On November 2, the DSU Startup Support Group successfully held the “2022 ESG+ Startup Idea Contest.” This contest, held as part of the ‘Early

Startup Package Project,’ was developed to identify young entrepreneurs with excellent startup ideas, as well as to continually revitalize DSU’s start-up

culture. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was held simultaneously offline and online using ZOOM, with a total of 100 people

including presenters and offline and online participants attending the event.

A total of 61 students divided into 20 teams participated in the contest. The finalists were selected through document screening, with the final 9 teams being awarded a total of 2 million won in prize money, divided among 1 Grand Prize, 2 Top Prizes, 2 Excellence Prizes, and 4 Encouragement Prizes.

The Grand Prize was won by the Department of Architectural Engineering team ‘Lucky Mok,’ headed by Kim Geon, for their submission High-rise

Building and Steel Structure Polishing Robot System; the 2 Top Prizes by the Game Department team ‘Lee Kijo,’ headed by Jin Eon-joo, and the

Department of Architectural Engineering team ‘Seon-byeol,’ headed by Ju Tae-yeon; the 2 Excellence Prizes by the Business Administration team

‘Liberia,’ headed by Hwang Sung-hwan, and the Department of Electronic Engineering team ‘PLUG+,’ headed by Jang Joon-ho; and the 4 Encourae

ment Prizes by the Product Interaction Design team ‘BLANET,’ headed by Park Dong-min, the Department of Architectural Engineering team

‘Won-gyeok,’ headed by Gu Bon-yu, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering team ‘U-Nano,’ headed by Woo Chang-min, and the

Department of Information Security team ‘The CSI,’ headed by Ha Sung-wan.

In addition to the awards gained, the contest provided a meaningful ESG managementthemed experience for all participants through a special

lecture on entrepreneurship provided by Lee Chae-jin, CEO of the company Elephant Factory, notable for its practice of ESG management.

In particular, it was a meaningful time hearing the story of the founding of its business philosophy, which involves communicating with the world

through children’s toys

Jeong Deo-woon, Director of the Business Startup Project, said, “The 2022 ESG+ Startup Idea Contest is the first step to nurture and experience the

dream of starting a business. The Business Startup Project will actively support and support student entrepreneurs, operating customized programs for each startup stage based on the ‘Easy Start-up’ startup support system, so I hope that many interested students will participate. We will continue to

nurture promising young entrepreneurs by utilizing the nation’s top-notch startup infrastructure.”