World Smart City Expo
2026. 9. 9.(Wed) ~ 9. 11.(Fri) | BEXCO, BUSAN
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Conference
Key Programs

Keynote Speech

Chun, Jae-soo
Mayor of Busan Metropolitan City
Beyond Smart City, Into AI City
Hubert Beroche
Urban AI, & CEO
K-AI City : Planning Symboisis
Sung Kim
UPSTAGE, CEO
AI Native City : Urban Intelligence

URBAN AI Summit

"Augmentation" - Urban AI Symposium
Building and connecting a self-sustaining ecosystem for the emerging field of Urban AI
  • Host: URBAN AI
  • Organizer: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT), Smart City Association, Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water), Busan Metropolitan City, BEXCO
  • Objectives: A Collaborative Platform Strategically Connecting Key Stakeholders in the Urban AI Ecosystem
  • Kang Minwook

    MIT Norman B. and Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism

  • Rafael Luna

    University of Technology Sydney / Infra-Architecture Lab

  • Livia Schaeffer Nono

    UN-Habitat

  • Reazul Ahsan

    University of Utah (Asia Campus)

  • Riccardo Di Clemente

    Complex Connections Lab

  • Sung Jin Park

    SPARKCITY

  • Sampo Ruoppila

    University of Helsinki and Co-Founder of Coplan AI

  • Angelos Chronis

    Infrared.City

  • Emily Binet Royall

    Public Good and URBAN AI Board

  • HUBERT BEROCHE

    URBAN AI

  • Sewon Lee

    Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements

  • Lee Junghoon

    Yonsei University

  • Jang Keemon

    the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  • Federico Fernandez

    URBANLY

  • Han Jungmin

    Yonsei University

The Screenless City Conference
An Experience-Driven Conference Focused on Urban AI, Urban Robotics,
and Spatial Computing as an Alternative to Screen-Based AI Interfaces such as Smartphones
  • Host: URBAN AI
  • Organizer: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT), Smart City Association, Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water), Busan Metropolitan City, BEXCO
  • Objectives: A Collaborative Platform Strategically Connecting Key Stakeholders in the Urban AI Ecosystem
  • Kwon Byungjun

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  • Nam hyeyeon

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  • Rajesh Elara Mohan

    Singapore University of Technology and Design / LionsBot International

  • Raphael Languillon

    Geneve University / Expertise France

  • Rafael Luna

    University of Technology Sydney / Infra-Architecture Lab

  • Bahia Guellai

    UMR CNRS CLLE lab, University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès /WP6, CNRS@CREATE DesCartes Program

  • Annabelle Schneider

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  • HUBERT BEROCHE

    URBAN AI

  • Todd Asher

    Bloomberg Associates

  • Titus Venerloo

    MIT Senseable City Lab

  • Fori Sim

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Leaders Forum

Building Human-Centered AI Cities: From Urban Intelligence to Physical AI
  • Host: WSCE Secretariat
  • Organizer: WSCE Secretariat
  • Objectives
    - Showcase best practices in AI applications for urban development and discuss future directions
    - Foster international collaboration and sustainable partnerships for AI-enabled urban innovation
  • Speakers: Presentations(4), Panel Discussions(5)
  • Willy Kuo

    Linker Vision

  • Byunghee Son

    Maum AI

  • HUBERT BEROCHE

    URBAN AI

  • Jaeyong Lee

    Hyundai Motor Company (HMC)

  • Yongmin Cho

    Head of Investment, Unbound Lab

AI-City Talk Concert

Where Imagination Meets Reality: Science, People, and the Future of AI Cities
  • Host: WSCE Secretariat
  • Organizer: WSCE Secretariat
  • Objectives
    - Exploring core AI City topics alongside popular science and AI communicators
    - Enhancing public understanding and engaging the audience in future urban technologies
    - Sharing a vision for human-centered AI Cities and inspiring future ways of living
  • Speakers: Presentations(4), Panel Discussions(4)
  • Jaehyeok Kim

    Special Appointment Professor, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)

  • Sungju Kang

    Ph.D. in Astrophysics, Iowa State University

  • Sang-Gon Lee

    Ph.D. in Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University

  • Seongbeom Heo

    Researcher, Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI, KAIST

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