July 8, 2026 – LEAP, the Middle East’s flagship tech summit, has branched out beyond Saudi Arabia to debut its first Asia-Pacific iteration in Hong Kong under the name LEAP East. A premier global tech platform bridging Asia-Pacific industries with worldwide innovation ecosystems, LEAP East gathers top tech trailblazers and industrial stakeholders from across the globe. Seyond showcased its full suite of LiDAR solutions, demonstrating real-world commercial deployments spanning passenger vehicle intelligent driving, smart mobility and general robotics. In parallel, Dr. Junwei Bao, Co-Founder and CEO of Seyond, took part in the high-level Gulf Connect roundtable. He joined fellow global tech executives to exchange views on key catalysts for industrial progress, highlighting Seyond’s profound technical prowess and long-standing dedication to advancing 3D perception and rolling out intelligent infrastructure globally.
Capitalizing on Hong Kong’s status as a top-tier international innovation hub, LEAP East acts as a two-way gateway for technological exchange, capital flows and cross-market cooperation linking the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. Driven by Saudi Vision 2030, Gulf states are speeding up digital transition and tech innovation, pouring billions into emerging verticals such as smart cities, autonomous mobility, AI and robotic automation solutions. These large-scale investments in multi-domain intelligent infrastructure have fueled soaring demand for high-performance sensing tech and industrial-grade solutions. Centered around the theme “New Frontiers, New Journeys,” the 2026 summit covers fintech, biotechnology, robotics and automation, smart cities, and AI. It matches the Asia-Pacific region’s innovation strengths with the Middle East’s strategic development agendas, offering global innovators a high-caliber stage to break geographical barriers, exhibit proprietary technologies and forge cross-border partnerships.
Global R&D networks, global footprint expansion and cross-scenario commercial deployment form Seyond’s three core long-term growth pillars. The company’s robust presence at LEAP East stands as a vital milestone: it solidifies its footprint across the Asia-Pacific, expands reach throughout the Middle East and other overseas territories, and unlocks new avenues for cross-border collaboration. Taking advantage of supportive policies and booming market opportunities brought by the Middle East’s large-scale digital shift, Seyond leverages the summit as a regional outreach hub to tap into rapidly rising local demand. Empowered by its self-developed core technologies, the firm keeps expanding a full-spectrum global partnership ecosystem to drive intelligent infrastructure progress.
The global tech industry has fully stepped into an AI-powered, interconnected age. Much like how highway systems laid the economic bedrock for the industrial era, accurate, real-time, multi-dimensional spatial perception has evolved into the foundational infrastructure underpinning the digital economy and smart societies, a central engine powering industrial modernization and smart city construction.
At its exhibition booth, Seyond showcased its complete LiDAR product portfolio tailored for long-, medium- and short-range use cases: the Falcon Series featuring 1550nm ultra-long-range detection; the cost-effective Robin Series built on 905/940nm chips; and the wide-FOV solid-state Hummingbird Series. This tiered product lineup delivers tailored sensing performance for a wide range of mobility and industrial scenarios. Beyond hardware products, Seyond also demonstrated its SIMPL smart traffic management solution platform, unveiling a full-stack application ecosystem that covers passenger vehicle ADAS, urban smart transport and robotic perception systems. The booth exhibit demonstrated the firm’s end-to-end technical strengths, covering in-house hardware R&D, iterative algorithm tuning and customized scenario-based solutions.
At the concurrent Gulf Connect executive roundtable, Dr. Junwei Bao sat down with senior global tech executives, industry specialists and investment stakeholders for deep exchanges on growth catalysts for next-generation industrial advancement. Spurred by the fast uptake of smart cities, machine perception and embodied AI, LiDAR’s value proposition stretches far beyond traditional autonomous driving. It has evolved into the “core vision” that powers embodied AI, acting as a vital bridge linking the physical and digital realms and enabling seamless convergence between the two.
High-precision LiDAR generates structured 3D point cloud data readable and usable directly by AI and robotic systems. Such data forms an accurate physical blueprint for digital twin cities while supplying core perception support for industrial automation, smart transit and human-robot interaction. Leveraging this core competitive advantage, Seyond has expanded its application boundaries well beyond automotive systems to a broad spectrum of real-world scenarios: smart signalized intersections, service robots, smart manufacturing and automated port terminals. Seyond’s 3D perception technologies are emerging as ubiquitous foundational infrastructure, enabling secure, efficient and stable operations across all dimensions of smart societies.
A century ago, interconnected highway networks reshaped the economic landscape of industrial civilizations. Today, advanced LiDAR-powered 3D perception is fundamentally redefining the convergence of digital and physical realms, forming the underlying infrastructure of the intelligent era. Seyond stands poised to join hands with industrial partners, investors and innovators across the globe. Through ubiquitous 3D perception technology, we strive to co-build a safer, more efficient and fully connected intelligent future for humanity.