Prizes for Winners

Timetable

Official call for entries : 2023.04.20

Deadline for enrolment : 2023.06.28

Adjudication : 2023.07.12 – 2023.09.12

Categories’ Awards Presentation Ceremonies : Late 2023.09 – 2023.11.08

Awards Presentation Ceremony (Tentative) : 2023.11.08

There will be a Participants’ Briefing short after the closing of the application submission. Areas of attention for applicants will be highlighted in the Briefing. Past Judges/Assessors and winner will be invited to share their views and experiences.

ENROLMENT

Entry Form

Pamphlet

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Steered by Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

The remarkable achievements of the Awards winners (Gold/Silver/Bronze) will be recognised by customers, organisations, the ICT industry practitioners and across the community. Winners will be entitled —

to receive trophies (Gold/Silver/Bronze) of the Hong Kong ICT Awards;
to display the official logo of the Hong Kong ICT Awards in their promotional materials;
to participate in various promotional campaigns to publicise their achievements;
to be supported for entering into other international awards and competitions;
to 3 months free access to Lion Rock 72 (co‐working space in InnoCentre) or co-working space in Hong Kong Science Park Incubation Centre for SMEs[1];
to participate in investment matching activities of the Hong Kong Business Angel Network (HKBAN);
to 3 months free access to Flexi Space in Cyberport Smart-Space for SMEs[2];
to receive Green Channel Interview (conditional[3]) offer of “HK Tech 300 Seed Fund” by City University of Hong Kong (CityU). The awardee will receive up to HKD100,000 in funding and other support from the programme (https://www.cityu.edu.hk/hktech300/about-hk-tech-300/hk-tech-300-seed-fund) (For Student Innovation category, only Stream IV “Postgraduate or above” winners are eligible) after passing through the interview; and
to free participation in some large-scale local ICT events (e.g. InnoEX) for marketing exposure.

Further details and conditions are available at the website: www.hkictawards.hk.

[1]HKSTP offers 1 free seat access to Lion Rock 72 in InnoCentre or co-working space in Hong Kong Science Park Incubation Centre for 3 months (assigned by HKSTP, subject to availability) to SMEs who are HKICT Awards 2023 Gold, Silver or Bronze award winners.

[2]Cyberport offers 1 free Flexi Space in Cyberport Smart-Space for 3 months to SMEs who are HKICT Awards 2023 Gold, Silver or Bronze award winners. The number of flexi-desk offered to ICT Winners is capped to 32. Given the quota, flexi-desk will be offered on a first-come-first-served basis and subject to the availability. Winner shall submit application to Cyberport for the offered flexi-desk on or before 31 Mar 2024 after the announcement of results. Any submission after the deadline will become ineligible.

[3]1. Either one of the startup’s founders is associated with CityU, such as a student / alumnus / research assistant; or 2. The team could identify at least one CityU’s intellectual property (IP) for evaluation if there is no associated founder. (https://www.cityu.edu.hk/hktech300/cityu-intellectual-property)