The Advanced Agricultural Technology Expo (AATE) will be held at KINTEX in Ilsan from December 5 to 8. This is the first time that an event dealing with the agricultural industry’s convergence and integration technologies will be held in Korea, and it will host 120 participants in 500 booths during
The Venture Startup Festival 2013 will take place in Hall C of COEX in Seoul from December 5 to 7, hosted by the Small and Medium Business Administration and co-managed by the Korea Institute of Startup and Entrepreneurship Development and the Korea Venture Business Association.The Venture Startup F
The World Water Forum held an experts’ symposium on November 26, in Seoul’s Myeongdong Post-Tower, in support of the successful launch of the 7th World Water Forum scheduled to be held in February 2015 in Daegu City.Among the 250 attendees were Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the 2015 Water
The InterBattery 2013 exhibition kicked off at the COEX Convention Center located in Seoul on October 16 to mark the advent of the era of flexible batteries. Samsung SDI, LG Chem, SK Innovation and many more companies displayed a variety of next-generation batteries to offer a blueprint for the futu
The World Energy Council (WEC) announced the energy sustainability rankings at the World Energy Congress 2013, which kicked off at the EXCO Convention Center in Daegu City on October 15. In the ranking, Korea fell no less than 10 notches year-on-year to stand at 64th place. The energy sustainability
With the opening of the 22nd World Energy Congress just around the corner, BusinessKorea had an exclusive interview with Kim Jon-dong, Deputy Minister of the Energy and Resources Office at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, who is responsible for national energy and resources policy. The fo
The 22nd World Energy Congress, held in Daegu City for five days from October 13, is expected to become a forum for in-depth discussions on a wide range of energy issues, including those associated with petroleum, coal, natural gas, nuclear energy and new and renewable energy.This year’s congress, w
The Water Expo Korea 2013 takes place at the EXCO Convention Center located in Daegu City between October 30 and November 1, to promote the water industry as a future growth driver of Korea. The Water Expo Korea is the country’s first and foremost water business-to-business exhibition and conference
The 7th World Water Forum, the largest festival in the global water industry, will take place in Daegu City and North Gyeongsang Province between April 12 and 17, 2015. The Korean government set up the organizing committee in April this year to that end, and the committee started its activities in e
The Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT) will host the “20 Core Materials and Components Project Performance Exhibition” from October 30 to November 1 at the Ilsan KINTEX.The exhibition is to share the performance of the “20 Core Materials and Components Project” which has been
The 2013 Global Materials and Parts Industry Fair hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and conducted by the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT), Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT), Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (Kotra), and KINTEX wi
The Samsung and LG Groups are showing off a variety of state-of-the-art technologies at the Korea Electronics Show 2013, which opened on October 7 at the KINTEX Convention Center in Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province. Their exhibits include next-generation TV sets, advanced home appliances, and smart mo
Samsung Display and LG Display show off their latest technologies at the International Meeting on Information Display (IMID) Exhibition 2013 scheduled between October 7 and 9 at the KINTEX Convention Center in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province. The former is planning to unveil 98-inch and 85-inch ultra HD (U
Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition (Seoul ADEX) 2013 takes place at the KINTEX Convention Center in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province and the Cheongju International Airport between October 25 and November 3. At the airport, the Black Eagle Team of the Republic of Korea Air Force will join the
Bang Han-hong, president of KPIA and Hanwha Chemical, announced at the “Korea China Petrochemical Conference” held on September 25 in Xi’an city in Shaanxi, China that, “With the recent changes in the market due to North American shale gas based low price products, we must come up with solutions for
The 10 Magazine Book Club hosted a remarkable event on Saturday, September 14, titled “Seoul as a Mecca for the Creative Class in the 21st Century.” This open discussion about Seoul’s potential was led by Dr. Emanuel Pastreich and Dr. Ogan Gurel, both graduates of Yale and Harvard who have made Seou
"Soon, the attention of rowing fans around the world will be turning to Chungju, Korea. I am confident that Chungju will jump up to be the Mecca of the domestic water sports industry and a global rowing city through the most prestigious World Rowing Championships."On August 12, North Chungcheong Pro
The K-Beauty Expo 2013, the largest exhibition in Korea’s beauty industry, is being held in the KINTEX Convention Center in Ilsan City, Gyeonggi Province between September 12 and 15 and features the latest trends in the industry. The expo is the successor to the Beauty Design Expo, or BEAUDEX, which
The International Telecommunication Union Plenipotentiary Conference (ITU PP) is to be held in Korea in October next year. An international organization under the United Nations, the ITU is in charge of the development of information technologies and networks and has approximately 840 industrial and
The KOREA MICE EXPO 2013 (KME 2013), an expo specialized for the MICE industry is to be held from June 25 to 27 at COEX in Seoul, Korea. In the 14th year, the KOREA MICE EXPO 2013 is hosted by the Korea Tourism Organization and supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Republic of Ko