KITA (Chairman: Jin Sik Yoon), COEX (CEO: Sang Hyeong Cho) and DMK Global (CEO: Se Jeong Park) co-hosted AI Summit Seoul & Expo 2025 for two days from Monday to Tuesday, 10 - 11 November at COEX in Gangnam-gu Seoul.
AI Summit Seoul & Expo 2025 was held as the first exhibition dedicated to AI business. It was organised by combining an AI exhibition event with the existing AI Summit Seoul, which has been organised by DMK Global, giving birth to a first-of-its-kind event. Over the course of two days, multiple AI conferences took place at the Grand Ball Room and multiple AI companies from home and abroad attended the event as exhibitors.
The event was attended by well-known AI companies, including Google Cloud, KT, LGU+, IBM, Cisco, Notion and Persona AI, and showcased their AI solutions. One distinctive feature of this event is "Business Connecting event". 35 companies were connected with 55 potential buyers from Korea and elsewhere, which resulted in holding more than 250 business matching meetings. Additionally, side events, such as "Workshop on applying AI to everyday business enviromnet" and "AI solution demonstration stage event" were held, which offered an opportunity to have visitors have a glimpse to each company's unique strengths and allow them to have a firsthand experience of how AI can be used in everyday lives.
AI conferernces held at the Grand Ball Room attracted renowned figures in the AI business sector, including Genspark co-founder Wen Sang. His attendance as a lecturer marked his first-ever public appearance in Korea. Additionally, AI experts, including Doctor Luc Julia, the CSO of Renault Group and Won Woo Park, the CEO of Microsoft Korea, attended the conference and delivered 23 lectures on up-to-date AI trend and fine examples of applying AI.