On October 28th, KICJ and the Korea Maritime Institute (KMI) organized an advisory conference on the assessment of research institutes. Attendees inlcuded KICJ President Tae-hoon Ha and KMI President Jong-Deog Kim, as well as researchers and experts from both institutes.

Both parties shared exemplary cases from last year's assessments and discussed plans for mutual cooperation in preparing for future uations.

The Korea Maritime Institute was rewarded as the best ranking institute in the 2021 Research Institute assessments.