POLAR SPOT
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Polar-Spot is an event platform designed for BusinessOulu to host events, manage team presentations, and keep event and team data visible for visitors and participants.
Polar-Spot is designed for BusinessOulu to host and manage its events in one centralized location. The platform provides a clear, reliable system for managing and keeping the data of participating teams and events visible for visitors, judges, and event organizers.
Enables BusinessOulu to host and organize events smoothly, keeping schedules, sessions, and guidelines structured and accessible.
Keeps participating team profiles, project information, and presentation materials organized and visible for visitors and evaluators.
Allows judges to provide constructive qualitative feedback that can be shared with teams, while keeping all numerical scoring, criteria ratings, and final score calculations strictly confidential and private.
BusinessOulu is the official economic and business development agency of the City of Oulu, Finland. As the main manager of Polar-Spot, BusinessOulu oversees event curation, team participation, and public visibility across regional business initiatives.
BusinessOulu is the primary manager of the platform, organizing events, coordinating participating teams, and overseeing all event operations.
Fostering economic growth, supporting startups and local companies, and building dynamic business networks in the Oulu region.
Organizing premier startup and investor events, including the internationally recognized pitching competition in Oulu.
Phuc Nguyen is a Computer Sciences and Engineering student at the University of Oulu who architected the platform. Phuc.Nguyen@student.oulu.fi. Professionals in Web developments, full-stack application architecture, cloud solutions, and responsive user experience design. He engineered the platform to be self-hosted on independent cloud infrastructure rather than using Supabase Cloud, ensuring BusinessOulu maintains full sovereign control and ownership over all platform data.
Visiting Address:
Uusikatu 52
FI-90100 Oulu, Finland
Postal Address:
P.O. Box 22, FI-90015 Oulun kaupunki