Busan City opens marine science and technology industry-academia-research cooperation center in Dongsam Innovation District, Yeongdo-gu

Busan City announced that it would hold an opening ceremony for the Ocean Science and Technology Industry-Academic-Research Cooperation Center (K-OceanX) in Dongsam Innovation District, Yeongdo-gu on the afternoon of the 14th.

This center is a marine-specialized industry-academia-research cooperation platform that connects the marine research and development capabilities of public institutions, universities, and research institutes integrated in the Dongsam Innovation District marine cluster with companies.

The center was built on a site of 5,868㎡, a total floor area of ​​10,385㎡, and 1 underground floor to 7 above-ground floors.

It is equipped with a variety of spaces where companies and research institutes exchange and collaborate, including corporate housing spaces, industry-academic collaboration spaces (R&D rooms), shared work spaces, conference rooms, and seminar rooms.

Starting in 2027, cutting-edge infrastructure, such as a maritime and port artificial intelligence conversion (AX) demonstration center, will be built within the center in stages to support technology development and commercialization of companies in the marine artificial intelligence (AI) convergence field.

We will strengthen various training programs, joint research and technology development, regular exchange events, and network building to support the stable settlement and growth of resident companies.

The operation of the center is jointly commissioned by Busan Techno Park and the Korea Maritime and Fisheries Institute (KMI).

Centered around the center, the city will strengthen marine research and development capabilities and linkages between companies in the Dongsam Innovation District and foster marine AI and data-based industries.