‘International Battery Expo’ opens in Pohang… Variety of exhibitions, experiences, and lectures
Quick Look
- Gyeongbuk Province will open the 'International Battery Expo 2026 Pohang' at Pohang Mandang Gymnasium on the 13th and hold it for three days.
- 53 companies and organizations, including EcoPro and POSCO Future M, will participate to showcase secondary battery technology and applied industries, and lectures, experience events, and investment and employment counseling sessions will also be held.
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Why It Matters
Gyeongbuk Province held the 'International Battery Expo 2026 Pohang' at the Pohang Mandang Gymnasium, marking its second anniversary this year. This is an event designed to share secondary battery technology and its potential for use with citizens.
Gyeongbuk Province held the opening ceremony of the 'International Battery Expo 2026 Pohang' at the Pohang Mandang Gymnasium on the 13th and began a three-day schedule.
This expo, now in its second year, was prepared to share secondary battery technology and its potential for use with citizens.
53 companies and organizations related to secondary batteries, including EcoPro and POSCO Future M, participated and showcased core materials, secondary battery manufacturing and evaluation technologies, used battery recycling, and resource circulation technologies.
An exhibition was also prepared for secondary battery application industries such as energy storage systems (ESS), electric propulsion ships, and robots.
In the indoor experience space, secondary battery safety and rescue experience using virtual reality and augmented reality, secondary battery charging game, children's electric vehicle driving experience, and robot experience from YouTube channel 'Geekble' were held.
Outdoors, visitors were greeted with electric car exhibitions and test drives, and electric and hydrogen bus experiences.
On the first day, science commentator 'Orbit', who has 1.37 million subscribers, gave a lecture on the topic of changes brought about by next-generation secondary batteries, and Ecopro Partners Executive Director Oh-seok Kwon gave a lecture on investment and innovation in the secondary battery industry.
On the 14th, So PD of the YouTube channel ‘Geekble’ and Professor Gyuyoung Park of POSTECH will talk to citizens on the topic of secondary battery technology and industry prospects.
The event, which continues until the 15th, will also include investment consultations between companies, exchange events, and employment counseling sessions.
Lee Boo-hyung, head of the Gyeongbuk Provincial Office for Political Affairs, said, “I hope this expo will be an opportunity for citizens to experience future technologies in their daily lives, and a stage for companies to take a leap forward where innovation and cooperation lead to the fruits of new growth.”
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
On the 14th, So PD of the YouTube channel ‘Geekble’ and POSTECH professor Park Gyu-young are scheduled to have a conversation with citizens on the topic of secondary battery technology and industry prospects.
Very likely · Within days
Investment consultations, exchange events, and employment consultations between companies will be held until the 15th.
Very likely · Within days
Open Questions
- What is the Expo's total budget and budget sources?
- What is the full list of participating companies and organizations?
- What is the specific schedule for the investment and employment counseling sessions and how many participating companies are there?
