Innovative Technology Applications Showcase Highlights: Smart Commerce 2019 Year-End Presentation of Exhibition Achievements

2019 was a year of vigorous development for the technology industry, with smart technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things, along with a wave of innovation, sweeping across different industries around the world. The Ministry of Economic Affairs specially held the "Smart Commerce 2019 Year-End Presentation" event on the 27th at the NTU Hospital International Conference Center, showcasing the results of its continued efforts to promote the application of smart technology in commercial services, attracting more than 400 people from industry, academia, and research to attend the event!

Lee Mei, Director-General of the Department of Commerce under the Ministry of Economic Affairs, said in her remarks that the advent of the internet, digitalization, and smart technology has brought tremendous changes to transactions, freight, warehouse management, and more. Now, through mobile phones, digital coupons and points can be collected and redeemed directly; when buying fashion items, there is no need to actually try them on, as AR technology can show realistic effects; if packages are numerous and heavy and your back is about to break from carrying them, self-driving vehicles can carry them for you; when buying fresh products online, with energy-saving cold storage equipment and monitoring technology, quality is guaranteed. These smart innovative application examples will be presented to guests at the venue.

A total of 18 exhibition booths were set up for this event. In addition to technology displays, retail and logistics service providers were also invited to share their firsthand experiences. Chien Wei-kuo, Director of the E-Retail Business Division at FamilyMart, Lin Hui-chun, General Manager of Amazon Global Selling Taiwan, and Chen Sheng-wei, CEO of the Taiwan AI Academy, were also invited to discuss the development trends of technology applications in retail and logistics services. In the breakout forum sessions, there were also themed sharing sessions such as "Smart Retail," "Smart Logistics," and "Asia Silicon Valley Startup Momentum - Startup Teams."

In holding this achievement presentation, the Ministry of Economic Affairs not only showcased the various promotion results of the project, but also hoped to present the landscape of innovative development in commerce and logistics, drive public attention to commercial services, and promote the widespread application of smart technology in our country's retail and logistics sectors.