
Ulsan City announced that it will hold the '2026 Ulsan World Future Industry Expo' (WAVE 2026) at the Ulsan Exhibition and Convention Center from the 10th to the 12th to showcase cases of applying artificial intelligence and digital technology to industrial sites and also prepare events to experience future transportation and robots.
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Ulsan City is promoting industrial artificial intelligence (AX), which aims to improve industrial competitiveness, worker safety, and citizen jobs by combining cutting-edge technology with local core industries.
Introduction to AI, digital, and industrial field integration... Future transportation and robot experience events are also held.
(Ulsan = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Ji-hyeon = Ulsan City announced on the 10th that it will open the '2026 Ulsan World Future Industry Expo' (WAVE 2026) at the Ulsan Exhibition and Convention Center (UECO).
This fair will be held for three days from today to the 12th.
It introduces the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technology to industrial sites, and presents the present and future of industrial artificial intelligence transformation (AX).
You can see various cases of cutting-edge technology combining with Ulsan's core industries, such as AI and digital innovation, future transportation, shipbuilding, defense and advanced materials, clean energy and carbon neutrality.
In particular, it shows how technology changes industrial production methods and businesses through the technology and content of actual companies.
AI, future transportation, robot experience events and expert lectures were also prepared for citizens, students, and family visitors.
The opening ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. on the 10th with the attendance of Ulsan Mayor Kim Sang-wook and about 500 people, including domestic and foreign companies, diplomatic missions in Korea, related institutions and organizations, and citizens.
Ulsan Mayor Kim Sang-wook said, โThrough this expo, we will continue the achievements of Industrial AX in corporate competitiveness, worker safety, and changes in citizensโ jobs and lives,โ and added, โWe will grow into an exhibition that represents Industrial AX in Korea.โ
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Ulsan World Future Industry Expo is expected to grow into an annual event representing Ulsan's industrial artificial intelligence transition (AX) in the future.
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