43 science gifted college students provide you with AI start-up concepts
Experience from crew constructing to closing presentation
The “2026 Korea Science Gifted High School Startup Camp” organized by Gachon University Startup College was accomplished with nice success.
The camp, which was held for 3 days and two nights from the fifteenth to the seventeenth, attracted 43 college students from eight science gifted faculties nationwide, together with Gyeonggi Science High School, Seoul Science High School, and Daegu Science High School, to find start-up concepts and perform crew tasks below the theme of next-generation AI know-how.
The camp was the primary joint program carried out below the settlement signed in September final yr with eight science and gifted excessive faculties nationwide, overlaying your complete course of from theoretical studying to downside definition, answer technique institution, and commercialization prospects.
On the fifteenth, the primary day, Jang Byung-kyu, chairman of Krafton’s board of administrators, a former science highschool entrepreneur, gave a particular lecture below the theme of “AMA Decent TALK” to future expertise, emphasizing the course of the Korean trade, and receiving questions and solutions in regards to the startup enterprise expertise and total operation.
Jang Dae-ik, dean of Gachon University’s Startup College, then emphasised the that means of entrepreneurship and problem within the youth interval below the theme of “the first entrepreneurial transition in life.” After that, members started a full-fledged start-up challenge via the crew constructing.
On the second day, on the sixteenth, an interim presentation by crew was held, and lawmaker Ko Min-jung gave a particular lecture on “What? How!” to emphasise that they’re gifted individuals who set their very own goals and silently work on compassion and justice. In the afternoon, mentoring specialists in science and know-how, trade, funding, and legislation continued, and college students improved the completeness of their start-up concepts.
On the seventeenth, the final day, the Minister of SMEs and Startups Seong Sook Han visited the positioning and held a presentation and dialogue session on the way forward for know-how start-ups with science gifted college students.
Minister Han shared his enterprise start-up expertise and the quickly altering pattern of the occasions and stated, “The essence of a start-up is the ability to realize what you like into a business,” including, “Collaboration in a heterogeneous environment that combines technology and planning is the core of a successful start-up.”
At the identical time, the “Chicken Car,” which consisted of scholars akin to Kim Gun-ho (Incheon Science and Arts Gifted School), Kim Eun-seo (Gwangju Science High School), Baek Joo-sung (Daejeon Science High School), Oh Min-seo (Gwangju Science High School), and Lee Seung-joon (Korea Science Gifted School), received the grand prize from the Minister of SMEs and Startups.
The winners of the Excellence Award, Encouragement Award and Popularity Award have been awarded the President of Gachon University Award. The profitable crew was chosen by comprehensively evaluating technical understanding, problem-solving potential, and feasibility of start-up concepts.
Jang Dae-ik, dean of Gachon University Startup College, stated, “This camp was a place for practical start-up education where participating students form teams across the boundaries of the school and link scientific inquiry results to start-up ideas and business models. It became a meaningful starting point for talented people to seek new careers beyond research and employment.”