Dr. Dong Sub Kim

Dong Sub Kim has served as President & CEO for Korea National Oil Corporation since June 2021. Additionally, he holds the position of Chairman of Korea Overseas Resources & Energy Industry Association (“K-Resources”) and Korea Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Association (“K-CCUS Association”). Also, he is the president of Korea National Committee of WPC Energy. Before joining KNOC, he was the Dean of the College of Information and Bioscience at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology(“UNIST”). At UNIST, he led the division to apply AI/Big data to related fields in AI Innovation Park and headed an Institute for the 4th Industrial Revolution. He also served as a member of World Economic Forum (WEF) Advanced Manufacturing. Dong Sub Kim also spent 6 years in SK Innovation as CTO and Head of R&D Technology Center to become President of Global Technology. Prior to his career in Korea, he worked for Royal Dutch Shell in USA for 19 years. He worked for Shell R&D Westhollow Center and also as a regional manager at Shell Global Solutions in Asia Pacific Region. Dong Sub Kim holds BS & MS Degree in Engineering from Seoul National University, Korea. Also he gained Ph.D. of Engineering from Ohio State University in 1989.

Session Overview

Tuesday, 4 November

11:15

Global strategy ICC Hall A 11:15 - 12:00

Scaling innovations across the energy value chain

Innovative technologies and models are emerging rapidly but scaling them system-wide remains the critical barrier to impact. From breakthrough technologies and digital platforms to low-carbon fuels and grid modernisation, solutions exist across the energy value chain. But what does it take to move from pilot projects to large-scale deployment? Discussions will evolve around how to unpack the operational, financial, and policy levers needed to scale innovation across complex energy systems, including what’s working, where bottlenecks persist and how cross-sector collaboration is accelerating adoption. As industries race to future-proof their operations, this session offers concrete insight into how ambition is being turned into action at scale.

Attendee insights:

Understand how innovative technologies are rapidly evolving, contributing to the fast-track development of the energy sector, and how industries can leverage them to future-proof their operations.

Thursday, 6 November

All Sessions

16:15

Strategic Conference Conference Room B 16:15 - 17:00

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Priorities for the energy sector: AI, climate technology and new energy sources

The direction of travel for the global energy sector is clear, delivering affordable, secure, sustainable energy supply which in turn will require the energy ecosystem to evolve and incorporate new energy sources and new business models. Existing technologies, skills and operating processes will need to be transformed to ensure the market position of energy companies in a transformed energy system. Energy businesses are uniquely tasked with both implementing their own AI agendas and responding to the sharp increase in power demand created by AI and data centre development. A focus on investment in R&D, project development, scalability, and infrastructure build-out will be needed to keep pace. What strategies should energy producers and suppliers adopt to build bespoke energy mixes creating flexibility for nations and regions aligned with the priorities and pathways to net-zero?

Attendee insights:

Hear from industry leaders on the strategies being put in place to modernise companies and lead in a time of constant change and new economic environments.