Gangneung Science & Industry Promotion Agency Northeast Region ICT Hackathon

Rather than a simple ideas contest, this hackathon was designed as a hands-on problem-solving program: expert lectures, intensive development, mentoring, and pitch evaluation

AWS, AI and startup practitioners took part, strengthening both technical implementation and commercialization perspectives

Assigned challenges and team missions rapidly built participants' technical and collaboration skills

* Program Flow

• Expert lectures offered insights on cloud technology, global expansion, entrepreneurial motivation and strategy
• Teams developed and refined their ideas through hands-on build sessions and mentor consulting
• Final pitches and judging assessed problem-solving ability and feasibility

* Missions and Hands-on Sessions

1) Problem-Solving Mission

• Assigned challenges on local and social issues such as disaster safety management and environmental monitoring

2) Technical Practice Mission

• Creating pitch decks with Schumpeter 3.0
• Building product detail pages with AI tools
• Prototyping web pages with V0

* Outcomes and Next Steps

Top teams selected through team presentations and judging

Feasibility of startup ideas validated through hands-on, tech-based problem solving

Networking among participants and a foundation for follow-on startup and commercialization support