“Smart Community Hackathon”, a STEM competition for all talented secondary students in Hong Kong, is launched in 2019 under the “HSBC Hong Kong Community Partnership Programme” sponsored by HSBC, featuring “ Future Skills” and “Health” as the two key themes. The competition encourages all secondary school students to ignite their creativity on innovative technology and integrate their ideas into the community for enhancing employment related skills or improving the public’s mental health, establishing a caring and harmonious social network. Shortlisted teams will be awarded funding to improve their workpiece and exhibit the upgraded workpieces at the Award Presentation Ceremony.
About “SMART Community Hackathon”:
- The shortlisted workpieces should focus on the creativity and rationale behind creation, address social needs, demonstrate experimental spirit and inspiration, and relevance to the two key themes (Click here for details)
- Share the rationale behind every workpiece and inspire one another
- The deadline of online registration will be on 11 September 2019. Each school or NGO can nominate up to 5 suitable workpieces for participation. Contestants must be current secondary school students.
- Contestants can submit the workpiece by team, in form of videos or photos with descriptions. (Please refer to the online application form for the suggested contents.)
- 20 shortlisted pieces will be announced in mid-September. Each shortlisted team will be awarded HK$5,000 funding to upgrade the workpiece. The final results will be announced at the Award Presentation Ceremony. The awards are “Community-Friendly Award”, “Most Creative Award” and “Online – Most Popular Award”.
The judging panel is formed by the representatives from the social service sector. The evaluation criteria include the following aspects:
Creativity, Address Social Needs, Experimental Spirit, Inspiration, and Relevance to the Two Key Themes.
Shortlisted teams are obliged to attend the Award Presentation Ceremony.
Online enrollment: https://forms.gle/UZY3QQbyTPHhoyEe9
Timeline / 2019
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29 August |
Open for online enrollment |
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11 September 11:59 pm |
Deadline of online enrollment |
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19 September |
Announcement of the shortlisted workpieces |
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From 25 September |
Shortlisted teams to be awarded with funding for upgrading the workpieces |
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16 October – 21 October |
Contestants to share the progress of innovations |
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Teams will be contacted individually for the arrangements of showcase. (e.g. Display stands, electrical installation, etc.) |
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From 21 October |
Media interviews to be arranged |
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Mid-Nov |
Completion of upgraded workpieces |
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Award Presentation Ceremony (Date to be confirmed) |
Showcase of shortlisted workpieces at the Award Presentation Ceremony |
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Announcement of “Community – Friendly Award”, “Most Creative Award” and “Online – Most Popular Award” |
Remarks: Media interviews will be arranged for shortlisted teams. Photo- taking and video recording will also be arranged for promotional purpose.
In case of any discrepancy in the terms and conditions of the competition, the version on the online enrollment form shall prevail.
For enquiries, please contact
Ms. Kaylee Kwan +852 3605 9672