Chairman & President Seong Si-heon of the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT).

The Korea Tech Show 2018 will serve as an opportunity to share outcomes of R&D projects financed by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) with people.

Industry, academia and research circles will participate in the show, which will coincide with conferences and forums such as the 2018 AI for Industries Conference and the 2018 Korea-Israel Industrial Collaboration Conference as well as many side events.

The show, titled, “Industrial R&D for Your Tomorrow” will take place at COEX in Samseong-dong, Seoul, from Dec. 5 to 7.

The exhibition will be hosted by the MOTIE and organized by three R&D institutions: the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT), the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP), and the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT). Spectators at the New Industry Pavilion will be given the chance to look at excellent products and technologies in the new industry areas, developed by the government-financed R&D projects and companies on their own.

Among the eye-catching new technologies and new products at the New Industry Pavilion will be a bio-degradable cardiovascular blood stent with no side effects, a personal health record-based health management system for “Digital personal doctor’s care” and a superlight Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) censor module.

The Experience Zone will be a space in which spectators will experience technologies related to the 4th Industrial Revolution.

The Special Pavilion will accommodate diverse competitions such an embedded software competition, a college students’ new industry convergence idea competition, and a job fair festival.

The Pavilion on 30 Years of Korea Industry Technology R&D will feature the direction of the MOTIE’s policies on industrial development, including the display of excellent technologies.

An opening ceremony of the Korea Tech Show 2018 and the 2018 Technology Awards Ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. on Day 1, Dec. 5. Technology Awards are designed to create public consensus on the significance of industry technologies and publicize prowess of homegrown technologies.

The 2018 Technology Awards will be presented to those who have contributed to the promotion of homegrown technologies and developed excellent new technologies and new products. The 2018 AI for Industries Conference will bring together international and Korean experts on AI to discuss ways of promoting AI for industries.

The conference is designed to stress the significance of AI for industries and spread related technologies as well as share cases of commercialization of related technologies and build data-base infrastructure.

Industry, academia and research circles form Korea and Israel will participate in the 2018 Korea-Israel Industrial Collaboration Conference to discuss ways of promoting collaboration.

Spectators enjoy virtual reality and other technologies related to the 4th Industrial Revolution during the Korea Tech Show 2017. (Photos: KEIT)