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LG Electronics holds LG AI DevCon 2026, a developer conference for sharing AI-based software development know-how and achievements. Pictured is Kim Dong-wook, executive vice president and head of LG Electronics' Software Center, delivering a welcome address. [LG Electronics]
LG Electronics holds LG AI DevCon 2026, a developer conference for sharing AI-based software development know-how and achievements. Pictured is Kim Dong-wook, executive vice president and head of LG Electronics' Software Center, delivering a welcome address. [LG Electronics]

LG Electronics hosted LG AI DevCon 2026, a developer conference dedicated to sharing know-how and achievements in AI-based software development.

Organized by the LG Software Council, the event ran Tuesday and Wednesday at LG Science Park in Magok, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, drawing more than 1,500 developers from LG affiliates — including LG Electronics, LG CNS and LG Uplus — both in person and online.

Exhibition spaces were set up where attendees could experience the latest AI technologies from Nvidia, Microsoft, Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services and LG AI Research.

The keynote addresses were delivered by Jeong Ji-hoon, an adjunct professor at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology and founding partner of Silicon Valley-based investment firm A2G Capital, and Shim Hyun-chul, a KAIST professor widely recognized as a first-generation drone researcher in South Korea.

Jeong spoke on how AI-based software development practices have evolved, while Shim outlined the latest trends in physical AI technology and the direction of its future development.

LG Electronics shared the know-how and results it has accumulated by applying AI to software development for its proprietary smart TV platform, webOS. LG CNS presented its achievements in modernizing legacy systems using AI, and LG Uplus showcased results from using conversational AI agents in content production.

LG Electronics launched the LG Software Developer Conference in 2022 and has since rebranded it as LG AI DevCon to reflect the shift toward AI-based software development environments.

"We will actively share AI utilization experiences and innovation cases accumulated on the development front to accelerate AI-driven development innovation, and connect that to new value and services that customers can tangibly experience," said Kim Dong-wook, executive vice president and head of LG Electronics' Software Center.


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