On September 24, lab | up > /conf/5, Lablup’s fifth annual tech conference, was held at Yangjae aT Center in Seoul. This year’s theme was “Make AI Composable,” and the program featured a wide range of talks and Q&A sessions covering everything from AI infrastructure to real-world services.

Relive the Day

If you want to revisit the atmosphere of the event, check out the conference sketch video below.

Opening Remarks

Google Developer Experts Sam Witteveen and Kuan Hoong sent warm congratulatory messages for the event. They shared their perspectives on the potential of modular architectures, the evolving role of intelligent agents, and offered valuable insights on this year’s theme, “Composable AI.” We’re grateful to both for taking the time to inspire our audience.

• Opening Remarks #1: Sam Witteveen (GDE), CEO of Red Dragon AI
• Opening Remarks #2: Kuan Hoong (GDE), Data Analytics at Roche

Keynotes

• Jeongkyu Shin (Lablup) - AAA: Agentic, Autonomous, Adaptive Intelligence

In his opening keynote, Shin outlined Lablup’s vision for AI infrastructure in the era of AGI and introduced the concept of quantifying intelligence. He shared the company’s commitment to moving beyond standard infrastructure and toward measuring and meeting demand for intelligence—summed up in Lablup’s “Democratizing Intelligence for Humanity” mission.

• Joongi Kim (Lablup) - Composable AI, Composable Software

CTO Joongi Kim explored software composability, arguing that true innovation will emerge when modular hardware, abstraction layers, management software, and AI models are combined into a unified, interoperable ecosystem.

Lablup Talks

Lablup’s product teams presented a variety of topics:

• Hyungkyoung Moon (Lablup) - Building Conversational AI Products with Backend.AI Continuum
• Jeongseok Kang, Eunjin Hwang (Lablup) - Take the FastTrack3: A Backend.AI approach to LLMOps
• SERGEY LEKSIKOV, Seungmin Han (Lablup) - Making Sense of HS Codes: Hsense AI System for Automated Tariff Classification
• Daemyung Kang (Lablup) - Why Does Our Redis Service Break Every Day?
• Junbum Lee (Lablup) - MCP Sidecar sLM Trainer for Agentic AI

Pioneers Talk

• Justin Yoo (Microsoft) - Would You Buy ChatGPT for Your Private Network?
• Min Jung (NHN Cloud) - NHN Cloud - Everything About HPC Setup
• Gangwon Jo (Moreh) Maximizing Token/$: Software Strategies
• Teddy Lee (TeddyNote) - Dev Tips for Constructing Agentic Architectures
• Baeseong park (Naver Cloud) - Serving LLMs: Cheap and Fast Tips
• Seungjun Choi - Imagination Sparked by Generative Curiosity
• Dokyoon Yoon (ETRI) - Reinforcement Learning for LLM Reasoning
• Jinwon Lee (HyperAccel) - Making Semiconductors for AI
• Juwang Lim (Hanyang University) - Overcoming Structural Limits in AI-Art Models
• Haon Park (AIM Intelligence) - AI Safety & Security: For the pursuit of trustworthy AI
• Seungil Kim (Modulabs) - Three Reasons Why Your Company’s AI Transformation Isn’t Working
• Taeyoung Park (Lotte Innovate), Ilgu Yeo (Miracom Inc.) - OpenAI Yesterday, Azure AI Today, Upstage Tomorrow—But My Code Stays the Same

• Some sessions do not offer replays at the speaker’s request.

Sponsor Books & Prize Drawings

Thanks to Hanbit Media and Gilbut Publishing, technical books and prizes were given away to attendees via raffle. Popular items this year included Starbucks gift cards, Logitech wireless mice, and a Nintendo Switch 2.

Looking Ahead to lab | up > /conf/6

Big thanks goes to everyone at Lablup who worked behind the scenes to make lab | up > /conf/5 a success. Sincere appreciation as well to all speakers and partner companies—Rebellions, Moreh, kt cloud, HyperAccel, Lotte Innovate, Miracom Inc., Microsoft, TeddyNote, AIM Intelligence, SKT, Nota, NHN Cloud, Naver Cloud, ETRI, and Modulabs—who made this conference possible.

Finally, heartfelt thanks to every attendee who made time to join us. We’re grounded in the spirit of open source, and Lablup will keep growing alongside the tech community. Our goal remains clear: building an environment where everyone benefits from AI, with scalable and composable infrastructure at the core, and continuing our work as a platform company leading the democratization of intelligence.

See you next year, with even more to share. Thank you!