JUDGING PANEL 2025



CEO. JIN-KYU JANG

KOREA / COMPANOID LABS

Dr. Jin-Kyu Jang, as a cognitive scientist, human-computer interaction researcher, and startup investor, has been at the forefront of user-centric innovation. He is the chairman of Companoid Labs, a UX innovation holding company focused on building Next Generation Companies through early-stage startup incubation. The company also leads UX-oriented problem-solving for big tech firms' new businesses, championing partnership-based corporate innovation. Dr. Jang has established two subsidiaries: Companion AI, an AI interface technology company, and CIT, a HCI research firm. In the early 2000s, during the dot-com boom, Dr. Jang founded the startup Iznation Networks, which he successfully exited through M&A within three years. He then pursued academic studies in robotics and computer science, earning a Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction. As a startup investor, he has invested in 49 startups both domestically and internationally. He served as an Operating Partner at Asia2G Capital, a Silicon Valley VC, and as a partner at DHP, a startup investment firm, where he invested in over 40 startups. Dr. Jang's professional experience includes roles as a future technology advisor at Samsung Electronics DMC Research Institute and as the head of the HCI research lab at the Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology. His contributions to the industry have been recognized with ministerial commendations from the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2020 and the Ministry of SMEs and Startups in 2024.

 

장진규 의장은 인지과학자, 인간-컴퓨터 상호작용 연구자, 스타트업 투자자로서 사용자 중심의 혁신을 주도해왔다. 컴패노이드 랩스는 UX 혁신 지주회사로 다음 세대 기업을 만드는 것을 목표로 초기 스타트업을 컴퍼니 빌딩 하고 있다. 또한, 빅테크 기업들의 신사업을 포함한 UX 관점의 문제 해결을 주도하여 파트너십 기반의 기업 혁신에 앞장서고 있다. 자회사로 AI 인터페이스 기술 회사인 Companion AI와 HCI 연구 회사인 CIT를 설립했다. 장진규 의장은 닷컴 열풍이 불던 2000년대 초, 스타트업인 이즈네이션 네트웍스를 창립해 3년 만에 M&A를 통해 엑싯 했으며, 그 후 로봇 공학과 컴퓨터 공학을 전공하고 인간-컴퓨터 상호작용 분야로 박사학위를 받았다. 스타트업 투자자로 국내외 49개의 스타트업에 투자했으며, 실리콘 밸리 VC인 Asia2G Capital의 Operating Partner 이자 스타트업 투자사인 DHP의 파트너로서 40여개의 스타트업에 투자했다. 삼성전자 DMC 연구소 미래기술 고문, 차세대융합기술연구원 HCI 연구실장을 지냈으며, 2020년 보건복지부, 2024년 중소벤처기업부로부터 산업에 기여한 공로로 장관 표창을 수여 받았다.

 

  1. KOREA
    Prof. Hyunsun Kim
    IDAS. Hongik University

  2. KOREA
    Branding Director. Woosung Jun
    Seaside City

  3. KOREA
    Prof. Euiyoung Chun
    Kyonggi University

  4. JAPAN
    Prof. Yoshimaru Takahashi
    Osaka University of Arts

  5. JAPAN
    Prof. Shingo Ando
    Kyoto Arts and Crafts University

  6. JAPAN
    Director. Tetsuya Matsumoto
    KTX archiLAB

  7. CHINA
    Prof. Chen Tao
    University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

  8. CHINA
    Prof. MO Jiao
    Tongji University

  9. KOREA
    Prof. Joongwon Lee
    Sungkyunkwan University

  10. KOREA
    Prof. Sunah Kim
    Kumoh National Institute of Technology

  11. KOREA
    Director. Yongrak Park
    FONTRIX

  12. KOREA
    Director. Youngha Park
    Korea National University of Arts

  13. CHINA
    Prof. Xiang Chen
    School of Design Jiangnan University

  14. KOREA
    Director. Yena Choi
    B for Brand

  15. CHINA
    President. An Luo
    TEAMS Design

  16. UK
    Prof. Ryan Jongwoo Choi
    Hanyang University

  17. CHINA
    Prof. Gou Rui
    Southwest Jiaotong University

  18. CHINA
    Prof. Yuxiang Kuang
    Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics art of school

  19. CHINA
    Prof. LIU Jing
    City University of Macau

  20. USA
    Creative Director. Cathy Lee
    CLAB

  21. CHINESE TAIPEI
    Director. Wang Te Ming
    U Visual Communication

  22. KOREA
    CEO. Kang Bumkyu
    PRESENT

  23. USA
    Prof. Cliff Shin
    University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

  24. KOREA
    CEO. Jin-Kyu Jang
    Companoid Labs

  25. KOREA
    Director. Sungjoon Hong
    banksalad

  26. KOREA
    Director. Sungho Park
    MINISO DESIGN CENTER

  27. CHINESE TAIPEI
    Creative Director. Xinhong Yeh
    Cofound

  28. CHINESE TAIPEI
    Director. Kris Tsao
    DDG

  29. DENMARK
    Designer. Sangwoo Cho
    JABRA

  30. KOREA
    Prof. Beomkwan Kim
    University of Ulsan

  31. CHINA
    Director. Long Jiao
    Simon Electric Group

  32. JAPAN
    President. Masuo Fujimura
    Fujimura Design Studio

  33. USA
    Sr. Design Manager. Kyu Lee
    SharkNinja

  34. CHINA HONGKONG
    Director. Danny Chiu
    Danny Chiu Interior Designs

  35. USA
    Director. Soo Yun Kim
    Cisco

  36. CHINESE TAIPEI
    Director. Huang Zi Yu
    Existence Design

  37. KOREA
    Director. Heechan Park
    STUDIO HEECH

  38. CHINA HONGKONG
    Creative Director. Regina Kwok
    Artwill Interior Design House

  39. JAPAN
    President. Atsumasa Tamura
    Atsumasa Tamura Design Office

  40. CHINA
    Prof. Bao Haimo
    Dalian Minzu University

  41. KOREA
    Director. Hoyoung Lee
    250 DESIGN

  42. KOREA
    Director. Doyoung Kim
    DESIGNSORI

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