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SECON & eGISEC (International Security Exhibition and Conference) 2020 has officially announced its postponement from 6-8 July to 10 -12 March 2021 SECON & eGISEC 2020, organized by Informa Markets BN Co Ltd, was planned to be held from 6th to 8th July, attracting more than 450 leading security companies from 20+ countries and over 45,000 security professionals and government officials. After the event’s first postponement last February, the Organisers of SECON & eGISEC, in close cooperation with KINTEX and the public health authorities, have been preparing to host the event by reviewing the best course of action and fortified preventive measures against COVID-19. Online meetings were also prepared in order to provide overseas buyers and delegations with the opportunity to meet the exhibitors of SECON & eGISEC. However, due to the most recent enhanced quarantine measures of the public health authorities in Korea, the Organisers, taking the safety of our customers as the top priority, had no other choice than to reschedule the event. Thus, SECON & eGISEC will be postponed to 10-12 March, 2021, at KINTEX, Korea. The revised event date will allow more time to ease travel restrictions and provide a more engaging business platform for all exhibitors, stakeholders, and visitors. The SECON & eGISEC team will follow-up with participants shortly with additional information. ‘We seek the understanding of all participants and overseas buyers who had looked forward to attending the show in July and regret any inconvenience. We will continue to focus on the development of the event and successfully prepare for the post-COVID-19 era. Lastly, we would like to thank you for your continuous support to SECON & eGISEC and look forward to seeing you again in SECON & eGISEC 2021.’ – SECON & eGISEC Team

Thank you for your continued support of SECON & eGISEC. As a response to our customers who have supported us after the event’s first postponement last February, the Organisers, in close cooperation with KINTEX and the public health authorities, have been preparing to host the event by reviewing the best course of action and fortified preventive measures against COVID-19. Furthermore, due to the current travel restrictions, we have prepared an online meeting programme to our overseas buyers and delegations, providing them with the opportunity to meet the exhibitors. However, due to the most recent enhanced quarantine measures of the public health authorities in Korea, the Organisers, taking the safety of our customers as the top priority, had no other choice than to reschedule the event. Thus, SECON & eGISEC will be postponed to 10-12 March, 2021, at KINTEX, Korea. The original dates of the event in 2020 were 6-8 July. The revised event date will allow more time to ease travel restrictions and provide a more engaging business platform for all exhibitors, stakeholders, and visitors. Our team will follow-up with participants shortly with additional information. We seek the understanding of all participants and overseas buyers who had looked forward to attending the show in July and regret any inconvenience. The Organisers of SECON & eGISEC will continue to focus on the development of the event and successfully prepare for the post-COVID-19 era. Lastly, we would like to thank everyone for your continuous support to SECON & eGISEC and for your patience and understanding. We look forward to seeing you again in SECON & eGISEC 2021. Sincerely, So Young Choi CEO of Informa Markets BN Co Ltd

2. Access Control and Biometrics SUPREMA SUPREMA managed to obtain a revenue of USD 58 million in 2019 ( 36.8%) and a business profit of USD 20 million as well as a net income of USD 22 million. SUPREMA depicts how direct sales activities of American and European branches have had a positive effect on the business and how the business continues to grow through facial recognition products. In addition, its unique fingerprint recognition technology BioSign, is now filtered into the mobile system, playing a key role in boosting the company’s revenue. Despite the business profi t of USD 1 million and a net income of USD 5 million of SUPREMA HQ, a holding company of SUPREMA, the company had to face a revenue decline by 1.5% (USD 162,000). UNION COMMUNITY UNION COMMUNITY obtained a total revenue of USD 33 million, with a business profit of USD 2.8 million and a net income of USD 3.3 million. T he total revenue has risen by 14.1%, the business profit by 5.5%, and the net income by 12.7%. Biometric terminals and the installation of Seal Scan in city banks are depicted as the main reasons for the company’s increase in sales. UNION COMMUNITY targets 10% growth in 2020 as the product launch of multimodal facial recognition terminals and a new series of fingerprint and iris recognition are on its way. Due to the COVID 19 outbreak in the first half of 2020, the demand of untact biometrics authentication terminals are evidently on the rise . T he same applie s to UNION COMMUNITY, in which the importance on facial recognition terminals has increased by 12%. UBio X Pro2 ’ is the perfect example. The product is equipped with a deep learning algorithm and recognizes faces at a distance up to 3 meters, supporting cutting edge biometric techs aligned with liveness detection and anti spoofing function. COMMAX According to the consolidated financial statement, COMMAX obtained a revenue of USD 116 million in 2019, sales declined by 1% year on year. On the other hand, COMMAX managed to obtain a business profit of USD 5 million and a net income of USD 3 million. Th e consolidation of strategic Information Classification: General sales activities in the domestic and overseas market and Newsales activities in the domestic and overseas market and New--Growth business were the key Growth business were the key factors to its profit. factors to its profit. 3. Total Security Service S 1 Corporation Despite the USD 154 million business loss and a net income of USD 114 million, S 1 Corporation managed to obtain a revenue of USD 1.7 billion in 2019 ( 6.1%). The manager of S 1 stated clearly how System Security is showing steady increase in the level of customer retention. The increase of external contracts and contract renewals play an essential role in the increased revenue. Although the rise in labor costs resulted into business loss, impacts such as reduced corporate tax contributed to the net income. ADT CAPS After a successful M&A with SK Telecom, ADT CAPS obtained a total revenue of USD 747 million in 2019 ( 18.9%) business profit by 29.1% (USD 105 million) and a net loss by 8.2% (USD 83 million). ADT CAPS is mainly focusing on dispatch services enforcement, unmanned parking, home security, as well as security convergence market entry. In order to overcome t he pandemic crisis, ADT CAPS is providing government offices, schools, and companies with high performance thermal imaging cameras. As the demand for untact services are on the rise, so is the pace of development for untact access control services. Accordi ng to ADT CAPS, the year 2020 is marked by physical security, 5G network, drones, and AI convergence. The company strives to obtain a new ICT by designating unmanned security, parking systems, and security convergence as the main target markets. KT telec op KT telecop obtained a total revenue of USD 268 million in 2019 ( 1.6%) a business profit of USD 3.8 million and a net loss of USD 3.8 million. On similar lines to ADT CAPS, KT telecop targets to become the leading ICT security enterprise by expanding the security convergence of AI, 5G network and new ICT. Migrating from hardware based to Cloud based security systems and securing price competitiveness through innovative technology such as the Smart Video Management System, are the main benefits which KT telecop are planning to provide in the near future. A more accurate AI based Smart Management and dispatch services will be provided along with Integrated Management Platform Anti Crime services, building management, and security solutions in cooperation with KT Group’s capabilities. KT telecop will continue to consolidate thermal imaging cameras and untact access control (facial and iris recognition) systems which currently are more in demand. 4. Information Security According to the 2019 market report, 20 information security enterprises listed under KOSDAQ (Korea Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) have shown positive results. Despite the absence of major changes, the overall 2019 results were better than the 2018 results. According to the Financial Supervisory Service and its Data Analysis, Retrieval and Transfer System (DART), 16 enterprises out of 20 have obtained higher revenue s in 2019. The highest revenue achieved in 2019 goes to AhnLab (USD 132 million) with SECUI (USD 96 million) in second place. IGLOOSECURITY (USD 60.7 million) and WINS (USD 60.9 million) also managed to obtain positive results. 11 enterprises showed a rise in busines s profit, in which SECUVE managed to double its business profit. The net income of 6 enterprises managed to increase, where HANCOM WITH’s increase of net income was the most significant. The total revenue of all 20 enterprises equals to USD 714 million and USD 890 million by including SK Infosec’s revenue.

KOREA S LEADING SECURITY ENTERPRISES AND THEIR PERFORMANCE AM IDST COVID 19 USD 894 million The total sales of listed 2019 Infor mation Security enterprises COVID 19 outbreak has put the world in great despair. As of May 25 th , the total number of confirmed cases has now reached 5.3 million and according to IMF, the global economic loss is to reach up to USD 9 trillion by 2021 with an economic growth rate of 3.0%. This is considered as the worst re cession since the Great Depression in 1930. Where do the Korean security enterprises stand amidst such stagnation? The following article provides the answer to the specific questions, as it is an analysis of last year’s sales status of Korea’s leading phy sical and information security enterprises. The figures have been provided by the Financial Supervisory Service and its Data Analysis, Retrieval and Transfer System (DART). 1. Video Surveillance IDIS IDIS managed to increase its revenue by 2.2%, obtaining USD 88 million in 2019. The business profit increased by 181.7% (USD 3.2 million), but in terms of net income, a loss of 62.9% from USD 3.9 million to USD 1.5 million occurred. Despite the withering market psychology, IDIS targets to launch solid video surveillance products & solutions, self developed AI and video analytics solutions, as well as smart parking total solutions. NC& In terms of revenue, NC& managed to obtain USD 61 million in 2019 ( 150.4%), which is a huge step from USD 9 million business loss to USD 5 million business profit in 2019. The same applies to net income, which managed to obtain profit in 2019 Net income loss of USD 9 million in 2018 Information Classification: General managed to make its way to a profit omanaged to make its way to a profit of USD 3 million. f USD 3 million. NC& is showing progressive growth since the latter half of 2019, targeting annual sales of USD 81 NC& is showing progressive growth since the latter half of 2019, targeting annual sales of USD 81 million in the black box business. Moreover, video surveillance camera ISP managed to maintain million in the black box business. Moreover, video surveillance camera ISP managed to maintain its revenue similar to last year, in which thits revenue similar to last year, in which the importance of advanced products resulted into an e importance of advanced products resulted into an improved profitability. improved profitability. INNODEP INNODEP managed to successfully raise its revenue by 76.3% last year (USD 49 million) business profit of USD 2 million and Net income of USD 1 million. The pre existing V MS and increase in procurement market sales with Cloud and Smart Monitoring Control Solutions, and high speed search systems, are held responsible for the revenue. INCON Despite its revenue increase in 2019 (USD 25 million), the decline of revenue compared to the year 2018 (USD 33 million) was inevitable a business loss of USD 1 million and a net loss of USD 9 million. Plans for the year 2020 include software technology i nvestment and cost reductions as well as SI and overseas business for earnings growth and profit improvement. INCON is currently occupied with sales·distribution of thermal imaging cameras as well as the following core products of Smart City construction tools such as integrations platform ‘Smart i’ (providing disaster response service) and Fire Guards. HITRON SYSTEMS HITRON SYSTEMS HITRON SYSTEMS’s revenue in 2019 experienced a decline of 10.1% (USD 3 million) compared to the year 2018 (revenue USD 34 million). Due to the delay of overseas business, reduction of SI solution business, and the delayed product launches, HITRON SYSTEMS h ad to face a business loss of USD 13 million and a net loss of USD 15 million. The supply of American ADT goods, the construction of domestic smart stations and AI CCTV product launch, will probably take up 30~50% of revenue increase. However, due to the c urrent situation of COVID 19, overseas business has become stagnant, in which pandemic stabilization and recovery is urgent. Hanwha Techwin Hanwha Techwin Hanwha Techwin managed to increase its revenue by 12.9% (USD 54 million) last year, obtaining a total revenue of U SD 473 million. Hanwha Techwin marked its position as the leading global security enterprise by obtaining a business profit of USD 24 million and has been concentrating on the quality of growth and its core products and solutions since 2017. Integrated sol utions for video surveillance system and the offering customers with beneficial products and solutions based on VOC, caught the attention of many.

The Government’s Support Plan As a sign of token for AI·Data·Cloud enterprises trying to overcome COVID 19, MSIT (Ministry of Scien ce and ICT) will offer computational resources and data vouchers along with Cloud services necessary for working from home. Systems supporting epidemiological surveillance will also be operated by Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) and K orea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). Preferential support of high performance computational resources will be provided to those developing solutions and AI algorithms against COVID 19 Reinforcement of Data Voucher support for busines ses and institutions in need of infectious disease diagnosis, prevention, supervision and treatment related data utilization. A separate track for COVID 19 will be established, in which university research teams and institutions will be allowed to particip ate. In order to minimize disruptions resulting from working from home, Cloud service based cooperation and video conference will be actively used, in which company’s levy is minimized from 30% to 0%. In order to run the COVID 19 epidemiological survey syste m, MSIT, MOLIT and KCDC will make use of the Smart City technology developed by MSIT and MOLIT. ‘Although many are facing difficulties due to the current COVID 19 outbreak, we are overcoming the hardship through citizens’ voluntary participation along wit h competent medical personnel and institutions. And of course, Korean AI·Data·Cloud enterprises are also there to help. In order to w in the fight against the pandemic, the government will pay strong attention to the voices of AI·Data·Cloud enterprises, ask ing for their assistance.’ Choi Kiyoung, the Minister of MSIT

The contribution of AI·Data·Cloud enterprises 1. The provision of COVID 19 spreading situations and its response information The analysis and sharing speed of COVID 19 data provided by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) and Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevent ion (KCDC) is fast in Korea. The ‘Corona Map’, created by the Korea Spatial Information & Community, provides information such as contact tracing and screening center. Another useful resource is the public Chatbot service provided by WISENUT, which informs the public about the travel route of confirmed cases, sc reening centers and COVID 19 guidelines. In order to check up on the health conditions of those likely to be infected, AI based Voicebot service provided by NAVER’s ‘Clova’ automatically makes calls twice a day. The result of the checkup is then sent to th e local public health center via email. Not only do AI·Data·Cloud enterprises provide information on confirmed cases, but also COVID 19 related media trend and the analysis of keyword search tool . DABLE provides the most favored COVID 19 related articles and media trend, by analyzing the traffic data of approximately 1,800 Korean press. In order identify the turning point and provide a comparison of similar terms as well as an official report, DAUMSOFT specifically analyzes the data of portal’s COVID 19 re lated keywords. 2. Patient diagnosis and patient screening AI infused COVID 19 diagnostic kits and X ray screening procedures do save up a lot of time. SEEGENE is one of the enterprises which provide such kits and screening procedures. Not only do they save up time but were granted approval and also successfully o btained the EU certification. Its AI Medical Image reading device which classifies severe cases by reading X ray images in three seconds has been installed in public health centers and hospitals. Another AI device made by JLK INSPECTION, which reads the pa tient’s lung condition within a few seconds, plans to be installed in many healthcare facilities. 3.Vaccine discovery and development As AI manages to collect and infer virus information as well as a vast amount of medical data through drug repositionin g and its discovery and development, DEARGEN has used deep learning based drug protein interaction forecasting algorithm to foresee COVID 19 curative effacement, proposing HIV medications as drug candidates. On the other hand, ARONTIER is expecting a short ened response time of COVID 19 and other emerging infectious diseases by undergoing research on AI based new drug development integration platform. 4. COVID 19 response service development and SME support Cloud Cloud enterprises such as KT, NBP, NHN and Koscom are currently providing full support to 38 private development teams regarding public mask sales information notification App, web services development, and free elastic infrastructure which handles network congestion. Many cloud enterprises are keeping th emselves occupied with pushing ahead diverse support plans to overcome the pandemic . Due to the spread of COVID 19, special fare policies (temporary CDN reduction by 30%) are being applied to rapidly increasing web traffic business categories such as shopping malls and cyber colleges. In order to support Startup companies, special events i nclude the distribution of USD 1,000 vouchers. NBP reduced the server price of all SMEs up to 50%, providing home working solutions such as ‘WORKPLACE’ and free API to all public interest developers. NHN will be providing SMEs with functions such as messen ger, shared calendar and video conference through its Cloud based collaboration platform ‘TOAST Workplace’ free of charge.

THE GOVERNMENT & AI·D ATA ·C LOUD ENTERPRISES ACTIONS AGAINS COVID 19 The successful cooperation between dedicated medical staff, citizen participation, and cutting edge ICT Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT provide enterprises with swift support plans COVID 19 is a serious issue not only for the medical team and the citizens, but also for the many AI·Data·Cloud enterprises located in Korea. Enterprises from each professional field are actively participating in overcoming the crisis, where MSIT, the Ministry of Science and ICT, issued a swift support plan for those enterprises fighting against the pandemic. Through rapid learning and cognition of Big Data built on high performance computational resources, AI technology is n ow capable of obtaining accurate analysis and decision making skills. Korea is widely known for its 5G network based AI start up companies and global ICT enterprises, Medical Information System, and the world’s finest ICT infrastructure, which provide stro ng support for the following actions against COVID 19 Provision of COVID 19 spreading situation and its response information Diagnostic and screening tests V accine discovery and development ICT service development

Exhibitions India Group stands committed to building world-class and safe platforms for all stakeholders on Global Exhibitions Day The Global Exhibitions Industry in Numbers: Approximately 32,000 exhibitions take place annually across the globe 4.5 million exhibitors, with 303 million+ visitors participate each year 3.2 million jobs are supported, directly and indirectly, by exhibitions USD 325 billion generated annually in terms of (direct, indirect) sales New Delhi, June 3rd 2020: Global Exhibitions Day (GED) is held to increase the visibility of trade fairs as economic assets. Held annually on the first Wednesday of June, Global Exhibitions Day 2020 focuses on the theme: ‘Exhibitions are key to rebuilding economies.’ GED 2020 is focussed on promoting exhibitions as a significant conduit for connecting, reconnecting, starting and rebuilding economies. Exhibitions contribute to economic and social developments on both regional and international scales. They encourage a rise in productivity, help create jobs, assist in economic & infrastructural development, and promote foreign investment into an economy. GED 2020 comes at a time where the global exhibitions industry must reconsolidate to promote trade; marking an occasion to share hope and optimism, with a focus on the important role of exhibitions in reviving communities and economies. As the world economy remerges from this pandemic, exhibitions and trade fairs will play a vital role in building confidence, unlocking business opportunities and renewing relationships, enabling all stakeholders to stand together in this time of crisis, as we forge a collective path towards recovery. The Exhibitions India Group (EIG) stands committed to building world-class and safe platforms for our stakeholders from across the globe. We recognise the vital role that exhibitions play in facilitating trade, encouraging investments, and creating opportunities across industries. About Exhibitions India Group Exhibitions India Group (EIG) is a trade promotion organization that, since 1987, has been creating opportunities for investments, joint ventures and technology transfers through the platform of international exhibitions and conferences. The group is an interface between Government, business, academia, society, media, etc. EIG comprises of 8 strategic business units, and is amongst the elite few with ISO 9001:2015 (for quality), ISO 14001:2015 (for environment management system) and OHSAS 18001:2007 (for health and safety) certification. EIG is also a member of UFI – The Global Association of Exhibitions Industry.

IMPACT Exhibition Management and COMEXPOSIUM hereby jointly announced that SILMO Bangkok – The ASEAN Optical Fair – will now be rescheduled to be held from 25th to 27th November 2020, at Hall 6, IMPACT Exhibition Centre, Bangkok, Thailand. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic and alerted all countries to take urgent precautionary actions. Travel bans and movement restrictions are in place around the world. Lockdowns are also happening in various cities and countries across the world. Given this situation and in the best safety interests of all concerns, we the organisers in consultation with all stakeholders and partners, including our exhibitors, partners, buyers, supporting associations and industry professionals, hereby took the decision to reschedule SILMO Bangkok 2020 from its original dates in June 2020 to be now held from 25th to 27th November 2020. We sincerely apologize for the business difficulties that may have caused from this rescheduling. We trust you understand that our decision is based on our main concerns for your safety, your family and colleagues. We have selected the best available dates in November 2020 that will still meet your business objectives, your business continuity plans and present you with new business opportunities. Lastly, we would like express our heartfelt thanks to our exhibitors, visitors, partners and everyone who participated and supported SILMO Bangkok throughout the years. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding on this matter. We look forward to welcoming you to SILMO Bangkok 2020 this November! Best regards. SILMO Bangkok Team

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, Asia Amusement & Attractions Expo organizing committee has kept a close watch on its development, as well as related policies worldwide in order to make sound and scientific assessment of the situation in time. In light of the recent pandemic and the increasing uncertainties in overseas travel, in order to avoid massive gathering, stop the spread of the virus, safeguard the health and safety of our show attendees, and ensure the best exhibition result, AAA committee has come to the difficult decision of changing the date and venue of the upcoming event after a long discussion. Originally slated for May 10-12 at Area A of China Import and Export Fair Complex, the event is now moved to August 4-6 at Area B of China Import and Export Fair Complex. We apologize for any inconvenience brought by this change, yet we believe this is the most responsible and reasonable action to take for both our clients and the society. We sincerely appreciate your understanding and constant support. AAA is here with you through these challenging times. Once again, we wish you, your families and loved ones to be in good health!