Gyeonggi Business and Science Accelerator begins recruiting startups attending the 2024 SOUTH SUMMIT KOREA 

The Gyeonggi Business and Science Accelerator (GBSA) announced today that it is inviting startups to participate in the 2024 SOUTH SUMMIT KOREA, which will be held from September 25-27 at the Suwon Convention Center (Gwanggyo) and Startup Campus (Pangyo).

The event, hosted by the Gyeonggi Provincial Government and co-organized by the Gyeonggi Business and Science Accelerator (GBSA) and Spain's SOUTH SUMMIT, is Asia's first international event focused on artificial intelligence (AI) startups. It is designed to help the local startup market expand globally.

Launched in 2012, SOUTH SUMMIT is the largest startup fair in Southern Europe that has attracted about KRW 13 trillion in investment and produced more than 7 unicorn companies in the past 10 years.

The collaboration with Spain's SOUTH SUMMIT, an internationally recognized startup platform, is expected to provide a bridgehead for Korean startups to enter the European market.

The 2024 SOUTH SUMMIT KOREA, which will be held for the first time in Asia this September, will focus on future strategic industries centered on AI and deep tech, and will attract more than 20,000 startups, businesses and investors from home and abroad.

The summit will feature open innovation from global giants, VC meetups, AI-related conferences, startup IR pitches, and exhibitions. This will provide a platform for interaction and local market information for companies and investors interested in expanding into Europe.

AI and deep-tech startups (corporations or sole proprietorships) launched in the past 7 years who wish to participate in the on-site summit can apply through the 2024 SOUTH SUMMIT KOREA website until the 14th of next month.

Participating companies will be provided with exhibition booths, including fixtures required for booth operation such as plasma display panels (PDPs), promotional banners, furniture, lighting, electricity, and so on all free of charge.

Sung-chun Kang, chairman of the Gyeonggi Business and Science Accelerator said, “This summit will help domestic startups expand globally and open up global networking and investment opportunities for innovative technology companies in the field of AI.” He further added, ”We hope that promising startups in Gyeonggi Province will be interested and actively participate in this event.”

Inquiries about the 2024 SOUTH SUMMIT KOREA can be made through the official website and the Gyeonggi Startup Planning Team.

Sangyeon Yoon reporting from Suwon.

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