P๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ 2๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐-๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง
After months of preparation, the moment of truth finally arrived โ the Final Pitch of our 2nd GS1HK IoT Data Hackathon! We welcomed 12 ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ 12 ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ฒ, where they showcased their creativity, technical expertise, and data-driven solutions to address challenging problem statements provided by our corporate sponsors including Maxim’s, HKT, Swire Coca-cola, Watson Water, CUHK Medical School, Airport Authority Hong Kong, Checkpoint, AWS and more. You may find out more about the Hackathon here https://lnkd.in/g8p3f3ts.
๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ on topics ranging from cutting-edge technology to soft skills development, all to perfect their final pitches. Their dedication and hard work were nothing short of inspiring.
๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ who served as judges including William CHAN, John Chen, Ada Fung, Lily Lai, Henry L., Martin Liu, Louis Mah, Joanne M., Steve Ng, Patrick Tsang and Vincent Wong. Their insights were invaluable. Heartfelt thank to all of the mentors for their effort.
While we were amazed by the participantsโ innovations, here are some ๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ’ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ:
1. Identify gaps in solving the target problem and show how your innovation makes a difference
2. Be persistent in validating ideas with mentors
3. Challenge teammates by asking critical questions
4. Anticipate judgesโ questions and prepare thoroughly
5. Balance business opportunities with social impact
The Hackathon was organized by the GS1 HK IoT Industry Advisory Council where I am so honored to serve as President together with Cyberport, HKSTP and many key partners in our ecosystem. DALA – Data & AI Literacy Association hashtagDALA is proudly as one of the supporting organizations.
๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ 2๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซโ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง, Louis Mah (Maxim’s), for his incredible leadership and to all his Committee members. ๐ Shoutout to Sean TAN (Jebsen), the Organizing Committee Chairman of our 1st Hackathon, pioneer it last year. Certainly, appreciate the incredible effort from Anna Lin, Mignone Cheng, and their GS1 Hong Kong GS1HK team to have made it a huge success.
Capturing a photo with Louis, Sean, and Anna was so historic and memorable for many cohorts of our Hackathon in the road ahead. ๐๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ค๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ!
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