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Busan Metropolitan City to Host Strategic Seminar on Digital Innovation Technologies for Ship Operation, Fleet Management, and Environmental Response

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that the "2025 MacNet Strategic Seminar I" will be held on April 30 at 2:00 p.m. at the Asti Hotel Busan (Grand Ballroom).

The event is hosted by the Marine Industry Integration Cluster (MacNet, chaired by Lee Hyeong-cheol) and supported by Busan Metropolitan City and the Korean Register of Shipping (KR).
Marine Industry Integration Cluster (MacNet): A nonprofit organization established to create an industrial ecosystem through collaboration among 56 academic, industrial, governmental, and research institutions in the maritime sector.

The seminar will bring together experts and professionals from related industries.

This year, under the theme "Current Status and Future of Digital Innovation Technologies for Ship Operation, Fleet Management, and Environmental Response," the seminar will share the latest trends in digital technology and future response strategies for the maritime industry, featuring presentations and discussions by experts from companies and organizations such as Microsoft.

• ●Session 1 will begin with a keynote speech by Park Sang-hyun, Director at Microsoft Korea, followed by:

• ○Kang Seong-pil, Team Leader at LAB021, presenting "Data-Driven Carbon Reduction Strategies,"

• ○Cho Hong-rae, Co-CEO of Mapsea, presenting "Mapsea Navigation·Connect and Standardization for Digital Transformation (DX) in Ship Safety Management."

• ●Session 2 will feature:

• ○Byeon Sang-su, Team Leader at HMM Ocean Service, presenting "Digitalization Paradigm and the Future of the Shipping Industry,"

• ○Kim Sang-yong, Executive Director at Marineworks, presenting "Evolution of Ship Management Solutions,"

• ○Lee Yoon-han, Team Leader at the Korean Register of Shipping, introducing the "DAON Project and Future Plans."

Following the sessions, there will be a live Q&A session, addressing both online pre-submitted questions and questions from the onsite audience.

The seminar is open to anyone through online pre-registration at liveinsight.kr/macnet/2025/digital, and will also be livestreamed on YouTube.
(On April 30 at 2:00 p.m., search for "Marine Industry Integration Cluster" on YouTube.)

Meanwhile, the maritime industry is currently undergoing a rapid digital transformation, with advances in information processing and sharing technologies, as well as the development of AI-based ship operation systems.

Software providers are offering real-time ship operation management services linked to digital inspection service systems, encompassing data management and verification.

Major global shipping companies are also collaborating with software providers and developing eco-friendly technologies to respond to strengthened environmental regulations, such as those by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and are establishing long-term strategies to adapt to upcoming regulations.

Shim Seong-tae, Director-General of the Oceans, Agriculture, and Fisheries Bureau of Busan Metropolitan City, stated,

"This strategic seminar will be a meaningful opportunity to explore responses to the digital transformation of the maritime industry and to share the future direction for the development of domestic innovative technologies.
Moving forward, we will continue to support related industries and companies to further enhance Busan’s status as a digital maritime city."