AI Summit Seoul & EXPO 2026 (Seoul)

AI Summit Seoul & EXPO 2026 takes over the COEX Grand Ballroom and Exhibition Hall B in the Gangnam district from 19 to 21 August 2026, positioning itself as Asia's leading independent platform for applied artificial intelligence. The event is organised by DMK Global together with COEX and the Korea International Trade Association (KITA), with MIT Technology Review Korea as media partner, giving the programme a strong editorial and enterprise orientation rather than a vendor-only feel.

The conference agenda is built around the themes attendees will recognise from the current frontier: agentic AI, enterprise and vertical-industry use cases, AI transformation, large language models and generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation, AI and data, sovereign AI, AI infrastructure, and AI plus robotics. Past editions drew practitioners from companies including Microsoft, Google Cloud, Moody's Analytics, DHL Supply Chain and Mercedes-Benz, and the 2026 first speaker line-up again skews toward distinguished engineers and applied-AI scientists rather than keynote celebrities.

For visitors, the format pairs a paid conference with a large exhibition hall where Korean and international vendors demonstrate AI products, plus an enterprise tour programme and side events. It is a useful stop for anyone tracking how Korean conglomerates, trading houses and startups are operationalising AI, and for international attendees wanting concentrated exposure to the Asian market in one venue. An early-bird registration window runs until 30 June 2026, and a call for speakers and exhibition applications are open at the time of listing. Expect a mix of strategy-level keynotes, technical deep-dives on agents and LLM deployment, and real-world transformation case studies across manufacturing, finance, logistics and retail.