- Who
- Korean and international young people interested in Pohang and global issues. Individuals or teams of up to 5
- Prizes
- Ideathon KRW 500,000 / 300,000 / 100,000 (3 teams). Businessthon KRW 1,000,000 + investor connection / 500,000 + investor connection / 300,000 (2 teams). 9 teams in total
- Feedback
- All teams in both tracks receive pre-event feedback and 1:1 consulting before the main event
- Free programs
- Special Talk 1 "Successful Team Building for Student Startups": Mon, Oct 26, 7–8:30 PM, Handong Global University Newton Hall 412, by Jung Youn Sub (beginmate) · Special Talk 2 "The Age of Agentic AX": Wed, Oct 28, 7–8 PM, online (ZOOM), by Kim Donghwan (42Maru). Both talks are free and open to everyone; pre-registration links are in the program section · AI Automation Workshop: first week of November (for participants)
- Submission
- Businessthon teams submit a business plan (1-page summary + up to 4 pages) or a pitch deck (up to 15 slides) as a PDF
- Judges
- Judges with startup, academic and global business backgrounds evaluate the teams and network with participants at DEMO DAY. Promising teams may receive support to grow their items and chances to meet investors
- Evaluation
- Criteria for both tracks are shared in advance in the evaluation section above
- Hosts
- Hosted by Glocal University 30, organized by Talhwan We Can Scale Up 2026, with CPEE, Bridge Impact, Global Startup Network, Mondragon University Seoul Lab, HBM Social Cooperative, and Dasom X