Incheon Mayor Yoo Jung-bok Attends CES to Present Vision of 'Smart City Incheon'

On the 9th (local time), Yoo Jeong-bok, Mayor of Incheon, attended the world's largest electronics and IT exhibition, 'CES 2024,' held in Las Vegas, USA, and presented Incheon's future vision for a smart city.

CES, hosted by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), is a platform where the flow of innovative technologies worldwide can be comprehensively observed, showcasing innovations across various industries.

Incheon is the only local government in South Korea operating a 40-pyeong (approximately 132 square meters) Incheon and Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) promotional pavilion in the AI and Robotics zone within the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, the main exhibition hall of 'CES 2024.' The pavilion exhibits products and technologies from 28 organizations and companies.

Participating in CES for the first time, Incheon showcased AI and robotic services and technologies under the theme "Citizens' Lives Enriched by AI and Robotics Technology," including AI-based social safety nets and autonomous driving, demonstrating to visitors the changes in future lifestyles., showing visitors the changes in future life.

Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok delivered a greeting at the opening ceremony at the 'Incheon·Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Promotion Pavilion' set up at 'CES 2024,' held on the 9th (local time) at the Las Vegas Convention Center in the United States.
[Photo by Incheon City]

Mayor Yoo stated, "Incheon, as South Korea's second-largest economic international city, is advancing toward becoming one of the world's top 10 ultra-global cities, leveraging the establishment of the Overseas Koreans Office. We are realizing this by fostering cutting-edge future industries such as bio, semiconductors, and UAM (Urban Air Mobility), and building overseas business networks. In particular, Incheon will play a central role as a human-centered eco-friendly smart city model."

On the same day, starting with the opening ceremony of the promotional pavilion, Mayor Yoo visited the HD Hyundai exhibition hall to discuss support measures for Incheon startups and talked about the startup nurturing program jointly operated with Shinhan Financial Group.

He then visited 'Eureka Park,' the national and startup exhibition hall, encouraging Incheon startup representatives residing in the K-Startup Pavilion and personally experiencing innovative products exhibited at CES. Sixteen companies participated in the K-Startup Pavilion.

Mayor Yoo also introduced cases of technological innovation and promoted Incheon's future vision through excellent startup presentation sessions and interviews with participating companies at the 'Incheon Media Stage.'

On the second day, the 10th, he plans to visit the exhibition halls of SK, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, and Hyundai Motor Company, and discuss cooperation plans regarding startup support programs with Lotte Data Communication Company, the operator of Incheon's intelligent transportation system (C-ITS) construction project.

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