National Sports Promotion Agency to Open Future of SPOEX 2025 Sports Industry
Mar 26, 2025
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The "2025 Seoul International Sports and Leisure Industry Exhibition (SPOEX 2025)" co-hosted by the Seoul Olympic Memorial National Sports Promotion Foundation (Chairman Ha Hyung-joo) and the Korea International Trade Association (Chairman Yoon Jin-sik) and sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister Yoo In-chon) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Minister Ahn Deok-geun) will be held at COEX in Seoul for four days from the 27th to the 30th.
SPOEX has entered its 25th year this year since it was first held at Olympic Park in 2001. It is a sports industry comprehensive fair that presents a total of key items that will lead the future sports industry, such as health, fitness, and sports clothing. This year, more than 320 sports companies will participate to showcase the latest products and technologies through 1,700 promotional booths.
In this SPOEX, a new 'ProSports Special Planning Officer' will be created for soccer, baseball, and basketball. Equipment exhibitions and daily classes for current and former professional players (Jeong Geun-woo, Yoo Hee-kwan, Cho Won-hee, Park In-bee, and Kim Kyung-tae) will also be held. High-tech sports at the Special Planning Hall for Sports Technology (SPO-TECH) created with 14 innovative Korean companies that participated in or won the 'CES Expo' in Las Vegas, U.S., which leads global industrial trends
You can experience technology and products firsthand. In addition, the company plans to promote exports and investment in the sports industry by inviting 30 overseas purchasing companies to meet with 120 domestic sports companies, and by inviting 15 sports investment companies and 40 domestic sports companies.
In particular, this year, the venue will be adjusted from February to March to hold a 'Sports Industry Recruitment Fair' involving 40 sports companies and organizations. It actively supports recruitment and job search activities in the sports field. A group viewing program is also provided to elementary, middle, and high schools and universities that have completed pre-application.
Chairman Ha Hyung-joo said, `SPOEX is a venue where we can meet the sports industry ecosystem in one place and an important window for promoting the competitiveness of domestic sports companies to the world. Together with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Korea Sports Corporation will expand support for various sports industries to open the era of 100 trillion won in 2028." Anyone who wants to experience the latest trends and technologies in the sports industry can watch through online pre-registration or on-site registration.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
