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Plenary/Keynote Speakers
Plenary Session 1
Speaker: Hang S. Choi, Professor, Seoul National University
Topic: Current Issues of Ocean R&D for the Living Ocean and Coast in Korea
Speaker's Profile:
He got his doctor degree in engineering from Technical University of Munich, Germany after having studied at Seoul National University and then Hamburg University. Since 1980, he has been working at the Department of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering, Seoul National University as professor.
He served Korea Association of Ocean Science & Technology and Society of Naval Architects of Korea as president as well as Korea Institute of Marine Science & Technology as the chairman of director’s board. |
Plenary Session 2
Speaker: Hitoshi Hotta, Executive Director,
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Topic: Marine Technology for the sustainable use of our ocean
Speaker's Profile:
Education:
Ph.D. in Engineering, September 1983, Ocean Engineering Course, Tokai University, Japan
B.Sc., March 1975, Mechanical Engineering Department, Waseda University, Japan
Professional Career:
2012-present: Executive Director in charge of development, JAMSTEC 2010-2011: Executive Director in charge of Administration, JAMSTEC 2009-2010: Director-General, Marine Technology Center, JAMSTEC 2005-2008: Assistant Director-General, Center for Deep Earth Exploration
(CDEX), JAMSTEC
2004-2005: Director, Administration Department, CDEX,. JAMSTEC 2002-2004: Director, Frontier Research Promotion Department, JAMSTEC, 1998-2002: Division Manager, Planning Department, JAMSTEC 1983-1998: Research Engineer, Ocean Development Department, JAMSTEC |