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ECCK Co-hosts the 2021 Maritime Conference
On November 11, ECCK co-hosted a private maritime event under the title “2021 Maritime Conference” at Hilton Busan together with Royal Norwegian Embassy in Seoul, Innovation Norway, NBA, and Busan Metropolitan City.
The key objective of the event was to engage a partnership between Europe-Norway and the Republic of Korea in the maritime industry. Therefore, during this private event, 49 key stakeholders in the maritime industry had an opportunity to share valuable insights, innovative ideas and solutions.
The conference was opened by Norwegian Ambassador to Korea, Frode Solberg and welcomed by Mr. Dirk Lukat, the ECCK Chairperson. Then, under the theme “Green and Smart Shipping”, first keynote speech was kicked off by Mr. Won Ho Joo, CTO of Hyundai Heavy Industry (HHI) followed by a presentation delivered by Mr. Tommy Rasmussen, President of MAN Energy Solutions Korea under the topic “Decarbonization”.
Subsequently, the second keynote speech was delivered by Mr. Ørnulf Rødseth, Senior Scientist of SINTEF Ocean also followed by a presentation by Mr. Seunghyeon (Stanley) Yoo, Research Engineer / Digitalization Expert at DNV under the topic “Digitalization”. This first session was concluded with a panel discussion with the speakers and moderated by Mr. Andreas Kristoffersen, Chairperson of NBA.
The second session was re-opened by Mr. Yunil Kim, the Vice Mayor for Economic Affairs of the Busan Metropolitan Gov. which was followed by a short introduction of Busan City delivered by Ms. Nayong Jun, Deputy Director of Foreign Investment Attraction of the Busan Metropolitan Gov. Then finally the participants enjoyed the dinner alongside networking.
ECCK Co-hosts the 2021 Maritime Conference
On November 11, ECCK co-hosted a private maritime event under the title “2021 Maritime Conference” at Hilton Busan together with Royal Norwegian Embassy in Seoul, Innovation Norway, NBA, and Busan Metropolitan City.
The key objective of the event was to engage a partnership between Europe-Norway and the Republic of Korea in the maritime industry. Therefore, during this private event, 49 key stakeholders in the maritime industry had an opportunity to share valuable insights, innovative ideas and solutions.
The conference was opened by Norwegian Ambassador to Korea, Frode Solberg and welcomed by Mr. Dirk Lukat, the ECCK Chairperson. Then, under the theme “Green and Smart Shipping”, first keynote speech was kicked off by Mr. Won Ho Joo, CTO of Hyundai Heavy Industry (HHI) followed by a presentation delivered by Mr. Tommy Rasmussen, President of MAN Energy Solutions Korea under the topic “Decarbonization”.
Subsequently, the second keynote speech was delivered by Mr. Ørnulf Rødseth, Senior Scientist of SINTEF Ocean also followed by a presentation by Mr. Seunghyeon (Stanley) Yoo, Research Engineer / Digitalization Expert at DNV under the topic “Digitalization”. This first session was concluded with a panel discussion with the speakers and moderated by Mr. Andreas Kristoffersen, Chairperson of NBA.
The second session was re-opened by Mr. Yunil Kim, the Vice Mayor for Economic Affairs of the Busan Metropolitan Gov. which was followed by a short introduction of Busan City delivered by Ms. Nayong Jun, Deputy Director of Foreign Investment Attraction of the Busan Metropolitan Gov. Then finally the participants enjoyed the dinner alongside networking.
Photos from the Conference