Korea Maritime & Ocean University: LINC 3.0 Project Group opens Saudi Arabia Global Industry-University Cooperation Center
The Leading University Industry-University Cooperation (LINC 3.0) Fostering Project Group ( Director Gap -Soo Kyung ) opened the Saudi Arabia Global Industry-University Cooperation Center in the headquarters of Baek Sang International (CEO Taek-sik Lee) in Alkova , Saudi Arabia on the 19th .
The opening ceremony was held online with the participation of the university, Baek Sang International, and key officials from the Saudi Arabian branch of the Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Equipment Industry Cooperative (KOMEA, Chairman Kang Ho-il ) .
With this opening, the global industry-academic cooperation centers of the LINC 3.0 project group have increased from the existing global industry-academic cooperation centers in 12 countries such as Spain , Australia , and Singapore to 13 countries including Saudi Arabia .
In the future, the Saudi Arabia Global Industry-University Cooperation Center will support family companies and local companies to enter the Saudi Arabian market in line with the shipbuilding and offshore industry promotion policy of ‘VISION 2030’ , Saudi Arabia’s industrial diversification policy .
The center also carries out activities to strengthen industry-university-research cooperation, such as expanding the scope of cooperation in global education for students participating in the project group .
In addition, the LINC 3.0 project group co-hosted the ‘2022 Saudi Arabia Shipbuilding & Marine Equipment Global Business Conference ‘ with KOMEA on the same day .
The main purpose of the conference is to support the global marketing of family companies and local companies related to the shipbuilding and offshore industry .
Through the promotion of the excellent technologies and products of participating companies in the conference, the project group will conduct one-on-one export consultations with local buyers in Saudi Arabia and provide opportunities to build networks for domestic shipbuilding and marine equipment manufacturers to enter the Saudi Arabian market .
Gapsu Kyung , Head of the LINC 3.0 Business Unit, said, “ We expect that industry-academic cooperation in the shipbuilding and offshore industry will be more active internationally through the Saudi Arabia Global Industry-University Cooperation Center . We will actively support overseas marketing by providing