CEPiEL CEO Dr. Sungwon Hwang Invited as Panelist at 'AspenTech Korea Management Forum 2026'
9/11/2026
CEPiEL CEO Dr. Sungwon Hwang Attends 'AspenTech Korea Management Forum 2026' as Invited Panelist
CEPiEL (CEO Dr. Sungwon Hwang, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Inha University) attended the 'AspenTech Korea Management Forum 2026' held at The Plaza Seoul as an invited panelist for a key session.
AspenTech is a global leader in process simulation, optimization, and asset performance management (APM) across petrochemical, energy, and EPC industries. Under the theme 'Leading Through Volatility to Achieve Industrial Excellence', this annual executive forum convened C-level executives and industry leaders to discuss strategic roadmaps for process industries.
Key Session & Panel Discussion
Dr. Sungwon Hwang, Founder and CEO of CEPiEL, participated as a featured panelist in the session titled "Beyond AI Hype: Purpose-Built Industrial AI to Drive Agility, Operational Efficiency, and Autonomous Operations," moderated by Jinkyu Yoon, Country Manager of AspenTech Korea.
The panel featured key global leadership from AspenTech headquarters, including Dr. Heiko Claussen (SVP of AI Technology) and Dr. Vikas Dhole (SVP of Modeling & Optimization), engaging in an in-depth discussion on the future of industrial AI.
Core Discussion Agendas:
Fusing Physics with AI: Overcoming pure data-driven AI limitations by integrating 1st-principle chemical physics with hybrid AI models for real-world deployment.
Autonomous Operations: Technical prerequisites to achieve real-time optimization and autonomous control under high process volatility.
Industrial AI Value Creation: Building a actionable framework that moves beyond predictive analytics to drive energy savings, carbon reduction, and throughput optimization.
Insight & Looking Ahead
Leveraging over 30 years of academic and industrial experience (including UOP Honeywell, AspenTech UK, and GS E&C), Dr. Hwang shared high-level engineering insights rooted in CEPiEL’s proprietary technology assets.
"It was a privilege to engage in deep discussions on the current state of industrial AI and the future of autonomous operations alongside global leaders from AspenTech. Moving forward, CEPiEL will continue to drive pragmatic digital transformation across process industries through our verified process modeling and physics-informed AI capabilities."
Dr. Sungwon Hwang, CEO of CEPiEL
CEPiEL leads digital transformation across process industries by combining rigorous process modeling (#CEPiPM™) with plant-customized AI architectures to deliver high-precision Digital Twin Solutions (#CEPiDTS™). Building on this high-level technical exchange with AspenTech, CEPiEL will strengthen strategic collaborations with global top-tier enterprises to jointly drive process digital twin innovations worldwide.
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