FEB UNS Sustainable Business Summit 2023 is a series of activities organized by the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS), in collaboration with UNS Innovation Hub and UNS Directorate of Innovation and Downstreaming.

The second series of activities from the FEB UNS Sustainable Business Summit 2023, the Final Pitching Competition & Re-branding Identity Challenge was held on Sunday, October 22, 2023, at UNS Inn. This event was attended by more than 15 participants, most of whom are active students. The series of grand final events began with an opening remark by Catur Sugiarto, S.E., M.SM., M.Rech., Ph.D., CDMP., Head of Business Incubator Division UNS Innovation Hub. Whereas, the first part of the series, a virtual seminar entitled “Navigating the Digital Transformation Landscape: Challenges & Strategies for Sustainable Business,” was held on Tuesday, October 17, 2023.

Catur conveyed his brief remark by thanking the participants who had participated in the two competitions to the final stage. “Thank you to all participants. The FEB UNS Sustainable Summit Business 2023 activities serve as a forum for the younger generation, especially students to train their skills in critical thinking, public speaking, business development ideas, and creativity development,” he said.

Following the opening speech from the Head of the UNS Innovation Hub Business Incubator Division, the series of activities continued with the opening of the Final Pitching Competition session. In this session, the Atmagri team opened the final pitching presentation session, with their presentation for approximately 10 minutes and followed by a question-and-answer session. Following them, the other 9 teams also presented their final pitching material and engaged in a question-and-answer session with an average of 15 minutes time allocation. After the entire team presented the material, the jury and reviewers held a deliberation meeting followed by a short break.

After the break, the series of grand final sessions was reopened by the MC and continued with the Final stage for the Re-branding Identity Challenge. The first pitch was conducted by the AI Capone Team, which followed with a question-and-answer session. The same goes for the other three teams. Like the previous Final Pitching Competition session, in this session, the judges and reviewers held a deliberation meeting followed by the second break session.

Commencing after, the session that the participants had been waiting for had finally arrived, the awarding session and the prize awarding session. Marking the end of UNS Sustainable Business Summit 2023, the MC announced the winners of the Pitching Competition, which followed by the awarding ceremony for the champions. The 1st place in the FEB UNS Sustainable Business Summit 2023 Pitching Competition was won by the Panensia Team. The 2nd place is won by Team Mersif Lab, and 3rd place is won by Team Sekuling.

After the Pitching Competition awarding session, another awarding session was conducted to announce the winners of the FEB UNS Re-branding Identity Challenge. For this category, the Basaman Team won 1st place, while 2nd place was won by the AI Capone Team, and 3rd place was won by Irsyad Akmal. The other participants also enlivened the award by applauding and congratulating the champions.