Asia, home to more than half the world's population and nearly half of the world's middle class, is predicted to have a bright future. Sustainable, inclusive growth is the goal and making this happen will require a constant flow of new ideas and emerging innovators and entrepreneurs.
Hack.Asia aims to inspire the next generation of innovators and business leaders. Hack.Asia invites students and startups to design and develop technology-driven solutions to address current challenges faced by market-leading businesses in the region. Given their reach, access to resources, and renowned entrepreneurial spirit, the best Hack.Asia solutions – if adopted – can bring transformative change throughout Asia, and beyond.
This July, participate in the next edition of Hack.Asia and join us in:
- Celebrating Hong Kong’s creativity and entrepreneurial spirit
- Showcasing the deep impact of innovative solutions
- Unleashing the power of the tech ecosystem and their "make a difference" outcomes
- Showcasing the combined strengths and benefits of the ecosystem
How might Accenture help Travel industry businesses regain customers' confidence and restore tourism demand in the post-COVID era by redefining their travel experience?
Are there better ways Mannings Hong Kong can predict, and meet, the future needs of Asia's diverse health and beauty e-commerce customers?
Help Gammon develop new IoT and tech solutions that generate more detailed analytics to find new ways to enhance productivity and efficiencies across their construction sites.
Hactl wants a data-driven solution to help their engineers better anticipate and fix potential cargo handling issues to ramp up efficiency and output and reduce cost and maintenance downtime.
How could HKL use data-driven consumer insights and retail trends to guide the selection of new tenants at HKL's shopping malls?
How can F&B businesses leverage AI and Big Data to better understand consumers, as well as to improve the customer experience and restaurant operations amid today’s new normal?
Help JIM, and lifestyle-focused business partners, identify and design exciting mobility lifestyle opportunities for its target customers – high net worth individuals, women, and millennials who seek great products, services and experiences.
JLL is looking for technological driven solutions to extend the lifecycle of built environments and satisfaction of those who manage them.
How can MOHG simplify and improve the way guests find, schedule, and purchase events, eateries, and other bespoke local experiences in each of its destinations?
14:00 - 17:00
Virtual Doors Open for Registration
18:00 - 19:00
Kick-Off
Get the resources*
19:15 - 20:00
Meet your Team Mentor*
20:00 - till late
Hack through the Night
08:30 - 09:30
Mentor/Team check-in*
10:15 - 11:00
Hack.Asia Opening Ceremony
11:00 - 14:00
Mentorship
11:00 - 17:00
Acitivities
17:00
Submit your progress report*
18:00 - 18:30
Mentor/Team check-in*
18:30 - 20:30
Mentorship
20:00 - 21:00
Pitch Workshop
21:00 - till late
Hack through the Night
08:30 - 09:30
Mentor/Team check-in*
09:30 - 12:00
Mentorship
10:00 - 13:00
Acitivities
10:30 - 11:00
Pitch Workshop 2
13:00
Deadline for Presentation & Demo submission*
13:30 - 14:45
Challenge Finals - Startups*
14:45 - 16:00
Challenge Finals - Students*
17:00
Announcement of 10 Finalists and winners of each challenge
17:00 - 19:00
Grand Prize Final
19:00
Grand Winner Announcement
19:00 - 19:30
Closing speech and Awards ceremony
Students & Innovators
Startups
- Ask us anything (related to the hackathon)! The better you understand the problem statements, the better equipped you will be to develop a solution that is relevant, sticks and scales.
- This first pre-event will zoom into the different problem statements, and give you an opportunity to engage and network with the companies providing these problem statements.
- Get ready for Hack.Asia with Aaron Chong - Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft HK, who will introduce Microsoft Azure, provide use cases and show you how you can leverage this platform to build your solution!
- This workshop is open to registration, however, priority goes to Hack.Asia participants.
- Meet people, discuss ideas and build your team at this event!
- This workshop is for Hack.Asia participants who are looking to join teams or need more teammates.
- Secure your online spot for a workshop to get yourself ready!
• HKD 50,000 cash prize
• HKD 20,000 cash prize
• Internship opportunities for each team member with the sponsor
• Experience
• HKD 20,000 cash prize
• Opportunities to advance a Proof of Concept with the sponsor
• A potential opportunity to perform a Proof of Concept with HSBC
You must have the rights to use the code or outline which code is not commercially available for use. We do not need or expect you to write everything from scratch. Please use existing solutions and make all attempts to solve the problem to the best of your abilities.
The Existing Rights and Own Rights remain the exclusive property of the party in possession of them. Furthermore, the latter alone shall decide to protect its own knowhow or otherwise, and to file or protect or defend any of its Own Rights or Existing Rights.
For the Results*, each participant and participating startup grants Jardines the following rights:
A right of first refusal to acquire the Result or to offer a contractual relationship with the participant and participating startup in order to take advantage of the Result in Jardine’s operations; only in the case of nonexecution of this right by Jardines, the Result and its related intellectual property rights shall vest to the fullest extent permitted by law, in the participant and participating startup.
* Results refer to any work (including source and object code software), designs, inventions, specifications, information, knowledge, processes or products, as well as any resulting processes likely or otherwise to be protected by Intellectual Property Rights or classed as know-how developed by several parties as part of the Hack.Asia on-line hackathon.
All participants will need to join us by 2pm on Monday 6 July to ensure all tech, apps and resources are setup before the official kick-off. You will get the opportunity to discuss details with mentors and hosts during this time.
During 7 & 8 July, teams will have many opportunities to participate in various activities throughout the day.
Prepare a 3 minute pitch which includes showcasing your working prototype, business model and how it solves the chosen challenge.
There will be training sessions on 'How to Pitch' to help you prepare! Mentors are also available throughout the hackathon to aid in your success.
Solution & Technology
- How well does the solution tackle the pain point?
- How innovative is the solution?
- How well did you utilize the resources provided e.g. Azure and the data that problem statement owner shared?
Potential Impact
- How is the potential impact if this idea is successfully implemented?
Business Model & Feasibility
- How realistic is it to execute the idea in your business unit?
Teams
- How well the team has demonstrated their teamwork and aptitude during the hackathon.
- How hard they've been working and what the results are.
Bonus: Solution on Azure
On the 8th of July, they will have two deliberations.
- The first one would lead to the selection of the winner of each challenge.
- The second one would determine the grand winning team of the whole Hack.Asia Hackathon all challenges combined.
There is a special HSBC bonus for HSBC participants.
After the first round of judging:
- In the case of a startup team: An opportunity to perform a POC (Proof of Concept) as defined and announced on Hack.Asia website. (Under a contractual relationship to be agreed upon by the winning team and the Sponsor.)
- In the case of a student team: A cash prize of HKD 20,000 and an internship opportunity for each student of that team with the Sponsor.
After the second round of judging (all challenges combined) Grand Winner: Cash Prize of HKD 50,000
And there are other bonuses and rewards to win regarding the challenges you choose, you can find them out by checking on the challenge page.
Neither the Contractor nor the Client is responsible for the facilitation or costs of any immigration visas necessary to allow the selected participants to travel to Hong Kong, if necessary. Participants will be informed after selection to coordinate their immigration visas pending departure from their home country, if applicable.
In the case of a student team non-resident in Hong-Kong (to see according to each case), the winning internship can be organised virtually with the sponsor. The current COVID-19 requires us to find a new online solution until the exchanges are allowed again.
Join us online for Hack.Asia during Startup Impact Summit, part of StartmeupHK Festival 2020
