Award Ceremony for Ulsan Public Big Data Utilization Startup Competition

Selected 6 Teams in 2 Fields, Support for Finals and Commercialization

What are the brilliant startup ideas in the Ulsan region using public big data?

Ulsan City will hold the "2023 Ulsan Public Data Utilization Startup Competition Awards Ceremony" at 3 PM on the 21st in the medium conference room on the 4th floor of the City Hall main building.

This competition has been underway since April to discover creative ideas and business models utilizing public data.

As a result of the competition, a total of 25 entries were received in two categories: △21 in idea planning and △4 in product/service development. After document screening and presentation evaluation, 6 works were selected as award winners.

The award winners by category are as follows: In the idea planning category, △Grand Prize went to Baeullanggyo’s “Light Pollution Lighting Environment Management Zone Prediction Simulation,” △Excellence Award to Ulsan University’s “U& Health,” and △Encouragement Award to UNIST’s “AI-based Online Platform for Drunk Driving Enforcement.”

In the product and service development category, △Grand Prize was awarded to IT Space’s “Better Future Prediction AI Predictive Maintenance, Energy Saving, Disaster Safety Using Public Data,” △Excellence Award to ITNJ’s “Transportation Management System ANT_FPMS,” and △Encouragement Award to Baeullanggyo’s “Child Protection Zone Traffic Accident Prevention Alert.” Baeullanggyo participated in both categories of this competition.

The award-winning works will receive the Ulsan Metropolitan Mayor’s Award (Grand Prize, Excellence) and the Ulsan Information Industry Promotion Agency Director’s Award (Encouragement), along with a total prize money of 12 million KRW.

The two teams winning the grand prize are scheduled to participate in the integrated finals of the "11th Government-wide Public Data Utilization Startup Competition" to be held in September.

Based on its experience of achieving excellent results for six consecutive years in the government-wide public data utilization startup competition, Ulsan City plans to actively support this year’s entrants to achieve outstanding results as well.

An official from Ulsan City stated, “We plan to continuously expand the opening of customized public data centered on users and actively support job creation and commercialization through youth startups.”

Ulsan City Hall.

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