COEX Convention & Exhibition Center

Coex Convention & Exhibition Center located in Samseong-dong of Gangnam-gu district, Seoul, is one of South Korea's largest convention and exhibition centers. It was designed by Larry Oltmanns who was a Design Partner with SOM at the time. The four-story center has four exhibition halls and 48 meeting rooms. It is operated by Coex Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Korea International Trade Association.

Situated on Teheranno in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu district of Seoul, the site is part of the COEX complex which includes the convention and exhibition center, the COEX Mall, three luxury hotels, an urban airport terminal, a multiplex cinema, the COEX Aquarium, CoexArtium Theater, ASEM Tower and the Seven Luck Casino. Up to 200,000 people visit it for work and shop every day.

Coex is served by Samseong Station on line 2 of the Seoul Subway.^[1]

The 836-meter (914-yard) section of sidewalk along Yeongdong Boulevard from exit No.5 of Samseong Station on Seoul Subway Line 2, outside Convention & Exhibition Center and ASEM Tower is designated as a smoke-free zone by the Seoul Metropolitan Government.^[2]

COEX Mall has undergone renovation and has fully reopened in December 2014.

Events

• 2010 G-20 Seoul summit - November 2010
• 2012 Nuclear Security Summit - 26–27 March 2012^[3]
• International Congress on Mathematical Education - 8–15 July 2012
• TVing OSL Finals - 28 July 2012^[4]
• Salon Du Chocolat Seoul - January 2014^[5]
• Global Hackathon Seoul - 29–1 July-August 2014^[6]

References

External links

• Coex English page
• Coex: Official Seoul City Tourism
• Coex: Seoul Convention Bureau
• About Larry Oltmanns and the Korea World Trade Center

Coordinates: 37°30′43″N 127°3′32″E / 37.51194°N 127.05889°E / 37.51194; 127.05889