Visiting Korea Smart Grid Week last Friday was a treat. For one thing, the exhibition Seoul’s COEX convention hall shows how far ahead Korea is in smart grid technology compared to the rest of the world. Companies like SK, Samsung, Hyundai, POSCO and LG all had their technologies proudly on display. Korea Smart Grid Week 2011 was a compelling exhibit of what the future will hopefully look like.

Nevertheless, all that technology and schmoozing at the different booths could get exhausting. One manufacturer of an electric vehicle offered a few light moments on the convention floor. Apparently a couple young Korean women who looked like Daisy Duke met The Matrix at NASCAR offered some sassy and sexy moments to the convention goers. For the politically correct crowd, this would not have been a high point. But the women were both animated and enjoyed hamming it up with their guests in poses that were anything but provocative. And for both sexes, there was plenty of eye candy for everyone, as the young lad at an SK booth in the photo below shows.

For me, after an afternoon of dog and pony shows on everything from battery storage to smart meters, the banter was a nice break, and showed the humorous side of Korea.

A playful break during Korea Smart Grid Week 2011

A playful break during Korea Smart Grid Week 2011

Hamming it up with a Smart Grid Week visitor

Hamming it up with a Smart Grid Week visitor

A modern interpretation of Daisy Duke, Korea Smart Grid Week 2011

A modern interpretation of Daisy Duke, Korea Smart Grid Week 2011

A young SK employee poses in front of his display

A young SK employee poses in front of his display

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Leon Kaye

Leon Kaye is the founder and editor of GreenGoPost.com and its advisory division, GGP Media. Contact him to discuss how he can work with your organization or event. His focus is making the business case for sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR). He writes for San Francisco-based Triple Pundit, Inhabitat and now The Guardian, for which he writes about corporate responsibility, water, and green building. He has also written for AIA's Architect Magazine. Leon works out of Fresno and Silicon Valley, California, and when he has free time, he enjoys hiking, gardening, cooking, weightlifting, and planning his next trip to one of the 60 countries he has visited. He has an MBA from USC's Marshall School of Business and is also a proud graduate of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) and Cal State-Fresno.