A New Challenge in the Contactless Era, Recruiting the 'CheongCheongCon' National Jury Panel

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[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Hyewon] The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced on the 11th that it will recruit a public judging panel from the 12th of this month until the 4th of next month to select outstanding young startups leading the non-face-to-face era among companies participating in ‘CheongCheongCon’ together with the public.

CheongCheongCon is a competition designed to connect young people’s ideas in six major non-face-to-face fields to startups in preparation for the post-COVID-19 era. The top 18 teams will receive up to 120 million KRW in initial commercialization funds and will be linked to next year’s startup commercialization support projects and technology guarantees.

As a result of closing the recruitment of participants for CheongCheongCon held from August 24 to September 18, a total of 738 teams applied, recording a high competition rate of 41 to 1.

Through a document review, 120 teams were selected with 20 teams per field, and through a two-day online presentation evaluation held on the 7th and 8th, 60 teams were selected with 10 teams per field.

The public judging panel will play a role in monitoring the presentation and evaluation process of young startups in a non-face-to-face manner during the final presentation held on the 19th of next month, together with senior young startups and startup experts, and will provide evaluation feedback to the presenting companies.

Anyone who meets certain requirements such as having startup experience, being an expert from government research institutes or affiliated research institutes, or possessing technical or management experience can participate, and a total of 20 people will be selected.

Citizens wishing to participate in the public judging panel can submit the public judging panel application form online.

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