Hong Kong Techathon 2022 - Tech Your Way To Business

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Want to challenge yourself among students & alumni from other HK universities and prove your business idea is awesome? A joint university Techathon co-organized HKUST Entrepreneurship Center, HKSTP and six HK universities is your opportunity to realize your dream!

 

We are pleased to announce that the Hong Kong Techathon 2022 will be held on 3-8 January 2022. It is a one week challenge where you can meet new friends, have fun and work together to bring in a new and possible business solution related to the following themes:

  1. AI & Fintech
  2. Humanities & Health Tech
  3. Social Impact & New Gen Tech
  4. Smart City & Sustainability

 

Hong Kong Techathon 2022 will be a great opportunity for you to validate your business ideas and acquire pitching experiences. Furthermore, winning teams would have a chance to get up to HK$1.9M seed funding.

 

Event Highlights:

Date: 3-8 January 2022

Registration Deadline: 2 January 2022 (Sun)

Opening: 3 January 2022 (Mon)

Work it out & Workshops: 4-6 January 2022

Mentor Consultation: 6 January 2022 (Thu)

Work it out: 7 January 2022 (Fri)

Presentation: 8 January 2022 (Sat)

Results Announcement: 8 January 2022 (Sat)

Target Audience: Students and Alumni of University Members form as a team to participate (2 to 10 members)

Themes:

AI & Fintech

Humanities & Health Tech

Social Impact & New Gen Tech

Smart City & Sustainability

 

 

Awards:

Winning teams would have a chance to get up to HK$1.9M seed funding and many more opportunities, such as:

  • Direct Entry to Round 2 of the HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition 2022
  • Fast Track to HKUST Dream Builder Incubation Program (2022/23)
  • Fast Track to EC mentorHUB in Spring 2022
  • Admission to hackUST 2022, etc…

Please click HERE to view all the award details.

 

How to Join?

You can now register your account on the platform in which you can meet new friends and form a team of 2 to 10 members. Then ask your team leader to pick one of the above stated themes and submit your team by 2 January 2022. For details, please visit the website.

 

SIGN UP NOW!

 

Should you have any enquiry, please write to ecenter@ust.hk.  Thank you and we look forward to meeting you!

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