The National Science and Technology Council is to lead 96 Taiwanese tech start-ups to the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, from Jan. 7 to 9, the council said yesterday.
It would be Taiwan’s seventh participation at CES as a national team, the council said, adding that it hopes to showcase the nation’s technological strength.
About 28 percent of the group comprise start-ups focusing on research and innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, while 20 percent specialize in digital health and 18 percent are devoted to smart cities and sustainability, the council said in a statement following a news conference in Taipei.
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Other start-ups are to display their innovations and technologies related to smart homes, sports and fitness, as well as vehicles and advanced mobility during the CES event, the council said.
In addition, two start-ups from the Taiwan Tech Arena start-up development center have won CES 2024 Innovation Awards, with FaceHeart Corp (鉅怡智慧) earning plaudits for its US Food and Drug Administration-certified video-based health measurement software and TSGC Technologies Inc (鴻躉) getting recognition for its eco-friendly and economical recycling solution for solar panels, it added.
The Taiwan Tech Arena is a platform launched by the Cabinet in 2018 to cultivate tech start-ups by helping them raise funds and engage with local entrepreneurs as well as US and European business incubators. The start-up development center at the Taipei Arena aims to cultivate at least 100 start-ups annually, mainly focused on AI, Internet of Things and software applications.
The council is also to host an international conference — dubbed Semiconductors, Global Trends and Taiwan — on Jan. 8 during the CES expo, with well-known experts and academics in the semiconductor field invited to exchange opinions and foster collaboration, it said.
The council said it would also introduce what it calls the Taiwan Chip-based Industrial Innovation Program (晶片驅動台灣產業創新方案) to participants during the seminar, as the program is crucial to the nation’s technological strength over the next 10 to 20 years and Taiwan aims to be a reliable partner in the global supply chain of the semiconductor industry.
The government has planned to allocate NT$300 billion (US$9.72 billion) for the program’s implementation over the next 10 years, the council said earlier.
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