The document discusses China's advancements in digital technologies such as facial recognition and autonomous vehicles. It then outlines Hisense Group's leadership in home appliances and smart home technologies. The document proposes a ConnectLife smart living platform that combines Hisense and Gorense's smart home products and services into one integrated system accessible through a mobile app. This would allow voice control of appliances, home automation, and other smart home experiences.

1. GORENJE GROUP & HISENSE GROUP
SMART LIVING PLATFORM
Ljubljana, 28.1.2018
Vladimir Nardin

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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN
CHINA

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WELCOME TO DIGITAL CHINA
China is building the world’s most powerful facial recognition system with the power to identify
any one of its 1.3 billion citizens within three seconds

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FACIAL RECOGNITION, ROBOTS
Check-In with facial recognition now possible in
Shanghai
Second-generation robots
start gliding at Incheon Airport

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SMART HOTELS, SMART CITIES
China’s hotel facial recognition check-ins and AI smart rooms are here to stay

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DIGITAL INOVATIONS
Yum China has announced that it has extended its “Smile-to-Pay” facial
recognition payment system to more than 300 KFC locations across the country

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AUTOMATION
Shanghai gets automated bank with VR, robots, and face scanning

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AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
A future of autonomous driving continues to become reality in China, as local authorities and
private firms work together to test the potentially life-changing technology

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BLOCKCHAIN
Of the 406 patent applications related to blockchain in 2017, Alibaba had 43, second only to
People’s Bank of China (PBOC) who filed 68tests.

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MOBILE IS THE CHANNEL YOU CAN’T DO WITHOUT
788 million people are mobile users, a whopping 98 percent of the country's total user base

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CASH IS ALREADY PRETTY MUCH DEAD IN CHINA
Mobile pay is taking China by storm and changing daily commerce (WeChat, Alipay, QR)

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CHINA IS THE LARGEST E-COMMERCE MARKET
Taobao - a Chinese online shopping website, owned by Alibaba is the world's biggest e-
commerce website, has over 617 million monthly active users

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5G WILL BE THE KEY TECHNOLOGY FOR ENTERPRISE TO
ACHIEVE THE NEXT PHASE OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
By 2024, more than 60 percent of 5G connections will come from business application scenarios in
industries. China Looks to Apply 5G Mobile Technologies in Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

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AI-ENABLED SMART HOMES COMING SOON

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GORENJE GROUP & HISENSE
GROUP SMART LIVING
PLATFORM

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HISENSE GROUP IS ONE OF TOP 10 COMPANIES IN THE
HOME APPLIANCES INDUSTRY
Company Name Data Type 2018
Haier Group Retail Volume 14,5
Whirlpool Corp Retail Volume 11,0
Midea Group Co Ltd Retail Volume 06,7
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Retail Volume 06,2
Electrolux AB Retail Volume 06,0
LG Corp Retail Volume 05,8
Samsung Corp Retail Volume 05,0
Arçelik AS Retail Volume 02,8
Panasonic Corp Retail Volume 02,8
Hisense Group Retail Volume 02,3
Hisense R&D, Qingdao

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HISENSE GROUP MANUFACTURES WHITE GOODS AND
ELECTRONICS
Hisense U30
Hisense U9F with ULED
technology
Hisense Side by Side
refrigrator

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HISENSE GROUP IS A LEADER IN SMART APPLIANCE
TECHNOLOGY
Hisense smart portable air conditioner & app

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GORENJE GROUP WILL LAUNCH CONNECTED APPLIANCES
FOR ATAG BRAND IN NETHERLAND IN MARCH 2019

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GORENJE GROUP LAUNCHED
VIRTUAL ASSISTANT ANNA
AND CONTINUES TO DEVELOP
CONVERSATIONAL
INTERFACES
https://www.gorenje.co.uk/virtual-assistant-anna

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CONNECTLIFE SMART LIVING PLATFORM
Hisense Group Smart home + Gorenje Group Smart home = ConnectLife Smart living platform

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CONNECTLIFE SMART LIVING APP
ConnectLife mobile app supports all Hisense Group & Gorenje Group appliances
(including TV, AC, smart locks, sensors…)

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Buying support
(virtual assistant-chatbot)
Voice control of home appliances
(Alexa skill, Google Home actions…)
Orchestration
(mobile app, TV)
CONNECTLIFE SMART LIVING EXPERIENCE

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CONNECTLIFE SMART LIVING PRESENTATION AT CES 2019

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IS AN OPPORTUNITY
• Conversational interfaces (Chatbots, Amazon Alexa skills, Google Home Actions…)
• Digital consumer services (living assistance services, buying support services,
maintenance services…)
• SAP-Hybris full service for SAP Customer Experience
• Microsoft Xamarin mobile applications
• Big data management
• Smart sensors
• Smart appliances
• Interoperability
• Virtual reality
• …
Gorenje Group collaborates or plan to collaborate with external partners on
several projects:

27. THANK YOU
For your attention!