AI Summit Seoul & Expo 2026, or AISE 2026, will return to Seoul from Aug. 19 to 21 at COEX in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul, COEX said Wednesday. Jointly organized by COEX, DMK Global and the Korea International Trade Association (KITA), the exhibition will be held in COEX Hall B, with the conference in the Grand Ballroom. This year's show floor will host 125 companies across 300 booths, a 150 percent increase from last year. Exhibitors will present AI solutions spanning manufacturing, logistics, finance, health care, customer experience and workplace productivity, alongside infrastructure for generative AI systems. The lineup reflects the industry's shift from generative AI to agentic AI and physical AI. Global participants include Seagate, Adobe, Oracle, HP and Genspark, alongside Korean AI companies. A hands-on "EX-Zone" will allow visitors to try AI technologies directly, with companies including shotAi and AI Taekwondo offering demonstrations such as sports-motion analysis and AI-based taekwondo poomsae experiences. A humanoid robot zone will feature AgiBot, RealMan Robotics and Pudu Robotics. The conference runs Aug. 19 and 20, with KAIST professor Kim Dae-sik speaking on "from AI to AGI," Jack Chua, CEO of Valent Health, discussing startups in the AI era, and Kim Jung-kyun of Se