'ComeUp 2023' to be held at Seoul DDP in November

Korea Startup Forum Forms Largest Advisory Committee

The Korea Startup Forum (Chairman Jaewook Park, hereinafter referred to as Kospo), the organizing institution of the global startup festival 'COMEUP,' announced on the 19th that it held a kickoff meeting for the advisory committee to discuss a concrete roadmap and vision.

Started in 2019, COMEUP 2023, now in its 5th edition, will be held from November 8 to 10 at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul. For this year's event, Kospo has formed the largest-ever advisory committee with a total of 68 members. This year, the advisory committee chairman will once again be Jaewook Park, CEO of Socar and chairman of Kospo, continuing his role from last year. In addition, existing advisory members such as Joonghee Ryu, CEO of Futureplay; Junpyo Lee, CEO of SoftBank Ventures; Taekkyung Lee, CEO of Mashup Angels; and Jinha Lee, CEO of Kakao Ventures will continue their participation. New advisory members include Youngha Ko, Chairman of the Korea Angel Investment Association; Sangyeop Sung, Chairman of the Korea Venture Business Association; Miok Yoon, Chairwoman of the Women’s Venture Association; Dohyun Kim, Professor at Kookmin University; Seongmin Jeon, Professor at Gachon University; Brian Jang, Head of Asia at Collaborative Fund; Kyunghoon Kim, CEO of Google Korea; and Kihyuk Lee, Head of AWS Startup Ecosystem.

Participants are taking a group photo at the COMUP 2023 Advisory Committee Kickoff Meeting.

They also presented concrete measures to leap forward as one of the world's top five startup events. Efforts are underway to secure global speakers attracting worldwide attention, and the recruitment scale of selected startups, COMEUP Stars, will be expanded to 100 companies to strengthen support for early-stage company growth. For open innovation fostering cooperation between large corporations and startups, an annual program will be operated to expand business synergies among participating companies and discover collaboration cases.

Jaewook Park, CEO of Socar, said, "COMEUP 2023 will demonstrate the spirit of challenge and energy of the startup ecosystem that constantly strives for innovation without resting on the success of COMEUP 2022, which was the first privately-led event. With the largest advisory committee ever assembled, we will spare no effort to fully support the successful hosting of the event."

Choi Sungjin, CEO of Kospo and executive chairman of COMEUP 2023, said, "Since COMEUP 2022, various cooperation proposals and inquiries have continued from around the world, so we expect the event scale to expand further. We will expand opportunities for global advancement and exchange so that the startup ecosystem, which is going through a difficult period, can gain vitality and seek new opportunities through COMEUP 2023."

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