3 March 2022
The HSUHK Innovation Project Competition 2022 (“the Competition”) reached a new height, with its Pitching Competition and Awards Presentation Ceremony successfully organised on 3 March. Marching into its 7th year, the Competition is aimed at stimulating our students’ innovativeness through their original proposals.
The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) this year, again, was proudly joined by the Institute for Youth Sustainability Leadership (IYSL) and the Wu Jieh Yee Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (WUCIE) as CTL’s strategic partners, enriching this Competition with talks and workshops.
Themed upon the three chosen Sustainable Development Goals specified by the United Nations, namely SDG4 (Quality Education), SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure) and SDG10 (Reduce Inequalities), the Competition enlightened about four hundred students and staff through three theme-based talks in November 2021. In February 2022, the student participants of this Competition were showered with two skill-based workshops: first, CTL’s E-Learning Team inspired them to spice up their PowerPoint or PowToon proposals, and the Hongkong-based renowned comedian, Vivek Mahbubani, further sparked their interest in pitching their proposal in a captivative way, with only three minutes in their hands.
A total of 39 students in the 12 shortlisted teams achieved tremendously throughout the whole Competition, from writing a concrete proposal to shining on our online stage in their three-minute pitch.
Congratulations to all participants for their superb performances! The winning teams would be further encouraged to refine and revise their proposals to join intra- and inter-university entrepreneurship or innovation competitions where exchange of ideas, generous seed funds and incubation training are up for grabs, turning their proposals into reality.
Awardees of the Competition are as follows:
| Prize | Project Title (SDGs) | Team Members |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | HOME+ – A project primarily aimed at social inclusion for the ethnic minorities in Hong Kong (SDG 10) | Gloria LO Hok-lam (BBA- Corporate Governance and Compliance, Year 2) Lydia PUN Cheuk-yiu (BA – Cultural and Creative Industries, Year 2) Irene LUK Yuen-lam (BBA – Supply Chain Management, Year 2) Charlotte HO Pun-yi (BBA – Supply Chain Management, Year 2) |
| 1st Runner-up | GreenBoxer – Supporting and creating sustainable living (SDG 9) | Tommy LI Man (BSC – Data Science and Business Intelligence, Year 4) Ivy YIP Lai-ping (BSC – Data Science and Business Intelligence, Year 4) |
| 2nd Runner-up | VEGEBLOCK – A vision to build the largest agriculture digital trading platform in Hong Kong (SDG 10) | Bell LI Zhibo (BBA – Finance and Banking, Year 3) Rachel TAN Ren (BBA – Finance and Banking, Year 3) Tommy WONG Ka-chuen (BMSIM – Management Science and Information Management, Year 3) Vicki HUANG Shiqi (BBA – Finance and Banking, Year 3) |
| Honourable Mentions (Relevance & Impact) | HOME+ – A project primarily aimed at social inclusion for the ethnic minorities in Hong Kong (SDG 10) | Gloria LO Hok-lam (BBA- Corporate Governance and Compliance, Year 2) Lydia PUN Cheuk-yiu (BA – Cultural and Creative Industries, Year 2) Irene LUK Yuen-lam (BBA – Supply Chain Management, Year 2) Charlotte HO Pun-yi (BBA – Supply Chain Management, Year 2) |
| Honourable Mentions (Proposal Write-up) | Y Not – Providing new job opportunities to people in need (SDG 4) | Cherry KWONG Tsz-ching (BBA – Management, Year 3) Rachel TAM Wai-ying (BBA – Management, Year 3) |
| Honourable Mentions (Presentation) | Eflow – A solution focusing on reusing and recycling of electronic products (SDG 4) | Lauren LIN Wenjia (BBA-Financial Analysis, Year 3) Issac CHAN Shun-yin (BSC – Data Science and Business Intelligence, Year 2) Anthony CHAN Wan-yau (BBA- Marketing, Year 2) Stella YAP Shu-lin (BBA-Corporate Governance and Compliance, Year 3) |
| Honourable Mentions (Innovativeness) | Harmony – A project showing how music can help the society (SDG 10) | Edith TSE Shuk-man (BMSIM – Management Science and Information Management, Year 4) Jeff POON Shun-yu (BMSIM – Management Science and Information Management, Year 4) Katy NG Hiu-ching (BMSIM – Management Science and Information Management, Year 4) Lesley LEI Shi-yu (BMSIM – Management Science and Information Management, Year 4) |
The curtain was drawn for our Competition; however, it is just the beginning for our winning teams. They will be referred to other intra- and inter-university innovation/ entrepreneurship competitions/ programmes where seed funds, incubating training and practice advice from different sectors will be up for grabs.
