Jong-Deog KIM is the President of Korea Maritime Institute which is a government-affiliated organization in the Republic of Korea. He served as division directors of several divisions including strategy research division. And he was the Arctic policy research program manager including North Pacific Arctic Conference in Korea Maritime Institute. He led and participated in several national projects on coastal and ocean policy, and international marine environmental relations in his research career. KIM has a Ph.D. in Oceanic Architecture and Engineering in Nihon University, a M.A. and a B.A from Seoul National University.