Innovation for Smart City Competition

Submissions: 

Final deliverables submission (by May 2023)
Topic submission form (by 13 Jan 2023)

Theme:

Formulate any smart city initiative or deliverable based on the 6 areas of Smart City Blue Print 2.0 of Hong Kong. It could be an improvement of existing deliverables or a brand new idea falling into any one of these 6 categories:

1. Smart Mobility;
2. Smart Living;
3. Smart Environment;
4. Smart People;
5. Smart Government; and
6. Smart Economy.

A seminar from the Government Representatives will be held on 17 Dec 2022 at TU103, PolyU for interested applicants to understand more about smart city deliverables/systems developed in Hong Kong.

Target Participants :

• F.4-6 secondary school students (or equivalent)
• 3-4 students in a group
• with a supervising school teacher

Deliverables:

1. A power point presentation of no more than 10 slides introducing background, innovation, feasibility, data and technology required, expected users and degree of acceptance or popularity; and
2. A video within 5 minutes to demonstrate the proposed smart city deliverable.

Awards :

Remarks:

1. Each group will receive a medal and all awardees will receive individual certificate.
2. Awardees may be invited for interviews if they choose the PolyU’s relevant BSc programme in the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics as their Band A choice AND record the award properly in the “Other Experiences and Achievements (OEA)” section of the application form for Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS). 

Judging Panel:

• Office of Government Chief Information Officer, HKSAR Government
• Transport Department, HKSAR Government
• Lands Department, HKSAR Government
• Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Important Dates:

Seminar on “Smart City Developments in Hong Kong”

Date:  17^th Dec 2022 (Sat)

Time: 9:30am -12:00nn

Venue: TU103 (Updated), PolyU

Speakers: Representatives from the HKSAR Government and PolyU

• Overview of Smart City Blueprint 2.0

  by Ms. Cari WU
  Chief Systems Manager (Smart City), Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, HKSAR Government

• Smart Mobility Development in Hong Kong

  by Ir Mr. Clarence CHENG
  Chief Engineer/Smart Mobility, Transport Department, HKSAR Government

• 3D Digital Map for Smart City Development

  by Mr. CHEUNG Wing-kai, Alvin
  Senior Land Surveyor, Survey and Mapping Office, Lands Department, HKSAR Government

• Towards Future Smart Cities

  by Professor John Wen-zhong SHI
  Chair Professor, Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics,
  Director, Otto Poon C. F. Smart Cities Research Institute, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• Briefing of Innovation for Smart Cities Competition

Registration deadline:  5^th Dec 2022 (Mon)

Register now!  (P.S. Registration is required.)

Topic Submission for Competition:

Deadline: 13th Jan 2023 (Fri)

Topics submitted will be reviewed by the panel and submission link for deliverable will be provided later. 

Note: medium of submission can be in Chinese or English. 

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Enquiry:

Ms Anna Choi (LSGI)

Tel: 852 - 3400 8158 

Email: anna.choi@polyu.edu.hk

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