"Compared to the era when AI moves factories"...Ibex Frontier 2026 to be held next month

A forum will bring people together to discuss how companies can use artificial intelligence (AI) to change the way they work and bring physical AI into factories and other industrial workplaces. The event will cover how businesses can use AI in their daily operations and manufacturing processes. It will also explore the future of robots and embodied intelligence, which means AI that can interact with the physical world. The main focus will be on practical ways to use AI in industry.

On October 23, IBEX, a company that develops physical AI for industry, announced that it will hold its annual AI forum, "AIVEX FRONTIER 2026," on November 11 at Westin Seoul Parnas. The event will be organized together with Maekyung Media.

Speakers will include representatives from Korean and international companies such as Palantir, LG Electronics, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Upstage, and Vessel AI. Researchers who study AI and robots will also speak. About 300 people are expected to attend, including people working in information technology (IT), telecommunications, semiconductors, batteries, automobiles, defense, and logistics.

A main topic will be how companies can turn their use of AI into real results. Min Se-hoon, head of the commercial division at Palantir Technologies Asia Pacific (APAC), will explain how companies can move faster and get better results when changing their operations with AI. This process is called AI transformation, or AX. Kim Ji-hoon, a CEO partner at BCG, will discuss what makes a company's AI transformation succeed or fail.

The future of physical AI and robots will also be an important topic. Professor Dennis Hong, who teaches mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and leads the Robotics Research Institute RoMeLa, will give a talk called "Do Robots Have to Look Like Humans?" He will discuss the complicated designs of human-shaped robots, how much energy they use, how stable they are, and how much they cost. He will also explain how robots can be designed to best fit the jobs they need to do.

The forum will also show real examples of AI and robots working together in factories. IBEX will explain how manufacturing tasks can be automated by connecting AI-powered visual inspection, data, machine learning operations (MLOps), and robot control. MLOps refers to the tools and processes used to manage AI models while they are working. The company will also explain the technology and methods needed to connect AI models to real machines and robot movements. This would allow AI to do more than simply see what is happening in a factory and make decisions about it.

"We hope this event will help people find ways to turn AI into real results in their own industries by bringing together the latest developments in AI technology, companies' plans for putting AI to work, and real experiences of using AI in industrial workplaces," said Sung Min-soo, CEO of IVEX.