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According to Yonhap News,

(BUSAN=Yonhap News) Drone Show Korea 2017, Asia's largest drone festival, takes place at BEXCO in Busan from January 19 to 21.

In the event organized by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and Busan City, 88 companies will set up 302 exhibition booths on the 13,000-square-meter exhibition hall, up nearly 40% in the number of booths compared to last year.

35 industrial experts from 6 countries will speak about vision, strategy and technical challenges in the era of human-carrying drones.

This year's event will draw a large number of government and public agencies including the National Police Agency, the Ministry of Public Safety and Security, and the Korea Institute of Aviation Safety Technology.

These organizations will share their experiences of using drones in public services and discuss future direction of technology development.

This year's event will shed light on technologies for personal passenger drones, such as artificial intelligence autonomous flight, air traffic control system, global positioning system, and solar-powered autonomous drones.

"Visitors will get a taste of the future drone industry through this year's event which will feature next-generation products such as underwater and floating drones as well as documentary, movies and VR contents," a city official said.

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