Ministry of Science and ICT to Hold 'Physical AI Tech Week'... Technology, Policy, and Investment Under One Roof
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The Ministry of Science and ICT will hold 'Physical AI Tech Week' at COEX in Seoul on the 13th and 14th.
The event is hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and organized by the Physical AI Alliance and the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), with more than 400 companies and more than 500 participants expected.
On the first day, the government’s Physical AI business direction for 2027 will be shared, and on the second day, keynote speeches, technology sessions, a talk concert, and a technology exhibition will be held.
The Ministry of Science and ICT announced that it will hold 'Physical AI Tech Week' at COEX in Seoul on the 13th and 14th. The event will serve as a venue to share directions for the technology, industry, policy, and investment surrounding Physical AI.
The event is hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and organized by the Physical AI Alliance and the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA). More than 400 companies and institutions participating in the Physical AI Alliance are expected to join, along with VC and officials from related organizations, bringing the total number of participants to more than 500.
The program consists of 'Physical AI Alliance Day' on the 13th and 'Physical AI Tech Day' on the 14th, and a technology exhibition will also be held over the two days.
On the first day, the government’s Physical AI business direction for 2027 will be shared, and participants will discuss cooperation measures linking technology development, demonstration, and commercialization.
The event begins with a special morning lecture. The speakers will be Lee Kang-wook, chief AI officer (CAIO) at Krafton; Jeong So-young, CEO of NVIDIA Korea; and John Healy, vice president at Intel. They will discuss global technology and industry trends under the themes of social intelligence robots, industrial digitalization, and Physical AI.
This will be followed by the '2027 Interministerial Physical AI Business Briefing Session.' The briefing session will include the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, and others. It will introduce major projects by sector, including manufacturing, logistics, agriculture, and ports, as well as plans linked to the National Growth Fund and World IT Show (WIS 2027).
In the afternoon, networking sessions will be held by alliance working group. The networking will focus on the K-Physical AI full-stack strategy, industry-specific demonstration projects, data utilization, standards, systems, and safety. Participants will discuss challenges in the technology development process and cooperation measures.
On the second day, Physical AI Tech Day will be held. Physical AI Tech Day will carry the slogan 'A Brain That Acts, Intelligence into Action.' The keynote speakers will be Byung-gon Jeon, CEO of FriendlyAI; Professor Sangbae Kim of MIT; and Professor Lee Gyu-bin of the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), who will present AI inference infrastructure, physical intelligence architecture, and robot foundation models.
The event will consist of afternoon technology sessions, a talk concert for general participants, and a technology exhibition. The afternoon technology sessions will cover AI factories, digital twins, Physical AI standardization, data and control, and robot collaborative intelligence.
The afternoon technology sessions will also discuss next-generation Physical AI models, agentic AI, and data interoperability. The focus of the technology discussions will be on applications in industrial settings.
A talk concert for general participants will also be held. The talk concert will be moderated by Professor Kwak Jae-sik, and its theme is 'What the Public Asks and the Researchers Answer.' At the session, the concept of Physical AI, changes in industry and daily life, and the direction of national R&D will be explained.
A Physical AI technology exhibition will also run during the event. Companies and research institutions including Rebellions, Furiosa, Nota, Realworld, Neuromeka, MaumAI, KT, and LG CNS will showcase AI semiconductors, data, manufacturing AI, and robotics-related technologies and demonstration cases. The exhibition will introduce AI inference NPU for data centers and edge devices, virtual factory control based on manufacturing AI, digital twins and simulations, collaborative robots, humanoids, and micro edge servers, presenting the component technologies of Physical AI in physical, video, and demonstration formats.
A ministry official said the purpose of the event is to share trends in Physical AI technology and industry and to create new opportunities for cooperation among the government, companies, and research institutions, adding that the ministry hopes the event will serve as a platform for cooperation. The official also said the ministry plans to make Physical AI easier for the public to understand and to provide opportunities for people to experience Physical AI through the technology exhibition and talk concert.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
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