Open Data Hackathon 2022 – Smart Property

HKUST EC is the event partner of the Open Data Hackathon 2022 - Smart Property. We welcome eligible HKUST students, alumni, faculty, and staff to apply.

Hong Kong Technology Advancement Group (HKtag) with Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) as our funding organization, targets to hold Open Data Hackathon with conference annually since our first Hackathon on Smart Environment was held successfully in 2021.  The Open Data Hackathon with series of seminars, trainings and conference on final day aims to provide insights on how Hong Kong Government sets out the datasets on the Public Sector Information (PSI) Portal (https://data.gov.hk) and Hong Kong GeoData Store (https://geodata.gov.hk/gs/), the industry experts integrate open data into effective solutions on public utilities and encourage more innovations within IT industry to utilize the government open data sources (DATA.GOV.HK) with AI and Cloud technologies.  We hope the sharing at the conference and the outstanding inventions at our Hackathon Final will facilitate more intelligent digitalization around the city and as a result, contribute to building a smarter Hong Kong with an advancing and innovative atmosphere.

General Eligibility Requirements:

• We welcome all talents from all walks of life to share their innovations and contribute to a better living in Hong Kong. There are three streams for the candidates to choose from: –
  – Secondary Stream: Current secondary students from Form 1 to 6 or Grade 7 to 12
  – College Stream: Current full-time college or university students, including freshman-to-be at time of enrolment
  – Public Stream: Age at 18 or above, non-full time students
• Each team needs to choose their streams appropriately with their current status.  If the team is a combination of full-time students and non-student status people, they should go for “Public Stream”.
• Each team can be formed up to 4 teammates, in which none of the teammate can be replaced by other(s) if their proposal is chosen to go for screening presentation or hackathon final.  Any violation will lead to disqualification.
• Each teammate is expected to show up at designated venue to present their proposal for the hackathon screening and final.
• It must be a data-driven approach project with use of datasets from DATA.GOV.HK
  (https://data.gov.hk/en/), Hong Kong GeoData Store (https://geodata.gov.hk/gs/)  and/ or any other relevant and reliable source of data.
• The applicant should demonstrate significant value-add by the Hong Kong resources contributing to the success of their solutions in the target market with a sustainable plan for the coming 3-5 years to reach our goals for living optimization in different aspects and implementing effective technology application and even green measures.
• A significant part to their innovation and design cannot be a full copy from their previous product/ services or other one’s intellectual property.  Any application found to have similar solution available in market will be disqualified.
• Upon commitment of the chosen finalists participating the final round, none of the teammate can be replaced by others.
• In order to minimise the risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19, we are taking precautionary measures for all contestants:
  – All shortlisted contestants must have valid vaccine passes (with three vaccine doses) by time of presenting
  their solutions at screening stage.
  – All shortlisted contestants must wear masks at all times during presence at our activities, e.g. presentation,
  training and conference.
  – “LeaveHomeSafe” scanning is required at entrance of our designated event venue.

Rules and Regulations:

1. Applicants are advised to be aware of the best practice and case-based experience as promulgated by the Office of Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data.
2. Applicants are reminded that any person who, without the permission of the Leading Organiser of this event, offers an advantage to parties involved in the Hackathon as a reward or inducement for doing any act or showing favour in relation to the Hackathon commits an offence of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap. 201).
3. To avoid conflicts of interest and the perception as such, applications for the Hackathon from sponsors will not be accepted.
4. In case of any dispute, the decision of the Leading Organiser will be final and binding on all parties concerned.

Application/ Enrolment submission:

• Deadline submission on 14 August 2022.
• All information submitted must be true and valid.

Timetable:

Enquiries:

Contact Person : Mr. Cheung
Tel : (852) 6394 7099
Email : event@hk-tag.org
Website : https://events.hk-tag.org/SmartProperty