Seoul Research Institute holds a seminar on urban science and technology cooperation through AI and robotics at COEX on the 6th

The Seoul Institute announced on the 4th that it will hold an 'Urban Science and Technology Cooperation Seminar through Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics' at COEX in Gangnam-gu at 10 a.m. on the 6th.

This seminar, held in conjunction with 'Smart Life Week 2026', is co-hosted by the Seoul Institute, the Seoul AI Foundation, and the Quebec Government Delegation to Korea.

The seminar will share AI and urban robot policies and cases of international joint research in Seoul, Quebec, Canada, and Flanders, Belgium.

Choi Jun-young, director of the Seoul Institute's Global Research and Cooperation Center, will present ways to solve urban problems using AI and urban robots and the direction of international cooperation between cities in a keynote presentation.

The Seoul AI Foundation will introduce cases of joint research with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the U.S. and the University of Cambridge in the U.K., and the Quebec Government Delegation will introduce joint research, startups, and scientist exchange programs, respectively.

The Flanders Investment and Trade Office will present AI research cooperation cases such as Horizon and IMEC, and the Korea International Trade Association will present overseas cooperation experiences including Nextrise.

The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion discussing urban robot policies and ways to cooperate between companies, universities, and research institutes.

Oh Kyun, director of the Seoul Research Institute, said, “I hope this will serve as an opportunity to strengthen scientific and technological cooperation and expand joint research between city and regional governments such as Seoul, Quebec, and Flanders.”