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Busan Metropolitan City to Host the “2025 Korea-Japan Hydrogen Business Forum of the Busan Hydrogen Alliance”

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Busan Metropolitan City Mayor Park Heong-joon announced that the city will host the “2025 Korea-Japan Hydrogen Business Forum of the Busan Hydrogen Alliance” (hereinafter “the Forum”) today (August 28) at 1:30 p.m. at BEXCO.

The event will bring together approximately 100 participants, including member companies of the Busan Hydrogen Alliance and domestic and international representatives from industry, academia, and research institutes. The forum is hosted by Busan Metropolitan City and organized by Busan Technopark.

The Forum has been prepared to share the current status and future outlook of the hydrogen industries in Korea and Japan and to explore cooperation measures with the goal of building a global hydrogen industry ecosystem.

Key presentations will include: “Trends and Outlook of the Korean Hydrogen Industry” by the Korea Hydrogen Association; “Status and Strategy for Expanding the Hydrogen Industry Ecosystem in Busan” by Busan Technopark; and “Status of Hydrogen-related Businesses” by Daisuke Ohashi, General Manager of Sumitomo Corporation Korea.

In addition, an industrial site visit is scheduled for tomorrow (August 29), during which about 20 participants from domestic and international companies will tour facilities such as Dong-A University’s High-Performance Valve Technology Support Center and the Hydrogen Ship Technology Center.

Through these visits, participants will directly experience Busan’s hydrogen-related technological capabilities and industrial infrastructure, which are expected to lead to tangible investment and cooperation opportunities.

Busan Metropolitan City plans to use this Forum to strengthen the international standing of the Busan Hydrogen Alliance and to establish practical cooperation with overseas companies, including those in Japan, in order to leap forward as a global hub city for the hydrogen industry.

Park Dong-seok, Director General of the Advanced Industry Bureau, stated, “Through the Busan Hydrogen Alliance, we will provide opportunities for domestic and international companies to cooperate and grow together,” adding, “The city will make every effort to position itself as a global hub of eco-friendly energy industries centered on hydrogen.”