38 Daegu Companies Participate in CES 2025 in Las Vegas, USA... 8 Companies Win Innovation Awards

Daegu City will operate the Daegu Joint Pavilion, featuring 38 local small and venture companies, at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2025) held in Las Vegas, USA, from the 7th to the 10th for four days.

CES is the world's largest IT exhibition, and in 2025, under the theme "Dive In," it plans to showcase future technology trends such as artificial intelligence, digital health, and mobility.

A poster announcing the '2025 CES' held in Las Vegas, USA.

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which hosts the exhibition, announced that, following last year, it will again exhibit actual products and solutions applied across industries centered on artificial intelligence (AI) technology this year.

Daegu City will introduce excellent innovative technologies from Daegu throughout the exhibition hall with a total of 38 companies participating, including 15 companies in the Daegu Joint Pavilion, 8 companies in the Daegu Robot Startup Pavilion, 12 companies supported by the Regional University-Local Government Cooperation-based Innovation Project (RIS) through the Electronics and Information Engineering Business Group of Kyungpook National University and Daegu Technopark, and 3 companies supported by the Creative Economy Innovation Center.

Additionally, to attract many visitors to the local booths, a stamp tour involving all participating local companies will be conducted, and promotional materials will be provided.

Meanwhile, eight companies from the Daegu region will receive innovation awards at CES 2025. These award-winning companies either participated in projects supported by Daegu City, the Daegu Technopark Foundation, and the Daegu Creative Economy Innovation Center or independently submitted entries to earn the honor.

In particular, four companies?Intin, I'm System, Quester, and Ilmanbaekman?received tailored support such as customized consulting and application cost assistance suited to each company's characteristics, enabling them to achieve substantial results despite the recently strengthened innovation award evaluation criteria.

Ilmanbaekman Co., Ltd., which won the innovation award in the mobile sector, was selected as the 14th C-Lab and 2024 Star Venture Company operated by the Daegu Creative Economy Innovation Center. Within three years of its founding, it attracted 2.2 billion KRW in investment and achieved rapid growth, including being selected for the Deep-Tech TIPS program by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. Deep-Tech TIPS is a program led by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups that selects outstanding startups in future innovation fields such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and aerospace and supports their technology development funding.

Quester Co., Ltd., a student startup from Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), was selected for the TIPS project within one year of its founding and was chosen for the 2024 Samsung Electronics C-Lab Outside program, making it a company expected to create new synergy through collaboration with Samsung Electronics.

I'm System, which developed the "Precision Vascular Interventional Magnetic Micro Medical Robot System," commercialized the first magnetic field-based medical robot system domestically and internationally, providing more precise and safer procedures than existing methods for treating vascular diseases such as myocardial infarction and stroke.

Meanwhile, during the exhibition, Daegu City plans to visit the site to understand overseas industry trends and encourage local companies participating in CES to enter overseas markets.

Furthermore, to attract more overseas companies to the Future Innovation Technology Expo (FIX) to be held in 2025, Daegu City will actively promote to global innovative technology companies.

Related organizations such as EXCO and the Intelligent Automobile Parts Promotion Institute will jointly visit global company booths in fields such as mobility, robotics, and ICT to conduct attraction activities, while the Daegu Joint Pavilion will screen FIX promotional videos to attract the interest of overseas visitors.

Additionally, the "4th Industrial Revolution Youth Experience Group," selected through a public contest to foster the spirit of challenge and enhance global capabilities of local youth through new technology experiences, startups, and overseas expansion, will also attend CES this time.

The Youth Experience Group consists of 16 local university students and young entrepreneurs who receive prior education on core technologies of the 4th Industrial Revolution such as mobility, ICT, and robotics, then visit CES 2025 and global companies in Silicon Valley (such as Google), Stanford University, and participate in various lectures and experience programs centered on future innovative technologies.

Notably, Nemo Gamseong, founded in 2021 by Im Juhwan, who participated in the 4th Youth Experience Group, achieved the honor of winning the CES 2025 Innovation Award this year by gaining recognition for the technology of Humming Blocks, a coding-based music production platform.

Choi Unbaek, Director of the Future Innovation Growth Office of Daegu City, said, "CES 2025 will not only serve as an opportunity to widely promote excellent technological capabilities through the continuous innovation awards won by local companies but also enhance the status of Daegu as a leading city in future industries and serve as a stepping stone for local innovative technologies to enter the global market." He added, "We will continue to do our best to enable Daegu companies to challenge new possibilities amid the ever-changing IT industry."

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