Gyeongnam National University LINC+ Project Group Hosts '2020 Cheongbaji Hackathon'

‘Running’ Team Wins Grand Prize for ‘Platform Development to Revitalize Lifestyle Sports’

Participants of the 2020 1st Jeans Hackathon are taking a group photo. (Photo by Kyungnam University)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Woo-kwon] The LINC+ Project Group at Gyeongnam National University announced on the 23rd that it held the ‘2020 1st Cheongbaji (Youth Changing Local Communities) Hackathon Competition’ at the audiovisual room of the 1st Engineering Building.

This competition was conducted over two days and one night for the LINC+ Project Group at Gyeongnam National University and the first cohort of students from Jinhae Innovation School’s Creative LAB (Crab). It was organized to strengthen the creative capabilities of youth through the process of solving local community problems and to connect these efforts to social innovation.

A total of 25 participants in 4 teams took part in the competition, aiming to stimulate youth interest in the local area, nurture prospective local social innovators, and build networks. The activities included ▲structuring approaches and solutions for local community problem-solving ▲analysis and business realization skills necessary for linking to startups and job creation ▲concretizing business models and designing the entire startup process.

Through the final evaluation, the ‘Running’ team, with the theme ‘Platform Development for Revitalizing Lifestyle Sports,’ won the grand prize. The ‘Eco Money’ team, with the theme ‘Platform Construction for Revitalizing Traditional Markets,’ received the Excellence Award and the LINC+ Project Group Director’s Award at Gyeongnam National University.

The LINC+ Project Group at Gyeongnam National University will operate the ‘Cheongbaji Project,’ Gyeongnam National University’s unique local community innovation brand, jointly with Jinhae Innovation School every Saturday for 6 hours until December 26, aiming to nurture young talents with interest and problem-solving abilities regarding local issues.