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Final Pitch of Social Innovation Consulting Competition

The Social Innovation Consulting Competition aims to equip students with the skills, tools, and the network to solve social challenges. Students will work on a social issue of their choice either by consulting an existing organization or creating a new product or service. The Challenge consists of a bootcamp, a networking night, mentoring sessions with social innovators, and a final pitch day.

Since December 2016, four groups participating in the Social Innovation Consulting Competition have worked very hard to find and resolve certain social issues. Their problem-solving skills were put to the test as they sought to create real, material impact on society. Their work involved research, data analysis, ideation, and creation. The Final Pitch, held at 6:30PM on 7 March 2017, at New Millennium Hall room 112, marks the culmination of the participants’ efforts!

A panel of distinguished judges will evaluate the Final Pitch. The winning team of the Social Innovation Consulting Competition will be announced at the end of the event, and all students of Underwood International College, Yonsei University are invited to come to network with guests, distinguished judges, programme mentors, and alumni! 

Date: March 7th (Tuesday)
Place: New Millennium Hall (새천년관) Room 112
Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm

Judge Panel
Professor Sam Youl Lee, Director of Integrated Social Sciences Division, Chair of STP
Yoonmi Eom, C Program Managing Director
Jaehyong Heo, Root Impact COO

Participants

Team YAK

Members: Yumin Kim, Allie Park, Kichan Nam

Team YAK tackles the severe environmental threat posed by the fashion industry through its project VINTART. Identified issues are acceleration of the pollution cycle and low public recognition. YAK proposes two online platforms that are expected to lower the quantity of disposed clothes, while bolstering a vintage-based recycle movement.

Pocket-ful

Members: Yesun Shin, Bodam Jeon, Yereen Shin

Happiness is an indispensable part of all human lives and the essential fuel that propels us forward. Team Pocket-ful is here with the mission to lower the barrier of happiness with small but powerful pages filled with words. It will be offering 'Lit Day', a literature vending machine that allows an injection of creativity and happiness into the user's daily lives.

SNB

Members: Uyeol Jeon, Jaeeun Yee, Haeeun Sung

SNB tries to solve the problem of women in low income household not being able to afford sanitary products. It aims to distribute menstrual cups and move beyond to solve fundamental problems.

Food Incubator

Members: Heekyung Kim, Euiryung Song, Eunyoung Chang

Food Incubator is an O2O multi-sided platform that promotes local independent coffee shops to customers. It is becoming harder and harder for small coffee shops to survive in the red ocean dominated by franchises . Food Incubator seeks to help these small coffee shops prove their true value by promoting them and connecting them to coffee lovers. 

Contact

If you have any further inquiries, contact Yonsei Center for Social Innovation. (ycsi_pr@yonsei.ac.kr, 032-749-3100).

About Social Impact Initiative for Global Creative Talent

Funded by University for Creative Korea, the Social Impact Initiative for Global Creative Talent (SIIGCT) aims to foster social innovators by providing diverse curricular and extra-curricular programs within Techno-Art Division and Integrated Social Sciences Division at Underwood International College.