[Announcement] Finalist Global Teams Announcement for the 16th e-ICON World Contest

Dear Finalists,

Congratulations once again on advancing to the Final Round of the 16th e-ICON World Contest.

The Final Round of the e-ICON World Contest is an international collaboration program in which Korean and overseas students work together as global teams to develop a web application.

Based on the submitted app development proposals, 10 global teams have been formed for collaboration in the Final Round.

The global team matching was carried out by comprehensively considering each team’s project theme, technical expertise, and potential for collaboration. The results are as follows.

Group	Korean Team		Overseas Team
	School	Students	Country	School	Students
M1	Hagye Middle School	Park G., Choi W.	Indonesia	SMK Telkom Malang	Abravia R., Shabri S.
M2	Ulsan Hakseong Middle School	Kim H., Park C.	Malaysia	SMK Kunak	Amber C., Siti A.
M3	Gongsan Middle School	Kim J., Choi Y.	Philippines	Cavite Science Integrated School	Faustin Vien H., Rosyth Anne M.
M4	Seongjae Middle School	Kim J., Lee Y.	Bangladesh	Dhaka Residential Model College	Aranya Abeer Khan P., Md Shafiul Alam S.
H1	Chungnam Samsung Academy	Kim D., Nam Y.	Moldova	IPLT “Gheorghe Asachi”	Daniel S., Cristian R.
H2	Daejeon Daeshin High School	Kim S., Song R.	Rwanda	Rwanda Coding Academy	Bruce Nibeza M., Chaste Ganza M.
H3	Busan Machinery Technical High School	Park J., Wang S.	Uzbekistan	Presidential School in Tashkent	Aziza A., Parvina B.
H4	Daedeok Software Meister High School	Nam U., Jang Y.	Indonesia	USG Education	Hadassah Edleina U., Winston S.
H5	Sunrin Internet High School	Kim S., Shim M.	Bangladesh	Holy Cross College	Musarrat M., Turabi Meherin S.
H6	Cheongshim International Academy	Kim M., Kim S.	Indonesia	Eco Socio Tech School (EST)	Nicholas Emmanuel L., Ravakatya A.

The Final Round will be conducted in a hybrid format. Each global team will be supported by both a Technical Mentor and a Language Mentor throughout the competition.

Final Round Schedule

• Online Final Round: July 7 – July 31, 2026
• Offline Final Round: August 3 – August 7, 2026
• Final Evaluation & Award Ceremony: August 7, 2026

Detailed information regarding the Final Round will be provided through email and Slack. Please make sure to check both channels regularly.

We wish every global team a successful collaboration and look forward to seeing your innovative ideas come to life.

Thank you.

Contact
Korea Digital Education Frontier Association (KEFA)
Email: eicon.kefa@gmail.com
Tel. +82-2-720-0085