Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy Holds Award Ceremony for Public Data Idea Contest

Discovering Innovative Cases of Public Data Utilization and Supporting the Creation of New Services

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on the 1st that it held the '8th Ministry of Industry Public Data Utilization Business Idea Contest.'

The Minister of Industry Award was given to 'WAB,' a delivery-type electric vehicle charging service, and 'SAZA,' a service providing real-time certification and safety information of products.

The 'WAB' service, which won the Grand Prize in the Idea Planning category. (Source: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)

This award ceremony was replaced with a non-face-to-face online event due to the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

Lee Hojun, Director of Planning and Coordination Office at the Ministry of Industry, gave a congratulatory speech and conducted online interviews with the winners, and the certificates were delivered individually to the recipients.

A total of 165 teams participated in the idea planning and product/service development categories.

After expert document screening and presentation evaluation, a total of 19 teams received awards: 2 Grand Prize teams, 6 Excellence Award teams, 6 Merit Award teams, and 5 Encouragement Award teams.

The 'Saja (SAZA)' service, which won the grand prize in the product and service category. (Source: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)

For the awarded works, follow-up support will be provided including technical consulting by field, participation in startup support programs, support for global market entry (KOTRA), and participation in the finals of the government-wide public data startup competition.

Director Lee said, "With the amendment of the Data 3 Act and the expansion of the non-face-to-face economy after COVID-19, digital transformation is expected to accelerate," adding, "We plan to actively support the fostering of new industries using public data and the active opening of personal consumption information."

He continued, "We will continue to make efforts to actively discover and open high-demand, high-quality data and expand social utilization."

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