"Humane Startup Ideas - S-Star 2022" Contest linking Startups with intellectual property rights at University of Science and Humanities, VNU

The "Humanitarian Startup Ideas - S-Star 2022" contest is organized by the Youth Union of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU, under the hosting of two clubs under the Union, the Humanitarian Startup Community Support Club - SUrE and the Humanitarian Intellectual Property Club - IPUSH. The theme of this year's contest is "Socially Constructive Digital Ideas" with criteria related to Intellectual Property rights for startup projects.

S-Star 2022 is organized with 3 rounds: Application round - Training round - Final round. After more than 2 months of starting with fierce selection rounds, along with the training process with the prestigious consulting team of the competition, the program's Organizing Committee has selected the 6 best teams to the final round from more than 30 ideas and projects from students not only in the University of Social Sciences and Humanities but also with the participation of students from other universities in Hanoi such as the University of Natural Sciences, VNU, Faculty of Law, VNU, University of Commerce, Foreign Trade University,...

The program is advised by a team of experienced experts in the two fields of Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property such as: Mr. Nguyen Khac Khang - Director of the Vietnam Intellectual Property Center; Dr. Phan Quoc Nguyen - Lecturer of the Faculty of Law, VNU, Director of the innovation company VP9 Vietnam Technology Company, Director of Communications and representatives of Vietnam's patent and intellectual property associations; MSc. Truong Thu Ha, MSc. Nguyen Quoc Anh - Lecturer of the Entrepreneurship Department, Faculty of Management Science, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU; Ms. Phan Hong Giang - Former Lecturer of the Faculty of Management Science, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Innovative Educator of 2020 - Vietnam National University, Hanoi; Most Impactful Educator Awards, Global Competition on Social Business - SBC 2021, Canada; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hoang Thi Bich Thuy - Senior Lecturer of VNU - Head of the Department of Innovation and Transformative Entrepreneurship (D-Lab), Institute of Chemical Engineering; Mr. Nguyen Phan Huy Khoi - Director of Vietnam Youth Startup Support Center - SYS, General Director of Vietnam Interactive Television Joint Stock Company - VTVlive (Cable Television Corporation, Vietnam Television Station),...

In the end, S-Star 2022 ended with the following results:

- First prize: Lions team with the project "Developing industrial applications for consulting, managing and commercializing OCOP products that have been protected by commercial indications".

- Second prize: Fiveverse team with Fiveverse project - online financial learning application with Learn to Earn method applying Blockchain technology.

- Third prize:

+ FEStech team with the Digital Startup Innovation project with FEStech

+ Team PSYK66No2, project Application connecting students with employers (aimed at students in VNU)

- Promising Award:

+We help team, HEAL YOUR SOUL project connects people in need of psychological counseling/patients with mental illness with doctors and psychologists

+ As fast as lightning team, Lightning-Connect startup incubator connection platform project.

The projects and ideas are all creative and have great potential for development. After the program, the competing teams with their projects will continue to be supported to complete them so that they can become start-ups in the future.