COMPUTEX 2016 Closes with Successful Transformation Advancing by Building Partnerships with World Tech Leaders in Internet Computing Ecosystems

Taipei,
Taiwan – June 4, 2016 – COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2016 showcased from May 31st
to June 4th, bringing together global technology companies such as
ABB, Acer, Audi, BenQ, Cooler Master, MSI, SAMSUNG, Siemens, Mercedes-Benz, and
more targeting 4 main themes: IoT applications, business solutions, innovations
and startups, and gaming. This
influential and important global ICT event attracted 40,969
international ICT professionals to
the show, an increase of 4.7% from last year. International visitors came from
177 countries worldwide, growing by 9%. Top 5 countries/regions that produced
the greatest turnout of international visitors are: China, Japan, USA, Hong
Kong and Korea, showing the influence and importance of COMPUTEX while echoing
its new position of “build partnerships in internet computing ecosystems”.

COMPUTEX
2016 hosts 1,602 local and
international exhibitors occupying 5,009 booths, including 23%
first-timers. COMPUTEX grows and evolves with ICT industry over the years, and
its efforts are recognized by established and emerging tech companies. As a
top-notched global professional ICT exhibition, COMPUTEX attracts great number
of local and international buyers each year. This year, TAITRA arranged 822 1-on-1
procurement meetings to directly link 188 VIP buyers with exhibitors, promoting superior ICT products to the world, and facilitating
engagements among tech professionals.

The debut of
InnoVEX, exhibit for innovations and
startups, also created new dynamics at COMPUTEX.
Futuristic fabrications, event lineups on two stages, contests, and displays of
217 startups (including 25 award-winning teams) contributed their creativity
and energy to attract 10,975 visits in three days. COMPUTEX continued to
reinvent itself. For e-sports and gaming, COMPUTEX collaborated with HWBOT by holding
HWBOT World Tour 2016 at COMPUTEX and invited global overclocking professionals
to challenge hardware capabilities. Director of HWBOT Taiwan, Pieter
Jan-Plaisier, said, “Great devices by gaming manufacturers in Taiwan and reputations
of COMPUTEX attracted many overclocking masters to this debut event in Taiwan.”
The Light Gallery of Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1 was redesigned
into an overclocking arena for this unprecedented competition.

COMPUTEX
2016 focused on IoT development as great number of exhibitors displayed their
latest smart devices including all aspects of IoT, smart retail, integrating
virtual reality, 3D priting and comprehensive business solutions. During
COMPUTEX, chip giant, Intel, announced its collaboration with Hon Hai for
developing various network infrastructure technologies, fully demonstrating the
importance of COMPUTEX in the ICT industry and how IoT will lead the next wave
of industry revolution.

Besides IoT
developments among established industry leaders, COMPUTEX 2016 also celebrated
innovations and startups at the debut of InnoVEX exhibit. Startups around the
world were invited to showcase their ideas, search for investments, or find
regional distributors. This year, 217 startups from 27 countries enriched COMPUTEX
2016. InnoVEX Pitch Contest provided financial incentives and experienced
judges, attracting 102 participating teams from 17 countries. After three
eliminations, eight finalists competed on June 2nd. The winner was
MoBagel, the only team from Taiwan selected in 500 Startups accelerator of 2015.
It proposed “Real-Time Predictive Analytics for IoT Devices”, predicting big
data analytics and combining artificial intelligence with connected home
appliances for smart business forecasting.

COMPUTEX not
only offers the exhibits of supply chain and procurement platforms, but also focuses
on the breakthroughs of IoT. The CPX Conference, organized by TAITRA, consisted
of world tech leaders. The lineup of the 2-day conference included: CEO of ARM,
Simon Segars; innovation designer for
Milan Candidate City Expo 2015 and one of three major futurists in the world,
Vito Di Bari; Rahul Patel, Senior Vice President and
General Manager of connectivity, Qualcomm; Steve Wyatt, Group Vice President of
ABB Robotics; Erdal Elver, President & CEO of Siemens Ltd. Taiwan; Lucas
Wang, CEO of HWTrek; Allan Yang, CTO of Advantech; Simon Wang, Senior Director
of Internet of Things Business Development, TSMC and more tech executives
delivering keynote speeches on IoT applications, ecosystem partnership, and
innovative startups, attracting over 2,300 audiences.

During the
keynote, Simon Segard indicated, “IoT is no longer just an imaginary concept. Hardware-software
integration will facilitate comprehensive solutions in various aspects. Under
IoT ecosystem, technology, enterprise, platform and information integrations
will enable more opportunities.” And Vito Di Bari pointed out; solid
manufacturing capabilities in Taiwan had laid a solid foundation for technology
innovations. It’s important to connect with ecosystem partners to develop and expand
influences. COMPUTEX continues to contribute to technology developments with
insights from tech executives and futurists at CPX Conference.

At the
closing press conference, Walter Yeh, Executive Vice President of TAITRA, said, “TAITRA would like to express our
gratitude to all supporters. COMPUTEX 2017 will open from May 30th to June 3rd
with focuses on innovative technologies such as AI, VR, AR, and smart
manufacturing to promote Taiwan’s influences in the ICT industry.”