to reduce greenhouse gas and leading global ESG management to deal with climate change, the world’s greatest concern.

[Speaker]

Kang-Ki Lee

Senior Vice President

Biography Professor Kang-Ki LEE currently working as senior vice president and responsible for High Power Systems at AVL List GmbH in Austria and managing director of AVL Zoellner GmbH Germany, studied mechanical engineering at MSc till 1995. And management skills added through Advanced Industrial Program at Seoul National University in 2007 and the executive management course by MAN Group through Corporate Program with WHU, Germany and Said Business School of Oxford University till 2010. Worked as president of MAN Diesel Korea Ltd since 2007 responsible for the business of internal combustion engine on various applications besides role as a head of Turbo-machineries business units of MAN for Far East Asia till 2012. Afterwards, served as exec. vice president of Daewoo SEC responsible for business development & global sales & marketing, and continued as a professor of Korea Maritime & Ocean University teaching internal combustion engine and power systems till 2018. Research interest on Emission, Power Systems, Energy Trend focus on LNG & Alternative Fuels, Future Technology of Logistics & Transportation, & Convergent Offshore Plants. Business leading of the World first LNG fueled ship development for Northern America and project leader of World first & largest LNG fueled bulk carrier upon IMO IGF Code. Currently working as deputy Chair of CIMAC GHG Strategy WG and a member of Go-LNG

[Speaker]

Dohyeong Lim

CEO

Lim Dohyeong, CEO of Avikus, a subsidiary of HD Hyundai Group, has been serving as CEO from 2021. He joined HD Hyundai Heavy Industries as a researcher in the Dynamics Research Lab in 2000, and has served as the head of the Dynamics Research Department, the head of the Digital Technology Research Center, the head of the Autonomous Navigation Research Department, and a visiting scholar at Ohio State University. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Seoul National University, and he completed his bachelor's and master's degrees at Seoul National University and KAIST, respectively.

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STAVROS HATZIGRIGRIS

OWNER / Former President

Stavros Hatzigrigoris, Advanced Engineering Services; Zodiac Maritime Stavros started his career in 1981 at Anangel Shipping Enterprises. He held the position of Managing Director of Maran Tankers Management between 1992 and 2014 and in addition, he was the Managing Director of Maran Gas Maritime between 2003 and 2020. During his years with the Maran, Group Stavros has been responsible for the contracting, construction, and delivery of more than 160 new ships in Korea and China including 45 LNGCs at DSME and Hyundai Samho. Stavros has recently set up his own consulting Co (Advanced Engineering Services) whilst at the same time working as a technical director at Zodiac Maritime He holds a B.Sc.degree in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from University College London as well as an M.Sc. in Marine Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. He has studied Management of Ship Operations at the University of Strathclyde

[Speaker]

Trends in the Development of Hydrogen Storage and Propulsion Technologies for Achieving Carbon Neutrality in Maritime Vessels

Kim Yong-jin

Senior Researcher

Dr. Yongjin Kim (born in 1979) received his doctoral degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology (2013). He works in the reliability evaluation laboratory at the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials and has been working on shipbuilding/marine eco-friendly and smart ship related work for about 10 years. In particular, he has recently published a technical document on a guide to materials applied to eco-friendly alternative fuels, contributing to the shipbuilding industry, and is carrying out work to respond to new RnD themes in the shipbuilding/marine sector.

[Panelist]

REW JOONYOUNG

Reporter

Reporter Rew Joon-young(born in 1978) is attending industrial engineering (2004) at Dong-A University, Master of Science and Journalism (2013) at KAIST, and a Ph.D. program at Hanyang University's Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy. He worked at ZDNet Korea and E-Daily, and currently covers science, venture, and start-up fields at MoneyToday.

[Panelist]

Hyun Hwan Oh

Director General

Dr. Hyun Hwan Oh(1972) is currently the Director-General of the Office of S&T Policy Planning at the esteemed Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning(KISTEP). He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Administrative Law from Kookmin University in 2000 and 2010, respectively. Dr. Oh has been an integral part of KISTEP since 2001, where he has been actively involved in S&T policy planning, R&D program evaluation, and R&D program feasibility studies. He spearheaded the establishment of Korea's STI policies, including the 4th Basic Plan for Science and Technology and the Government R&D Innovation Strategy. He was a visiting scholar at the Centre for Policy Research on Science and Technology (CPROST) at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Vancouver from 2018 to 2019.

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Kim Dong-sung

Director / External Relations Department

Biography Dr. Dong Sung Kim received a Master’s degree in zoology (1992), and obtained a Ph.D. degree in biological science (1996) both from Tokyo University. Dr. Kim returned to his home country as a prospective young scientist under the National Brain Pool Program. Since his return to Korea, Dr. Kim has dedicated to broaden and firm domestic research foundation as a physiological ecology specialist in field of meiobenthos. Dr. Kim is the pioneer Korean scientist who was onboard the manned underwater vehicle ‘Shinkai 6500’ to explore the hydrothermal vent named “Kairei” first discovered in the Indian Ocean. Successively, he had joined a tri-lateral (Korea, Japan, USA) international expedition team to explore the world’s deepest abyss called as “Mariana Trench” (11,000km/Kaiko). Throughout these experiences, he led an exploratory voyage in 2018 to the High Sea of the Indian Ocean to discover the hydrothermal vent ecosystem named “Onuri”-the first hydrothermal vent ecosystem discovered by Korea but the 4th by the international competitors—resulting in the successful collection of various samples which obtained novel creatures and natural products and writing a number of research outcome papers. In 2012, Dr. Kim was a principal investigator again leading an expedition team to the Indian Ocean to discover a new hydrothermal vent ecosystem named “Onbada” as the second discovery by Korea and discovered the 3rd one named “Onnarae”, contributing to the advancement of research capabilities in area of deep sea extremophile ecosystem. Furthermore, Dr. Kim has led a scientific team for many years to develop research plans about the East Sea and Dokdo micro-and meio-fauna ecosystem. He also has contributed to the advancement of national marine science by actively participating in a number of meetings to develop national and public marine policies and solutions for domestic coastal problems. Presently, Dr. Kim is Director for External Affairs of the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), a Member of the Review Committee on Marine Area Use Effect organized by the Ministry of Ocean and Fisheries, a Special Advisor for the National Ocean Science Museum, Secretary-General of Green Growth Ocean Forum, a Board Member and an Auditor of the Society of Marine Environment and Biology, Chair of the Committee on Marine Science of the Society of Marine Environment and Biology, a Board Member and Vice-President of Incorporated Association of Korea Marine Policy, a Registered Board Member of Incorporated Association of Gyeonggi Bay Forum, and an Editor of the Journal of the Korean Society of Oceanography. In addition, Dr. Kim was a Research Fellow at the Marine Policy Department of the University of Delaware, USA, a Member of the Fundamental Research Promotion Sub-Council under the Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology, a Member of the Council on Gyeongbuk East Sea Marine Fishery Development, a Member of Marine Policy Advisory Committee of Uljin County, and a Board Member of Incorporated Association of Dokdo Marine Fishery Research. Dr. Kim also served as Director of Strategy Development Division, Director of Marine Biology Division, Director-General of Fundamental Research Department, Director-General of the East Sea Research Institute all under KIOST.

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Lee Hyi-Seung

Vice President

Dr. Hyi-Seung Lee earned his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Chemistry in 1988 and his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 1998 from Seoul National University in Korea. Subsequently, he commenced his research career as a research scientist at the Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (KIOST) in 2000. Before that, he spent three years as a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the Republic of Korea Air Force Academy. Dr. Lee further advanced his expertise by undertaking postdoctoral studies at the Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, from 2004 to 2005, and serving as a visiting scientist at the Linus Pauling Institute, USA from 2014 to 2015. In KIOST, he mainly conducted research in the biotechnology research department while focusing his research on the isolation and structural elucidation of bioactive natural products derived from marine organisms. Currently, he serves as the vice president of KIOST

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Yang Hee-cheol

Director General

Dr. Hee Cheol YANG is currently a Principal Research Scientist and Director General for the Ocean Law and Policy Institute, KIOST. He received his Ph.D in international law of the sea and Chinese law from the National Taiwan University in 2006. His specialties are maritime boundary delimitation and marine disputes, MSP and MSR. He is also actively leading domestic marine governance including the enactment and revision of laws relating to marine issues in Korea. He has been serving as an expert government consultant on the Korean Committee on Marine Geographical Names as well as on various issues of marine affairs including issues relating to the Law of the Sea, maritime delimitation and other domestic and international marine-related issues of the Korea of Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Korea Coast Guard, and Korea Navy. He is also a member the editorial board of the journal Ocean and Polar Research. He is also active member of the Korean Society of International Law, International and Comparative Law, International Law Association , International Law of the Sea Association, and many other academic associations.

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Park jun-su

TP Leader on the Establishment of KIOST Holdings

Dr. Park JunSu(born 1968) majored in Public Administration(1992) at Incheon University and Policy Studies(2008) at Incheon University General Graduate School. He worked as a teaching assistant at the Social Science University of Incheon University and He joined the Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute(now Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology) and worked for 24 years as a researcher in charge of policy development, a performance diffusion team leader, a research management team leader, and a technology commercialization manager. Currently, he is promoting the establishment of a technology holding company as the Leader of ‘TF on the Establishment of KIOST Holdings’

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Kim Seo-kyun

Principal Researcher

Dr. Kim Seo-kyun (1969), who is an expert in technology commercialization and technology start-up, majored in trade studies (1996/bachelor) at Chungnam National University, International Business (1998/master's degree) at Korea University, and technical management (2009/doctor's degree) at Yonsei University. From 1999 to the present, ETRI (Korea Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) has been working as a commercialization strategy team leader, R&D start-up strategy team leader, and small and medium-sized business cooperation team head, and has been conducting research on technology commercialization and technology start-up. Dr. Kim Seo-kyun is also a professor of science and technology management policy at UST (University of Science and Technology), and played a leading role in the establishment and operation of ETRI Holdings, the first technology holding company in a government-funded Research Institute. Currently, he is working as an institutional operation evaluation member of a research institute directly Ministry of Science and ICT (2023), and is also participating in policies related to national R&D and technology commercialization and technology start-up, including members of the National R&D Preliminary Feasibility Committee (2021-2023) and It is also participating in policies related to national R&D and technology commercialization and technology start-up, including the 4th (2018-2022) Science and Technology Basic Plan Establishment Committee member (2017)

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An Gi-don

Professor

Professor Gi-Don An (born in 1970) majored in economics at Chungnam National University (1997) and economics at West Virginia University (2005). He worked as a visiting professor at the University of Toledo in Ohio, USA, and conducted regional industrial policy for about three years in Balanced Development Research Center at the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade's. From March 2009 to present, he has been working as a professor in the Department of Economics at Chungnam National University, and currently serves as the director of the Science and Technology Knowledge Research Institute at Chungnam National University. Professor Gi-Don An's major is innovation economics and regional economics, and he has published 29 articles while researching areas such as entrepreneurship, industry-academia cooperation, and innovation policy. Professor Gi-Don An is actively using the policy knowledge he has acquired through policy research in external activities such as policy consulting and serving as director of Daejeon Techno Park

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Han-seong Lee

Director

Dr. Hanseong Lee (DOB 1965) obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from Seoul National University. Later, he obtained his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002. After completing his doctorial studies, he continued his work as a postdoctoral fellow and a research associate at the same university. From 2007, he started his professional career at Floatec LLC, an engineering company located in Houston, Texas, where he was involved in various offshore project for offshore floating structure design, analysis, installation and commissioning. In 2013, he took on the role of vice president in charge of Engineering Management (EM) at Samsung Heavy Industries, overseeing engineering projects related to jack-up rigs, semi-submersibles, and petroleum drillships. From 2019, Dr. Lee had worked as a technical consultant at SimulationTech, providing technical advice on various eco-friendly facilities, including scrubbers for desulfurization systems. Since 2021, he has held the position of director of the Shipbuilding and Maritime Research Division at a Research Institute of Medium and Small Shipbuilding. In this role he oversees R&D in various fields, such as eco-friendly vessels, materials, maritime leisure and safety, and smart ships.

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Lim, Hak Soo

Principal Research Scientist

Dr. Hak-Soo Lim received his Ph.D. in Coastal and Port Engineering from the Department of Civil Engineering at Konkuk University in 2015. In 2004, he was appointed as a researcher at the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), and since 2016, he has been working as a principal research scientist at the Coastal Disaster & Safety Research Department. He is currently serving as the vice president of the International Division of the Korea Society of Coastal Disaster Prevention (KSCDP), and is an expert in the review of comprehensive natural disaster mitigation measures by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, a member of the Central Construction Technology Review Committee of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, and a member of the Busan Metropolitan Construction Technology Review Committee. He is striving to develop coastal disaster prediction and response framework and marine digital twin technology, such as developing coastal erosion response technology, establishing a cutting-edge advanced marine industry Open-Lab, and developing a marine smart city platform.

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LEE BYUNG HOON

Senior manager

Mr. Byung Hoon Lee majored in Electronic Engineering at Dong-A University (2006). He has been working in the field of ship electrical, navigation and automation design for 17 years, and is currently working in the electrical design team at K Shipbuilding. He is in charge of Smartship and Cyber security in addition to electrical design, and is also conducting various research activities with domestic and foreign institutions for the digital transformation of ships built by the K Shipbuilding and related projects for the application of ship optimization.

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Shin Hongwoo

CEO

CEO Shin Hong-woo (born 1973) majored in industrial design (2000) at Pukyong National University 18 years in the current workplace creative pers. He performed duties such as marine design and professional design consulting. Creative pers is a company specializing in marine design I have experienced the development of 150 mass-produced product design technologies It is a company that implements design technology optimized for the Korean marine environment, with 15 technology patents and its own marine brand "PENTARIS". CEO Shin Hong-woo is a director of the Southeast Regional Design Industry Association, a director of the Korea Marine Design Association, a director of the Marine Leisure Equipment Industry Association, and a specialized member of the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology Evaluation and Management He has won awards such as "IF Design Award", "reddot", "Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy Award", "Good Design (3 times), "Design Innovation Award", and "Asia Design Prize". He is an outpatient professor at Pukyong National University, Dongseo National University, and Dongju National University, and has written and reviewed six design education books.

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Park Jae-hyun

Dr. Jae hyun Park (born in 1969) majored in craft design (Bachelor of Fine Arts), Industrial Craft (Master of Fine Arts), and Digital Design (Ph.D. in Design) at Kyungsung University. From 1998 until joining the Design Council Busan, he served as an adjunct professor in design majors at Kyungsung University, Dongmyeong University, Dong-a University, Shilla University. From October 2006 until now, he has been working at the Design Council Busan (Head office of Support Geneal Manager). In particular, since 2014, it has been planning, attracting, and operating various national projects based on digital transformation (DX). He is interested in design-led hyper-connected industries, fostering smart startups, smart home & lifestyle service design R&D, style design, smart ocean design, and digital human big data research

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Min Jeong-tack

Director

Director Min Jeongtack (1976) received a master's degree in control systems (2004) and a doctorate in technology of management(2016) from Pusan National University. He worked at the Busan Techno Park(Strategic Industry Planning Division) for 5 years since 2004, carrying out the work of Busan City's strategic industry planning and new project planning. He has been working at the Korea Institute of Robotics and Convergence from 2008 to the present, establishing the organization's strategy and national and regional robot development policies. He is currently in charge of the Future Strategy Business Dept. and the Marine Leisure Equipment R&D center. Director Min Jeongtack has been serving as an expert member of ICT convergence and large research facilities at the National Science and Technology Advisory Council since 2023. He is also an expert member of various government ministries and planning, evaluation organizations. He also participates as a member of the Incheon Airport Corporation 4th Industry Advisory Committee.

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Park Ho-sang

Head of Department of Maritime Safety

Director. Park Ho-sang (born 1972) majored in ship operation at the Korea Maritime University (1996), and received a master's degree in ship engineering (2021) from the same university. He worked as the first engineer at HMM, and I joined the Korea Maritime Transportation Safety Corporation and have been working until now. He is in charge of preventing maritime accidents, developing and operating maritime traffic safety information systems, and spreading maritime safety culture in our company.

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Su-Han Woo

Professor

Dr. Su-Han Woo is a Professor in the Department of International Logistics at Chung-Ang University in South Korea. He graduated with BA in Economics from Seoul National University in South Korea in 1998 and was awarded a PhD in Cardiff Business School in 2011. Prior to the current position, he worked in the Korean Ministries which deal with transport and logistics policies for more than 10 years and was involved in a wide range of maritime transport related policies. His research interests centre on effective management of international logistics and transportation focusing on shipping and port management. His research has recently been extended to supply chain management including topics such as integration of transport and logistic into supply chain networks. He has published a number of papers in the leading academic journals such as Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Transportation Research Part A, Transport Reviews, Maritime Economics & Logistics and Maritime Policy & Management. His teaching profile includes logistics systems, supply chain management and research methodology in logistics.

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Sam cho

President

Sam Cho was elected to the Port Commission in 2019 and became Commission President in 2023. Cho is the son of immigrants who immigrated from South Korea to the United States through the Port of Seattle in the 80’s. Today, he is the youngest and first person of color to become Commission President since the founding of the Port in 1911. Driven to help shape the economy of the future, Commissioner Cho’s career has spanned from government and emerging start-ups to established companies in the tech and sustainability space. Commissioner Cho currently serves as Director of Strategic Initiatives in the Office of Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell. Immediately before his election to the Port, Commissioner Cho was the founder and CEO of Seven Seas Export, an international trading company that exported over 2.5 million pounds of eggs to various countries throughout the Asia-Pacific. Earlier in his career, Commissioner Cho held positions as an analyst at the US Department of State, as a Legislative Assistant to both a Washington State Senator and a member of the United States Congress, and served as a political appointee under President Barack Obama. Commissioner Cho earned his Master of Science in International Political Economy from The London School of Economics and his Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from American University. His priorities as a commissioner include creating economic opportunity, promoting environmental sustainability, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and ending human trafficking.

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In Hyeon Kim

Professor

School of Law, Korea University, captainihkim@korea.ac.kr In Hyeon, Kim, born in 1959, is a full time professor in Maritime Law and Marine Insurance Law and the director of Maritime Law Center at the School of Law, Korea University in Korea. He was a former master of Sanko Steamship Co. LTD, and he is a holder of valid Master’s license. He studied nautical science in the Korea Maritime University and law at Korea University. He obtained LL.D at Korea University and LL.M from the University of Texas at Austin. He studied maritime law at National University of Singapore and Tokyo University Faculty of Law as a visiting professor. He acted as legal adviser for Korean government to the IOPC FUNDS, UNCITRAL Transport Law Project and Legal Committee of the IMO. He acted as the president of the Korea Maritime Law Association. He was also a member of revision committee for Korean Commercial Code Maritime Law Section. He is a member of the Planning Committee of CMI. He is a legal consultant for IMO. He was the chief advisor for the minister of Korea Ocean and Fisheries Department. He published several English articles on maritime law in the journal of maritime law & commerce. He is the author of “Transport Law in South Korea (Kluwer)”.

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Tristan Smith

Associate Professor, Energy and Transport

Dr Tristan Smith, Associate Professor in Energy and Transport at UCL has, since 2010, grown a substantial group focused on modeling and analysis of shipping’s efficiency and emissions. He led the UK govt. funded Shipping in Changing Climates project, led the 3rd IMO GHG Study, is an author in the 4th IMO GHG Study. He is lead author of ISO 19030, co-chair of World Bank's CPLC Maritime Thread, and has been involved in numerous projects across the academic, industry and policy domains. The group maintains a number of models including GloTraM, which is used by several multinationals to explore shipping's future scenarios and technology evolution.

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Kim Seung-nam

CEO

Mr. Kim Seung Nam (1958) studied Electrical Engineering at Uni of NSW in Australia (1982) and Systems and Control at Uni of NSW in Australia (1988). He has been working for Alsthom in Australia (1982 – 1993) for electrical engineer and project engineer for various project, Mining automation, Steel automation, Habour tunnel, etc. After joining with Seoho Electric in 1993, he has been working with Cranes for shipbuilding yard and containers cranes as head of R&D department. He is actively working as R&D member for automation of container cranes and other cranes since 1995. Since 2000, he has focused on automation of container cranes. He is now working as CEO of Seoho Electric since 2015, closely working with PSA Singapore.

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Akiyama Masami

CEO & President

Mr. Masami AKIYAMA has been employed by Nippon Express Co., Ltd. Tokyo, Japan in 1988, and has been working between Japan and Europe for those 35 years, mainly assigned onto the supply chain management for several industries, such as automobiles, semiconductors, and so on. Especially he has been involved the air/ocean forwarding between Asia and Europe. In January 2022, He has started to work in Seoul, Korea as CEO & President of Nippon Express Korea Co., Ltd

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Ma Chang-Mo

Ma Chang-mo (1973) majored in fisheries management at Pukyung National University(2001) and agriculture economics at Seoul National University (2017). He has been working at the Korea Maritime Institute(KMI) under the Prime Minister's Office for 17 years and has conducted research on fisheries policies, international fisheries and aquaculture industries. Ma Chang-mo is a director of the Korea Fisheries Management Association, secretary general of the Future Aquaculture Investment Forum, and a member of the Ministry of Industry's Science and Technology Level Assessment Committee. Recently, he has been participating in aquafarm 4.0 project.

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Hye-Seong Lee

Professor

Prof. Hye-Seong Lee (born in 1973) received bachelor's and master's degrees in Food and Nutrition from Ewha Womans University and Graduate School (1998), and a Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology from the University of California, Davis (2003). Afterward, she worked as a researcher at Unilever Netherlands Global Research Institute. Since 2008, she has been a professor at the Department of Food Science and Biotechnology at Ewha Womans University. The field of education and research is sensory and consumer science, and she operates an affective engineering laboratory that studies food design, sensory marketing, and perception/cognition of sensory characteristics that meet consumer needs. She is also the principal investigator of a basic research laboratory for 'personalized bio-food development' that is sponsored by the National Research Foundation of Korea. She also serves as associate editor-in-chief of Food Quality and Preference, an international journal representing convergence food science. She was chairperson of the sensory and consumer science division of the Korean Society of Food Science and Technology, and is currently the representative of SenseAsia Korea and the chairperson of the affective science academic division of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition.

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Bum-Keun Kim

Principal Research Scientist

Dr. Bum-Keun Kim obtained his Bachelor's degree (1997) and Master's degree (1999) in Agricultural Chemistry from Korea University. He then received his Ph.D. degree (2004) from the Department of Food Engineering at the same university. After obtaining his Ph.D., he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Korea Food Research Institute from 2005 to 2007. Since 2007, he has been working as a principal research scientist in the Processing and Engineering Research Division at the Korea Food Research Institute. He also served as the head of the division for about 4 years (2019.7-2023.4). He is actively conducting research in the field of food processing, particularly in areas closely related to food tech area such as elderly-friendly food, 3D printing, and food texture, etc. In addition to his research work, he is actively involved in leading academic organizations such as the The Korean Society of Food Science and Technology (KoSFoST), the Korean Society of Food and Nutrition(KFN), and the Korean Society for Food Science of Animal Resources, etc.

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Lee, Kiwon

Professor

Prof. Lee, Ki Won (1974) studied Food Science and Biotechnology at Seoul National University getting his B.S. (1998), M.S. (2000) and Ph.D.(2004). Professor Lee, is the Chair of the FoodTech Dept. at Seoul National University, is a professor at Seoul National University in the Food Science and Biotechnology Dept. He is a distinguished member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology, and the President of the Korea FoodTech Council. Professor Lee, Ki Won is an authority in the commercialization of precision food medicine technology, such as AI based customized dietary design platform, customized phytochemical, and customized biopharm. He received the Seoul National University Industry-University Cooperation Award and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Science and Technology Grand Award. He is the founder of BOBSNU, a subsidiary of Seoul National University Holdings, and is serving as the CTO. Also he is providing policy direction for sustainable development as the member of the Presidential Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Policy.

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Kim, Yang-Hee

CEO

CEO Kim Yang-hee (born in 1969) majored in business administration at Kwandong University (1994) and served as an executive in the food division for 19 consecutive years. She later founded a private company (2016) to develop alternative meat technology that contributes to reducing methane gas (CH4), a major culprit of global warming. After four years and 40,000 experiments, she succeeded in extracting various meat flavors. The technology she developed is a technology that extracts flavor substances that can realize the taste and aroma of meat from seaweeds such as seaweed and kelp. This technology is the world's first seaweed extraction molecular technology that is different from existing meat substitute technology. Since then, HN Novatech has continued to invest and export through core technologies that have secured ESG and safety through conversion to a corporation (2020). HN Novate is the only company in the field of alternative meat materials in Korea that exports overseas. CEO Kim Yang-hee has won various awards, including the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Award (2019) and the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (2022). And since HN Novatech has excellent material technology in the field of alternative meat, other alternative meat companies can become customers rather than competitors. Through this, she is trying to contribute to the spread of alternative meat technology.

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Jeonghwan Park

Professor

Professor Jeonghwan Park specialized in aquaculture at the Department of Aquaculture, Pukyong National University (1998) and obtained his master's and doctoral degrees in aquaculture engineering from the same university (1998 to 2005). He served as a research associate at the Department of Biology, North Carolina State University in the United States (2008 to 2012), and later held a professorship at the University of Arkansas (2012 to 2016). Currently, he is a professor in the Division of Fisheries Life Sciences, majoring in Aquaculture and Applied Life Sciences, at Pukyong National University, and also holds the position of director at the Fisheries Science and Technology Center. Professor Park has actively engaged in international endeavors, acting as an advisor to the Korean delegation at the UN Ocean Conference (2017) and chairing the 16th Sub-Committee on Fish Trade of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) held in Busan (2017). He previously served as the chief professor in the Division of Aquaculture Technology at the FAO World Fisheries University (2017-2019), and currently, he is a deputy director of the KOICA master's program at Pukyong National University (2020-present). During his tenure at universities in the United States, Professor Park held various positions, including Regional Representative Researcher in the Aquaculture Commission of the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center, committee member at the National Membrane Technology Center of the National Science Foundation, advisor to the Arkansas Catfish Farmers Association, and member of the Review Committee of the World Aquaculture Society. In South Korea, he has served as a member of the Special Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries, and Rural Policy in the Presidential Office, a non-executive director of the Korea Fisheries Infrastructure Public Agency, a member of the Dong-Won Academic Foundation at Pukyong National University, a member of the National Marine and Fisheries Science Policy Committee of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, and a member of the Technical Committee on ICT-based Fisheries and Aquaculture Technology in the Ministry of Science and ICT. For over 25 years, Professor Park has made significant contributions to the research and development of fisheries and aquaculture technology, education and training, human resource development, policy guidance, and development both domestically and internationally.

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Yeoul Jeong

CEO

CEO Yeo Ul Jeong (born in 1991) majored in business administration at Korea University. After recognizing the market potential of convenience seafood during her visit to Japan in (2016), she established her company, WELLFISH, in 2020. WELLFISH has been dedicated to creating seafood products using local ingredients in Korea. Over the past 3 years, she has developed 9 seafood products, some of which have been exported to the U.S. and Canada. With these achievements, WELLFISH received numerous awards including the ‘Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Award (2020)’ and ‘National 1000 Innovative Companies(2021)’. Now, she is taking on a new challenge to promote the growth of blue foods by providing customers with more easily understandable and accessible information about seafood. To achieve this goal, WELLFISH is working on developing a customized seafood recommendation service using ingredient analysis, with R&D support from the Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.

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Youn Joo

Associate Research Fellow

Dr, Youn-Joo is Research Fellow of Korea Culture & Tourism Institute. And she studied Tourism Develpment from Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. Youn-Joo finished PhD at Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea and has over 15 years of working experience at the Korea Culture & Tourism Institute(KCTI). she published many KCTI Research reports and currently in charge of cruise policy research at KCTI

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Sang Jin, SHIM

Professor

Previously, Professor Shim served as Senior Vice President of Hyundai Asan Corporation for many years. Hyundai Asan is the founder of the Mt. Kumgang project and the major investor in North Korea's tourism development. Dr. Shim has been very active in the company and has been in charge of many multi-year projects, such as the operation of 4 cruise ships from South Korea to N. Korea, the Mt. Kumgang Resort, the Kaesong Tour Project, as well as the Mt. Baekdu Development Project. In addition, his dedication to the various tourism development projects in N. Korea led him to live in the Mt. Kumgang Tourist Region for four years and work with the N. Korean tourism authorities. While working on these projects, he visited N. Korea more than 120 times to discuss and positively implement tourism planning and development with N. Korean government officials. In view of his many achievements during the 10 years, he is one of the internationally recognized figures who have made significant contributions to the development of cruise ship tourism between North and South Korea, such as cruise ship ports, hot spas, accommodations, tourist facilities and so on. Dr. Shim left the Hyundai Group in 2012 after 26 years of service to become a professor at Kyonggi University, where he researched and taught unification tourism and tourism policy theory. He retired last year due to the mandatory retirement age for professors and continues to work actively in his respective fields.

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HYO-JIN YOUN

SENIIOR MANAGER

Senior manager Hyojin Youn( Born in 1983) completed PhD degree in tourism from Kyunghee university. Currently, she is in charge of overall sales in domestic market at the Costa cruise , Italian cruise company. She is also member of the steering committee of Korea cruise forum and director of Korea tourism research association and Korea marine tourism society. She is participating various projects and researchs which are necessary to develop the domestic cruise industry

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Yhang Wii-joo

Professor

Professor YHANG, WII-JOO, Ph.D(born 1962) majored in tourism and leisure at TEXAS A&M University (1994), master's (1987) in the Department of Ecology and Landscape Architecture in the graduate school, and Landscape Architecture(1985) in the undergraduate school at Seoul National University. After returning to Korea From the United States in 1994, he participated and organized tourism policies, tourism development plans, and strategies in Busan Metroplitan city as a research fellow at the Busan Development Institute's(BDI) urban planning office. He started as a professor of the Department of Tourism Management at Silla University in March 1997, and has been serving as a professor of Department of Tourism Management at Pukyong National University from March 2006 to the present. In June 2007, the Global Marine and Coastal Tourism Research Institute was established and as the director, various projects are being carried out to revitalize coastal and marine tourism at home and abroad. Professor YHANG is a policy advisor to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, and serves as an advisor or evaluation committee member in the central government, Busan, other metropolitan governments, local municipalities, and national research institutes. In addition, as an editorial member or member of the Korea Academic Society of Tourism and Leisure, the Tourism Institute of Northeast Asia, the Korea Academic Society of Tourism Management, the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research, and the Tourism Sciences Socity of Korea are participating in various academic events as research activities

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Valeryi NAGORNYI

Chief Executive Officer

Valeryi has got more than 18 years of experience in port industry, including positions as the head of strategy planning department of Vladivostok Commercial Port and CEO of property and facility management company of the Port. Since 2015 Valeryi is the CEO of Vladivostok sea terminal LLC, the main cruise port of Pacific Russia. Under his guidance Vladivostok has become full-style member of cruise industry, recognizable in the Asian and International cruise market, has increased its annual cruise traffic from 5 000 (in 2015) to more than 30 000 (in 2019) cruise passengers and has accommodated biggest cruise ships sailing in Asia. During this time, strategy of Vladivostok’s development as cruise destination was suggested and is being implemented, direct connections with all cruise lines active in Asia were established, new shorex programs and services for passengers were initiated. By Valeryi’s initiative Vladivostok also became a member of cruise industry associations and is regularly presented at all main cruise industry events in Asia Pacific and in industry media. Since 2018 Valery and his team have been actively working to promote Pacific Russia cruise destinations (Vladivostok, Sakhalin& Kuril islands, Kamchatka) as a base to launch new type of cruise itineraries for Asian and international cruise markets, motivating all parties involved to speed-up development of infrastructure, shaping up-to-date shorex programs and negotiating with cruise operators. In 2020-2022 he together with industry partners made a lot of efforts to create conditions needed to restore international cruise and ferry passengers operations in Russia considering consequences of the pandemic. In 2021 Valeryi was included as a member of working group for the development of cruise tourism under the Federal Agency of Tourism of Russian Federation and participated in development of the Concept for the development of cruise tourism in Russian Federation and of the Action plan of its implementation. Since the end of the pandemic Valeryi and his team have resumed active marketing efforts to attract in Vladivostok new market players both from cruise and ro-pax ferry sectors. In 2018 Valeryi became one of the winners of ‘Seatrade Cruise News 20 under 40’ contest among young professionals from the global cruise industry who are under the age of 40 and who have shown either great initiative, an exceptionally hardworking culture and demonstrated strong leadership. In 1999 – 2005 he studied Management at Far Eastern State Technical University (now Far Eastern Federal University). He received a Master’s degree in the same field.

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Ji Jia Hui

Senior Researcher

Korea Maritime Institute, a researcher in the shipping policy office (2014.4---2020.8) China Merchants Cruise Research Institute, Senior Researcher (2020.8---present) Doctorate program at Shanghai Maritime University

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Jasmine Kim

Marketing & Pr Manager, Asia

Asia Marketing & Public Relations Manager Kim Yeon-Kyoung (born 1980) served 16 years in the cruise industry. She began her career as a GSA for Princess Cruises and Cunard Line in 2007, when she was in charge of overall operations. She has been in charge of public relations and marketing at Carnival Corporation Korea since the Korean official branch of Princess Cruises and Cunard Line was established in 2013. As of 2022, she is also in charge of marketing in Asia, including Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Additionally, whenever she had the opportunity, she gave special lectures on cruise tourism at Sejong University, Konkuk University, Daekyeung University, Sejong Cyber University, and Lifelong Education Center since she was passionate about developing the next generation of cruise industry talents. She is currently a member of the MOF Cruise Development Council, the Korea Cruise Forum, and the Cruise Development Committees of Incheon, Busan, and the KTO to support the development of the cruise industry.

[Moderator]

CHOI, Wan-hyun

President

President Wan-Hyun Choi, born in 1964, completed his undergraduate studies in Fisheries Management at Busan National Fisheries University in 1991. Subsequently, he earned a Master's degree in Fisheries and Ocean Science in 2002 and a Ph.D. in Marine Fisheries Management in 2020 at Pukyong National University. Over the past 27 years, he has been in charge of planning and implementing fisheries policies for the development of aquaculture and fisheries resources management through his careers, as director of Aquaculture Industry Division, Fisheries Development Division, Fisheries Policy Division, Director General of International Distant Water Policy Bureau, Fisheries Resources Policy Bureau, Fisheries Policy Bureau, and Deputy Minister for Fisheries Policy Office and President for the National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS) under the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries. Since his appointment as the President of National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea (MABIK) in 2021, he has made significant contributions to the conservation of marine biodiversity and the development of the marine and fisheries industry. In particular, he actively strives to secure Korea's marine biological sovereignty, promote the development of the marine biotechnology industry, and raise public awareness of the ocean's value as the head of the national institution responsible for marine biological resources.

[Speaker]

Herbert Waite

Professor of Biochemistry

Prof. Waite studied Biochemistry at Harvard University (1971) and Marine Biochemistry at Duke University (1976) and has been on the faculty at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) since 1999 in the Departments of Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology and of Chemistry & Biochemistry as well as in the Graduate Program in Biomolecular Science & Engineering. At UCSB, Waite has been active in initiating and deepening research investigations into structure-properties relationships in load-bearing biomolecular materials from marine organisms. Particularly insightful model organisms have been marine mussels (Mytilus) and sandcastle worms (Phragmatopoma) for adhesion, squid (Dosidicus) and bloodworms (Glycera) for high impact hard organic materials, and sharks (Cynoscyllium) and whelks (Busycon) for encapsulants. Research results have driven technological exploration for the improved design of adhesive interfaces, for mitigating contact damage between mismatched materials and for polymer processing without organic solvents at ambient temperature

[Speaker]

Juan Luis Gomez Pinchetti

Professor at University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Juan Luis GÓMEZ PINCHETTI is Professor at the Faculty of Marine Science and Scientist at the Spanish Bank of Algae (BEA) of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC). Master in Applied Algology and PhD in Marine Science, holding scientific training periods at the Dpt. Physiological Botany (Uppsala, Sweden) and INRA (Nantes, France). Author of research articles published in refereed journals and international congress presentations, mainly in the field of Algal Biotechnology. Scientific Director of the Biotechnology Unit at the Spanish Bank of Algae (BEA), he has got a wide experience in laboratory and pilot-scale cultivation of marine macroalgae, microalgae and cyanobacteria. Research objectives include algae physiology and biochemistry, transformation and applications of marine algal biomass produced under intensive culture conditions, and the development of biofiltration systems by using algae, through recently financed research projects from the European Commission such as LIFE-SEACOLORS, H2020-SABANA, Interreg-Mac-REBECA or H2020-NewTechAqua, the Spanish and Canarian Governments as BIFARO, INNOVALGA or ALIZIO, and other research agreements. The Spanish Bank of Algae is an authorized Culture Collection of tropical and subtropical microalgae and cyanobacteria, as well as extremophiles – recognized as an IDA by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), being a member of the European Culture Collection Organization (ECCO) and the World Federation of Culture Collections (WFCC). BEA-ULPGC is also a member of the Spanish nodes for the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC) and the Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure (MIRRI).

[Speaker]

JONG SEONG KHIM

Professor

Dr. Jong Seong Khim (1974) is Professor and Vice-Chair in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Seoul National University. He obtained a B.S. Degree (1998) in Oceanography and Master占쎌뀼 (2000) and Doctoral Degrees (2006) in Marine Biology from Seoul National University. He is a world expert in the fields of Marine Benthic Ecology and Environmental Risk Assessment. His research interests encompass a broad spectrum of

[Panelist]

You Kyung Man

President

Dr. You Kyung Man(born in 1968) acquired a degree in biotechnology at Korea University in 1999. He served as head of the Biotechnology Division at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation and Planning(KISTEP) and served as a Marine Biotechnology Deputy Director for about 10 years at Korea Institute of Marine Science Technology Promotion(KIMST). Currently, He has established Science and Technology Strategy lnstitute(STSI) and are performing various projects such as marine bio-cluster formation and marine bio-Infra feasibility study. Dr. You Kyung Man is a president of Science and Technology Strategy Institute and is the committee member of National Science and Technology Standards Classification System, National Science and Technology Investment Strategy Division, and Regional Science and Technology Promotion Division of the Ministry of Science and ICT

[Panelist]

Ji Won Hong

Department of Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Doctor of Microbiology

Professor Ji Won Hong received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Konkuk University in 2001 and 2004, respectively. Prof. Hong then obtained his Ph.D. from School of Life Sciences at University of Dundee in 2009. After completing his doctoral work, he began his career as a researcher at the Department of Biology at Kyungpook National University and the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea. In 2020, he joined as a faculty member in the Department of Hydrogen and Renewable Energy at Kyungpook National University. His areas of research are bioenergy production and biological waste water treatment using marine microalgae and he has undertaken various research projects in this direction. He currently acts as the Director of Research in the Advanced Bio-Resource Research Center at Kyungpook National University and he is also a member of the Industry-Academia Cooperation Committee of the Korean Society of Phycology.

[Panelist]

Jeon Byeong-yeob

CTO

Jeon Byung-yeop (b. 1959) graduated Chung-Ang University in Seoul majoring in Business Administration. After working at Hanwha Group he founded a number of venture companies such as Cesscom, MarketPoint and QMTEL, many of which succeeded in IPO. Henceforth, Jeon has been creating new industry fields with innovative products and services. Since its establishment in 2014, Jeon has been the CTO of QBM, a company which focuses on the research of marine minerals acquired through deep sea water extraction. QBM is currently working with National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea to research marine peptides and other marine biomaterials.