'2014 Gwangju ACE Fair' Has Begun At Kimdaejung Convention Center In Record Size

SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- "2014 Gwangju ACE Fair" has been celebrating its 9th inviting 424 companies from 40 different countries at Kimdaejung Convention Center on Sep. 25th, the largest ACE Fair ever in size. ACE Fair, which stands for Asia Content & Entertainment Fair in Gwangju, has been organized and managed by both government and private institutions: Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) and Gwangju City organize the whole Fair; and Kimdaejung Convention Center, *KOTRA, *KOCCA, *KCTA, *GITCT, and *GDC take the role of management. At "2014 Gwangju ACE Fair," 400 companies including 220 foreign buyers from the U.S.A., France, Poland, and China plan to participate to proceed 1,700 consultations for export license.

For the first two days of the Fair, the Fair holds export business meetings with many influential culture and content companies: MARVEL Entertainment and Pixar Animation Studio from the U.S.A.; Yomzeo from France; KRAROW Technology Park from Poland; Tudou, Shenzhen 518 Animation, and Aniworld Satellite TV from China.

Moreover, as the East Asian Cultural City 2014, Gwangju City in South Korea, Quanzhou in China, and Yokohama in Japan were voted by the ministries of three countries: South Korea, China, and Japan. At the Fair, Gwangju City prepared Asian Culture Complex promotion booth for advertising the opening of three culture complexes in all three selected cities within this month

Major domestic media participants are KBS N, MBC+ Media, SBS Medianet, and CJ E&M, and Ocon famous for "Pororo the Little Penguin" and INTERSAVE famous for producing games are major game and animation participants. In total, 424 companies fill up the booths at the Fair.

As for domestic business hall, many collective stands are in the current schedule: KOCCA Culture and Technology Collective Stands, Korea Animation Producer Association Collective Stands, Gwangju City & GITCT Collective Stands, GDC Collective Stands, and *KOCLA Genuine Product Certification Promotion Booth.

There are many events scheduled for visitors to participate.

As the darling of cutting-edge technology, 3D printer experience event is on the schedule as the event provides following experiences: a visitor may try sketching on 3-dimensional wallpaper with chocolates; a visitor may try making a protective whistle; and a visitor may try using 3D pens.

In addition to many events, "Cartoon Special Exhibition" is the first event ever in the history of ACE Fair held under the management of The Korea Cartoonists Association Gwangju-Jeonnam Branch. This special exhibition invites about 20 cartoonists to show their real-time-on-the-spot drawing at Webtoon Show, Three Kingdoms Original Drawing Show, and G20 Summit Caricature Show.

Besides, not only "Trendy Contents Experience Hall," cherishes the variety of the whole Fair: "Board Game Experience Hall" provides a face-to-face group enjoyment; "Speed Stacks Experience Hall" offers players to stack 12 cups as fast as they can; "e-Sports tournament" distinguishes the best gamer; "Cutting-Edge Movie Special Show" provides 3D movies free; "National Youth Media and Broadcasting Contents Contest" is on the schedule; "Cospre Event" provides super-scale suit "Gundam"; "Photo Zone" provides a popular cartoon character experience; "3D Trick Art Experience" offers fun and cutting-edge technology atmosphere; and "Culture Industry Job Fair" provides opportunities to get jobs for those hoping to work in this industry.

SOURCE 2014 Gwangju ACE Fair