SCSE Kaohsiung

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Smart Kaohsiung

Digital and Green Transformation

The Kaohsiung Smart City Summit & Expo (KSCSE) is a professional exhibition focused on Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, which started in 2022 and jointly organized by the Kaohsiung City Government, the Smart City Industry Alliance (TSSA), and the Taipei Computer Association (TCA). KSCSE serves as a platform for dialogue between cities and industries, providing an international exchange and cooperation platform for the development of smart cities.

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Smart Healthcare

The 2026 Kaohsiung Smart City Summit & Expo will feature a Smart Healthcare Pavilion under the theme “Advancing Taiwan’s Smart Healthcare Ecosystem.”

Bringing together more than 15 hospitals, along with their technology partners and startup teams, the pavilion will showcase real-world achievements of smart healthcare across clinical applications, operational optimization, and innovative care models.

With a strong emphasis on practical implementation and scalability, the pavilion highlights how collaboration between healthcare institutions and industry partners is driving the evolution of smart healthcare in Taiwan.

During the exhibition, a dedicated “Big Health Theme Day” will be held, featuring a full-day program of forums and matchmaking sessions designed to foster exchange and collaboration between the smart healthcare sector and industry stakeholders.

Exhibition Content

ZAP‑X Gyroscopic Stereotactic Radiosurgery System

The first ZAP‑X gyroscopic radiosurgery platform in Taiwan marks a new era of high-precision, non-invasive neurosurgical treatment in southern Taiwan. Combining high-resolution image guidance, real-time targeting, and robotic control, ZAP‑X precisely focuses therapeutic energy on brain lesions while minimizing impact on healthy tissue. The procedure is incision-free, painless, and requires no hospitalization—patients can return home the same day, significantly reducing medical and caregiving burdens. Additionally, the ZAP‑X system features a No Cobalt, No Vault design, ensuring radiation safety, space efficiency, and sustainable medical practice.

AI Enhances Nursing Efficiency and Retention

Ngan General Hospital has implemented a Generative AI Nursing Care Integration System under the “Sailing Toward a Smart Nursing Era” initiative, optimizing inpatient and emergency care workflows.
AI automatically extracts medical record data to generate admission, shift handover, and discharge notes, standardizing narrative nursing documentation and improving efficiency by over 75%. In the emergency department, AI integrates vital signs and test reports in real time to create handover summaries and cross-unit referral records, reducing nurses’ workload.
Results show that the three-month turnover rate for new nurses dropped from 34.85% to 21.3%, with overall nurse satisfaction with job stress reduction reached 81.9%. Ngan General Hospital leverages AI-assisted documentation to allow nurses to focus on clinical care, driving a smart transformation in healthcare services.

SSTS -Smart Specimen Tracking System

Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital (TTH)(Medical Service Cooperation with Chang Gung Medical Foundation) has implemented the “SSTS One-Code Closed-Loop” system, integrating laboratory information and storage management to create a fully automated smart workflow across pre-, intra-, and post-examination processes. Laboratory staff can instantly track specimen location, storage status, and history, enabling rapid additional testing while eliminating the need for repeated blood draws. The system features alerts for abnormalities, quality control checks, and complete traceability, enhancing both patient safety and laboratory efficiency. By adopting the SSTS system, laboratory professionals can reduce manual workload and focus on clinical expertise, advancing a smart, high-quality, patient-centered hospital.

Eat Well. Smile Bright: Building Sustainable Care Model for Chewing and Swallowing

Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, guided by Sustainability, Intelligence, and Friendliness, advances the “Healthy Taiwan Deepening Plan,” focusing on older adults’ nutritional rights. In collaboration with Ministry of Health and Welfare Pingtung Hospital, professional workshops enhance swallowing disorder assessment skills for rural healthcare staff, promoting balanced medical resources. The hospital implements smart oral training devices, oral care boards, and digital assessment systems, integrated with cloud data and interactive games (ex: Pinball). This enables precise tracking of training outcomes, strengthens oral and pharyngeal muscles, and improves swallowing, breathing, and vocal coordination. The initiative establishes a new standard of smart health care for seniors, helping them eat well and smile brightly.

Data Denoising & Smart Navigation Decision Dashboard

Kaohsiung Municipal Chinese Medicine Hospital launches the “Data Denoising & Smart Navigation” decision dashboard, integrating National Health Insurance (NHI) cloud data on medications, lab tests, and examinations. The system structures patient medication history and lab results, highlights abnormal values, and supports historical data review and customizable copy options. Implemented as a Chrome extension within NHI Cloud 2.0, it offers intuitive operation and customizable options, enabling physicians to quickly capture key information while reducing page-switching and manual data compilation. This tool helps clinicians focus on patients, improves data interpretation efficiency, and enhances medical record documentation, achieving the goal of “instant insight, immediate action” in smart healthcare.

AI-Assisted Chest X-Ray & Smart Medication Management for Precise, Safe Care

Minsheng Hospital advances smart healthcare by implementing AI-assisted chest X-ray interpretation and full-process smart medication management. The AI system analyzes images in seconds, accurately highlighting lung collapse, nodules, pneumothorax, and other abnormalities, helping physicians quickly pinpoint areas of concern, reduce missed diagnoses, and improve reading efficiency. The smart medication management system integrates automated dispensing, medication cabinets, and cloud tracking, enabling full visibility from prescription review to bedside administration, enhancing pharmacist efficiency and minimizing human error. Through AI and digital technology, Minsheng Hospital supports clinical teams in delivering precise, safe, and reliable care, demonstrating the practical impact of smart healthcare.

FACE AI: 40-Second Facial Scan for Instant Health Insights

Centered on patient care, Gangshan Hospital has implemented Face AI non-contact physiological measurement technology. By simply facing the camera, multiple health indicators—including heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, and stress index—can be measured within 40 seconds, without physical contact or wearable devices, making it especially easy for older adults to use.
Measurement results are displayed instantly and simultaneously uploaded to the health cloud, where AI analyzes the data and provides personalized health insights, enabling medical staff to quickly assess patients’ health status.
The goal is to make AI a reliable frontline medical assistant, improving healthcare efficiency through technology while supporting medical professionals in safeguarding community health.

AI Immersive Mental Health Chat Service

Kaohsiung Municipal Kai-Syuan Psychiatric Hospital has launched the "" AI Virtual Companion "" on the LINE platform to provide 24/7 real-time emotional support. This service features a lifelike persona that seamlessly integrates into the digital space, allowing users to engage in low-pressure, accessible conversations without the need to install a separate app. By identifying emotional states and providing gentle guidance, the AI helps individuals clarify their thoughts and manage anxiety with zero latency. Furthermore, the system utilizes locally deployed Large Language Models (LLM) to ensure maximum data privacy and security, successfully extending professional mental healthcare beyond the clinical setting and becoming a ubiquitous companion that balances convenience, interactivity, and information safety.

BestShape Care Contactless Sarcopenia Screening

Facing the challenges of an aging population on the remote Cijin Island, Cijin Hospital promotes the “Green & Sustainable Smart Long-Term Care Island” initiative, with sarcopenia prevention as a core focus.
The hospital implements the BestShape Care smart screening tool, using non-invasive radar sensors to capture seniors’ activity data, accurately assessing sarcopenia risk, muscle strength, and activity levels, enabling early prevention of falls and functional decline.
By integrating local healthcare and long-term care services, the program provides contactless, personalized health management, helping elderly residents safely maintain muscle health, improve quality of life, and demonstrate the practical impact of smart long-term care.

Green Dialysis | ESG-Driven Sustainable Healthcare

Kaohsiung Municipal Fong Shan Hospital (KMFSH) integrates Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles into daily dialysis care. The hospital adopts low-pollution dialysis consumables, RO wastewater recycling, LED lighting, and paperless operations to reduce carbon emissions and energy consumption. Staff work conditions and training programs are optimized to enhance patient care and awareness of green dialysis practices. A cross-department ESG task force and performance tracking system ensure medical quality, safety, and transparency. Through these multifaceted strategies, Fong Shan Hospital establishes a green dialysis model that balances quality, patient-friendliness, and sustainability, highlighting the critical role of healthcare institutions in advancing sustainable development.

Play to Communicate: AI-Powered Fun Healthcare for Language & Brain Health

Kaohsiung Municipal United Hospital presents two AI healthcare innovations:
AI Brain Age Analysis – Using the Heuron AI brain imaging system and deep learning, MRI scans are automatically analyzed to calculate personalized brain age. This helps physicians early detect mild cognitive impairment and dementia risks, improving clinical assessment efficiency.
Magic ABC App for Language Therapy – In collaboration with the Metal Center, this app uses big data and AI to simulate speech therapist guidance. Through gamified activities like mimicry, flashcards, storybooks, and interactive dialogues, children can practice language skills at home, demonstrating AI’s value in lifespan health care.

Artificial Intelligence for Pitching Mechanics and Injury Prevention & Smart Neurological Care

Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (KCGMH) showcases two major smart healthcare innovations：
AI Sports Injury Prevention for Throwing – Using AI and markerless pose estimation, the system analyzes shoulder, elbow, torso, and lower limb movements with just a smartphone. It builds a database and AI model to provide real-time injury prevention.
AI-AR Smart Neuro-Otology Diagnostics integrates AI, AR, and Large Language Models (LLM) to automatically analyze eye-movement data. This technology enables the rapid differentiation of central from peripheral vertigo, significantly enhancing diagnostic efficiency while reducing reliance on bulky equipment to support green and sustainable medical practices. These innovations collectively safeguard the precision mobility and health of all age groups in southern Taiwan, demonstrating the hospital’s leading-edge capabilities in smart healthcare.

LiveAlert& Pruritus Management AI-Powered Framework

Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital has been recognized by Newsweek (USA) as one of the “World’s Best Smart Hospitals 2026,” showcasing its international-level capabilities in smart healthcare.This exhibition highlights two key innovations. The first is the LiveAlert: AI Early Warning System for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, which leverages a Transformer-based time-series AI architecture to integrate multiple clinical indicators. The system can predict the risk of cardiac arrest up to 24 hours in advance, has been validated through multi-center collaborative studies, and is applicable to both ICU and general ward settings.

The second innovation is the Pruritus Management AI-Powered Framework, which integrates lesion imaging, structured clinical data, and environmental open data to deliver an end-to-end smart care solution—from AI-assisted diagnosis and patient education to referral services.

New Smart Home Care Model

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital (KMUH) is advancing the ""Southern Forward-looking Health Smart Model - KMUH Sustainable Resilience Innovation Plan,"" extending medical services into homes and communities.
Through Smart Acute Care at Home, our interdisciplinary teams provide on-site treatment by integrating telemedicine, smart glasses, and real-time vital sign monitoring to ensure safe and continuous care.
The ""Medical Care Assistant App"" provides wound assessment, infection control guidance, and home care education, supporting clinical decision-making while enabling real-world use by patients and caregivers.
By integrating AI and smart healthcare, it delivers a personalized, accessible, and sustainable model of smart healthcare.

AI-Powered Diabetes Smart Care

Kaohsiung Medical University Gangshan Hospital integrates artificial intelligence and cloud-based platforms to deliver comprehensive diabetes care from hospital to home. Using Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) and the Smart Anti-Diabetes App, real-time glucose data are analyzed in relation to lifestyle behaviors. Through a multidisciplinary co-care system involving physicians, dietitians, and diabetes educators, abnormal readings are addressed promptly. This model empowers patients to shift from passive treatment to proactive, personalized, and human-centered diabetes management.

Noise-Reduced, Smart Navigation Clinical Dashboard

National Sun Yat-sen University launches the "Noise-Reduced, Smart Navigation" clinical dashboard, integrating NHI cloud data for medications, lab tests, and examinations. The system structures medication histories and lab data, highlights abnormal values, and supports historical data retrieval and multiple copy formats. Implemented as a Chrome extension directly within the NHI Cloud 2.0 interface, it offers intuitive operation and customizable options, enabling physicians to quickly capture key information, reduce page-switching, and minimize manual documentation. This tool helps clinicians focus on patients, enhancing interpretation efficiency and medical record convenience, realizing smart healthcare goals of "real-time insights, immediate action."

E-Da Healthcare | Delivering Innovative, Effective, and Precise Personalized Medical Services

The E-Da Healthcare Group presents three featured medical innovations: the AI-Based Abnormal Bone Mineral Density Screening System (TAIMedImg OsteoPredict), which integrates AI technology with routine clinical chest X-ray images to enable early detection of osteoporosis risk; the All-in-One Smart Medication Identification System, which uses AI to recognize the appearance of clinical medications, assisting in medication verification and reducing administration risks; and the VaxPod+: Intelligent Vaccine Storage and Cloud Management System, featuring medication identification, 24-hour temperature monitoring, access logging, expiration date and batch number tracking, and temperature-abnormality alerts to ensure vaccine quality and traceability.

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Hydrogen Opportunities in the Global Net-Zero Transition

Hydrogen energy has emerged as a critical pillar in the global journey toward net-zero emissions. According to the International Energy Agency, hydrogen is projected to account for 13 percent of global energy consumption by 2050, prompting countries worldwide to actively develop hydrogen strategies.

Taiwan has incorporated hydrogen into its net-zero pathway, targeting 9 to 12 percent of electricity generation by 2050, with applications across industry, transportation, and power generation. Kaohsiung has already launched pilot projects, including hydrogen buses and refueling stations.

To support industry development and promote dialogue among policymakers, industry leaders, and international partners, the Kaohsiung Smart City Summit & Expo will feature a Hydrogen Demonstration Zone and a Hydrogen Vessel Experience, positioning the event as a key platform for advancing Taiwan’s hydrogen ecosystem.

Hydrogen Demonstration Zone

Hydrogen Bus

Hydrogen Refueling Stations and Supply

Hydrogen Vessels

Hydrogen Trains

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Porrima P111 Zero-Carbon Vessel Experience

The Porrima P111, the world’s first zero-carbon vessel to complete a global circumnavigation and a Guinness World Record holder, features an innovative hybrid renewable energy system that combines recyclable solar panels with hydrogen power. Enabled by smart route planning and advanced energy management technologies, the P111 offers a safe and quiet sailing experience, symbolizing a major milestone in urban net-zero transition and the sustainable development of water-based transportation.

In collaboration with Porrima Inc., the 2026 Kaohsiung Smart City Summit & Expo will offer a zero-carbon vessel experience during the exhibition period. International guests are invited to experience sustainable navigation powered by hybrid renewable energy systems, while enjoying Kaohsiung’s harbor scenery and witnessing the integration of smart technology and net-zero mobility that points toward a greener future for urban maritime transport.

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AI Net-Zero Startup Pavilion

AI × ESG: Shaping the Next Net-Zero Future

As the world accelerates toward net-zero emissions and digital transformation, AI has become a key driver of urban governance and industrial upgrading.

The AI Net-Zero Startup Pavilion at the 2026 Kaohsiung Smart City Summit & Expo is curated around the theme “AI × ESG”, featuring 21 selected teams with strong application potential and market foresight, making them ideal partners for industry collaboration and innovation.

Highlighted Areas

Green Technology

Healthcare

Smart Cities

Throughout the exhibition, startup pitch sessions, solution showcases, and business matchmaking activities will be held to accelerate technology deployment and cross-sector collaboration, creating a practical platform where startups and markets co-create value.

Join us to witness the next wave of city and industry momentum driven by AI-powered net-zero innovation.

Business Matchmaking

Startup Star Pitch

Solution Showcase