Okestro said on the 27th that it successfully concluded the "2026 public AI infrastructure innovation conference," co-hosted with the Korea Artificial Intelligence Government Association, at the Government Sejong Convention Center on the 26th.
About 300 officials from central ministries, local governments, and major public institutions attended the event to share strategies for securing public Data Sovereignty and achieving independence in artificial intelligence (AI) technology, and to discuss practical application plans for sovereign AI-based public infrastructure.
Na Yeon-mook, Okestro Chief Vision Officer (CVO), who delivered the keynote address, noted the need for AI data centers and sovereign AI to realize AI computing and emphasized the importance of securing public Data Sovereignty and a stable operating environment. The subsequent technical sessions focused on ways to implement infrastructure optimized for public-sector environments.
K-AI core corporations such as Rebellions and Upstage also gave presentations and shared each company's technology strategies. Director Jang Jun-young of Rebellions presented on "Neural Processing Unit (NPU)-based next-generation sovereign AI infrastructure," introducing cases of applying AI Semiconductor specialized for AI inference to public and industrial sites. Choi Hoon, head of the enterprise institutional sector at Upstage, presented "AI innovation that starts on the ground right away," outlining adoption strategies for Generative AI in the public sector and practical utilization plans.
Kim Beom-jae, CEO of Okestro, said, "This conference offered a single venue to examine the core technologies that make up AI infrastructure, from sovereign AI to NPUs to large language models (LLMs)," adding, "Centering on Okestro's sovereign AI cloud data center, we will continue to advance sovereign AI infrastructure that public institutions can trust."