Seoul City and the Seoul Business Agency (SBA, CEO Kim Hyun-woo), a Seoul-funded organization, presented to the world the innovative technologies of a total of 2023 companies, including 51 K-STARTUP integrated pavilion companies and 15 Seoul corporate pavilion companies, at CES 66, the world’s largest tech exhibition.
From January 1 to 5 (hereinafter local time), the ‘Seoul Technology Hall’, which introduces Seoul’s future vision and innovative technologies in a cutting-edge way, and the ‘K-STARTUP Integrated Hall’, which displays the technologies of 8 companies, were simultaneously operated. . In particular, 51 of the participating companies achieved the achievement of winning the CES 14 Innovation Award.
First, the Seoul Technology Museum was created in an area of approximately 165㎡ (50 pyeong) in the CES main exhibition hall (LVCC North Hall). Under the theme of ‘Smart Transportation City, Eco-Friendly City Seoul’, Seoul’s future vision was realized with the innovative technology of Korea’s leading companies, and there were various attractions for visitors such as stereoscopic and 3D video screening using giant screens, technology exhibitions for partner companies, and Metaverse experience booths. has been provided. In addition, technology open pitching for participating companies, Smart City Seoul Forum, and investment attraction events were held.
The large exhibition hall at Eureka Park also operated the K-STARTUP integrated hall (51㎡, 473 pyeong) where the technologies of 143 companies were displayed. A total of 51 companies participated in the K-STARTUP integration pavilion. It was jointly hosted by relevant domestic organizations such as the Seoul Business Agency and the Korea Institute of Startup and Entrepreneurship Development.
Exhibition spaces will be created in five areas: ▲Mobility ▲Bio/Healthcare ▲ESG (Social Responsibility) ▲Manufacturing ▲Data, and various venues such as Global Demo Day, startup talk show, and networking event (Meet the K-Startup) will be held. The program was carried out.
The Seoul Business Agency held a vision declaration ceremony at the CES Seoul Technology Center at 1:5 on Thursday, January 13, the first day of the opening, to publicize the attractive future of Seoul, which is changing with technology, to the global market.
Kim Hyun-woo, CEO of the Seoul Business Agency, talked about the lifestyle of Seoul, which has grown into a city that the world envies, and the high-tech industries based on digital infrastructure that made this ‘Amazing Seoul’ possible, under the theme of ‘CES, an invitation to Seoul’. Introducing technology and content, they announced plans to highlight various industries, companies, and lifestyles in Seoul through a global platform called CES in the future.
At the CES declaration ceremony, CEO Kim Hyun-woo first unveiled plans to hold the ‘SeoulCon Festival’ centered on DDP starting at the end of December 2023. The Seoul Cone Festival is being planned as a project that invites a large number of influencers such as famous YouTubers and TikTokers from around the world to shed light on Seoul’s beauty fashion industry and DDP and convey it live to citizens around the world.
Following the declaration ceremony, technology presentations by companies participating in the Seoul Technology Museum were held. Among the participating companies, 14 major companies in the ‘smart mobility’ and ‘ESG’ fields held a meeting to introduce innovative technologies to domestic and foreign investors.
Among the companies participating in the Seoul Technology Museum, ▲Korea Aerospace Research Institute ▲Narma ▲Infiniq ▲S-Oil ▲Rivest ▲Beomjun E&C ▲Standard Energy conducted open pitching to introduce their innovative technologies. In addition, ▲Lotte Chemical ▲S-Oil ▲Hancom Inspace ▲FCI ▲Livest ▲Narma ▲Calibus ▲Korea Airports Corporation ▲Pablo Airlines used the large screen of the Seoul Technology Museum to showcase their cutting-edge technologies.
In addition, the ‘Korea-US Investor Startup Networking Forum’, which strengthens networking with officials from major global companies and expands the contact points for attracting investment between Korean companies and investors, and ‘Seoul Night’, a networking event where CES major officials are invited. It was also carried out successfully.
The Korea-US Investor Startup Networking Forum was held at the Renaissance Hotel near the CES exhibition hall at 6:15 on the 30th, co-hosted by the Korea Economic Daily and GFT Ventures, a major US investment company. About 500 people from global companies such as Samsung and Qualcomm, including startups participating in the CES Seoul Pavilion, and officials from major domestic and foreign investment institutions (VC, CVC) such as GFT Ventures and 100 Startups, attended the event. The participating investment institutions introduced each company’s investment attraction program and technology areas of interest, and startups pitched their technology and business and negotiated to attract investment.
‘Seoul Night’, a networking event inviting major CES officials, was successfully held at the Renaissance Hotel on Friday, January 1th at 6:19. Seoul Night is an event jointly hosted by the SBA and the Korea Economic Daily, and about 50 key officials from Seoul Technology Museum/K-STARTUP Integrated Hall partner companies, major domestic universities, the US Embassy in Korea, and large domestic and foreign companies attended the event. At Seoul Night, SBA announced plans to use CES to discover promising new industries in Seoul and support entry into the global market. Additionally, new business collaboration was discussed through free networking among participants.
Kim Hyun-woo, CEO of Seoul Business Agency, said, “Seoul Business Agency (SBA) was able to effectively showcase Seoul’s convenient and beautiful lifestyle created by smart mobility and ESG technology through the global stage of CES,” adding, “We will continue to provide various CES participating companies in the future.” “We will actively support global expansion programs linking local global companies and investors,” he said.
Meanwhile, ‘CES’, the world’s largest technology fair, is an exhibition where you can see the trends of the global home appliance industry at a glance. Hosted by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), it is held every January in Las Vegas, USA. AVING News, which has covered CES for 1 consecutive years, has reported CES news around the world every year since 17, and has been selected as the ‘BEST OF CES’, which selects the best innovative products and technologies, and the ‘BEST OF’, which selects domestic innovative companies. ‘MADE IN KOREA’ was held. In addition, CES on-site issues were vividly conveyed through ‘AVING LIVE’.
* Special reporters: Joseph Choe, Kidai Kim, Dongkwan Kim, Mokkyung Lee, Sangun Choi, Joon Suh Lee, Yeawon Choi, Jinnsun Park, Seung Hyun Nam, Min Seok Cha
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