COMP Co-hosts Mobile App Innovation Contest (MAIC) 2025 – Hong Kong Regional Final, Showcasing Next-Generation IT Talent

In collaboration with the iOS Club, COMP successfully hosted the Mobile App Innovation Contest (MAIC) 2025 – Hong Kong Regional Final Competition on 4 July 2025. The contest aimed to empower future innovators and strengthen collaboration in IT education between universities in Hong Kong and China, bringing together the brightest student minds from across Hong Kong and Macau to address real-world challenges through mobile technology.

Spanning three months, the competing teams, each comprising three students from higher education institutions, completed their mobile applications from ideation, development, to deployment, and pitched their innovative outcome to a distinguished panel of 23 judges and VIPs. The team winning the first prize will represent the Hong Kong Region to compete in the national contest in Hangzhou in August 2025.

The contest commenced with an inspiring keynote speech by Prof. LI Ping, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Sin Wai Kin Foundation Professor in Humanities and Technology, Director of Grand Canal Culture and Tourism Research Center at PolyU. Prof. Li emphasised the critical role of nurturing innovation and talent in the IT industry, highlighting the importance of sustainable talent pipelines for the future.

Following the keynote, the 15 finalist teams presented their projects, each allocated 15 minutes for presentation, including Q&A and feedback from the judges. The competition concluded with the announcement of the winners:

1^st Prize:

Team: Memory Ferrymen (PolyU)

School: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Awardees: LI Chun Fung (COMP Year 3 Student), LI Kwan To (COMP Year 3 Student), and LIAN Jiongning (COMP Year 3 Student)

2^nd Prize:

Team: Haptic Jam

School: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Hong Kong Institute of Information Technology

Awardees: CHUEN Pak Him, FU Ka Wang, and KWOK Pui Nam

3^rd Prize:

Team: mad.ai

School: Hong Kong Institute of Information Technology

Awardees: CHAN Ying, CHEUNG Tsz Hei, and TANG Kai Chi

Apple Value Prize:

Team: Vision Pro Pro

School: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Awardees: Deng Chun Yung (COMP Year 4 Student) and NIYITEGEKA Berwa Aime Noel (COMP Year 4 Student)

Best UI Prize:

Team: 417From

School: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Hong Kong Institute of Information Technology

Awardees: NG Hoi Hong, NG Kai Shing (COMP Year 4 Student), and WONG Chik On

Congratulations to all participants for their outstanding contributions!