A pavilion organized by a tech start-up incubator created by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) opened yesterday at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
The pavilion demonstrates the innovations of 72 Taiwanese start-ups from the Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA), which was initiated in 2018 by the NSTC.
CES senior supervisor Jannene Remondino and Qualcomm Inc vice president Sudeepto Roy attended the opening ceremony, the council said.
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Also present were representatives of the IFA, a consumer electronics show in Berlin; risingSUD, an investment agency in France; the Japan External Trade Organization; and myGlobalVillage Switzerland, a Swiss intelligence specialist, it said.
It was the eighth year that the TTA sent a delegation to the CES, allowing Taiwanese start-ups to compete for market attention with their counterparts from South Korea, Japan, Sweden and Italy.
The NSTC invited TTA to demonstrate their innovations at the pavilion. Start-ups accounted for almost one-third of the total exhibitors at the CES, the council said.
Addressing the opening ceremony, the council's Department of Academia-Industry Collaboration and Science Park Affairs Director-General Andrea Hsu (許增如), who led the TTA delegation to the CES, said the 72 firms covered five sectors: artificial intelligence (AI), digital health, smart cities, sustainability, vehicle tech and advanced mobility.
The achievements showcased by these Taiwanese firms are expected to demonstrate the country's diversified innovation ecosystem, Hsu said.
She added that the Taiwanese participants all have grown based on their AI technologies and are able to let the world know how far they have developed AI applications.
Hsu said Taiwan has become one of the most reliable partners in AI development and the country has set its sights on working with other nations to increase innovations led by AI.
She said the presence of the TTA's firms at the CES is expected to help them seize business opportunities in the global market.
Representatives of more than 30 TTA firms in the pavilion are scheduled to launch roadshows in Silicon Valley on Jan. 14 after the CES ends, to meet with investors and enterprises in the US tech base to lure talent and funds to Taiwan, according to the council.
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