Samsung SDS will hold the enterprise AX (AI transformation) conference "REAL Summit 2026" on the 8th.
This year's event, under the theme "The future of successful AX innovation completed with the Samsung SDS AI full stack," will be held at COEX in Seoul. Samsung SDS said on the 1st that at this event it will share strategies and execution plans to ensure that corporations not only adopt artificial intelligence (AI) but also consolidate it into tangible business results.
Specifically, based on AI full-stack capabilities spanning AI infrastructure, platforms, and solutions, it will showcase a variety of technologies and services that support corporations' AX journeys, along with real customer cases.
For the keynote, Lee June-hee, CEO of Samsung SDS, will be joined by Kim Kyung-hun, Korea country lead of OpenAI, and Choi Ki-young, Korea head of Anthropic, as speakers.
CEO Lee June-hee will present the direction of AX—which goes beyond AI adoption to redesign corporations' work and business around AI—and the key factors for success, and will announce customer AX execution strategies based on the Samsung SDS AI full stack.
OpenAI and Anthropic will share the direction of global AI technology development and corporations' AI utilization strategies, and will introduce ways to address a range of AX needs for corporate customers through collaboration with Samsung SDS.
In addition, Kim Young-ju, head of VCPO at GS Caltex (CTO); Park Jong-sung, head of DT at Dongwon Group (executive director); and Ahn Jae-man, CEO of Vessel AI, will participate as speakers to share AI-driven innovation cases and results pursued with Samsung SDS.
In the afternoon sessions, 59 presentation sessions will be held across 10 tracks: ▲ AX strategy ▲ AX execution ▲ manufacturing ▲ distribution and services ▲ logistics ▲ public sector ▲ defense ▲ finance, and more. Key domestic and overseas AI partners of Samsung SDS—including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Cloud, Dell Technologies, Walden Robotics, FuriosaAI, and Tatum Security—will take part directly in the presentations to share the latest AI technologies and cases of application by corporations.
At this REAL Summit, the hands-on programs that allow participants to directly experience AI and cloud technologies and services have also been expanded. About 40 exhibition booths have been set up to provide a one-stop view of partners' enterprise AI solutions.