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Sustainability Hackathon 2020
永續發展實驗坊2020 [中文版]
The Policy for Sustainability Lab of the Centre for Civil Society and Governance at The University of Hong Kong is pleased to launch its second Sustainability Hackathon in August 2020. It is a 4-day community incubation event to bring together a diverse range of community stakeholders to generate innovative ideas for improving rural-urban interactions in Hong Kong. Participants will propose innovative action plans, business models or product prototypes to solve real challenges in Hong Kong’s food system. Selected teams will be invited to pitch for the awards.
Theme
Hong Kong’s Sustainable Food System
- Enhancing food security
- Raising food literacy
- Fostering social cohesion through food culture
- Reducing and recycling food waste
Judging Criteria
- Innovativeness of the idea
- Contributions to food system sustainability
- Viability of solution
Prizes and Rewards
- Champion, first runner up and second runner up will receive a cash prize of HK$10,000, HK$5,000 and HK$3,000 respectively together with an invitation to apply further seed grant from the Rural Start-up Scheme for prototyping and testing.
- All participants will receive a certificate of participation and become eligible to applying for the Rural Start-up Fund which is now accepting applications.
* The Hackathon will be conducted mainly in Cantonese and is Free of Charge!
Download, fill out and submit the application form to ruralsd@hku.hk by August 14, 2020.
You may apply individually or as a group of maximum 5 persons. Participants must be aged 18 or above. Priority will be given to fellows of the Academy for Sustainable Communities.
Programme Details
Day 1
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August 21, 2020 (Friday) |
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7:00pm to 9:00pm (virtual participation) |
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Introduction to the programme (in Cantonese) and sustainable food system (in English) |
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Day 2
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August 22, 2020 (Saturday) |
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9:00am to 6:00pm (virtual participation) |
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Team formation, ignite talks on food; teams will also participate in various activities to go through the design thinking steps and generate innovative proposals |
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Day 3
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August 23, 2020 (Sunday) |
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9:00am to 23:59pm |
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Participating teams upload their proposals to an online platform and response to comments given by other teams and the organiser. Each team votes for three best proposals. The organiser will also evaluate all the proposals. Determined by (1) number of votes received and (2) the evaluation from the organiser, each accounting for 50% of the total score, a maximum of eight finalist teams will be selected to enter the final pitching of the competition. |
Day 4
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August 29, 2020 (Saturday) |
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2:00pm to 6:00pm |
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Venue: |
11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU |
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Contents: |
Pitching and announcement of winners |
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Enquiry
ruralsd@hku.hk / 3917 4768 (Ms. Jass WU)