Seoul will turn Smart Life Week 2026 into a hands-on AI showcase at COEX from Oct. 6 to 8. The third annual event, themed Designing Life with AI, is expected to draw more than 70,000 visitors and participants from more than 500 cities and companies. It will focus on physical AI, with exhibits on humanoid robots, mobility, health care, education and urban administration. An immersive showroom will re-create eight Seoul landmarks as settings for AI demonstrations.
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, eighth from right, and other participants pose at the opening ceremony of Smart Life Week 2025 at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul, Sept. 30, 2025. Courtesy of Seoul Metropolitan Government
Seoul is turning its vision of an AI-powered future into something visitors can see, touch and test as Smart Life Week 2026 brings robots, autonomous mobility and other emerging technologies to COEX from Oct. 6 to 8.
The third annual event, organized around the theme “Designing Life with AI,” is expected to draw more than 70,000 visitors and participation from more than 500 cities and companies, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Government.
This year’s showcase will focus on physical AI — systems designed to interact with people and the physical world — with exhibits spanning humanoid robots, AI mobility, health care, education and urban administration.
