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South Korea’s KES 2026 trade show to showcase AI and other technologies
South Korea’s 2026 Korea Electronics Show, or KES, opens on Oct.
13 at the COEX convention centre in Seoul and runs for four days.
The annual event began in 1969 and is a major exhibition for the country’s electronics and IT industries.
More than 500 companies from 28 countries, including Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, are taking part.
Displays cover six areas, including artificial intelligence, robotics, mobility, digital health, extended reality and electronic components.
The show focuses on how AI is being used in industry and everyday life.
KES is also holding an event with the US Consumer Technology Association, which organizes CES, to share technology trends and build business links.
Organizers say they want KES to connect Korean companies with global technology networks and create opportunities ahead of CES 2027 in Las Vegas next January.
KES 2026 will run from Oct. 13 to 16 at the COEX convention center in Seoul.
The exhibition will feature more than 500 companies from 28 countries across six technology fields.
Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and LG Innotek are among the participating companies.
The event will focus on how artificial intelligence is being used in industry and daily life.
KES and the U.S. Consumer Technology Association will jointly hold the CES Asia Unveiled Seoul event.
- Who
- More than 500 companies from 28 countries, including Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, will take part.
- What
- KES 2026, a trade show focused on electronics, IT and technologies including AI, will be held.
- When
- Oct. 13–16, 2026.
- Where
- COEX in Seoul’s Gangnam district, South Korea.
- Why
- The event aims to showcase how AI is being applied in industry and daily life and to create business opportunities.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
KES 2026 is a place that shows how AI leads beyond technological development to real changes in industry and daily life
We will expand KES into a global platform where innovative technologies and markets meet to create business opportunities
The Korea Electronics Show began.
KEA announced that KES 2026 would be held at COEX from Oct. 13 to 16.
KES 2026 is scheduled to open for a four-day run.
CES 2027 is scheduled to take place in Las Vegas.
- Dates
- Oct. 13–16, 2026
- Venue
- COEX, Gangnam district, Seoul
- Participants
- More than 500 companies from 28 countries
- Exhibition fields
- Six, including AI transformation, robotics and mobility
- Innovation Awards
- 42 products and technologies selected from 35 companies
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