Hyundai Motor Group Successfully Hosts First HMG Developer Conference with 6,500 Participants

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] Hyundai Motor Group announced on the 14th that the '2021 HMG Developer Conference,' held for the first time this year, concluded successfully with 6,500 registered attendees.

The online event featured a large number of speakers from the group's R&D management, including Albert Biermann, President of the R&D Division; Choo Kyo-woong, Executive Vice President in charge of Electronics; Jang Woong-jun, Managing Director of the Autonomous Driving Business Division; Hyun Dong-jin, Managing Director of the Robotics Lab; Bae Hyun-joo, Managing Director of the Chassis Control Development Office; Kwon Hae-young, Managing Director of the Infotainment Development Office; and Seo Kyung-won, Head of the Fuel Cell Performance Development Office, who presented key R&D achievements and directions.

Hyundai Motor executives emphasized that active participation from developers is essential to realize the conference theme, "Journey Toward Smart Mobility." They particularly stressed the need for convergent developers with broad understanding across all fields?including software, autonomous driving technology, mobility performance enhancement, future robotics research, and design optimization to strengthen user experience (UX)?covering materials, mechanical, electronic, and electrical engineering.

Ji Young-jo, Head of Open Innovation at Hyundai Motor and Kia, stated, "We will continue to expand platforms where internal and external developers can actively communicate and grow together through technology seminars, technical blogs, and new technology demo days."

During the event, 70 developers selected through preliminary screening from five outstanding startups collaborating with Hyundai Motor, Kia, Hyundai Mobis, Hyundai AutoEver, and Hyundai Motor Group (MOBINN, Mesh Korea, Supermove, Mobiltech, and MayAI) also delivered technical presentations.

The technical presentations, covering 53 topics such as artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous driving, eco-friendly vehicles, robotics, infotainment, mobility services, virtual development, smart factories, and future mobility, were conducted in a format where practical developers shared problem-solving know-how acquired during the technology development process and exchanged in-depth knowledge on individual technologies through Q&A sessions.

Distinguished AI scholars and advisory professors for Hyundai Motor Group, including Professor Daniela Rus, Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Professor Han Song from MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, shared the latest technology trends and research projects.

Additionally, an online booth was operated for ongoing recruitment consultations for software developers and for promoting technologies of outstanding startups.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.