Gyeonggi-do to Host the Nation's Largest 'Global Startup Expo' in September

Gyeonggi Province will host the 'Global Startup Expo,' the largest startup festival in the country, this coming September.

On the 23rd, Gyeonggi Province and the Gyeonggi Economic Science Promotion Agency launched an advisory committee at the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office and held the first meeting to prepare for the '2024 Global Startup Expo.'

The Gyeonggi Global Startup Expo will be held in collaboration with a global startup platform from September 25 to 27, simultaneously at the Gwanggyo Convention Center and the Pangyo Startup Campus area.

It was organized to attract investment and support overseas expansion for promising startups as part of the 8th-term Gyeonggi Province vision to create a 'Startup Heaven in Korea.'

Gyeonggi Province recently selected artificial intelligence, a current technology trend, as the main theme of the expo and will promote various programs such as insight seminars featuring renowned domestic and international figures, startup competitions, and one-on-one meetups with global venture capital (VC) firms.

Fifteen experts leading the domestic venture and startup ecosystem from various fields including business, associations, and academia participated in the first advisory committee meeting, including Kim Hyun-gon, Deputy Governor of Gyeonggi Province, and Kang Seong-cheon, Director of the Gyeonggi Economic Science Promotion Agency.

Gyeonggi Province held the launch ceremony of the Global Startup Expo Advisory Committee on the 23rd. Advisory committee members are taking a commemorative photo after the meeting.

Nam Min-woo, CEO and Chairman of Dasan Networks Co., Ltd., which started as a first-generation venture startup and grew into Korea's top telecommunications equipment company, was appointed as the inaugural chairman of the committee.

At the meeting, the committee members presented various opinions on the strategic direction of the startup-centered event, program planning, startup ecosystem development, and differentiated event management unique to Gyeonggi Province.

Kim Hyun-gon, Deputy Governor of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "We will collaborate with overseas startup platforms to make this the best international event in Asia," adding, "I hope that all startup stakeholders will cooperate to discover, nurture, and invest in startups so that the startup ecosystem can be revitalized not only in Gyeonggi Province but throughout Korea."

Meanwhile, Gyeonggi Province will operate the advisory committee quarterly to ensure the successful hosting of the Global Startup Expo.