‘Smart City, Connecting Tomorrow’ - 2019 World Smart City Expo to Take Place

The largest international event in Asia-Pacific region will provide a variety of events such as conference, exhibition, civil participation events, etc.

  

□ ‘2019 World Smart City Expo (WSCE 2019)’, the largest smart city international event in Asia-Pacific region, hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Minister: Kim Hyun-mee) and the Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister: You Young-min) and jointly organized by LH, K-water, and KINTEX will take place in Goyang KINTEX from September 4^th to 6^th.

□ This year's event integrates the World Smart City Week and the Smart Cities Innovation Summit Asia that were held from 2017 and other Korean smart city related events and is newly named as ‘World Smart City Expo 2019’. The event is preparing for a new start as a global leading Smart City event.

 ㅇUnder the theme of 'Smart City, Connecting Tomorrow', many kinds of events will be provided not only for Korean and international city experts, related companies, governments and international organizations related to smart cities but also for citizens such as Makeathon, Idea Contest, Talk Salon, etc. 

 ㅇ The opening ceremony on September 4^th will be attended by some 350 people* from about 30 countries, including domestic and international experts, governments, business people, and mayors of overseas cities who are participating in various programs during the event.

 ㅇIn addition, a world's leading urbanists Florida Richard, a professor at the School of Management at the University of Toronto, is invited as the keynote speaker.

 ㅇ The main events will be conferences, seminars and smart city exhibitions at the KINTEX exhibition hall and conference rooms for three days from September 4^th to 6^th. The event is planning to establish itself as the largest Smart City Expo in Asia by providing better understanding the policy direction and trends for Smart City as well as opportunities for overseas export exchanges.

 ㅇ In particular, the event plans to spread public awareness and consensus on Smart City policies by sharing various ideas about Smart City with the participation of all citizens both children and adults.

□ Talk Salon, which will be held in the form of a talk show, is designed to enhance the general public’s understanding of Smart City through a humanistic interpretation and perspective on Smart City and will be open to everyone. Especially, Professor Jeong Jae-seung, the Master Planner of the Pilot Smart City of Sejong 5-1 Life Zone, which is promoted as the government’s core policy project, will lead the talk show with the theme of ‘How Much Do You Know about Smart City?’ at KINTEX on September 5^th.

□ For more information about the event and schedule, please visit the official website of ‘2019 World Smart City Expo’ (www.worldsmartcityexpo.com).

   * Inquiries: WSCE Secretariat (Phone: 031-738-4474)

□ An official at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said, “As the domestic and international interest in Smart City is increasing recently, the '2019 World Smart City Expo' is preparing for richer and more colorful events than last year.”

 ㅇ  The official added, “In particular, we hope that the 2019 World Smart City Expo will spread Korea’s vision and values for Smart City around the world and Smart City will become the technology that makes people happy with sustainable innovation growth and improved quality of life.”