PROGRAMME

Digital Process Twins: Optimizing Marine Fuel and Carbon Capture Systems MR. HAN, Sang Phil Simens Dr. Sang Phil (Phil) Han is Head of the Competence Center Process Modelling at Siemens, with nearly 30 years of global experience in advanced process modelling, digital twins, hybrid simulation, and autonomous plant operations. Formerly President of PSE APAC/Korea and a simulation leader at LG Chem, he has driven industrial modelling, reactor scale-up, plant optimisation, and digital transformation. He holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from KAIST.

Development of Remote Operation System for Multi MASS Operation MR. YIM, Geun-tae Korea Research Institute Of Ships And Ocean Engineering Geun-Tae is educated as naval architect and had been working in the field of ship hydrodynamics as a researcher in KRISO for decades. He participated the KASS (Korea Autonomous Surface Ship) project at planning stage and has been in charge of one of KASS projects titled as ‘Development of evaluation and validation testbed for autonomous ship technology’. He holds a position as director of ASVERC (Autonomous Ship Verification & Evaluation Research Centre) since new organisation was set in April 2022. Currently he is working on various scenario-based MASS sea-trials and centre’ functionality expansion.

AI and Digitalisation in Production Logistics: Opportunities and Challenges DR. JEONG, Yongkuk Kth Royal Institute Of Technology

Lessons and opportunities from 10 years of collaboration between Ecole Centrale de Nantes and Bureau Veritas DR. BOUSCASSE, Benjamin LHEEA, Ecole Centrale Nantes Benjamin Bouscasse is a senior research scientist in ocean engineering at École Centrale Nantes (ECN). His research focuses on wave-structure interaction, specializing in both experimental work and numerical development in the field of hydrodynamics. Previously, he worked as a researcher at CNR-INSEAN (now CNR-INM) after earning his engineering master's degree from ECN. He obtained his PhD at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and worked at Global Maritime as a senior naval architect before joining the faculty at ECN. With a background in both academia and industry, he currently leads the IIHNE research team of the LHEEA laboratory, where he manages international, EU, and national projects as well as supervises PhD students. Additionally, he serves as the head of the Chaire Bureau Veritas, part of a ten-year industrial partnership.

Assurance during the IMO MASS Code experience building phase MR. DUFFY, Duncan Lloyd's Register Duncan Duffy is a Chartered Electronics and Electrical Engineer with more than 30 years of experience in the marine and offshore industries, specialising in the safe and successful integration of maritime systems. During his career with Lloyd’s Register, he has held a range of technical and leadership roles in offshore operations, engineering systems, product development and classification, including assignments in both the UK and South Korea. He has led the development of rules and standards covering machinery, electrotechnical systems and human factors, and has managed LR’s in-service classification activities for dry cargo vessels. Duncan is currently Lloyd’s Register’s Global Head of Technology for Electrotechnical Systems and Digitalisation, where he leads initiatives supporting maritime electrification, digital transformation and the development of rules and guidance for emerging technologies across the marine and offshore sectors.

Open by Design — AI-Ready Ship Design through Interoperability MR. SON, Myeong-jo Napa Dr. Son is a Senior Software Developer at NAPA Ltd. (Helsinki, Finland), specializing in ship structural design software with a focus on modern engineering tooling and AI integration. He holds a Ph.D. in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering from Seoul National University, where his doctoral research focused on discrete-event simulation and business process management for shipbuilding design workflows. Prior to joining NAPA, he spent over five years as a surveyor at Korean Register and served as an Assistant Research Professor at SNU's Research Institute of Marine Systems Engineering. With a career spanning academic research, classification society work, and software development, he brings a uniquely broad perspective to the intersection of naval architecture and engineering software — and is currently exploring the application of AI and Model Context Protocol (MCP) in domain-specific tooling.