PROGRAMME

Dr. Hyong-Ha Kim is a Principal Research Scientist at the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS). Since 2013, she has served as the European Research Council (ERC) National Contact Point for Korea, and since 2022, she has represented Korea as a member of the Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) Board of Trustees, where she currently serves on the Steering Committee. Her international expertise also includes serving as an External Evaluator for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) since 2009.

Nationally, she has served on key S&T policy committees for the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) and has received numerous high-level honors, including the Prime Minister’s Commendation. She holds a Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Biology from the University of Texas at Austin and earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees with honors from Seoul National University.

 PM Jaeuk Kim is currently responsible for the Biohealth Innovation sector as part of the K-Health MIRAE Initiative, aiming to solve national public health challenges. After majoring in quantum and nano physics at POSTECH, Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg in Sweden, and KAIST, he spent approximately 16 years at the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM), a national research institute. During this time, he consistently conducted research on integrating physics, ICT, and AI technologies into the fields of medicine and Korean medicine.

 Recently, aiming to address dementia—a core challenge of an ultra-aged society—he independently developed a low-cost, non-invasive "band-type EEG and eye-tracking convergence technology" that can replace existing high-cost, hospital-centered screening systems. This technology is significant as it presents the possibility of expanding dementia risk assessment beyond specialized medical institutions to proactive management systems based on local communities and daily life.

 Chang-Bog Lee PM is currently responsible for Disruptive Biohealth as part of the K-Health MIRAE Initiative, aiming to solve national public health challenges.

 With over 30 years of experience at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, he began his career in the electronics research lab, contributing to the development of DVDR and digital printers. He also spearheaded efficiency improvements in research operations by implementing groupware. In HR planning, he was instrumental in introducing the matrix organizational structure to secure core competencies and established the Fellow and Master systems for nurturing researchers, both of which are still in operation today.

 In 2013, with the aim of fostering transformation and innovation within Korea's science and technology community, the Samsung Science & Technology Foundation Program was established as a philanthropic initiative. The program launched three major tracks: Basic Science, Materials Technology, and ICT & Creative Research.

 Serving as the Head of the ICT Program, He oversaw the selection of approximately 250 research projects and managed the allocation and administration of around $ 200 million in research funding. Through these efforts, the program became widely recognized as one of the most prestigious and sought-after R&D funding opportunities among emerging researchers in Korea.

Hyuk Park was born in South Korea. He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea, in 2001, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Information and Mechatronics from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Korea, in 2003 and 2009, respectively. In 2009, he joined the Remote Sensing Group at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, as a Postdoctoral Researcher. Since 2012, he has worked as a Researcher with a Juan de la Cierva grant and, from 2018, as a Ramon y Cajal Fellow funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. He is currently an Associate Professor (Professor Agregat) with the School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering at Castelldefels (EETAC-UPC). He is also part of the Passive Remote Sensing Group at UPC, specializing in satellite remote sensing for microwave radiometry and Global Navigation Satellite Systems reflectometry. His main research interests include remote sensing, particularly passive microwave remote sensing, covering system design, modeling and simulation, image/data processing, and small satellite applications in Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) and communications.

Dr. Se-Woong Bahk is currently serving as the President of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University and earned his Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. 

Before joining ETRI as President, Dr. Bahk served as a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Seoul National University and previously worked as a Principal Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories. He has held various leadership roles in the ICT and communications fields, including President of the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, Chair of IEEE WCNC, and Director of the IEEE Communications Society Asia-Pacific Board. 

His research focuses on wireless networks, network design, and performance analysis. He has authored 141 SCIE journal papers and received several honors, including the Haedong Academic Award, the IEEE DCOSS Best Paper Runner-up Award, the Order of Service Merit from the Ministry of Education, and the Samsung Humantech Gold Award.

Dongho Youm is currently serving as the team manager of the Global Professional Raising Team at the Korea Institute of Marine Science & Technology Promotion (KIMST). He has been a Head Researcher at KIMST since 2010, focusing primarily on managing and planning international cooperation programs for ocean science R&D, as well as fostering professionals in marine science and technology in the Republic of Korea. From 2019 to 2021, he was seconded to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO as a GOSR project officer and co-authored the Global Ocean Science Report 2020 (GOSR2020). He holds an MSc in Systematic Biology, specializing in marine invertebrates, from Seoul National University

Dr. Young-Gyu Park is a Principal Research Scientist at the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST). Dr. Park earned his B.S. in Oceangraphy from Seoul National University, and his Ph.D. in Oceangraphy jointly from the MIT and Woods Hole Oceangraphic Instituion. He has published over 140 peer-reviewed  papers on climate change, ocean modeling, internal waves, turbulence and marine debries. He is an adjunt professor at University Science and Technology, Korea, and Korea Maritime University. He is also serving at the Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology as a member of the Steering Committee and Fundamental Research Promotion Council for Public Safety, Ocean and Environemnt.

Dr. Yeon-Ju Lee is a Principal Research Scientist at the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) and currently serves as the Director of the KIOST-EU Lab (tentative). Dr. Lee received her B.S. in Pharmacy and her Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry from Seoul National University. She has authored over 90 peer-reviewed publications and received multiple prestigious awards, with her research focusing heavily on marine natural products chemistry, marine chemical ecology, and the functional evaluation of marine-derived metabolites. As the inaugural director of the KIOST-EU Lab, Dr. Lee is actively leading efforts to establish multi-disciplinary, international research platforms that bridge marine science capabilities and cutting-edge collaborative infrastructures between Korea and Europe.

Dr. Taehyung Kim currently works as a Chief Director of Department of AI Mobility  Technology at Korea Transport Institute (KOTI). He earned his Ph.D. degree in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2005. Since his joining the KOTI in 2005, he has been involved in various research projects related to ITS policy, planning and smart mobility in smart city. He also carried out various ITS-related R&D projects such as ubiquitous transportation systems, automated vehicle highway systems (AVHS) and mobility-as-a-service (MaaS). He worked as a Senior Transport Specialist in Transport & ICT Global Practice at the World Bank from the year 2015 to 2017. Currently, he has been working as a Master Planner (MP) for Mobility areas including mobility-as-a-service (MaaS), automated shuttle, demand responsive transit (DRT) services, etc.  in National Smart City Pilot Project in Korea. He also has been working on establishing a transportation AI strategy to innovate future mobility services. 

Professor (retired) in Physical Oceanography, LOCEAN Lab., Sorbonne University-Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris

Research fields:
•	Southern Ocean physics
•	Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC)
•	Fronts, circulation of water masses and ACC volume transport 
•	Turbulent vertical mixing/diapycnal eddy diffusivity
•	Interanual to decadal variability of the ocean-atmosphere climate system

•	Instrumentation
•	World Digital Magnetics Anomaly Map (http://www.wdmam.org)
•	Signal processing and Modelisation 

Wansoo T. Rhee is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Management Science at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. She is a mathematician specialised in the statistics. Prof. Rhee has been awarded over $1 Million in research funding from the National Science Foundation (NRF) and is a recipient of the University’s Pace Setter Research Award for her scholarly contributions.

Kangsoo Jung is a Assistant Professor at the University of Strasbourg and a member of the MLMS (Machine Learning, Modélisation et Simulation) research team. His research focuses on trustworthy artificial intelligence, privacy-preserving machine learning, fairness, explainable AI and federated learning. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Sogang University and subsequently worked as a postdoctoral researcher and research engineer at Inria Paris-Saclay. His work investigates how machine-learning systems can be made more reliable, interpretable, fair, and privacy-aware, with particular interest in applications in healthcare.

Dr. Ji Woong Yoon is the President of the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI) and a Vice President of the Korea Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST). As a leading expert in STI policy, he was an expert member of the Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology (PACST), and has provided consultation to government ministries, including the Ministry of Science and ICT. He received his Ph.D. from the Heinz School at Carnegie Mellon University, MPA from Seoul National University, and B.A. from Yonsei University.

Dr.JongEun IHM has a multidisciplinary career spanning bioengineering research, innovation management, and cross-cultural collaboration. After earning my PhD in Bioengineering with expertise in tissue engineering, biomaterials, and gene therapy from EPFL, she worked at EPFL as a scientific coordinator, building networks between EPFL and Korea.

As a Research Assistant Professor at Seoul National University, I managed industry-academia collaborations, fostering talent for Korea's engineering sectors and developing strategic partnerships. Later, at the Institut Pasteur, Dr.IHM advanced innovation through roles in technology platforms and startup education, including designing a master's program in collaboration with ESCP Business School.

Currently, she focuses on fostering innovation networks and entrepreneurial initiatives, leveraging my expertise in science, education, and international partnerships.

Kap Dong PARK is a director of KE-QSTCC(Korea-Europe QuantumS&T Cooperation Center) in Brussels, Belgium. He received Ph.D degree of Physics in SNU, and then participated startup company based on doctoral Thesis. His major is nonlinear fiber optics and fiber optic communication. From 2002 to 2010, he joined KRISS(Korean Research Institute in Standard & Science) as a researcher in policy department. During this period, he demonstrated his expertise in formulating national mid- to long-term science and technology strategies and policies, as well as in planning advanced science and technology R&D programs. He then moved to UST, a research institute-based graduate school, where he focused on fostering talent through industry-academia collaboration. Drawing on experience gained at cutting-edge companies, government-funded research institutes, and universities, we have been dedicated to fostering comprehensive cooperation in quantum science and technology between Korea and Europe since 2026.

Changhoon Heo is a leading physicist and strategist at POSCO Holdings N.E.X.T Hub, where he directs pioneering quantum research to bridge foundational science with high-tech industrial applications. He is an expert in computational physics, specializing in spin dynamics and quantum materials simulations. His scientific pedigree is deeply rooted in European networks under Nobel laureate-affiliated lineages, notably those of Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg. He holds a Physics degree from École Polytechnique (l'X) and a Ph.D. in Physics, funded by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellowship at IPCMS and Forschungszentrum Jülich, in partnership with the Institute for Molecules and Materials in Nijmegen. Following advanced simulation engineering experience at imec, he returned to South Korea in 2020 as an industrial simulation leader, driving the integration of cutting-edge AI and quantum algorithms into commercial sectors. Currently serving as the Quantum AI Leader at POSCO Holdings and the Subcommittee Chair of the Quantum Industrial Forum under the MOTIR, he bridges European quantum science and Korean industry, actively shaping national strategies and fostering international collaboration.

Maia Myung-Soon KIM had been a principal researcher at Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) since 1994. Starting 2020 she worked in Korea-EU Research Center (KERC) in Brussels as a Policy Officer and also as a  National Contact Point (NCP) of South Korea for Horizon 2020 & Horizon Europe to enhance research collaborations between Korea and EU in the field of ICT technologies. Among Horizon Europe program, she is in charge of Cluster 4 (Digital, Industry & Space), which covers the main sectors relating to AI-based and AI-driven science & technology.

Dr. Jeong In Lee is the Director of the National Climate Technology Center at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), where she leads national climate technology policy development and strategic R&D planning. Designated by the Ministry of Science and ICT in 2022 as Korea’s dedicated institution for climate technology policy, the Center serves as a national think tank for climate technology R&D, supporting policy and technology roadmap development.

Dr. Lee received her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from POSTECH and served as a Research Associate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Prior to her current position, she worked as a Principal Researcher in KIER’s Photovoltaic Research Department, where she conducted research on photovoltaic technologies.

In addition to her research and policy leadership, she serves on several national advisory bodies, including the Science and ICT Internationalization Committee under the Ministry of Science and ICT, K-IPCC, and the Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth, contributing to the development of Korea’s climate and energy policies.

Her expertise spans climate technology policy, energy transition, clean hydrogen, carbon neutrality strategies, and international cooperation. Through her leadership in both research and policy, she contributes to advancing climate technology innovation and strengthening global partnerships for sustainable development.

Professional Activity
2007.04 – Now 	  Principal Researcher, Korea Institute of Energy Research (Republic of Korea)
(2022.01 – 2024.12)   (Chief of Carbon Conversion Research Laboratory)
2014.09 – Now	  Professor, University of Science and Technology (Republic of Korea)
(2024.09 –Now)      (Chief Professor of Energy Engineering Major) 
2024.09 – Now	  Review Board, National Research Foundation (Republic of Korea)

Current Research Topics: Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis; e-Fuel Production; CCU (Carbon Capture & Utilization);C1 Chemistry; Catalysis; Reaction Engineering; Materials Science 

After obtaining a PhD from University of Toulouse In 1982, Dr Jeung has worked at Free University of Berlin as a researcher, at Dankook University in South Korea as an assistant professor. He came back to France as a researcher in CNRS in 1987, first at Strasbourg then at Orsay. He was recruited as a professor in the Chemistry Department at Aix-Marseille University in 2001, working until his retirement in 2020. Since, he works with an emeritus position. He is a specialist in quantum chemical study on the basic reactions, in particular, involving highly-excited electronic states.   

Head of Precision Medicine Operation, Luxembourg Institute of Health
Head of Personalize Theraphy Discovery Group and Head of Disease Modeling & Screening Platform, 
Luxembourg Institute of Health

Head of Centre
THE Bridge Centre
KIST Europe

- Chairman of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute
- 23rd and 24th President of KIST

Head of Centre
THE Bridge Centre
KIST Europe

Jongin Hong is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and a director in the Energy and Environment Institute at Chung-Ang University (CAU). He received his B.S. (1999), M.S. (2002) and Ph.D. (2005) in Materials Science and Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Following his doctoral studies, he pursued postdoctoral training at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and later joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) as a postdoctoral fellow in 2006. From 2007 to 2010, he worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London (ICL). 

In addition, Prof. Hong has actively contributed to international research collaboration and science policy. He served as the National Contact Point (NCP) for Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies (NMP) under the EU Framework Programme (FP7) during 2011-2012, and currently serves as the NCP for Horizon Europe Pillar II Cluster 5 (Climate, Energy, and Mobility) since 2025.

Dr. Yohan Kim is a Research Scientist and Deputy Head of the Functional Materials and Devices department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP), where he develops quantum dot (QD)–based materials, device architectures, and scalable printing technologies for advanced optoelectronic and display applications.

In 2014, he began his doctoral research at the Technical University of Berlin while simultaneously conducting research at Fraunhofer IAP. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2018 with a focus on the design of high-performance InP-based QLEDs and has continued his research at Fraunhofer IAP thereafter. Prior to this, he conducted research at the Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) during his graduate studies, working on flexible and transparent QD devices.

He is actively involved in international R&D cooperation at his institute and serves as a Steering Committee Member of the Korea-Fraunhofer Collaboration Hub for Science and Technology (K-FAST) as well as a member of the Korea Technology Advisory Group (K-TAG). He is also Officer/Treasurer of the Society for Information Display Mid-Europe Chapter, contributing to professional exchange and technical programs within the display community.

Mr. Sangwook Lee is a Senior Researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT (Modular Production Machines). His work focuses on manufacturing technologies for hydrogen fuel cell applications-particularly high-volume production of metallic bipolar plates, including process and tool-wear modeling, numerical simulation, and production system/process-chain development. 

Since 2024, he has been actively contributing as a member of the Steering Committee of K-FAST (Korea-Fraunhofer Collaboration Hub for Science and Technology), supporting Korea-Germany R&D collaboration activities within the K-FAST network.

Dr. Seungjae Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, cross-appointed in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and a Co-Director of the Global Industrial Technology Cooperation Centre named AI in Manufacturing (AIM) at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on developing reliable and scalable AI solutions for buildings, facilities, and energy systems.

Prior to joining the University of Toronto, Dr. Lee was a postdoctoral research associate in the Grid Interactive Controls Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Purdue University in 2019. Before beginning his doctoral studies, he worked for 3.5 years at HANMI C&E, a building HVAC commissioning and building energy audit company.

He currently serves as an Early Career Board Member of Building and Environment, a top-tier journal in the field, and actively participates in professional activities, including conference committees, the International Energy Agency (IEA) Energy in Buildings and Communities (EBC) Programme Annexes, and ASHRAE Technical Committees.

Prof Mok is currently Associate Professor in Biochemistry (Trinity College Dublin), Technical Advisor and IP Holder (HAMLET Pharma AB), Director (ICMRBS), Editorial Board member (Protein Journal, Biomolecules and BioMed Res Intl) and a member of the EUREKA IEP (Independent Evaluation Panel). His area of interest is in protein folding / misfolding and biomolecular NMR spectroscopy, and has published approx. 70 articles (in journals including Nature, Nature Communications, Nature Immunology, PNAS, and JACS) and is the inventor of more than 10 registered patents. Prof Mok’s expertise in using NMR spectroscopy to elucidate structurally-fluid protein-fatty acid complexes has led to the development of ‘Alpha1H’ by start-up company HAMLET Pharma, which has concluded successful Phase I/II studies as a bladder cancer therapeutic (Brisuda A et al, Nature Commun 2021) and has been fast-tracked by the US FDA for Phase III Clinical Trials.

Dr. Hwayoung Noh is a researcher in nutritional and cancer epidemiology at Léon Bérard Cancer Centre (CLB), INSERM U1296, Lyon, France, and a Visiting Scientist at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC-WHO). She received her PhD in Nutrition from Seoul National University, South Korea, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Nutrition and Metabolism Section at IARC-WHO, Lyon, France. Her research focuses on the relationships between diet, gut microbiota, metabolic health, and cancer risk, with a particular interest in understanding how dietary and metabolic factors influence chronic disease risk and prevention. She is involved in several international collaborative projects integrating epidemiological, metabolic, and microbiome data across diverse populations.

Gyeong-Gyun Ha earned his PhD in Mathematics from King's College London in 2025. Prior to his doctoral studies, he spent four years at Bitnine Ltd., a graph database vendor, where he developed various applications leveraging network science techniques. Currently, he is conducting theoretical research on complex networks at Middlesex University and Imperial College London. His research utilises network science as a primary lens to decode the underlying architecture of real-world systems, encompassing the development of both rigorous mathematical frameworks and the specialised software required to analyse them.

Bukyoung Jhun is a statistical physicist and network scientist whose research focuses on the inference and reconstruction of complex networks and their connections to epidemic dynamics, higher-order interactions, and critical phenomena. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Seoul National University, where he studied the prediction and control of complex contagion processes. His work encompasses network inference, hypergraph contagion, graph neural networks, and the latent geometry of complex networks.

After obtaining a PhD from University of Toulouse In 1982, Dr Jeung has worked at Free University of Berlin as a researcher, at Dankook University in South Korea as an assistant professor. He came back to France as a researcher in CNRS in 1987, first at Strasbourg then at Orsay. He was recruited as a professor in the Chemistry Department at Aix-Marseille University in 2001, working until his retirement in 2020. Since, he works with an emeritus position. He is a specialist in quantum chemical study on the basic reactions, in particular, involving highly-excited electronic states.   

Dr Yongwon Lee is a Charted Engineer and Senior Specialist in Hydrodynamics at Lloyd’s Register. He joined the marine industry over 30 years ago. He obtained a BSc and an MSc in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at Pusan National University, and a PhD in Marine Technology at Newcastle University. He joined Lloyd’s Register in 2007. Before his appointment at LR, he was working for Daewoo Heavy Industries, Pusan National University and Newcastle University. Dr Lee has carried out various projects of design, research, development, consulting, appraisal and technical investigation in marine and offshore. He is a maritime safety and technical expertise provider. He was the founder and the president of the Europe-Korea Marine and Ocean Engineers Association (EKMOA).

Dr Kim currently works for Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) as an associate professor, and he is responsible for several lectures and research projects in innovative marine solutions, like autonomous ships and green ships. Prior to current position, he worked for University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) as an associate professor for four and a half years and for Norwegian University of Science and Technologies (NTNU) as a postdoctoral research fellow for two and a half years after obtaining his doctoral degree in maritime safety at the same university. He started his professional career at SAMSUNG Heavy Industries in South Korea as a naval architect. For seven years, he was involved with a large number of research and shipbuilding projects. He obtained this master and bachelor degrees in naval architecture and ocean engineering at Seoul National University in South Korea. He is currently a director of academic services of the Europe-Korea Marine and Ocean Engineering Association (EKMOA).

Dr. Hwang currently holds the position of Vice President in the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP) in Korea. Prior to moving to current position, he served as Director General of Future Technology Strategy Office from 2022 to 2024, Director General of R&D Budget and Feasibility Analysis Office from 2019 to 2021 and from 2014 to 2015, and Director General of National R&D Coordination Office from 2015 to 2017 in KISTEP.
He also studied as a visiting scholar in School of Business at Texas A&M International University in Texas, USA in 2009.
He received his Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering at Seoul National University. His Ph.D.'s major is in the field of Environmental and Geochemical Engineering.

Mr. Jiwon Seo received his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering – Audio Engineering from Graz University of Technology and the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria, in 2018, specializing in speech signal processing. He began his career as a senior researcher at POWERVOICE in Korea, followed by research positions at the NCSOFT Speech AI Lab. and Samsung Electronics, S.LSI Division, Multimedia Development Team, where he worked on AI-based multimedia and speech technologies.

Since February 2024, he has been a researcher at Fraunhofer IDMT, conducting AI-driven research in industrial acoustics. In October 2024, he assumed the role of K-FAST Technology Coordinator at IDMT, leading Korea–Germany R&D matchmaking and strategic collaboration activities. In 2025, he initiated and currently leads a TIPA Global R&D consortium with a Korean SME, developing advanced AI-based methods for robust industrial acoustic analysis.

Dr. Songhak Yoon finished his PhD in Materials Science in 2007 at POSTECH, Korea. He subsequently spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow at Forschungszentrum Jülich for 2 years and afterwards he had worked at Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology for around 5 years. Before joining Fraunhofer IWKS in 2019, he worked at University of Stuttgart for 3 years. After getting his PhD degree, he has been conducting research on various materials for energy conversion. His latest research has focused on developing sustainable recycling processes for Li-ion batteries, especially direct recycling or direct regeneration of black mass from an industrial perspective.

Dr. Kwangsuk Park is the General Director of the Gangwon Regional Division at the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH). He received his doctoral degree in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Washington-Seattle, U.S.A. Prior to receiving his Ph.D., he received his master's and bachelor's degrees in Metallurgical Engineering at Kyungpook National University, South Korea. During his career, Dr. Park has led research and development in functional materials and organized extensive technological support and commercialization for small and medium-sized enterprises. Recently, Dr. Park has been focusing on material development and systemization for Hydrogen storage, especially chemical storage using LOHC and Metal Hydride.

Dr. Jongseok Shin is a Senior Researcher and the Director of the Center for Global Strategies at the National Institute of Green Technology (NIGT). He received his doctoral degree in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea. Prior to receiving his Ph.D., he received his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering at Pusan National University, South Korea. During his career, Dr. Shin has organized international cooperation for climate change and sustainable development, which leads his focus to next-generation energy source, hydrogen. Along with Dr. Kwangsuk Park, Dr. Shin is participating in a ‘Global TOP strategic research project’ for developing and demonstration of chemical hydrogen storage and transportation.