Artificial Intelligence Industry Exhibition (hereinafter, AI EXPO KOREA 2026) - the largest AI exhibition in Asia, presenting a comprehensive view of the present and a blueprint for future industries - will be held for three days from May 6 to 8 at COEX Hall A (entire 1st floor) in Samseong-dong, Seoul.
First launched in 2018 to foster the domestic AI ecosystem and promote the development and activation of the AI industry, AI EXPO KOREA 2026 marks its 9th edition this year. The event is jointly organized by the Korea Artificial Intelligence Association, Seoul Messe, and AI Newspaper. Over the years, the exhibition has established itself as a leading platform that diagnoses the current state of AI and presents future directions, functioning as a venue where the latest AI technologies and real-world business applications can be directly experienced while relevant information and insights are actively shared.
Scenes from AI EXPO KOREA 2025 held last year. Credit: AI EXPO KOREA 2026
In particular, it has firmly positioned itself as a practical forum where companies and institutions across diverse industries plan and design strategies in response to the AI era, playing a pivotal role in shaping the domestic AI ecosystem and advancing industrial development. It is widely recognized as the largest and most authoritative AI event in Asia in both name and substance.
At the 8th edition held last year, 322 companies and institutions from 18 countries, including the United States and Canada, participated with a total of 544 booths. Over the three-day event, 43,788 visitors and buyers attended, proving its status as a premier standalone AI exhibition. Building on this success, AI EXPO KOREA 2026 is expected to be held on an even larger scale with more diverse content. The organizers anticipate participation from approximately 350 companies from around 20 countries with a total of 600 booths, setting a new record as the largest edition to date.
If 2025 marked the era of "thinking machines" driven by generative AI, we are now entering the era of "moving intelligence," namely the age of Physical AI. The AI industry is expected to experience explosive growth centered on AI Agents capable of autonomously performing personalized tasks, increasingly sophisticated and versatile Large Language Models (LLMs), and the powerful AI infrastructure that supports all of these technologies. Furthermore, as AI expands beyond the digital world to directly interact with the physical world through robots, autonomous driving, smart devices, and industrial automation systems, Physical AI is rapidly reshaping the very structure of industries and daily life. AI EXPO KOREA 2026 will spotlight these key trends and provide visitors with an opportunity to experience the forefront of AI technology.
Moving beyond simple chatbots, AI Agent technologies that understand user intent and autonomously plan and execute complex tasks are transforming paradigms across industries. In particular, these AI Agents are no longer confined to software environments but are expanding into Physical AI that acts directly in the real world through integration with robotics and autonomous systems. This exhibition will showcase a wide range of AI Agent solutions and real-world applications across fields such as personal assistants, smart home control, industrial automation, customer service innovation, robotics, and autonomous systems. Visitors will be able to directly observe how AI Agents maximize work efficiency and create entirely new user experiences.
Represented by LG EXAONE, Solar, A.X K1, OpenAI's GPT series, Google's Gemini, Meta's LLaMA, Hangzhou DeepSeek, and Qwen, LLMs have evolved into multimodal systems capable of generating not only images but also videos, demonstrating increasingly creative and advanced task execution capabilities. These LLMs go beyond simple content generation and, when combined with robotics, serve as the "brains" of Physical AI by directing and controlling physical actions. At AI EXPO KOREA 2026, the latest LLMs developed by leading domestic and international companies, along with various application services and industry-specialized LLM solutions, will be presented through live demonstrations. In particular, in-depth discussions are expected on the ethical use of LLMs, data security, and technologies for model lightweighting and optimization.
Above all, establishing AI strategies requires more than simply selecting a model; it demands solutions that can fine-tune models for specific use cases and efficiently manage the substantial costs associated with AI deployment and operation. Accordingly, this exhibition will introduce comprehensive AI infrastructure technologies and solutions, ranging from AI chips and accelerators to storage, AI servers, various edge devices and computing, HPC, cloud, and data centers. Key discussion topics will include robotics computing for the Physical AI era, real-time sensor processing, on-device AI, and low-latency edge infrastructure. On site, a series of solutions and demonstrations will illustrate practical strategies for how AI infrastructure and on-device AI enable AI to interact with our daily lives, industries, and businesses from the perspective of AI convergence and real-world application.
In addition, the exhibition will provide a comprehensive overview of core infrastructure technologies and solutions for AI development and operations, including data collection, processing, and analytics platforms, as well as automation tools for AI model training and deployment. Domestic and international semiconductor companies, data center solution providers, and cloud service companies will present their latest technologies, showcasing hardware and software competitiveness for the AI era.
Ultimately, AI EXPO KOREA 2026 will go beyond a simple technology and industry exhibition to serve as a venue that presents concrete answers to the business innovations and industrial transformations driven by AI. Participating companies will showcase their AI technologies and solutions to discover new business partners, while visitors will gain the latest information and valuable insights on strengthening competitiveness through AI adoption and securing future growth engines.
Detailed information can be found on the official website.
