Created by a strong and diverse team of HKUST and HKU graduates in the AI and impact space, Seekr is a compact AI wearable designed to help visually impaired people (VIPs) navigate their lives more independently and safely. Our camera analyses users’ surroundings and translates the information into a digestible, curated audio narration to help users with daily tasks such as reading, moving around places, and locating items. Seekr’s work has received recognition from multiple technology and impact awards, including the Alibaba Jumpstarter Diversity and Inclusion Award, Hong Kong ICT Startup Silver Award, and Y-Lot Best Technology Transfer Award in 2023.

Apart from our technical capabilities, we also pride ourselves in our commitment to understanding our users’ concerns and needs. We are firm believers in design thinking and user-focused design, which is a belief that has prompted us to design Seekr together with VIPs, whose insights helped make Seekr an extraordinary assistive device for VIPs in terms of user experience, features, and form factor.

Seekr is supported by some of the biggest visual impairment NGOs in Hong Kong. We also partner with organisations such as Hong Kong Blind Union, Ebenezer School and Home for the Visually Impaired, Hong Kong Society for the Blind, Eye Fund, and most recently Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, who all showed great satisfaction with our product.

組長
Team Leader
BOSE Turzo (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
RAHMAN Lamia Sreya (CUHK)
PALANIYAPPANVELUMANI Reshika (HKUST)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
Prof. BRAUD Tristan (HKUST)

Website
seekr.hk

Pink Dolphin is the first swimming academy in Hong Kong that offers female-friendly, as well as a culturally and linguistically diverse environment at affordable prices. Our award-winning swimming classes and hydrotherapy are designed specifically for women, especially those with ethnic minority backgrounds, as an effort to promote sportsmanship, accessibility, and inclusivity in the aquatic sports arena in Hong Kong. We also further nurture swimmers to become employable in the aquatic arena to ensure sustainability.

組長
Team Leader
梁雅媛
LEUNG Ya Yuan Rachel (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
葉慧儀
Tayyaba BIBI (EdUHK)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
任鴻先生
Mr. Marshall JEN (CUHK)

Website
pinkdolphinacademy.hk

ReCube stands for Reuse x Reward x Reduce. We provide a convenient and easy Reusable tableware rental service, along with a Reward program that saves cost and increases revenue, all aimed to Reduce disposable tableware waste at its source.

We offer restaurants an efficient, standardised, and profitable solution for renting reusable tableware. Diners can borrow and return the tableware at any partner restaurant using the ReCube App. Additionally, they can enjoy discounts through our reward program. We help partner restaurants save costs associated with disposable tableware while generating valuable exposure and traffic.

ReCube was officially launched in March 2023. In less than a year, we have attracted 13 partner restaurants, resulting in the reduction of over 5000 disposable tableware items. ReCube has also launched a TestBed pilot project in HKSTP. Our goal is to make reuse convenient for diners, ensure profitability for restaurants, and contribute to Hong Kong's achievement of the " dual carbon" targets, creating a win-cube, triple-win situation.

組長
Team Leader
徐嘉熹
TSUI Ka Hei (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
吳梓聰
NG Tsz Chung (HKBU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
蔡志全先生
Mr. Cyrus CHOI (HKUST)

Website
recube.hk

Canpanion is an online platform dedicated to child development and the Special Education Needs (SEN) community. Through interactive and adaptive online assessments and games, we evaluate children's developmental milestones, strengths, weaknesses, and potential SEN. Based on the assessment results, we provide personalised recommendations for toys and tools. Apart from exclusive toys and tools, our services are also seamlessly connected to a global network of certified therapists, psychologists, and teachers who provide valuable guidance through concise videos, showing users multiple ways to engage with each toy. Additionally, parents can conveniently access online teaching materials and benefit from our parenting classes. Our classes focus on providing short-term advice for immediate parenting problems, as well as long-term training on nurturing children's character based on the theory of positive psychology.

Canpanion aims to support child development every step of the way and build a strong community of professionals and parents. We believe that each child can succeed with an appropriate learning environment and the support of accessible, comprehensive, and trustworthy resources, such as child development and SEN tools for educators and parents. This is why we strive to address the limited availability of comprehensive resources in society and provide early identification and SEN support anytime and anywhere. Our goal is to promote awareness of early identification and early intervention during the critical age of development.

組長
Team Leader
徐琬婷
TSUI Yuen Ting (CityU)

組員
Team Member
吳琬瑩
NG Yuen Ying (Pennsylvania Western University)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
冼權鋒教授
Prof. SIN Kuen Fung Kenneth (EduHK)

Website
canpaniongroup.com

人口老化是香港急切需要正視的問題。年輕人與金齡人士及長者之間缺乏理解和互動，價值觀、態度、興趣和溝通方式等方面的差異和衝突導致跨世代代溝日益加劇，使社會結構更加分裂，造成隔閡、磨擦甚至衝突。Senior-Teenage 期望透過「聚首『一堂』」工作坊，培訓二十名金齡導師與二千名中學生進行交流，締造學生與長者間的交流機會，認識樂齡科技議題，並以深入淺出和有趣的方式啟發學生的創意思維及同理心。

導師與金齡助教主持工作坊，探討長者生活上的痛點，並構思減低跌倒事故的解決方案。金齡導師以經驗分析方案的可行性，對樂齡科技有興趣的同學可與金齡助教合作，參與成品展示。

組長
Team Leader
朱涴菁
CHU Yuen Ching (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
李淳風
LEE Chun Feng Aaron (HKUST)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
蕭佩而博士
Dr. SIU Pui Yee Chloe (LU)

Website
senior-teenage.hk

York Joint is a civil and green social enterprise that provides engineering consultancy, design, and construction services in Hong Kong. Our core values of "integrity, safety, and excellence" guide us in creating first-class construction projects with social innovation and technology.

With registered contractors in WSD and EMSD, as well as CICs and social enterprises in both HAD and HKCSS, York Joint aims to provide job opportunities for the betterment of underprivileged communities.

SALUS is a user-friendly and accessible Smart Site Safety System, which is designed to support efficient and safe work practices and empower PwDs. It utilises smart goggles and 5G technology to transmit real-time video and audio from the construction site to trained PwD, while simultaneously using AI for monitoring and supervision. This allows socially disadvantaged individuals in the construction sector to work from home or office, expanding opportunities for them and supporting their livelihoods.

SALUS employs PwD in the back office, providing employment opportunities and aligning neglected talents with professional standards. Through assistive technology, our system offers job vacancies to rehabilitation clients who were injured in construction accidents. These back office assistants serve as an "independent first eye" for the wearers, monitoring and facilitating safety procedures and regulations on site; they will also help conduct tagging for AI learning processes. Additionally, we have partnered with the City University of Hong Kong and Pong Yuen, a top-tier AI company in HKSTP, for AI development, whose help provides solid support for our product adoption.

組長
Team Leader
郭啟源
KWOK Kai Yuen (上海財經大學)

組員
Team Member
陳奕臻
CHAN Yik Chun (HKCT)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
林家強教授
Prof. LAM Ka Keung (CityU)

Website
yorkjoint.com.hk

Rehab-KG is an AI-based rehabilitation support platform that leverages Knowledge Graph (KG) technology to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of rehabilitation services. Aimed at elderly and underserved individuals, it extracts expert insights from medical databases, scholarly journals, and historical patient records to tailor personalised rehabilitation recommendations. The platform's AI Coach uses motion analysis to guide, monitor, and track patient progress, with detailed post-treatment analytics available for therapists’ review. The solution's robust AI engine provides precise outcomes and advanced logical reasoning, particularly with complex knowledge-based data. The platform can be used both online and offline, improving accessibility and cost-efficiency, and ultimately facilitating swift recovery of independence and physical functionality. Our business goal is to license the software or system to medical and insurance platforms, while adhering to a usage-based revenue-sharing model.

組長
Team Leader
方兆軒
FONG Siu Hin (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
梁韻芝
LEUNG Wan Chi (CityU)
易泳希
YI Wing Hei (HSUHK)
蘇文迪
SO Man Tik (HKBU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor

Website
rehabkg.hk

Re:action is a diverse and inclusive cultural team focused on using AI and VR technology to provide innovative rehabilitation experiences for the mobility-impaired community. We also develop activities and programmes to foster inclusivity and intergenerational harmony within the community.

Re:action represents a dual purpose: 1. Encouraging the elderly and people with disabilities to take action and regain vitality through technology-driven rehabilitation exercises; 2. Promoting mutual understanding and communication among different communities, resulting in a chemical reaction of inclusivity and support across generations, ultimately building an inclusive and supportive society.

Our project aims to empower seniors and individuals with disabilities by leveraging cutting-edge technology. By incorporating technology into rehabilitation activities, we help them reintegrate into society, reduce marginalisation, and facilitate communication among diverse communities. With the positive feedback received during the pilot programme over the past year, we are eager to expand our project by utilising our interdisciplinary expertise in education and information technology to further benefit the community.

組長
Team Leader
蘇建峯
SO Kin Fung (HKBU)

組員
Team Member
鄒永雄
CHOW Wing Hung (HKU)
曾偉舜
TSANG Wai Shun (LIFE)
林渲甯
LAM Syun Ning Giselle (HKU SPACE)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
Mr. Samson WONG (HKU)

Website
relearn.hk

Ne8t Foodtech pioneers a revolutionary approach to food, utilising biotechnology to recreate food with a focus on sustainability and relieving food insecurity.

We proudly introduce the next generation of plant-based milk: Milkful. Our plant-based milk is a game-changer, mimicking the taste and feel of dairy milk. Milkful uses our advanced technology to replicate the taste, texture, and character of dairy milk. Now, people can cook, drink, or use it just like traditional milk, while minimising their carbon footprint.

Milkful will effectively decrease water and land usage, as well as greenhouse gas emissions by an impressive 80%. With our innovative technology, we aim to successfully encourage more consumers to switch to plant-based milk alternatives and foster the development of a sustainable community.

Milkful employs biotechnology to transform plants into dairy milk. Our ingredients are all derived from plants and can be easily cultivated year-round, by which we hope ensure a stable food supply for all and promote food security.

組長
Team Leader
彭駿諺
PANG Chun Yin (HKU)

組員
Team Member
鄧穎彤
TANG Wing Tung (University of Warwick)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
Mr. Samson WONG (HKU)

Website
milkful.com.hk

「Fulture 學展所長 生命完全」是本港首間結合教育服務及生涯發展的社區教育服務中心。我們的服務對象是弱勢兒童和弱勢家長。Fulture會向他們提供優質優惠的補習服務，包括功課輔導和專科補習。

Fulture鼓勵學生多元發展，因此我們著力將科、體、藝培養和社會服務放進補習社，並向正參與科、體、藝培育或社會服務的學生提供學費補貼。我們亦會舉辦免費生涯發展活動，如每月外出參觀、舉辦有關自我認識、職業探索和創路之王等一系列工作坊，以及一對一生涯發展諮詢等等。

Fulture的宗旨是配合價值傳遞及生命教育，在補習一步步建立生涯發展教育。我們本著基督精神，致力教學創新推動全人教育。同時亦為學生同行充權自主創路，釋放潛能盡展所長，設計生命，活得完全，達至「學展所長，生命完全」的成果。

組長
Team Leader
范睿熙
FAN Yui Hei (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
陳美詩
CHAN Mei Sze (CUHK)
劉鉞婷
LAU Yuet Ting (CUHK)
劉芷瑩
LAU Tsz Ying (CUHK)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
吳穎鋒博士
Dr. NG Wing-fung Frank (CUHK)

Website
fulture.com.hk

GRPan HK is the pioneer in providing nonstick cookware (pans, pots, rice cooker inserts, baking trays) refurbishment services in Hong Kong. We refurbish worn-out cookware by respraying nonstick coating provided by Japanese manufacturer Daikin which is of premium quality. By doing so, we aim to extend the product life span of nonstick cookware by over 20% and prevent damaged nonstick cookware from being dumped into landfills directly, which may help reduce more than 90% of carbon emissions as opposed to purchasing brand-new cookware every time the old product wears out, as suggested by a study by Ellen Macarthur Foundation.

Hong Kong’s yearly consumption of nonstick cookware is approximately 1.5 million pieces, which shows no sign of decline due to the lack of proper cookware recycling facilities and the poor quality of cheap cookware available in the market. The continuous purchase of nonstick cookware from hotels, restaurants, and households increases a substantial amount of carbon emissions as the production of a new piece of cookware includes metal mining, large-scale manufacturing, packaging, shipping, etc. Hence, GRPan wishes to address this problem by localising the entire refurbishment process, from sourcing unwanted cookware from local households to distributing the refurbished products to local communities, thus largely reducing carbon emissions in the long run. To extend our social impact as a social enterprise, we also hire mentally impaired people from Yang Memorial Methodist Social Service to handle various procedures in the cookware refurbishment process.

組長
Team Leader
林翊行
LAM Yik Hang (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
羅浩珈
LAW Ho Ka (HKU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
蔡志全先生
Mr. Cyrus CHOI (HKUST)

Website
grpan.net

Profind is an AI career companion platform that gives users affordable, instant, personalised, and private career advice, resources, and opportunities they need to succeed. We aim to build a world where professional career guidance, previously accessible only by the wealthy and well-connected, is a fundamental right for everyone.

Our end users’ demographics range from high school students to fresh university graduates, who often feel overwhelmed and unprepared for their professional journeys. The service is also compatible especially with underprivileged and ethnic minority groups, as we believe that everyone, regardless of their socio-economic or ethnic background, should receive equal support, chance, and opportunities when pursuing a fulfilling career.

Noting this pain point, Profind offers tailored advice powered by generative AI, which ensures that the curated resources and relevant opportunities align with each user's unique career goals and aspirations. Along with AI-enabled career enhancement tools, such as Career Pathfinder, CV Doctor, and cover letter generator, Profind strives to guide users at every step of their professional journey by enabling them to access their analytics from anywhere at any time, guiding users at every step of their professional journey.

With Profind, we imagine a world where students and young professionals can unleash their full professional potential without unnecessary obstacles, and be able to do this instantly at their fingertips for a fraction of the price of traditional career services. The time and resources saved shall make it a win-win situation for both talents and hiring companies.

組長
Team Leader
袁穎忻
YUAN Wing Yan (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
張展諾
CHEUNG Chin Nold Arnold (Imperial College)
BAKUBAY Gassyr (HKBU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
凌浩雲教授
Prof. LING Ho-wan Howard (HKBU)

Website
Profind.hk

Stote is a social enterprise that aims to extend the lifecycle of textile waste and promote a sustainable lifestyle.

The current project focuses on recycling textile waste from hotels and upcycling it into new disposable products and souvenirs.

In the hotel industry, large quantities of bed sheets and curtains are discarded every year. Given that the production of these textiles accounts for 80% of the total carbon emissions in their manufacturing process, this vicious cycle of constant production and disposal results in significant carbon emissions. Stote, therefore, aims to break this cycle through upcycling. By replacing traditional consumables with upcycled products, Stote extends the lifecycle of these textile wastes, reducing the overall carbon footprint associated with their production and disposal.

From our past successful upcycling projects, we have received a lot of positive feedback about our products. All of it shows that consumers are very excited about the idea of environmentally friendly and sustainable products, and they are open to using upcycled items. Data also suggests that an increasing number of travellers are seeking more sustainable options in the hospitality industry. The market is ready to go, and so are we. How about you?

組長
Team Leader
施智
SZE Chi (HKU)

組員
Team Member
梁永熹
LEUNG Wing Hei (CUHK)
吕欣
LYU Xin (HKBU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
黃田麒先生
Mr. Nicholas OOI (HKBU)

Website
stote.hk

Welldify’s vision is to become the purpose-driven global leader in empowering individuals to prioritize their mental wellbeing. Our mission is to create practical and personalized wellness solutions powered by AI and science to enhance mental wellbeing for health-conscious individuals through a fun, sustainable, and rewarding experience.

At Welldify, we firmly believe in taking a preventive approach to strengthen the foundation of the mental health ecosystem. We offer evidence-based tools that operate on both the individual and societal levels. Our AI Wellness Coach delivers personalized recommendations and trackable progress, ensuring that each user receives personalized guidance on their wellness journey.

組長
Team Leader
葉靖雯
IP Ching Man (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
葉靖儀
IP Ching Yee (PolyU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
羅安庭教授
Prof. LO On Ting (LU)

Website
welldify.hk

FoodMine is a sustainable food marketplace that connects supermarkets, bakeries, and restaurants to consumers. Merchants can list their surplus food products on our app platform, and then customers can make reservations, prepay for the purchase on our app, and self-pickup at the store at a discounted price. The app incorporates technology that not only helps users to locate their nearest shop to visit in real-time, but AI is also utilised to predict and automate people’s food orders, learn from their preferences and behaviour, and to predict what they would like to eat in the next purchase. We premised this idea on the discounted products often found available in retailers after 7 pm, which inspired us to create an app to provide customers with an option to access these products. Our goal is to promote food sustainability, offer more consumer choices at a discounted price, and allow merchants to show their commitment to CSR and sustainability.

While the main attraction point for users is the discounted food price and the good feeling of saving food, the benefits to merchants are fourfold: 1) they can be an ambassador of sustainability by joining our sustainable food map and getting a display label for their stores; 2) they can enjoy marketing opportunities on our platform for their sustainability stories; 3) they can maximise profit by selling all products, and 4) they can obtain data analytics for user preferences on their products. To extend the marketing effect of sustainability, we will further the promotion by introducing different merchants’ stories via the sustainability food map on our website, as well as our social media account.

組長
Team Leader
鍾嘉琳
CHUNG Ka Lam Macy (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
謝卓楹
TSE Cheuk Ying (HKU)
黃家蔚
WONG Ka Wai Jane (HKUST)
丁尉殷
DING Wai Yan (University of Cambridge)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
葉榮鏗教授
Prof. Yip W.H. Angus (HKU SPACE)

Website
foodmine.co

There are 45 million new chronic disease cases worldwide every year, with 91% of the cases leading to mental health conditions (WHO, 2020). These mental health conditions will not only worsen the chronic diseases, but also lead to lower compliance with patients to medical treatment. Unfortunately, the access to mental health resources in Hong Kong is considerably low, with only 4.5 Psychiatrists available per 100,000 people on average). Hollo aims to alleviate the inequality of mental healthcare accessibility in an increasingly decentralized healthcare system.

Hollo is an app-based, digital mental healthcare platform for chronic patients that provides precision psychiatry treatment through clinically-graded Digital Therapeutics (DTx), powered by Multimodal Biomarker AI. The Multimodal Biomarker AI enables psychodiagnosis through alternative media, such as patient videos for facial, vocal, and semantic recognition of unconscious signals of mental health, while considering the multi-layered patient profile, including physical symptoms, mental health reported data, and background behavioural data.

Our treatments are digitised and gamified versions of evidence-based interventions, which offer psychoeducational content, mindfulness activities, and psychological exercises for patients to work through in a 5-week prescription. Through mindfulness exercises and valued living goal setting, patients can become more accepting of their life conditions, focus on more positive aspects of their lives, and help return them to communities and connect with others.

We’re currently at the stage of clinical studies under the university research partnership, aiming to validate our products and obtain an FDA approval. We hope to partner with the insurance and pharma sectors to distribute our service through hospitals, clinics, and telemedicine, so as to deliver better patient outcomes and better treatment adherence.

組長
Team Leader
温嘉民
VAN BREDA Cameron Xavier (HKU)

組員
Team Member
林敦凱
LIM Tun Hoi Duncan (University College London)
葉永昕
YIH Yong Xin Imogen (HKU)
莊穎霖
CHONG Wing Lam (HKU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
羅就成博士
Dr. LAW Chau Sing Rocky (HKU)

Website
hollo.hk

Elderson是低成本樂齡訊息共享平台，目標是解決跨境養老的遠距離探望問題。 平台採用人工智能、物聯網及區塊鏈技術，並透過嚴格E2E方式加密長者個人資料，只有授權人士才可查看，實現高安全性、自動化、高度整合和簡化操作。 平台亦能加強院舍與家屬之間的無縫互動和信息共享。院舍為長者提供服務期間， 透過Elderson可以向家屬提供包括：日程、饍食、院友狀況、活動、開支等資訊；平台亦連接各服務供應商，家屬能遠距離為長者購買額外服務，例如買花送禮。平台同時打造共享API機制，讓家屬可以使用不同健康指數裝置以IoT形式24小時追蹤及預測長者健康情況，改善長者的生活品質和安全性，建立智能化的樂齡生態圈，促進智慧養老的發展，鼓勵他們安心跨境養老。

組長
Team Leader
梁成龍
LEUNG Shing Lung (CityU)

組員
Team Member
李博洋
LI Pok Yeung (CityU)
馮可澄
FUNG Ho Ching (HSUHK)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
凌浩雲教授
Prof. LING Ho-wan Howard (HKBU)

Website
elderson.hk

Mind+ is more than just a business - we are a social enterprise driven by a deep sense of care and responsibility towards society. Our unwavering commitment to leveraging advanced technology for the betterment of society is at the core of everything we do.

Our first project Vision+ utilises AI to assist in the detection of minor, early, rare lesions of ophthalmological diseases in optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans, which is one of the most widely used diagnostic techniques, with high levels of accuracy and efficiency.

Existing problems:
1. Lacking ophthalmologists and optometrists
2. Long waiting time of patients in Hong Kong (2.75years)
3. Easy neglection of early pathologies
4. Frequent controversial OCT images

Aim: Shorten the waiting periods, prioritise emergencies, predict risk, and provide trust-worthy scientific reference

Target: Eye hospitals, clinics, and medical institutes

Solution: Vision+ aims to assist ophthalmologists in Hong Kong by automatically detecting and diagnosing common eye diseases from OCT scans. By employing advanced deep learning techniques, Vision+ can analyse OCT images with efficiency and accuracy of 98%, providing crucial information and recommendations to doctors.

With the ability to 3D visualise blood vessels in the retina, compatibility with all major OCT machines in Hong Kong, and accessibility from any computer, Vision+ aims to seamlessly integrate into the current ophthalmology imaging workflow. This advanced technology enables us to significantly reduce the waiting time between imaging and diagnosis, alleviating the stress and anxiety experienced by patients. We understand that timely access to care is crucial, especially for underserved communities that may face additional barriers in obtaining medical attention. Hence, our product can not only serve to improve their overall healthcare experience but also help to address health disparities and promote equal access to quality eye care.

組長
Team Leader
鄭慶霖
CHANG Hing Lam (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
李彥熹
LI Yin Hei (CUHK)
李烯瀅
LI Hee Ying (CUHK)
大力克阿巴西
ABBASSI Syed Muhammad Tariq (HKU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
袁武教授
Prof. YUAN Wu (CUHK)

Website
mindplusai.hk

MEDtaverses is a comprehensive med-tech service platform specialising in B2B2C smart healthcare and digital therapy, with services spanning from telemedicine to rehabilitation. We aim to utilise gamified digital therapy to enable more engaging and motivating high-intensity therapy for people recovering from strokes.

What sets MEDtaverses apart is our focus on reusable and rentable med-tech solutions. Our platform and services are backed not only by medical professionals but also designed for easy adoption across specialities. Integrated digital solutions as such will allow rehabilitation work to be made more efficient.

With rentable MEDtaverses spaces, we aim to create the first digital therapy metaverse, aggregating ready-made rehab services in one place for customers.

MEDtaverses currently offer the following subscription plans:

Custom (Fees to be finalised depending on add-on features chosen by users): Customisation is available for features such as scenes, gamification settings, and data research analytics. Users can also opt for add-on features and localisation services.

Professional ($89.9): Made for rehabilitation professionals and businesses, who can utilise MEDtaverse to manage their patients’ cases after diagnosis. Each space has a limit for the number of users and patients; for a larger capacity, customers can select the Custom plan.

Patients/Individuals (Free): Registered users or patients can use MEDtaverse for free and keep track of their digital treatment records on the platform.

*Invited team from “Good Seed”

組長
Team Leader
詹晴楓
CHIM Ching Fung (CityU SCOPE)

組員
Team Member
曾科帆
TSANG For Fan (HKBU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
黃穎思博士
Dr. WONG Wing Sze (PolyU)

Website
medtaverses.com

CanTone is a forward-thinking social venture established in 2023 that stands at the intersection of technology and education. Driven by a multilingual and dynamic team that not only has years of experience in education and software development, but also a shared vision of inclusivity and empowerment for ethnic minority (EM) children, our goal is to establish a comprehensive platform for ethnic minorities to learn Chinese, thereby enhancing their educational prospects and social integration.

AI Story Buddy, a solution developed by CanTone, applies AI technology to provide an interactive storybook reading function for EM children. It offers real-time pronunciation detection and immediate feedback, filling a crucial gap for interactive learning. By enabling learners to enjoy equal and quality education, we hope to break language barriers as well as improve social integration and quality of life for the EM community.

CanTone was awarded the SIE Seed Fund in 2023, which supports us to develop a Cantonese vocab learning app with AI functions and 4 EM languages, targeted at EM kindergarten children. We also collaborated with over 10 NGOs to co-organise different events, benefiting over 120 EM children, reaching approximately 800 EM users in total.

*Invited team from “Good Seed”

組長
Team Leader
郭威騰
KWOK Wai Tang (CityU SCOPE)

組員
Team Member
林倩如
LAM Sin Yu (CityU SCOPE)
林霆騫
LAM Ting Hin (HSUHK)
BIBI Khadijah (IVE)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
劉鐸教授
Prof. LIU Duo (EdUHK)
羅婉薇博士
Dr. LAW Yuen Mei Vicky (CityU)
謝永齡教授
Prof. TSE Wing Ling John (CityU)

Website
cantonehk.com.hk

Hong Kong currently faces a severe shortage of registered sign language interpreters due to the lack of education about HKSL and the high barriers to becoming a registered interpreter. This situation also worsens when HKSL interpretation becomes inconsistent, if not inaccurate, as non-registered volunteers may use false or non-standardised HKSL gestures. Noting the rise of such issues, Impact AI has developed our own HKSL translation app that aims to tackle the social problem of communication barriers, which has led to social exclusion for hearing-impaired individuals. The project targets beneficiaries such as individuals in the deaf community, deaf associations, educational institutions, workspaces, healthcare providers, and public spaces seeking to create inclusive environments. Our app can be used on a wide variety of occasions such as press conferences, taking official statements, building inclusive educational content, and other situations where translation is necessary for an inclusive environment. By providing accurate and culturally relevant translations of HKSL into written text and vice versa, the project addresses the need for effective communication. The objective of the project is to enhance accessibility, break down communication barriers, and empower individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to engage in various aspects of life fully.

組長
Team Leader
RAZA Aaliya (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
劉浩
LIU Hao (HKUST)
農定戰
NONG Ding Zhan (HKBU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
黃智榮教授
Prof. Raymond WONG (HKUST)

Website
impactai.hk

Metaprint is a HKUST startup that strives to revolutionise education with cutting-edge AIoT educational metaverse courses designed exclusively for the academic community. Over the past eight months, we have built exceptional pools of STEAM mentors, expanding our capabilities to deliver comprehensive AIoT educational metaverse courses to primary and secondary schools across Hong Kong. With our proficiency in AI, IoT, and Metaverse technologies, students can gain a deeper understanding of the materials by visualising and manipulating real-time data within the metaverse space.

Beyond school-based education, we actively engage in youth empowerment initiatives like Project Melo and HKDAS to raise awareness of our startup and contribute to the local community. By inspiring young minds, we aim to ignite a passion for STEAM education. Our endeavour has also been further enhanced through strategic business partnerships with various organisations, one of which being a reputable Science Park company, whose insights help strengthen our curriculum and provide an enriched learning experience to our students.

Metaprint also prides ourselves as an EduTech startup and STEAM operation that runs on an innovative business model. In addition to AIoT metaverse courses, we foster collaboration among university entrepreneurs, creating an idea incubation base. Here, talented individuals from diverse academic backgrounds can work together to develop groundbreaking STEAM courses, thus incubating ideas and driving academic excellence for Hong Kong’s next generation. Metaprint's integration of AI and IoT course content within the metaverse, coupled with our commitment to education, entrepreneurship, and community engagement, positions us at the forefront of Hong Kong's academic community. Our mission is to shape and elevate the STEAM education landscape, empowering young minds for a brighter and more innovative future.

組長
Team Leader
王柏軒
WANG Pak Hin (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
吳芷菁
NG Tsz Ching (HKUST)
黃弘曆
WONG Wang Lik (HKUST)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
凌恒然教授
Prof. LING Hang Yin Carrie (HKUST)

Website
metaprint.hk

Point Fit Technology is developing a non-invasive sweat sensor for continuous and real-time biomolecule monitoring for elderly care. Our core product, the PF-ACE, sticks to the skin without requiring any adhesives by utilising a novel Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight-Polyethylene (UHMWPE) nanomembrane, a technology that simultaneously filters the water from sweat vapour. The filtered biomolecules will then be detected by the selective biomolecule sensing components using either enzymes or artificial antibody-analogues called molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP). The chemical signal transmitted by the sensing components will then be continuously transmitted via Bluetooth into our in-house mobile app to allow end users to obtain their desired health data.

Our solution provides significant advantages compared to current elderly health monitoring methods:

1. Modular: Our sensing components can be modified to detect a wide range of biomolecules as necessary to suit the complex health needs of the elderly and facilitate personalised healthcare;

2. Non-invasive: An alternative for painful and uncomfortable blood draws and biopsies, all of which not only discourage the elderly from getting regular health checks but also carry the risk of causing complications due to infections;

3. Real-time and Continuous: By removing the need to wait for lengthy lab checks, caretakers will always be up-to-date with the physiological conditions of the elderly under their care, allowing them to take prompt medical action if necessary.

組長
Team Leader
陳晨
CHEN Chen (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
OKTAVIUS Kenny (HKUST)
王路
WANG Lu (PolyU)
崔乘源
CUI Cheng Yuan (LU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
凌浩雲教授
Prof. LING Ho-wan Howard (HKBU)

Website
pointfittech.com

Founded in Hong Kong, JAPJAP Zero Waste is a social enterprise that provides a decentralised, community-based sustainable (‘Cradle-to-Cradle’) solution to domestic food waste using innovative bio-recycling technology. JAPJAP Zero Waste’s central mission is to help individuals and institutions be part of a better solution to Hong Kong’s growing food waste crisis and the problem of toxic landfill sites. Users can adopt a more sustainable method of food waste disposal via JAPJAP’s bio-recycling system.

Operating both as a self-service and fully-automated green biotechnology system, JAPJAP bio-recycling stations make use of black soldier flies that live in a modular stacking system using upcycled pallets. Black soldier flies can significantly help JAPJAP’s bio-recycling system in reducing food waste due to their ability to eat many kinds of food, hence minimising the need for harmful carbon-emitting landfill sites across Hong Kong. JAPJAP stations employ an innovative Environmental Monitoring Mechanism technology (patent filed) for self-maintenance of its operation, ensuring optimal environmental conditions (including humidity and temperature) for the efficient processing of food waste by black soldier flies. Useful by-products (e.g. fertilizer and bio-diesel) from the JAPJAP system can also be further commercialised for multiple sectors which will better promote Hong Kong as a carbon-neutral green city.

As a concept that centres around promoting sustainable ways of living, the JAPJAP project carries with it an educative role. Partnering with schools offering STEM (i.e. science and technology) specialisation, JAPJAP also engages in public outreach with hopes of fostering co-creation with Hong Kong’s youth, thereby encouraging them to be part of the sustainable living movement through innovation.

組長
Team Leader
陳文慧
CHAN Man Wai (PolyU)

組員
Team Member
李健瑋
LEE Kin Wai (PolyU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
Prof. PAN Hung Bing (PolyU)

Website
japjap.com.hk

稻築RiceFort是香港綠色材料科學團隊，主要開發以稻殼為主要材料的板材產品和設計方案來應對氣候變化。我們的創始團隊由來自科大、理大、港大和中大的學生組成。通過運用核心技術和環保材料，開發成品主要應用於製造家具、建材等。而我們研發的板材與一般板材並無分別，但卻更環保及優質，以促進環保建設發展。我們致力於發展綠色建築，旨在創造可持續發展的未來。稻築期待與非牟利組織、商場、家具品牌等合作，共同開發不同產品以擴大社會影響力。此外，我們亦積極地透過講座、分享會和材料科技的工作培訓來加深公眾對可持續生活的認識。

組長
Team Leader
李文
LI Man (HKU)

組員
Team Member
賴潤芝
LAI Yun Chi (HKUST)
鄭亮
CHENG Leong (HKUST)
羅玉兒
LAW Yuk Yi (CUHK)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
Prof. Marshal LIU (HKUST)

Website
ricefort.com

Vivablee是一個遊戲化的靜觀手機應用程式，用家透過完成每日的靜觀小練習賺取程式中的「mindful bits」。用家可以「mindful bits」在香港不同地方換取與靜觀及個人生活相關的產品及服務，例如手沖咖啡或瑜伽體驗等。

Vivablee希望改善同類產品的不足，例如是用家黏性偏低而未能有效與用家互動的問題。Vivablee期望透過遊戲化的系統及介面，為用家提供誘因，鼓勵恆常靜觀練習，讓用家養成靜觀習慣，從而解決此問題。

Vivablee 針對25至45歲，在日常生活受壓力影響，並有興趣以靜觀管理壓力之社群。Vivablee的在香港市場的估值為6億港元，成立至今亦擁有2,500位用家及4個企業客戶，當中包括香港中文大學醫學院及香港理工大學。

組長
Team Leader
錢浩暘
CHIN Ho Yeung Felix (The University of Edinburgh)

組員
Team Member
張文軒
CHEUNG Man Hin (CUHK)
周培然
CHOW Pui Yin Roy (HKU)
蔡詠恩
TSOI Wing Yan (CUHK)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
張德杏教授
Prof. ZHANG Dexing Daisy (CUHK)

Website
vivablee.com.hk

Founded in 2021 and incubated by Hong Kong Design Centre, Dress Green is a design-driven social enterprise that promotes sustainable development through creativity. One of Dress Green’s initiatives is UNI Green, of which the name “UNI” stands for “Uniform” and “Unique”. Believing in the uniqueness of uniforms, UNI Green is a programme that aims to lengthen the retail life cycles of overstock uniforms from schools and other uniformed corporates. After collecting unsold and/or unsaleable uniforms from the organisations, UNI Green hires job-seeking individuals - mostly from the disadvantaged community - to help give these uniforms a new life as souvenirs and stitched products. Unlike most graduation and corporate souvenirs that are mass-produced, UNI Green’s locally produced keepsakes are uniquely designed according to the motifs and colours specific to each supplying uniform. Some uniforms are also used in upcycling workshops that serve to educate students and staff members about upcycling. This initiative not only reduces uniform waste, but also creates meaningful employment opportunities for disadvantaged individuals and educates the community about sustainable fashion.

In 2022, Dress Green upcycled over 1,000 products and created over 1,000 hours of working opportunities for local elderly and housewives. Among these products, the ones designed with old uniforms through the project of UNI Green even won the DFA Design for Asia Award 2022 and Hong Kong Smart Design Award 2022. The story of UNI Green was also featured by RTHK, HK01, am730, Sing Tao, Yahoo!, Metro Broadcast, Metro Pop, and Parenting Headlines.

組長
Team Leader
余倩韻
YU Sin Wan (PolyU)

組員
Team Member
彭兆樟
PANG Siu Cheung Victor (HKUST)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
Silvia CHOI (PolyU)

Website
dressgreen.hk

Trilingcal is a training group that targets non-Chinese-speaking (NCS) youngsters, to whom we provide job-related education with trilingual learning materials. With an operation mode comparable to Inno330, a social enterprise cafe that offers workplace training for people in recovery of mental illness, we strive to equip NCS youngsters with job-related soft skills, as well as the common job etiquette in Hong Kong’s predominantly Chinese-speaking workplace. We also hire NCS mentors to help us with co-designing customised learning materials, and creating learning videos that could help improve the learning efficacy of NCS students. Our training programme offers:

1.   Internships and job opportunities for NCS youngsters to enhance their job readiness, with complementary courses taught by NCS mentors, as NCS youngsters lack pre-job training to accustom  them to Hong Kong’s workplace culture;
   
   
2. Affordable Chinese lessons for NCS learners, as a low Chinese level is evidently linked to academic and employment difficulties for NCS individuals in Hong Kong;
   
   
3. Chinese learning materials that are specifically designed with the help of NCS tutors, using the languages that are commonly used among the NCS communities. These materials will be used in courses such as Chinese enhancement, Manner Training, Pre-P1, and Pre-S1 Preparation, etc., as most pre-existing Chinese learning materials are not effectively designed to fit NCS students’ needs
   
   
4. A sense of solidarity within the NCS community with the contribution from parent volunteers.

By providing the NCS community with Chinese learning  resources that are culturally customised, and career-related soft skills that can help them excel in Hong Kong’s workplace, Trilingcal endeavours to ultimately promote empowerment for NCS youngsters in Hong Kong.

組長
Team Leader
連綺文
LIN Yee Man (EdUHK)

組員
Team Member
區卓婷
AU Cheuk Ting (EdUHK)
賴秀穎
LAI Sau Wing (CUHK)
梁業周
LEUNG Yip Chow (CUHK)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
江浩民博士
Dr. Raymond KONG (EdUHK)

Website
trilingcal.hk

I am not old, I am GOLD”「吾是老餅」：香港糕點文化記錄

「糕點時光 Time To Gold」成立於2021年，是一間致力保存傳統糕點文化的社會企業，我們提供糕點銷售及寄賣、技能培訓、體驗工作坊及資訊分享等服務，期望在提供服務的同時，促進婦女充權及長者就業。

團隊將會走訪不同售賣糕點的地方，將香港現存的糕點文化記錄下來，讓這種傳統手藝得以延續。我們將於網上建立糕點地圖，並出版書籍，聯同學生將這種傳統手藝的故事記錄下來，讓香港人能夠從不同角度了解香港糕點文化。團隊致力保存傳統文化手藝，讓更多人也能了解到糕點文化，改變傳統就是過時的想法，從而推廣這種手藝的價值及提升其地位。

組長
Team Leader
李昕君
LEE Yan Kwan (HKU)

組員
Team Member
李清儀
LI Ching Yee (HSUHK)
胡兆璧
WU Siu Pik (HKSYU)
楊明珠
YEUNG Ming Chu (HKBU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
蕭欣浩博士
Dr. SIU Yan Ho (HKBU)

Website
timetogold.hk

Since its establishment in 2019, THE LOOPS has been known as a leading one-stop door-to-door recycling centre in Hong Kong.

Waste problems are the results of resource misallocation. Currently, there is no effective way that allows people to give away their unwanted items and take back what they needed. In the end, many of these items go to waste even though some people in society need them.

Accepting more than 40 types of recyclable materials, The Loops offers the smoothest and easiest recycling path to both households and offices. Recyclables are collected right at the doorstep, sorted through, and then delivered to recycling factories for recycling, or shops for reuse.

Our employees are unemployed homemakers who come from the disadvantaged community. We provide them with a very family-friendly work schedule, as well as the options to work in their neighbourhood; in some cases, they could even work in the same building they live in. We believe this is a process of empowerment as it enables them to contribute financially to their families, and also socially to their communities.

While disposable packaging brings immense convenience to our modern daily lifestyle, it also creates the pressing problems of waste and pollution. Here at The Loops, however, our belief is that, since everything is eventually disposable in a linear economy, the problem is never what materials we use, but how we treat them after using them. After all, it is the afterlife of these materials that defines a circular economy and, thus, completes the Loops.

#Invited team from Good Seed

組長
Team Leader
黃靖羲
WONG Ching Hei (HKSYU)

組員
Team Member
陳慧珊
CHAN Wai Shan (CityU)
鍾依穎
CHUNG Yee Wing (University of Tasmania)
姚嘉𣌀
YIU Ka Hei (CUHK)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
胡嘉明教授
Prof. WU Ka Ming (CUHK)

Website
theloopshk.hk

Tamee is an education and social networking platform that is established to connect corporates that are seeking to sponsor quality ESG activities with students who are in search of opportunities to materialise their ESG projects. By providing support to both parties using the framework of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs), we aim to kickstart more structured ESG projects, influence personal values and foster interpersonal bonds, as well as, ultimately, promote the adoption and implementation of the UN-SDGs in Hong Kong.

While students in Hong Kong often devote themselves to projects that could help brush up their extracurricular activities profile, thus benefiting their applications to academic institutions, many of them are especially passionate about undertaking projects that involve potential social impact. Although such passion can be seen as their attempt to solve the world’s problems with creativity, they usually lack the necessary credentials that could help them attract sponsorships from companies, let alone making the projects happen.

Meanwhile, in recent years, companies are also observed to have become increasingly concerned about their social and environmental contributions. This is likely due to the fact that after ESG reporting was made mandatory in Hong Kong, a company’s efforts to make an impact in ESG have become an indicator of its success. However, recent ESG activities are often unstructured, lacking proper measurements or governance standards. This poses a challenge to impact assessment and resource allocation for companies, which in turn may obstruct the upscaling of impactful projects.

In light of this, Tamee aims to bridge the gap between Hong Kong’s young talents and companies by providing online and offline support.

We partnered with the UN Industrial Development Organisation Global Innovation Network Project (UNIDO GIN Project), a specialised agency in the UN, with whom we provide online and offline education for students aged 12-22 on the 17 UN-SDGs, project formations, and team formations. We assist teenagers in achieving their goals of co-creating social impact and enhancing their profiles with credible extra-curricular activities or certificates.

On the other end of the bridge, we also help listed companies in growing their social impact, thus polishing their ESG reports, by providing ESG reporting services which will specifically allow them to select their sponsorship recipients from various student-initiated projects that have verifiably incorporated UN-SDGs.

組長
Team Leader
尤翰翹
YAU Hon Kiu Edwin (HKU)

組員
Team Member
翟文浩
CHAK Man Ho (CUHK)
何諾兒
Shelby HO (CUHK)
古欣喬
KO Yan Kiu (University of South Australia)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
羅就成博士
Dr. LAW Chau Sing Rocky (HKU)

Website
tamee.hk

SEN Technology strives to deliver solutions that can make things easier for professionals who work with children with special educational needs (SEN). These include SEN teachers, educational psychologists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, social workers, and physical therapists, all of whom endeavour to provide students with quality education that corresponds to their unique needs. Currently, in Hong Kong, the shortage of SEN professionals not only lays a heavy workload on these professionals, but also delays the appropriate help for SEN families, such as individualised training and support, for up to 12 months.

Myotapps City is a gamified training tool that is developed to satisfy the needs of all parties. It supports SEN professionals in designing home training programmes for SEN students aged 3 to 17 years old, with the objectives of improving their academic, behaviourial, and functional performance. With this accessible, affordable, and interactive tool, professionals can easily perform independent training with each student by assigning the just-right challenges to them, as well as keep track of their progress. The tool is also designed to satisfy most, if not all, needs of various parties, thanks to its growing set of evidence-based training that targets executive functioning, handwriting, social, fine motor, and visual perceptual skills, all of which are designed and developed by a team of SEN professionals. With Myotapps City, students no longer have to wait for months until receiving suitable support, but be able to receive customised training anytime and anywhere, just with a touchscreen device.

組長
Team Leader
黎安琪
LAI Angela On Kei (Imperial College London)

組員
Team Member
李卓寧
LEE Cheuk Ning (University of Derby)
李爾心
LEE Yi Sum (Coventry University)
馬翠儀
MA Chui Yee Natalie (Coventry University)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
陳子文
CHAN Tsz Man (PolyU)

Website
myotapps.hk

Founded in 2021, OUTPSYCDER aims to create a better community by putting our effort into supporting, destigmatizing, and raising awareness of mental health issues; kickstarting open and honest conversations about mental illness (MI); and advocating for sustainable living. This year, we want to expand our brand from online advocacy to in-person community outreach by providing accessible, reliable, and affordable mental health (MH) care to any struggling individuals at our new studio: Ticket To Ataraxia by OUTPSYCDER. There will be peer support groups, 1-on-1 consultation services, as well as stress relief and self-care products available for sale, through which we hope to build a nonjudgmental safe space that allows people to wind down in this bustling city.

組長
Team Leader
霍嘉敏
FOK Catalina Ka Man (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
林祖慧
LAM Cho Wai (HKU)
劉韻珩
Andrea Lavinia LAU (University of Kent)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
OR Kwan Yi (HKBU)

Website
outpsycder.hk

Every day, in Hong Kong, a significant quantity of food that looks less than perfect is directly sent to waste, despite being perfectly delicious and nutritious. This type of food is known as “ugly food”, which is often thrown away simply because they look misshapen, off-sized, or a little bruised and damaged. In light of this situation, it is NOT ONLY POWDER’s mission to rescue these ugly foods, specifically fruits, from being wasted. But instead of producing more food to meet people’s demands, our plan is to better utilise the food we already have. 

NOT ONLY POWDER collaborates with local fruit stores to collect ugly fruits that were intended to be discarded. We then upcycle these fruits by slicing them into pieces, dehydrating them with freeze-drying technology, and blending them into powder form. Through this upcycling process, the products’ 2-week shelf life will be lengthened to 1 year. Our powdered products can be widely used in drinks, desserts, dishes, and pastries, to name a few. Furthermore, we also strive to leverage on technology to facilitate communication, foster collaboration, and improve business agility between our partners and us, which is why we will provide a channel for our partners to update their ugly fruits inventory.  We are proud to announce that, after making various iterations, we are now ready with our first collection! What about you?

組長
Team Leader
方苑瀠
FONG Yuen Ying (The University of Göttingen)

組員
Team Member
周長松
CHAU Cheung Chung (PolyU)
張藝譯
CHEUNG Ngai Yik (HKUST)
李芷晴
LEE Tsz Ching (PolyU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
梁振聲博士
Dr. LEUNG Chun Sing (PolyU)

Website
notonlypowder.hk

For 20 years, Connie has served her loved ones wholeheartedly, and dedicated all her time and effort to providing the best nurturing environment for her kids and to creating the warmest and sweetest home for her family. As her children have grown up, she now enjoys more personal time, and she feels that it is finally time to strive for her own goals and pursue her own dreams. But after months of job seeking, there was no echo nor response, until she met Never Too Late (NTL).

It is Never Too Late to make a change for a better chance! NTL Recruitment is a human resources social enterprise tailored for ladies aged 45 or above, who have left the workplace for over 5 years, and are looking for an opportunity to open up a new chapter of their lives.  By helping these women return to the workforce through training workshops and job-matching services, as well as our innovative Senior Internship Programme, we aspire to unearth their potential so as to rebuild their confidence, re-establish their self-image, and restore their self-esteem.

組長
Team Leader
吳心妍
NG Sum Yin (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
陳余姗
CHAN Yu Shan (HKSYU)
黎諾晴
LAI Nok Ching (HKUST)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
Donny SIU (HKUST)

Website
ntl-recruit.hk

As the problem of ageing population continues to spread around the globe, swallowing disorders have also come under the spotlight as a more common medical condition in our society. Swallowing disorders have been a rising concern of the professionals working on elderly healthcare, since the associated diseases may not only lower people’s quality of life but even be fatal. Support is, therefore, the key to swallowing disorder prevention, which can ultimately safeguard quality of life, reduce medical expenses, and most importantly, ensure survival. However, the current system lacks the resources and manpower to provide regular rehabilitation services for people with swallowing disorders. Such services include swallowing exercises, which are known to be helpful in improving oral motor functions of at-risk older adults.

Besides, under the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic over the past few years, many clinical sessions have been switched from face-to-face to online mode. This suggests that the rehabilitation industry is becoming more adapted to the online approach under the new normal. Therefore, there is foreseeable trend of mobile applications being a more prevalent tool in assisting speech therapy.

Hence, the solution our team has created to minimise the impact swallowing disorders have on our elderly population is MotOral, a mobile application that assists speech therapists in providing at-risk older adults with preventive measures for swallowing disorders.  Fun and engaging exercises are also included in the application, so that users could train their oral motor muscles without feeling overwhelmed.

With MotOral, life is made easier.

組長
Team Leader
余杏慈
YUE Hang Chi (HKU)

組員
Team Member
李愷妍
LEE Hoi In (HKU)
梁絲羽
LEUNG Sze Yu (HKUST)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
吳民華博士
Dr. NG Manwa Lawrence (HKU)

Website
motoral.hk

Based in Hong Kong Science Park, Meat the Next is a social innovator enterprise that specialises in food technology and high-quality New Generation Food. By developing and producing delicious, nutritionally balanced, and affordable smart protein products and solutions, such as dairy-free ice cream, milk, plant-based meat, etc, our aim is to bring about diet change for the sake of individuals’ well-being, as well as global impact so as to combat climate change and alleviate food crisis. All the food technologies we utilised are also patented by ourselves, including non-GMO odourless soybean and the advanced fermentation technology.

We source our raw materials directly from green and clean-labelled suppliers. With our self-developed protein extrusion machine and advanced fermentation technology, we are also able to provide downstream food solutions and New Generation Food to adapt to the market’s needs.

Apart from developing New Generation Food products with food technology, we have also made effort to enlarge Meat the Next’s social impact by conducting talks and sharing at schools, elderly houses, and social enterprises to raise social awareness of how smart protein can help achieve sustainability. We offer DIY workshops where participants have the opportunity to produce future food by themselves, through which they could not only be equipped with related skills but may even gain interest in the sustainable lifestyle.  Job and internship opportunities are also provided to educated rehabilitated persons, as an initiative to alleviate poverty issues as well as to foster purposefulness and confidence in these communities, all on top of our primary goal of environmental advocacy.

組長
Team Leader
陳家銘
CHAN Ka Ming Edmund (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
車曉雪
CHE Hiu Suet Michelle (HKUST)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
黃永德教授
Prof. WONG Wing Tak Jack (CUHK)

Website
mtngrowsomeo.hk

Invisible Environmental Technology, also known as Invisible Tech, is a tech startup that focuses on achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by transforming wood waste into sellable technology assets through a unique Environmental-Social-Governance (ESG) Ecosystem. Invisible Tech produces educational and tech products, such as STEM Audio DIY Kit and solar-powered devices, with upcycled wood waste materials, through which the use of technology also gives them new lives in a more meaningful and impactful way in the tech education and lifestyle sectors. Additionally, Invisible Tech owns patents for various self-developed design and technologies which are also integrated into our ESG products. By applying leading technology to our innovative upcycled products, we aim to further create social impact. Besides hardware production, Invisible Tech also established the online ESG digital platform The Invisible Eco-Hub to track material flow from wood waste to upcycled products with the use of blockchain and NFT technologies. By enabling transparency of ownership transfers for parties ranging from wood waste generators to end customers through the omni-channel strategy, The Invisible Eco-Hub serves to eventually resolve the root cause of wood waste issue.

Invisible Tech has been recognised by various reputable organisations, including the Hong Kong Science Park Incubation Programme 2022 (awardee), HKU’s Technology Start-up Support Scheme for Universities (TSSSU) 2022 (awardee), the Hong Kong Universities Student Innovation and Entrepreneur Competition 2021 (first runner-up), the HKTDC IP Hatch Innovation Challenge 2021 (awardee), the HKU MEICOM Tang Chui Wai Hing Project Prize 2020-21 (awardee), and the IDA Design Award (Bronze), to name a few.

組長
Team Leader
李柏如
LEE Pak Yu (HKU)

組員
Team Member
溫卓傑
WAN Cheuk Kit (HKU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
張英相教授
Prof. CHEUNG Ying Sheung (HKU)

Website
invisibletech.hk

With global warming causing rapid increase in global temperature and an annual surge of 25-40% in electricity fees, Green Future thinks that it is time to strive for carbon neutrality in Hong Kong in a bid to combat this wider issue, Meanwhile, we also notice the way local sunset industries have been more vigorously urged to cease operation in recent years, not to mention the toll which the upcoming bills hike may further take on these businesses.

In light of this situation, our team at Green Future - which has extensive technical knowledge and working experience in the renewable sector - has figured out the ideal solution to all these problems - Agrivoltaics. By designing and installing agrivoltaics in Hong Kong’s farmland, we could enable simultaneous use of the land for both photovoltaic power generation and agricultural purposes; while the environment could be preserved through the generation of green energy, farmers’ businesses could also benefit from the extra source of income and the increase in their crop yield.

Our early study shows that with optimal spacing, temperature, and humidity level, not only would the system not impair crop growth, but it can even increase yield. We are excited to see more tremendous results from some of our early adopters as we continue to expand our network of partners to other jurisdictions.

組長
Team Leader
柳蔚濠
LAU Wai Ho (University College London)

組員
Team Member
鄭有成
CHENG Yau Shing Christopher (Cornell University)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
Wendy YAU (CityU)

Website
green-future.hk

Green Ashes is a green tech startup that focuses on producing sustainable activated carbon using agricultural and forestry waste. Our first prototype of activated carbon is made from dried pine tree leaves, considering that dried pine needles are known to be the main cause of wildfires. Yielding a high adsorption efficiency of over 90%, this new generation of activated carbon is not only more sustainable with reduced carbon footprints and emissions, but also more cost-effective as compared to conventional activated carbon, which is mainly made from coal.  Moving forward, Green Ashes is determined to kill two birds with one stone by alleviating the problem of wildfires while also turning wastes into valuables at the same time.

The growing trend of activated carbon usage in different industries indicates the likelihood of more coal mines being exploited to meet the rising demand. Unless we come up with a new solution, the carbon footprint of the activated carbon production industry would continue to increase, eventually leading the industry to an unsustainable future.

Green Ashes is taking the first step to embrace a new approach, which is to transform the way of activated carbon production into a more sustainable one by fully utilising unwanted agricultural and forestry waste. We help the agricultural and forestry sectors to get rid of their waste and transform them into profitable resources; on one hand, we help activated carbon manufacturers save up carbon quota; on the other, we provide high-quality sustainable activated carbon to buyers. Our ultimate aim is to help these parties to achieve SDGs and fulfil carbon neutrality in the long run.

組長
Team Leader
林翊行
LAM Yik Hang (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
羅浩珈
LAW Ho Ka (HKU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Thiyagarajan VENGATESEN (HKU)

Website
greenashes.hk

FlashGreen is a social enterprise that is dedicated to handling residual stock of products whose best-before dates are about to expire, by recycling and redistributing them to different communities through vending machines and online channels. Combining technology with sustainability, Flash Green aims to reduce unnecessary food waste, as well as to foster a smart and sustainable culture on campuses and in offices, through debunking the misconception about best-before dates and promoting responsible consumption behaviours.

組長
Team Leader
陳俊堅
CHAN Chun Kin (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
丁啓中
TING Kai Chung (HKUST)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
黃田麒
Nicholas OOI (HKBU)

Website
flashgreen.hk

ESGuardian is a green manufacturing enterprise that produces eco-friendly products using its self-invented silica capsule technology.

Mission
To advocate a low carbon lifestyle and the application of silica capsule technology to daily necessities.

Silica Capsule Technology
This technology enables products that typically come in concentrated liquid form, such as detergents, cosmetics, and body care solutions, to be stored conveniently as a compact silica capsule, which can also control the release of contents when it is in contact with water.

The Product
Gel Soap is ESGuardian’s first product that adopts our silica capsule technology. With this design, it is expected to perform more efficiently than liquid hand soap but with a lower carbon-footprint and cost - every 10g of gel soap is equivalent to 1 litre of liquid hand soap in terms of performance. Our gel soap currently comes in two different sizes, namely a 50g one for corporation use and a 10g one for household use.

Unique Proposition
Comparing with conventional liquid hand soap products, gel soap has a 99% reduction in weight which significantly reduces its CO2 emissions in logistics. Besides, the capsule form of the product encourages customers to reuse their eco-friendly dispensers instead of the disposable plastic ones, through which it could reduce the overall use of plastic bottles and, thus, minimise the threat of plastic waste to the environment.

Milestone
The 10g-sized gel soap will be officially launched in 1Q2023, with its first sales starting at the Mills bazaar in mid-January 2023. We are also expanding our network of distribution partners and online shop channels - so far, we have approached several property management companies which manage over 100 shopping malls and offices, and discussed the possibility of conducting a trial for our product.

組長
Team Leader
陸朗霆
LUK Long Ting (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
鄭嘉杰
CHENG Ka Kit (HKUST)
鄭嘉茵
CHENG Ka Yan Susan (RMIT University)
周暐霖
CHOW Wai Lam (CUHK)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
古紀達博士
Dr. KU Kei Tat (CUHK)
NGAI Sze Ngo
楊經倫教授
Prof. YEUNG King Lun (HKUST)

Website
esguardian.hk

香港夢飛有限公司是一家從事環保科技的可持續創新企業，致力為企業和個人提供環保產品和物聯網平台。

本公司專注於垃圾桶科技的研發、設計與平台營運，主要推出太陽能除臭殺菌垃圾桶蓋、智能垃圾分類垃圾桶及家用垃圾桶機器人等產品與項目。太陽能除臭殺菌垃圾桶蓋利用太陽能提供綠色電量，以產生高濃度臭氧和紫外線C照射垃圾表面，進行殺菌消毒、淨化香煙氣味和阻斷新型冠狀病毒的傳播，是一個防水免維護的產品設計。物聯網則提供空氣質量監測、垃圾桶狀態監測、環保宣傳和照明等功能。

本產品解決了城市街邊路旁、小區物業，和大中小學校垃圾桶的殺菌消毒和空氣淨化問題，並利用手機應用程式獲取每個垃圾桶的數據和定位，並進行廣告宣傳，以獲得更佳的互聯網平台利益。

組長
Team Leader
樊禮
FAN Li (HKMU)

組員
Team Member
陳文雄
CHEN Wenxiong (HKMU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
陳鍵林博士
Dr. CHEN Jianlin (HKMU)

Website
muer.hk

CloseU是致力於推動衣物資源可持續發展的香港新創品牌，通過紡織物再生產的方式緩解香港衣物浪費問題及基層婦女就業問題，利用優質二手衣物和訂製化服務，為寵物打造舒適、環保、時尚的服飾，為循環生活提供更有愛的選擇。

在推動循環經濟之餘，CloseU更擔起社會責任，聘請香港基層婦女參與工作流程，為婦女提供居家工作的機會，讓她們在照顧家庭的同時可以增加個人收入，提升生活水平。

「Close」意思為親近，同時是衣物cloth的諧音，而「U」則是你我每一個人。「CloseU」有三層含義，一是舒適的衣物更貼近寵物，二是訂製化服務讓主人與寵物情感連接更親密，三是通過提供就業機會幫助基層婦女群體提升自我價值認同感。

組長
Team Leader
黄子睿
HUANG Zirui (HKBU)

組員
Team Member
陳雅然
CHEN Yaran (HKBU)
李雨宸
LI Yuchen (HKBU)
謝洁維
XIE Jiewei (HKBU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
凌浩雲教授
Prof. Howard LING (HKBU)

Website
closeu.hk

BehindTitles aims to disrupt the conventional way in which the youth plans for their future career. We are a 24/7 digital platform that offers exclusive insights and hands-on industry experience to students for their career exploration while empowering parents to become the best support to their children in career planning.

With BehindTitles, students can take the initiative in exploring their values, interests, and competencies using our online career development assessment tools. Our algorithm will analyse the individual’s answers and recommends a selection of cherry-picked experience sessions that are the most compatible with their interests and abilities. These sessions, offered online and offline, give students a quick taste of how different industries work, so as to give them career inspiration. Carefully curated by industry experts, all sessions are designed not only to familiarise students with the working world, but also to challenge them in solving real problems faced by the respective professions, and allow them to interact with the industry experts and get first-hand information.

BehindTitles have parents in mind – we help parents understand their parenting styles, career development theories, modern parenting techniques through our platform and our exclusive parent community so that they can better support their children.

組長
Team Leader
鄭紅儀
Kristen Hungyee BRUNOLD (HKU)

組員
Team Member
張泳琦
CHEUNG Wing Kei Janet (CUHK)
傅若茵
FU York Yun Barbara (HKU)
Ishan Shugan JAIN (Quantic School of Business and Technology)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
鍾汶庭醫生
Dr. CHUNG Man Ting Marvin (HKU)

Website
behindtitles.hk

Founded in 2020, AI Guided Limited is an award-winning technology start-up that has its roots in Hong Kong Science Park’s incubation programme. Our business specialises in AI, haptic actuation, as well as environmental visualisation, especially for smart cities, social connectivity, and social welfare applications. Our main business is to develop assistive platforms and portable devices that, by combining technology with innovation, suit everyone, including the visually impaired and the elderly.

Our team consists of a wide spectrum of talents, from PhDs who specialise in mechanical and biomedical engineering to leading experts in sensor and robotic development as well as computational analysis for biomedical applications.

Our invention is a light-weight smart wearable device, GUIDi. It comes along with an intelligence platform that provides assistance in navigation and independent mobility of the visually impaired, the elderly, and the cognitively impaired. Types of such assistance include (1) creating 3D virtual maps via environmental visualisation, (2) using AI programming to identify and analyse the obstacles and dangers; and to plan the obstacle-free path for the user, and (3) enabling an authentic experience of precise hand-free dynamic navigation with short response time for users through real-time 4D actuation.

組長
Team Leader
陳曉玲
CHAN Hiu Ling (CityU)

組員
Team Member
江家偉
KONG Ka Wai (CityU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
羅永昌博士
Dr. LO Wing Cheong (CityU)

Website
aiguided.hk

4U Inclusive Fitness Ltd. is a social sporting enterprise in Hong Kong. Our aim is to promote inclusive gym culture, which then provides people with special needs, such as the disabled and the elderly, with the opportunities to join others in training in the scene of mainstream fitness. Considering the differences which the disabled and the elderly have in health conditions, physical abilities, and thus sporting requirements, we believe that by providing them with guidance from professional trainers, their specific needs can be met and they can eventually enjoy more desirable sporting experiences.

The income we obtain from mainstream users will partly be used for social support purposes, with the ultimate aim of allowing people with special needs to train in gyms at a lower cost. Besides, 4U Inclusive Fitness Ltd. intends to cooperate with related organisations to regularly hold different inclusion activities, such as talks and workshops, to raise public awareness of the importance of inclusive sport culture.

For the disabled and the aged, unfortunately, physical constraints are not the largest difficulties they face, but the lack of support from organisations and professional trainers who are equipped with specific knowledge of training the physically challenged. It upsets us to see the way this community’s interest in sports is often left unsatisfied simply because the regular fitness service providers are frightened by the risk of having to take responsibility for any potential injuries.

This is why 4U Inclusive Fitness was born - we believe everyone has equal rights to enjoy the sports they like because, just as our slogan says, “Everyone deserves better.”

組長
Team Leader
曾錦僖
TSANG Kam Hei (HKBU)

組員
Team Member
周漢軍
CHOW Hon Kwan (HKBU)
黄卓佑
WONG Cheuk Yau (HKBU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
郭禧雯博士
Dr. KWOK Hei Man Heather (HKBU)
謝思熹博士
Dr. TSE Sze Hei (CUHK)

Website
4ufitness.hk

"Turn Trash into Treasure" - WaysOut Hong Kong provides young underprivileged mothers with training and job opportunities through upcycling household food waste into sustainable jewelry.

We are building an ecosystem that comprises 3 spectrums – (1) creating opportunities for young underprivileged mothers, (2) upcycling waste fruit peel and veggies into sustainable jewelry, and (3) creatively educating the public on food waste.

We have already recruited 5 young underprivileged mothers onto our Marvel Mami talent-training development program with job and training opportunities with flexible working hours. We aim to enhance their capabilities to improve their financial situations and also becoming socially active with the community. In the course of 12 months, we have provided a remarkable 500+ hours of training and social engagement. During this time, our Marvel Mami have handcrafted a range of sustainable jewelry and also taken up leadership roles in facilitating our public educational workshops and markets! Our Marvel Mami are obviously fully satisfied with the talent-training development program!

WaysOut reduces food waste, reduces pressure on landfills, but fulfills the market demand for sustainable fashion items and locally made products. Amazingly, in the past year, we have hosted more than 37 educational #TrashyTreasure Workshops in partnership with secondary schools, universities and other organizations, for example, Unilever, CUHK, the Methodist Centre, Yuen Long Merchants Association Secondary School, TECM.

Our #TrashyTreasure workshops and markets are also reaching out into the community, with over 1,000 individuals promising to take individual action towards sustainability – turning more trash into more treasure!

^Invited team from Innovator Farm

組長
Team Leader
林藺璧
LAM Lun Pik (HKU)

組員
Team Member
何藝妍
HO Ngai Yin (HKBU)
周天惠
CHOW Tin Wai (University of Potsdam)
林億霞
LAM Yik Ha (HKBU CIE)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
黃啓亮博士
Dr. Bernie WONG (HKU SPACE)

Website
waysouthk.com.hk

Hong Kong has been well-known for its burdensome housing cost. While public housing usually takes too long to process, an estimated 226K of citizens chose to cram into subdivided flats that brought their tenants high social alienation, depression and suicidal risks. Some youngsters know about co-living but feel concerned about the reliability, match of personality and lifestyle and the liaison with landlords.

In light of such health inequality from HK’s housing conditions, we hence created UKEI (Cantonese pronunciation of “Home”) - a geo-networking app that matches flatmates with flatmates, tenants with landlords, in dating-apps-like fun processes and with the aid of big data and psychology-backed Artificial Intelligence (AI) analysis. On UKEI, tenant users can conveniently match with each other by borrowing the science of valid psychology tests that surround extraversion, conscientiousness and other attributes, all tested to be most relevant to co-living. Our deep-learning mechanism, via repeated exposure, will then learn each user’s preferences and deduce the best matches for them.

On one hand, we nurture the confidence in co-living among young working professionals, local tertiary education students and non-local students who seek for shared-living at lower cost, independent yet comfortable lifestyle or short-term living. On the other hand, UKEI equips landlords with versatility to rent to grouped tenants instead of entire families, as well as big data insights for retargeting. Through building trust among these parties, UKEI ultimately aims to promote a healthy co-living culture, ultimately helping the younger generations secure quality housing, with reliable buddies, at more bearable cost.

組長
Team Leader
杜書盈
TO Shu Ying (HKU)

組員
Team Member
黃君正
WONG Kwan Ching (HKU)
Muhammad Ali FAROOQI (HKU)
謝源
TSE Yuen (HKU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
黃仲强博士
Dr. HUANG Zhongqiang Tak (HKU)

Website
ukei.hk

TalkTag is a low-cost NFC reader/writer designed for visually impaired persons (VIPs) to be used for audio reminders and identifying everyday objects. It allows VIPs to associate NFC stickers, which are cheap and can be stuck to many surfaces, with audio reminders set by the VIPs themselves. The reminder set will be played back when the device is simply placed in near proximity of the NFC sticker.

This has a wide variety of applications including assisting in the identification of sensitive personal items, especially those with similar shapes, such as cards in a wallet, to everyday items like books, CDs, and even medicine. This independent device has been developed with feedback from VIPs and so it includes accessibility features designed specifically for them. However, due to its simplicity, affordability and reliability, this idea has wider applications for other groups, including the elderly who may be suffering from age-related memory loss.

Interestingly, it is also easy to see how many existing devices can be improved by using NFC technology. This is because an NFC tag can be read/sensed from several centimetres away – a very similar process to using an “Octopus” card (a commonly used fast payment technology using in Hong Kong). This will bring a huge improvement in tag sensing performance, as it is easy to explain how to use our device. Finally, the concept of using NFC tags will become more widely used because they are rewritable and so new tags will be unnecessary for soundtrack modification.

組長
Team Leader
鍾詠霖
CHUNG Wing Lam (HKU)

組員
Team Member
施子皓
SZE Tsz Ho (CityU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
張澤松博士
Dr. CHEUNG Chak Chung Ray(CityU)

Website
talktag.hk

"SENtoR" network is a social innovative platform in training up, pairing up and following up the tutors and interest class teachers in serving the children with Special Education Need (SEN). The tutors and interest class teachers would be working together with Speech Therapist (ST), Occupational Therapist (OT), Social Worker (SW) and Special Child Care Worker (SCCW) to provide outreach services for the people with Special Education Need (SEN), such as Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD), Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The project adopted a hybrid model of "T (Therapist) plus T (tutor)" to develop the competency of the tutors or interest class teachers in serving the people with SEN.

The name of the project “SENtoR” refers to “SEN to R (R for Rehabilitation and Resources)” and “SEN-centered tutoring and mentoring” as the purpose and goal. The vision of the project aims to create a nurturing and supportive community for the children and youth with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and their family. The mission of the project is to connect people with SEN and their family to the trained private SEN tutors and interest class teachers as the rehabilitation related resources in the community.

組長
Team Leader
WONG Wai Yu (HKU)

組員
Team Member
TANG Suet Long (EdUHK)
WONG Man Yee (CUHK)
KAN Chun Ying (RMIT University)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
葉坤杰
YIP Kwan Kit Taurus (HKU)

Website
sentor.hk

We already have enough good clothes. (Re)use them.

Retrovert是一間O2O二手衣物平台。在消費主義盛行和資源滿瀉的世代下，我們希望透過在地回收與重用（香港製造的）時裝垃圾，推動循環經濟，減輕時尚產業對環境造成的負擔。我們以「Recycle, Reuse, Recreate」為使命，回收二手衣物，並透過網上平台、旺角門市及各類體驗活動延續它們的生命，期望帶動本港二手衣尋寶文化。我們相信，理性消費和選擇不但能改變我們的生活，更能改變世界。

截至2021年底，各平台分別回收和流轉超過13,000件衣物。部分收入用於培訓和聘請本地年輕媽媽與雙待青年，協助他們發展才能和就業，長遠改善他們的生活。

“The Retrolution is here.”

組長
Team Leader
黃雅蓉
WONG Nga Yung Tiffany (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
唐珀蔚
TONG Pak Wei (Rice University)
鄧培煌
TANG Pui Wong (CUHK)
周庭譽
CHOW Ting Yu (CUHK)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
林曉鋒教授
Prof. LAM Hiu Fung Alan (CUHK)

Website
retrovert.com.hk

We at Planeteers envision replacing disposable cutlery with incrEDIBLE! - our 100% vegan, biodegradable, delicious and edible cutlery. If one is too full to eat it, it can be composted completely, enabling an end-to-end closed life cycle loop. Our beneficiaries include our well-known partner restaurants like Treehouse, Green Common, Swire group and Jardines, who are interested in replacing their cutlery with incrEDIBLE! So, diners will enjoy a better culinary experience, and central kitchens will be provided with an additional income source.

Technology has been the backbone for us to bring incrEDIBLE! to market. However, in order to replace single-use plastic and wooden cutlery, we had to offer restaurants an extremely competitive price of less than 50 cents/unit to entice them. We are only able to achieve this price by dramatically reducing the opportunity cost for our partner manufacturers to make incrEDIBLE! We achieved this by developing a proprietary mould design which cuts, moulds, and places 25 units of cutlery in the oven within one swift motion. Our design managed to slash production costs and allowed us to match the prices of single-use disposable cutlery!

The facts speak for themselves! incrEDIBLE!’s carbon footprint is 4.6 times less than bioplastic and 2.1 times less than wooden cutlery. By 2023, we project that we will be replacing 9 tonnes of disposable cutlery and in the process, manage to reduce emissions equivalent to planting 11,000 trees in Hong Kong! That’s incrEDIBLE!

組長
Team Leader
Swapnil MISHRA (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
Aditi Parag DEODHAR (HKUST)
Srijan SAXENA (HKUST)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
張坤教授
Prof. ZHANG Kun (HKUST)

Website
planeteers.hk

PanopticAI's award-winning camera-based health and wellness monitoring solution provides users with a holistic analysis of their health simply by using the camera of their smartphone, tablet, or computer. Users can learn about their physiological signs (e.g., heart rate, respiratory rate, heart rate variability, stress index, etc.) and get actionable insights from their own comfort and privacy within 30 seconds. By combining remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) techniques with AI computer vision and signal processing, our software algorithms extract a person’s vital signs by analyzing subtle changes in skin color due to blood flow. Accurate measurement of these core vitals enables further diagnostic capabilities such as fever, stress, cardiac and respiratory risks, and more.

PanopticAI’s unique value proposition is a contactless technology for the acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of health information that would traditionally require the use of a contact-based sensor. Although contact-based health monitoring devices have risen in popularity, they suffer from everlasting complications (e.g., costs, upgrades, charging, shipping, etc.). Our camera-based monitoring solution offers a more efficient and affordable alternative that directly improves the user's quality of life.

The company was founded by a multidisciplinary team of researchers and scientists spun-out of HKUST and are currently incubated at the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks. The team is committed to powering the next era of high-performance solutions with innovative technologies that are backed by academic research expertise in AI algorithms, advanced data analytics, and cloud computing.

組長
Team Leader
黃君朗
WONG Kwan Long (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
陳經緯
CHIN Jing Wei (HKUST)
陳子泰
CHAN Tsz Tai (HKUST)
彭金玉
Kunnipa PRAE-ARPORN (HKUST)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
蘇孝宇教授
Prof. SO Hau Yue Richard (HKUST)

Website
panopticai.hk

“Neurodyssey” (心腦歷情) is a social enterprise aiming to promote well-being and boost the physical, cognitive and psychosocial development of SEN kids.

We developed the [友童感] Walk Along With the Kids program, a one-stop service platform for SEN families, especially for those in financial difficulties. The program starts with a neuropsychological assessment, then we customize the intervention program based on scientific data. We have developed a set of professional neuropsychological assessments and a tailor-made intervention program for SEN kids with expertise from Dr SIU (Team member: Dr SIU, PhD in Neuropsychology, specializing in neuropsychological assessment and intervention research on children with SEN for over 10 years). We are able to offer a wide variety of interventions supported by our registered therapist pool, including music, horticulture, brick-by-brick [formerly known as Lego Therapy]. We adopted a feedback mechanism to regularly monitor the progress on SEN kids and adjust the intervention program accordingly to ensure high effectiveness.

We have a good network of NGOs and corporates/financial institutions. We also keep a frequent dialogue with NGOs to fill their gap of services by offering our programs, then we pitch corporates/financial institutions for funding and leverage their financial resources to help SEN kids. Nowadays, many large corporate and financial institutions, all have a budget for Corporate Social Responsibility (“CSR”) and Environment, Social, Governance (“ESG”). Our program offering at affordable costs will fit most budgets.

組長
Team Leader
蕭一凡
SIU Yat Fan (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
陳凱雯
CHAN Hoi Man (PolyU)
林浩怡
LAM Ho Yi (EdUHK)
張頴彤
CHEUNG Wing Tung Vince (HKBU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
崔志暉博士
Dr. CHUI Chi Fai Raymond (HKSYU)

許沛鴻博士
Dr. HUI Pui Hung Bryant (PolyU)

Website
neuro.hk

「腦有記」是全港首間以香港本土文化為主，服務長者的一站式互動平台。平台提供互動認知訓練、健康監察和遊戲等。我們根據權威學術研究，設計出長者友善且充滿本土文化特色的活動，如打麻雀、書法和模擬日常生活情境等，鼓勵用家主動和持續參與個人化訓練，緩解長者認知障礙症的症狀。平台同時會收集長者的訓練數據，供服務機構和照顧者參考，監測他們的情況。

特色:
1.設有個人帳戶，可以進行個人化或小組訓練，亦可自動調整難度，適合不同程度的長者和上門服務
2.透過系統化監察，評估用戶的認知健康，讓機構和照顧者能及時提供支援
3.功能包括遙距控制、多人連線模式、預設訓練內容和時間等，便利於疫情下在家訓練和社交

組長
Team Leader
禤彥勳
HUEN Yin Fan Denis (Imperial College London)

組員
Team Member
鄭國良
CHENG Kwok Leung (VTC)
李頌羚
LI Chung Ling (HSUHK)
許天浩
HUI Tin Ho (PolyU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
趙立基
CHIU Lap Kee (CUHK)

Website
medmindtechnology.hk

‘Without good mental health, people feel unable or less able to carry out activities of daily living, including self-care, education, employment and participation in social life.’ (SDG target 3.4)

90% occupants of inadequate housing suffer from mental health issues. An inadequate housing dwelling provides an average area of 6 sq.m little more than a bed, which may not even be enough for sleeping and is far from ideal to rest in. In fact, the lack of resting space is Hong Kong peoples’ daily life. Studies found that exposure to long term stress without sufficient rest may cause burn out. LAY designs space with multiple stress-relieving elements, such as sound, visuals and odour of nature, providing tranquility for users to relieve stress and in long term reduce risk of health issues. LAY focuses on early intervention to avoid the high costs of emotional therapy. With the previous prototype of designing a personal emotional haven, users’ subjective wellbeing has increased in 30% (from 6.3 to 8.2).

LAY Anywhere is being developed as a portable installation that can be easily deployed in different NGOs for the target beneficiaries, so that the service can be extended to benefit more people. It provides immersive, convenient breaks for the underprivileged that suit their availability. This is facilitated by using VR to break through the walls and immerse in a virtual and natural environment. Other technologies would also be applied to improve the effectiveness. LAY Anywhere would be deployed in the NGOs serving the occupants of inadequate housing. It is easy to install and demolish, without NGOs having to commit to assign a permanent space. It also reduces the costs of renovation.

Wellness should not be for those who can afford it only but for everyone. By providing the Personal Emotional Haven to users, the occupants of inadequate housing can relieve stress. As supported by studies this would reduce the medical cost to society due to long term stress of workers.

^Invited team from Innovator Farm

組長
Team Leader
邱美玲
YAU Mei Ling (PolyU)

組員
Team Member
梁振豪
LEUNG Chun Ho (HKBU)
陳蔚琪
CHAN Wai Ki (PolyU)
黃倩桐
WONG Sin Tung (CityU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
吳茂蔚
NG Mau Wai (PolyU)

Website
layspace.hk

Kinnectus is a matching platform that merges behavioral therapy with technology, to deliver a quality and affordable service for the special educational needs (SEN) community. Through Kinnectus, parents with SEN children can search and book assessments as well as find suitable Chartered Special Needs Tutors (CSNT) and community centres in real time for therapy sessions.

However, since the need for qualified CSNTs has often been greater than the resources available, the Chartered Special Needs Tutors Institute was established by Bridge AI to train parents and caregivers to become qualified Chartered Special Needs Tutors (CSNT) to conduct high quality behavioral therapy sessions.

To become qualified, prospective CSNTs will go through online training, practical role-play sessions, practicum training and computer system training. After attaining the qualification, CSNTs will be able to conduct therapy sessions for SEN children anytime, anywhere, further allowing them to reach their full potential.

The development of Kinnectus marks an important step as it connects qualified tutors and resources to create stronger communities and a support network. It does so by connecting the parents with SEN children, children with SEN, CSNTs and different community centres.

Kinnectus also increases job opportunities, income and allows a flexible schedule for people who are passionate in working with SEN children. Finally, Kinnectus increases the utilization of different community centres in order to serve the needs of the community. Through this support network, low income families with SEN children will be able to receive quality behavioral therapy at a much lower cost.

組長
Team Leader
黃俊文
WONG Chun Man Victor (EdUHK)

組員
Team Member
陳思婷
CHAN Sze Ting (HKU)
黃曉峰
WONG Hiu Fung Chris (University of Bath)
杜雋思
TO Chun Sze Jacqueline (The University of Sydney)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
陳苑茵教授
Prof. CHAN Yuen Yan Rosanna (CUHK)
冼權鋒教授
Prof. SIN Kuen Fung Kenneth (EdUHK)

Website
csnt.hk

Hello, we are Homey Cafe! We are a social enterprise entrepreneurial team composed of a group of college students and we plan to open a social enterprise cat cafe within one year.

First, let us introduce what's behind our name. Homey - meaning a place that feels at home, comfortable and friendly. We hope to bring this feeling to all our customers, employees, and stray cats.

As a social enterprise, we would like to provide supported employment for young people with autism, so that they can have real work experience and improve their chances of employability. With proper training and the assistance of professional social workers, they will be equipped with different skills including making coffee, packing goods, as well as taking care of stray cats. This not only enhances their sense of competence, but also enables them to reintegrate into the free market and achieve self-reliance.

However, what makes us stand out from ordinary cat cafes is our social value. We would like to save stray cats from a tragic ending, so they can live a life with a happy ending. Through our business operation, we will provide the cats with temporary shelter and let more people have the opportunity to socialise with them. It is our ultimate desire to let people understand the story of each stray cat and help the right person find the right cat to live happily ever after!

組長
Team Leader
李心朗
LEE Sum Lon (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
薛凱琳
SIT Hoi Lam (HKU)
鄭芷欣
CHENG Tsz Yan (CityU)
卓思朗
CHEUK Sze Lon (CUHK)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
楊偉強博士
Dr. YEUNG Wai Keung Jerf (CityU)

Website
homeycafe.hk

Exacerbated by the pandemic and social unrest in 2019, mental health issues are prevalent among university students and youths in Hong Kong. For low-income young people who have emotional distress, their needs for support fail to be addressed by current public services due to the long waiting lists for public sector care and the high cost of private sector care. Therefore, there is an inequality for those on low incomes to receive quality mental health services. In view of this inequality, we wish to create a free online de-stress platform for young people, to help them relieve stress.

In September, we launched HeartlineHK, a free, peer-to-peer, non-judgmental listening service that operates from 7pm to 5am every night, through an online texting platform and a hotline. We hope (1) to address the emotional issues among adolescents; (2) to achieve early intervention and prevention, and (3) to promote emotional wellbeing and awareness on campuses and at schools.

To sustain our service, we will launch a de-stress marketplace on our website that contains products such as candles, essential oils and fidget cubes. Users who wish to browse for products to relieve their stress can find them on our website. Also, 100% of the proceeds acquired by the sale of these products will go into the operation of our listening service.

Does it work? Yes! To date, our volunteers have served over 600 users, with an average rating of 4.2 out of 5 in our post-service survey.

組長
Team Leader
連穎忻
LIN Wing Yan (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
葉皓晴
IP Ho Ching (HKU)
張海琳
CHEUNG Hoi Lam (HKU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
葉榮鏗
YIP Wing Hang Angus (HKU SPACE)

Website
heartlinehk.hk

Forecastech – is a technology innovation and business strategy company. Our expertise is in Research & Development of tech products and business services.

Our clients are leaders in cutting-edge tech trends and innovative applications across the industry, enabling them to beat their competitors and achieve superior business results. In addition, we provide a professional advisory service in product assessment & enhancement, intellectual property, marketing strategy and distribution management – our services cover the full range of business areas, which will allow our clients to execute their strategy flawlessly. We focus on technology innovation projects related to ESG Technology, Smart Living, Supply Chain Enablement and Digital Entertainment.

Our recent ESG Technology Project is a powerful mobile App Platform - “BLOCKGISTIC”. This app links up Restaurants, Drivers, Consumers and Waste Food Recyclers, to facilitate Waste Food handling logistics and operations. We can optimise all resources and processes throughout the chain of operations. The benefits include:

1) Saving costs for restaurants: to reduce cost on handling waste food, storage, increase turnover time of waste food in shop
2) Optimising transportation usage: reduce the idle time in trucks to increase income and increase number of deliveries
3) Promoting sustainability: recycling waste food through regeneration into new energy
4) Increasing waste food recycling: maximizing capacity, increasing energy output and increasing the rate of waste recycling

With our innovative solutions, we aim to lift and showcase Hong Kong as a modern and sustainable waste food recycler!

組長
Team Leader
李柏如
LEE Pak Yu Patrick (HKU)

組員
Team Member
李鳴
LEE Ming Alan (HKMU)
羅瑤萊
LAW Yau Loi Louisa (HKU)
林碧蓮
KHAN Pik Lin Helen (EdUHK)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
張英相教授
Prof. CHEUNG Ying Sheung Paul (HKU)

Website
forecastech.hk

Due to the expensive cost of speech therapy in Hong Kong and limited speech therapy services by the government, many children with speech disorders fail to receive timely diagnosis and therapy. Vera’s vision is to provide these children with services that are accessible, affordable and convenient. We hope children can access the speech diagnosis and therapy they need regardless of their backgrounds.

Vera overcomes the temporal, spatial, and financial barriers faced by children with speech disorders, and also tackles the practical problems faced by speech therapists. This is because Vera is an AI-powered application that makes use of deep learning and big data to provide immediate diagnosis and personalized treatment for speech sound disorders. The app also provides speech therapists with rich resources that help children practice pronunciation, and provides progress reports that track their progress. Furthermore, the stress-free and interactive diagnostic process is facilitated by a speech-enabled chatbot. So, after providing a fast and accurate diagnosis, Vera then analyzes the results to provide personalized and gamified pronunciation exercises to encourage children to actively receive treatment.

Vera will pioneer the use of AI, deep learning and big data to diagnose and treat speech sound disorders in Hong Kong. Also, since a Cantonese database does not exist for our needs, we have initiated the creation of such a database that uses speech samples from Cantonese speakers in Hong Kong (with and without speech disorders).

組長
Team Leader
陳利欣
CHAN Lee Yan (HKU)

組員
Team Member
張素兒
CHEUNG So Yee (HKU)
Tratik DIXIT (HKU)
陳安盈
CHAN On Ying Angel (HKU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
蔡浚文博士
Dr. CHOI Tsun Man William (HKU)

Website
veraspeechapp.hk

The pandemic has caused a paradigm shift in Hong Kongers' means of food consumption and patterns of gatherings with family and friends. In the first quarter of 2021 alone, Foodpanda recorded a 60% increase in their number of users. Clearly, there’s an increasing demand for catering services. At the same time, travel bans have increased many locals’ and expats’ interest in tasting and enjoying international cuisines in Hong Kong.

Ensemble! sees these new demands as important opportunities that should be capitalised on to help increase income opportunities for low-income ethnic minorities, many of whom are cooking talents!

Ensemble! is, first, an international cuisine provider that works with chefs from ethnic minorities and low income backgrounds in Hong Kong, set out to meet foodies and food photographers’ demand for authentic, delectable international cuisine that appeal as much to the stomachs as to the eyes, camera lenses and Instagram followers; and second, a cultural educator and social inclusion advocate, who creates opportunities for celebrating and promoting EMs’ food cultures, and giving everyone residing in Hong Kong more chances to interact closely and mingle with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

By drastically scaling promotional efforts to make these chefs’ amazing culinary skills and personal stories known to more potential customers, we hope to bring more businesses and income to them, to facilitate cultural understanding and social inclusion between different ethnic groups.

組長
Team Leader
WONG Pui Ting (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
TO Wun Ling (University of Rochester)
CHAN Chun Hang (CUHK)
WONG Yat Ching Godfrey (CUHK)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
袁志樂博士
Dr. YUEN Chi Lok Andrew (CUHK)

Website
ensembledining.hk

同行鳥Companion HK於2020年1月成立，由中大學生自發成立的學生組織，組織成立緣自他們發現情緒病患者內心其實渴望分享自己故事，但擔心被大眾污名化而抗拒。所以他們希望提供渠道，讓情緒病患者分享自己的故事。

為倡導情緒分享的重要性，同行鳥Companion HK舉辦不同工作坊，內容包括情緒教育和藝術輔導，令大眾明白「情緒分享並不可恥」。

他們同時設立輔導員配對平台，令大眾及情緒病患者能即時尋求輔導。並致力把不同藝術輔導進行數碼化，令大眾隨時透過數碼化「工具」抒發情感，減少情緒問題。

組長
Team Leader
陳偉文
CHAN Wai Man (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
葉銘恩
IP Ming Yan Dora (CUHK)
楊洛然
YEUNG Lok Yin (HKU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
李薇教授
Prof. LI Wei (CUHK)

Website
companionhk.hk

Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a common degenerative disease with no cure, but affects 10% of the Hong Kong population. KOA also jeopardises mental wellbeing, as patients with KOA are at a higher risk of dementia and depression. Besides this, it affects mobility for social interaction and self-care, causing isolation and reduced self-efficacy.

Unfortunately, KOA is a complex disease and an accurate prognostic model is lacking. Furthermore, delayed diagnosis means that KOA patients miss the golden period to reverse the progression of the disease and may suffer irreversible damage to their knee joints. Therefore, the current flawed approach leads to poor treatment outcomes for KOA patients and hefty annual health costs of HKD 1.4 billion, both of which are largely preventable.

In response to the foreseeable ageing population, we developed a state-of-the-art AI-based KOA prognostic system for better disease management and a mobile application for patient self-management. The prognostic system will be implemented in different healthcare settings, e.g. our basic version of AI could provide KOA risk assessment and screening at the community healthcare centers with simple checkup procedures.

Our advanced version of KOA prognostic AI system provides detailed analysis on medical images, biochemical markers and electronic health records of the patients at the secondary healthcare. This system not only serves as a triage system for surgical planning, but also generates results to construct optimal and personalised therapeutic plans.

We also develop a mobile application to allow KOA self-management on the palm for the general public. The app provides quick AI-based KOA risk assessment with a short questionnaire and a novel video gait analysis that examine the users’ walking pattern captured by their mobile devices. Following closely to international clinical guidelines, the app also provides personalized health education on exercise and lifestyle modification. Users could also find suitable clinicians for help via our platform.

組長
Team Leader
陳樂晉
CHAN Lok Chun (PolyU)

組員
Team Member
李浩軒
LI Ho Hin Toby (PolyU)
李碧琪
LI Pik Kei Tiffanie (PolyU)
陳皓琳
CHAN Ho Lam (PolyU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
溫春毅博士
Dr. WEN Chunyi (PolyU)

Website
clairekoa.hk

Care Bear is a mental health early detection service. We match students with mild to moderate levels of depression through a gamified app. Also, our service alleviates symptoms of depression by utilising an accountability peer-support model.

Under COVID-19, mental health problems have become more prevalent - with 50% of students suffering from early symptoms of depression.

We will target the negative triad of:
1.Helplessness
2.Hopelessness
3.Worthlessness

We will detect and alleviate early signs of symptoms of depression by:
1.Transforming negative cognitions into positive thoughts
2.Reinforcing and building habits to break inhibiting cycles

By connecting people going through similar experiences, we can enhance their sense of community and mutual comfort. Also, since we will target secondary school students, we can focus on strength-based approaches that facilitate a process of working on attainable tasks, and more importantly, highlight the preventive nature of the service prior to the onset and diagnosis of mental health disorders.

Throughout the process, we will conduct empirical and vigorous research. The results will help to prevent clinical depression and provide a buffer against the problems of long-waiting time and high therapy costs. Our distinctive hybrid methodology of incorporating technology with a human touch will facilitate the gamification of data collection and lead to providing a highly personalised and authentic experience.

Our package is designed to promote transferrable skills and personal reflection, including perspective-taking, empathy, altruism, grit, self-esteem & efficacy and artistic development. So Bear with Us as we redefine mental health in Hong Kong and beyond!

#Invited team from Good Seed

組長
Team Leader
李清怡
LEE Ching Yee (HKU)

組員
Team Member
黃迪文
WONG Tik Man (PolyU)
楊君妍
YUENG Kwan Yin Gladys (HKU)
朱彩瑤
CHU Choi Yin Simchah (CUHK)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
何天虹教授
Prof. HO Tin Hung Rainbow (HKU)

Website
carebear.hk

Coral reefs are at risk, and the ones we have in Hong Kong and the entire Greater Bay Area are no exception. The loss of this living ecosystem means a widespread decline of their associated marine biodiversity including commercial species.

archiREEF provides eco-engineering solutions for ocean ecosystem restoration. We aim to restore degraded ecosystems and mobilize Blue Carbon to achieve carbon neutrality. Our team designed the world’s first artificial reef structure 3D-printed in terracotta, being truly ocean-friendly, and integrates the biomimicry element to enhance coral survivorship and growth. The biomimetic pattern is aesthetically and being functional - with the function of enhancing coral’s survivorship and growth. Our reef tiles have been proven 4 times more effective in keeping the corals alive than the conventional methods.

The tiles were fabricated utilizing a six-axis industrial robot with a 3D clay-extruder attached that is based on a DIW method (direct ink writing). The project developed a unique fabrication method that balanced the tile's algorithmic design with the clay 3D printing strategy and the drying and firing procedures to minimize cracking and deformation. With the beauty of algorithm-based adaptiveness and 3D printer’s versatility, the design can be tweaked for different environments and even organisms like mangroves and oysters.

“We combat climate change by restoring degraded marine ecosystems using advanced eco-engineering technology - 3D printing.”

組長
Team Leader
余碧芬
YU Pik Fan (HKU)

組員
Team Member
萬曉彤
MAN Hiu Tung (HKU)
許錫泉
DOMINIC Co Lim (HKU)
梁敬鴻
Keiven LEUNG (HKU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
Dr. David BAKER (HKU)

Website
archireef.hk

香港社會主流教育的學習模式以視覺為主，考試、理論、觀察實驗等，較為因循。而由香港口述影像協會研發的《SciTouch 觸聲一族》計劃以「多感官教學法」(Multisensory Teaching and Learning Approach, MTLA) 尋找教授知識的新路向，涵蓋科學、藝術、人文等跨學科題材，適合有不同學習需要的學生。

此教學法結合了口述影像(Audio Description, AD)及觸感道具(Tactile Props)製作，讓學生使用不同感官學習，更有效吸收知識。「口述影像」是一種專業描述技巧，屬於影視翻譯。口述影像員以簡潔和生動的語言，補充影像訊息。口述影像用途廣泛，其中一個重要功能是輔助視障人士理解。「觸感道具」則是通過觸摸模型和特製圖像等，輔助用家在腦海描繪相關事物的形象。

圖中展示了團隊過往將口述影像及觸感道具應用於天文和粵劇教學，包括：鍾無艷觸感面譜(部分)。

*Invited team from “Good Seed”

組長
Team Leader
Dr. LEUNG Hoi Ching Dawning (University College London, UK)

組員
Team Member
HO Man Wai (EdUHK)
CHOI Tsz Kiu (HKBU)
TSANG Fan Chun (CityU)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
Prof. Jorge DÍAZ-CINTAS (University College London, UK)

Website
audeahk.org.hk

In China, many people suffer from body posture problems, e.g. scoliosis, and teenagers are one of the high-risk groups. However, body posture problems are often ignored due to difficulties like detection and shortage of medical personnel - thus delaying treatment. However, the launch of Dr. Body provides the solution. Dr. Body is a 3D posture measurement and evaluation system to detect posture problems, e.g. in the spinal column and pelvis. This is achieved through conducting a harmless and high-precision comprehensive detection, evaluation and analysis of the body – and delivers the best prevention and treatment plans. Furthermore, the analysis is quick and scalable for conducting large-scale testing activities. Dr. Body is not just a product, it is a services provider of body posture data and posture problem solutions for different institutions. The instrument is of exquisite design, easy to carry, equip and maintain. From a technical perspective, the core algorithm system has unique advantages, which can be adjusted to provide different detection items and result display modes according to the needs of our partners. In addition, Dr. Body can be quickly modified based on cloud big data and real-time tracking of data and provide follow-up diagnosis and treatment programs. Through this system, we hope to provide teenagers with regular, accurate, fast, safe, and cost-effective posture health detection and diagnosis services and form a national network of body posture health database through huge test data, contributing to future health trends and medical technology development for its prediction and reference.

組長 Team Leader
許真達 XU Zhen Da (PolyU)

組員 Team Member
馬俊鴻 MA Chun Hung (CUHK)
鐘悅瑜 ZHONG Yueyu (HKU)
岑易燐 SUM Yik Lun (CityU)

院校顧問 ​Faculty Advisor
郭嵩教授 Prof. GUO Song (PolyU)

Website
http://Zerodrbody.hk

「盲蹤踪Sightfeeling」由年青人與視障人士組成，希望以「感官攝影」突破大眾對視障人士的固有了解和認知，利用藝術創作展現他們的才華。我們主力製作多感官明信片，舉辦展覽和不同形式的公眾教育活動，盼能開創社會對不同人士的無界限想像，讓大眾欣賞和肯定多元可能。

組長
Team Leader
李朗妍
LEE Long Yin (EdUHK)

組員
Team Member
蔡蒨文
TSOI Sin Man (PolyU)
莫嘉慧
MOK Ka Wai (CO1 School of Visual Arts)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
戴名揚
TAI Ming Yeung (PolyU)

Website https://www.facebook.com/sightfeelinghk/

「吞嚥易」是為了讓患有吞嚥困難的患者享用到價廉物美的產品而成立。我們致力於研發專為吞嚥困難人士而設的產品如凝固粉、食材軟化粉、食物塑型粉及即食原貌軟餐等，務求令院舍及照顧者能夠節省時間和人手，並用相宜價錢製作或購買軟餐，令吞嚥困難人士可以重拾進食樂趣、減低飲食誤吸風險和吸收足夠營養，從而改善他們的生活質素及健康。

我們是大中華區首間研發出日本第三代原貌軟餐技術的食品工程和產品公司，研發團隊包括英國劍橋大學博士、英國倫敦帝國學院博士等。我們的產品已申請多個發明專利，並已成為劍橋大學ideaSpace和香港大學iDendron等多間大學的孵化器項目，項目亦贏得多個國內外的創新科技及創業大賽獎項。

組長
Team Leader
黃健宜
WONG Kin Yi (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
張美然
U Mei Ran Abellona (Imperial College London)
鍾倩盈
CHUNG Sin Ying (CUHK)
張嘉穎
CHEUNG Ka Wing (University of Cambridge)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
陳文琪博士
Dr. Karen CHAN (HKU)

Website
seniordeli.com/

「無論任何階層都值得一個舒適的居住環境。」

市面上的裝修公司收費昂貴，報價差異大，基層家庭往往因未能負擔昂貴的修葺費用，導致房屋日舊失修，居住環境衍生出種種問題。

修築 REhome 致力為不同的社會階層營造更舒適的居住環境。有需要的家庭通過入息審查後，修葺的費用會調整成可負擔價格。與此同時，修築 REhome 會為因年齡或長期病患而「被迫退休」的裝修師傅提供工作機會。這群裝修師傅仍有力氣及良好技術和經驗，能繼續貢獻社會，我們希望可以透過這個機會重新定義他們在社會上的價值。

修築 REHOME目前已提供超過20項大大小小的裝修維修工程，為其中9個家庭提供優惠價，並與地區機機構合作，為超過 10個家庭提供義務維修服務，同時聘請了3名退休師傅。

組長
Team Leader
杜卓琳
TO Cheuk Lam (LU)

組員
Team Member
吳倩嵐
NG Sinlaam (LU)
吳仲劻
NG Chung Hong (CityU)
林泳靈
LAM Wing Lam (LU)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
黃田麒
Nicholas OOI (LU)

Website
www.facebook.com/修築REhome-108541584266121

環保驟看像是件被動的事，但其實可以很主動。重新選擇，你和我都可以Re- Reuse, Reduce, Recycle, Replace, Redefine（減少、重用、再造、代替、再定義）。

我們透過觀察人們的消費模式，以嶄新角度顛覆傳統思維，通過兩大方位把咖啡重新定義。首先，是咖啡廚餘。調查顯示，香港人每年約消耗高達4億杯咖啡，如果把咖啡渣回收再造，便能達至有效減廢。

除此以外，近年數據顯示，每日平均棄置即棄塑膠或發泡膠餐具超過210公噸。一次性的「短命膠」用上數百年都不能降解，可見帶來的「長遠影響」。現在，我們透過應用新科技，賦予咖啡渣這新物料新生命，代替傳統塑膠及解決棄置問題，為未來做好打算。

Re- 更代表著從日常生活中出發，推動環保意識，從咖啡渣開始，跳出框框，利用群眾力量，形成循環，締造無限的環保新概念。

組長 Team Leader
陸衍杏 LUK Hin Hang Anisa (University of Hertfordshire)

組員 Team Member
趙美兒 CHIU Mei Yi (Keele University)
趙寶儀 CHIU Po Yee (HKU)
溫偉成 WAN Wai Shing (De Montfort University)

院校顧問 ​Faculty Advisor
黃雋溢 WONG Chun Yat (HKU)

Website
re-coffee.hk

One of the keys to understanding dementia lies in knowing our daily diet. This is because there is a little-known link between dementia and eating disorders. Therefore, if we know the rate of how our bodies burn fat and the overall energy balance, we will have a better chance of early detection and early treatment of dementia.

The solution lies in sensing and knowing the amount of ketone bodies in our breath. Our semiconductor ketone gas sensor provides a ketone sensing capability in the range of parts per billion, which is over 1000X more sensitive than any currently available sensors.

The main problem with sufferers with early stage dementia is that they act as though they can handle all daily tasks independently. But then they begin to forget to eat. Caregivers might assume that people with minor signs of dementia simply have a poor memory, without considering the possibility of compromised ability to complete daily tasks such as eating and cooking.

Therefore, caregivers often neglect a dementia patient’s eating disorder until it has a serious health impact, such as a drastic decrease in body weight. Drastic decreases in body weight can then pose problems for health professionals to treat dementia patients with proper dosage of medication.

There are no existing products on the market that are tailored for eating disorder detection. However, King’s Phase Technologies is here to fill the gap make a change with our sensor “In The Know”.

組長
Team Leader
駱冠文
LOU Kuan Wen (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
李澤霖
LEE Jak Lum Alson (CUHK)
吳知遠
OH Jiwon (CUHK)
王冑
WONG Jo (HKUST)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
何亦平教授
Prof. HO Yi Ping Magan (CUHK)

Website
kpt.com.hk

港人水產消耗量年年攀升，但本港漁農業卻日漸萎縮，昔日漁民農民因生計減少及年紀漸長無法應付工作辛勞而無奈退出，相關知識亦失去承傳。據漁護署資料，截至2018 年底本地水產僅達本港佔需4%。

「菁出於灆」推動本地漁農業承傳，揉合創新科技建立可持續水產生態系統，設立室內生態系統養殖甲殼類高價值水產，利用複合微生物和藻類活化技術將系統污水轉化成可供農作物生長的養分，達致零污染和高生產，此推廣無污染本地生產和可持續水產，並活化承傳本地漁農文化，貫徹《香港 2030+》及聯合國可持續發展目標，令漁農行業青出於藍，再現光芒！

組長
Team Leader
湯可誼
TONG Ho Yi (OUHK)

組員
Team Member
覃嘉慧
CHUM Ka Wai (CUHK)
李遠昇
LEE Yuen Sung Sunny (LU)
羅承昭
LAW Shing Chiu (IVE)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
廖錦培博士
Dr. David LIU (OUHK)

Website
grandblueaquatech.mystrikingly.com/

Youth unemployment has become a worldwide phenomenon where many youngsters find it difficult to make the transition from school to work. With technological advancement, the labor market has been shaped into one which is more cost-conscious, volatile, knowledge-based and constantly changing. Young people with less work experience, job skills and career advice are more vulnerable to unemployment.

With an aim to solve this global social issue, Foster Worldwide has launched the first-ever Virtual Global Internship Program in Hong Kong. Youngsters will be offered an internship with an overseas company, as well as online vocational training and career guidance from Foster Worldwide and their supervisors. Upon completion of their internship, they will have not only a recommendation letter, but also an evaluation report on their work performance. Underprivileged students with outstanding performances will even receive scholarships.

Such a valuable virtual internship opportunity allows young talents to gain overseas exposure, equip themselves with future skills and extend the professional network in a much affordable and flexible way.

Since 2014, we have successfully collaborated with more than 170 companies from over 60 countries and cities to provide placement and training to 5000 youths worldwide to boost their employability. Our partners include corporates (Wluper – London (Forbes 30 Under 30), Strategy Sprints GmbH – Vienna (Forbes 30 Under 30), universities and NGOs – One Young World and United Nations Global Compact.

To take it one step further, Foster Worldwide strives to provide quality career education and virtual global internships and mentorship opportunities by leveraging educational technology.

組長
Team Leader
麥穎恩
MAK Wing Yan (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
明偉傑博士
Dr. MING Wai Kit (HKU)
歐陽紹銘
OUYANG Shaoming (HKU)
鄭煦喬
CHENG Hui Kiu (HKU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
吳濰龍教授
Prof. NG Wai Lung Billy (CUHK)

Website
www.facebook.com/fosterworldwide.hk/

As there is a growing population of people who regularly take drugs, with the elderly commonly taking 5 or more drugs at the same time (known as polypharmacy), drug adherence and compliance have become greatly concerning issues. Unfortunately, current medication labels are often too wordy for patients to read, use small fonts, and only written in Chinese or English. Therefore, this neglects the needs of those who are less able to see, illiterate, or unable to read Chinese or English. As a result, the elderly and ethnic minority groups have difficulty reading and understanding medication and dosage instructions clearly.

The failure to understand medication labels can lead to devastating consequences. People’s health may be affected by not achieving the optimal usage of drugs or inducing additional medical burden such as causing adverse drug reactions and prolonging hospitalisation.

DrugIconist aims to create visual icons for common medical instructions and warnings in different languages, including Chinese, English, Urdu and more. Our icons make medication instructions easier to read and will reduce the difficulty in explaining medication warnings. This will go a long way towards increasing safety and accuracy in medication use. Also, we offer consultancy services for drug label implementation and provide promotional materials to facilitate the use and explanation of our icons. We hope that through designing drug icons, people can know more about drug labels and take the right amount of medication, at the right time and in the right manner.

組長
Team Leader
潘蒨瑤
POON Sin Yiu Kirsty (HKU)

組員
Team Member
盧姵君
LO Pei Kwan (Univerisity College London)
陳殷蒨
CHAN Yan Sin (HKBU)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
王潔婷
WONG Kit Ting (HKU)

Website
drugicon.cc

Carbonbase is a HK-based climate change software company that helps individuals and corporates to measure their environmental footprint, reduce CO2 emissions, and co-create a better planet together. Our vision is to help Hong Kong reach its Carbon Neutral by 2050 goal by helping connect and reward businesses and individuals for taking climate action.

Carbonbase is building a technology solution ecosystem to align business and consumers to more emission awareness with increased resources targeted at solving the climate crisis. This ecosystem includes:

• Carbon mapping and management software– building a platform to cheaply allow companies to understand the sources of their emissions and their responsibilities, and measure scope 1-3 carbon emissions to internal and external stakeholders, and connect with green-financing solutions to receive money

• Consumer engagement platform – Carbonbase.co website allows engage individuals to calculate their personal emissions, offset their own emissions to earn rewards, and connect with company's climate accomplishments.

Carbonbase's larger goal is to help empower SMEs and individuals in HK have affordable actions to climate change. We help companies calculate and reduce their emissions, and facilitate them to receive green finance funding, helping them pass on their savings and services to the end consumer. Our two initial verticals are real estate developers and maritime shipping companies. In the long run, we want to build more transparent supply chain, where every product in the future will display its end-to-end carbon emissions, enabling more conscious consumption by empowering the citizens to align their purchase with carbon neutral goals.

組長
Team Leader
宋邁思
Max SONG (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
張婧
ZHANG Jiang (University of California, Berkeley)
Ashmita ROY (HKU)
Ali Sanzhar  MUHAMEDZHANOV (HKU)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
Prof. Kira MATUS (HKUST)

Website
carbonbase.hk

Visually impaired people, especially those of higher education and ability, do not want to be disconnected from the outside world or left behind. They want to live normal day to day lives as other people do, but need assistance from time to time. For example, they want to know whether the color of their shirt matches their jacket, identify the verification code on the computer screen when they need to sign in a webpage, or read the expiration date on food packages when they shop in supermarkets. In many circumstances, there is no one nearby to offer them help. They need help from people who are willing and available to support them.

There are many passionate people who want to be involved in volunteer activities, but they might not have enough time to do so. Conventional volunteer work requires people to devote half or even a whole day at a designated time and venue. As a result, these activities are not flexible. If there is a way that volunteers can help people at any time and place when they are available, it would make the activity much easier to join.

WeVoice+ aims to build a worldwide community consisting of volunteers and the visually impaired. In this project, a mobile app will be developed to allow visually impaired users to take pictures and send it to a group of volunteers, where available volunteers can describe the picture back to the user via voice message.

組長
Team Leader
蕭啟穎
SIU Kai Wing (HKU)

組員
Team Member
吳志康
NG Chi Hong (HKU)
陳致祥
CHAN Che Cheung (HKU)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
鄧日朗
TANG Laurence Yat Long  (HKU)

Website
https://www.techinnospire.com/

WeDerm provides integrated care for eczema patients: personalized, comprehensive, and guided with psychosocial support.

In June 2018, former CUHK nursing student, 23-year-old Pang Ching-yu, killed her parents and herself on Father’s Day. Her severe eczema and deep-rooted stress were the leading factors of the tragedy. Eczema is a painful skin condition which cascades from physical wounds to chronic mental stress. It affects 300 million people globally and Hong Kong is an infamous hotspot.

Today’s medical paradigm for eczema is problematic:

1. Generic intervention leads to ineffective treatment
2. Acute care mismatched for chronic conditions
3. Lack of psychosocial support and health guidance

As a team of students with decades of experience suffering from eczema, we know best what it means to live each day to the fullest – and we want to bring this to everyone in the world. Our integrated care program combines first-hand patient experiences, professional evidence-based medicine, and a comprehensive network in medicine, pharmacology, psychotherapy, and nutrition.

Since no case is the same, WeDerm offers a comprehensive diagnosis for eczema, generating a multifactorial patient profile for personalized treatment. To drive sustained action, peer engagement is integrated for effective long-term recovery, highlighting that health is not merely the absence of disease, but a sustained and positive state of physical and psychosocial wellbeing.

Our motto naturally: for patients, by patients.

組長
Team Leader
李健彰
LI Kin Cheung Harrison (HKU)

組員
Team Member
林曉晴
LAM Hiu Ching Michelle (HKU)
孔令喬
KUNG Ling Kiu Keshia (HKU)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
羅正蔚
Judy LAW (HKU)

Website
WeDerm.hk

年紀漸長，隨之而來的是不同的老人病。最為人所知的，莫過於認知障礙症。

有調查顯示，目前全球有約4800萬名患者，每三秒就會多一個人患上這個病。在香港，65歲以上的長者中，每100人便有5至8個人患有認知障礙症，而他們在社區內走失的情況亦令人擔憂。根據調查顯示，確診認知障礙症的長者走失率達三成以上。

為了令長者走失後，可以較容易被尋回，我們團隊從長者的「愛杖」入手，研製出全球首款智能拐杖外掛裝置 「Walkpner」。只要套上裝置，便能將一支普通柺杖升級成為智能枴杖。Walkpner擁有跌倒警報，來電通報及定位追蹤功能，更可太陽能充電，方便和保障老人家之餘，家人及看護者亦可更為放心。

喜行工作室
喜行工作室致力設計及研發銀齡生活用品，透過創新科技結合人性化設計，改善長者日常起居生活，使長者擁有更好的生活品質，同時滿足看護者的需要。

組長
Team Leader
吳穎思
NG Wing Sze (PolyU)

組員
Team Member
李凱迪
LI Hoi Tik (PolyU)
麥子澄
MAK Tsz Ching (OUHK)
吳卓瑜
NG Cheuk Yu (HKU)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
余啓明
YU Kai Ming (PolyU)

Website
walkpner.hk

To make healthcare better and safer for all, UVify aims to safeguard against cross-contamination of medical tools and devices. Developed through design thinking, we are solving a real-world issue at the core of a global problem. Leveraging simple technology compatible with the existing healthcare ecosystem, we are a medical device start-up that began with a simple mission: engineering, optimising, and transforming healthcare tools at the crux of it all: lowering incidences of infection and safeguarding devices for protection.

Infectious diseases, especially those which are hospital-acquired, are an alarming global problem threatening population health and healthcare systems. These problems lead to longer waiting times and higher hospital occupation rates.  Stethoscopes used by doctors are a major source of pathogen transmission. They are often contaminated and teaming with infectious bacteria. Shockingly, contamination risks increase exponentially after each clinic visit and there are also no universal prescription guidelines for sanitising stethoscopes – except through labourious manual cleaning with alcohol swabs.

Therefore, we have designed an automatic and portable UV-C light-based disinfection device for the medical staff to actively cleanse stethoscope diaphragms.

Our safe and flexible design features:

1. Compatibility with all dimensions of stethoscopes
2. Non-disruptive mechanical System for smooth rollout of diaphragm
3. Non-cytotoxic skin-friendly and non-carcinogenic – unlike other UV lights
4. Multi-pathogen inactivation of H1N1, MRSA, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterococcus faecalis

組長
Team Leader
陳錫坤
CHAN Sik Kwan (HKU)

組員
Team Member
蘭悦心
Mashiat LAMISA (HKUST)
魏雪來
WEI Xue Lai (HKUST)
潘姿文
POON Jasmine Chi Man (HKUST)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
Dr. Carrie LING (HKUST)

Website
uvify.hk

Summer Production是一間主要為15-24歲的青少年提供拍攝培訓的社企。

我們希望可以複製更多的Summer，以一個青年攝影團隊，幫助更多雙待青年尋找屬於他們的人生夢想和方向。

可能大家會問，Who is Summer? 其實Summer曾經是一個失業失學的雙待青年，機緣巧合之下，她進入社企成為一個攝影學徒，攝影從此成為她的興趣，三年後學有所成，成為一名專業攝影師。

Summer從受助者轉化為施助者，希望以她的經驗，舉辦拍攝教學班裝備青少年，讓他們製作屬於他們的作品，協助雙待青年尋找方向。

項目已經與超過15個機構及學校合作，指導參加者拍攝超過30條反思生命的影片，超過七成學員願意繼續參加有關課程。

此項目的成功，令我們想繼續「以生命影響生命」，由Summer出發服務另一群體——兒童之家的宿生。

組長
Team Leader
黃俊浩
WONG Chun Ho (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
陳雪兒
CHAN Suet Yi (EdUHK)
黃樂怡
WONG Lok Yi (OUHK)
吳卓謙
NG Cheuk Him (CUSCS)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
吳翠霞博士
Dr. Tracy NG (HKU SPACE)

Website
summer-pro.com.hk/

Elderly people in Hong Kong are facing social isolation and increasing loneliness, which is an important Risk Factor (RF) for a great many non-communicable diseases (NCD), such as cancer, dementia, stroke, cardiovascular disease, diabetes.  The lack or delay of mental health treatment can have many negative effects on individuals suffering from mental illnesses.

With the integration of AI, our SMART app (Sustainable, Memorable, Affordable, Real-time Therapist) can provide personalized recommendations based on a patient’s preferences and habits. Patients can access user-friendly, evidence-based tools and different treatment methods. Also, when the assessment result approaches predefined cut-off degrees, they will receive timely automatic referrals to registered psychologists.

Furthermore, our AI-backed chatbot enables speedy diagnosis of a patient’s condition and assesses risk levels, thereby supporting health professionals or users to administer effective and efficient treatment protocols.

The goal of SMART is to provide more mental health resources for those in need. The intention is not to replace human therapists, but to divert more of the mental health professional’s time to the treatment of mental illness. The shortage of mental health professionals in Hong Kong has made it difficult for those suffering from a mental illness to receive the treatment they need. Approximately 80% of the HK elderly population live in situations without enough money, time, or capability to obtain professional mental health treatment. SMART is an example of how Big Data and AI technology application in the mental health industry can have a significant impact on community healthcare accessibility.

組長
Team Leader
程嵐
CHENG Lan (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
陳偉鍵
CHAN Wai Kin (CUHK)
蔣華杏
JIANG Huaxing (HKUST)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
秦璟教授
Prof. Harry QIN (PolyU)

Website
mindfultech.hk

我們相信 every meal is meaningful (每一餐都是有意義的)。 進食並不僅是生理需求，更是人生樂趣的重要一環。然而，很多長者及吞嚥困難的患者只能進食不美觀的糊餐，或會出現情緒低落、食慾下降、營養不良等狀況。所謂「家有一老，如有一寶」，作為子孫以及照顧者，我們極為重視家中長者的飲食質素，希望長者能享用自己喜歡的食物，愉快地進食及。

在人口急速老化的香港，推動樂齡科技及相關產品服務的發展，正是關愛長者、關注未來的必要準備。有見及此，我們成立Mealingful，希望使精緻軟餐普及至社會各階層，盡量還原菜式原貌及味道，讓長者及吞嚥困難的患者在進食每一餐時，不僅能夠攝取日常所須的營養，同時亦可感受到美食帶來的喜悅和滿足。這就是我們所相信的「有意義的每一餐」。

組長
Team Leader
羅卓賢
LO Cheuk Yin (HKU)

組員
Team Member
陳彥彤
CHAN Yin Tung (HKU)
蘇穎彤
SO Wing Tung (HKUST)
何君霖
HO Kwan Lam (HKU)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
Dr. Mathias BUEHLMAIER (HKU)

Website
https://www.mealingful.hk/

ZOOMIN 是個專門為源頭減廢而設的手機應用程式，一方面以遊戲模式呈現用戶消費習慣， 同時在程式內獎勵實踐可持續消費模式的用戶。ZOOMIN 一字有雙重意思。「ZOO」代表生物多樣性，而「MIN」代表廢物最少化。這個程式的名稱表達了我們想為社會帶來正面改變的決心及熱誠。

政府在 20 年前推出「藍廢紙、黃鋁罐、啡膠樽」的口號令回收廢物變得街知巷問。惟時至 2018年，即使我們希望回收更多其他類型的廢物，但由於地理空間及回收廢物種類所限，單靠回收箱或其他回收設施已經不能有效減廢。減廢要長遠見效的，就必須落實「源頭減廢」，ZOOMIN 以數碼應用程式，並以各類獎賞，鼓勵消費者採取環保購物。我們堅信，ZOOMIN 將會是我們的未來。

組長
Team Leader
陸穎燊
LUK Wing San (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
文曦賢
MAN Hei Yin (HKUST)
蔡豪程
TSOI Ho Ching (PolyU)
林晃培
LAM Fong Pui (HKU)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
Dr. TAM Tat Chun Anthony (HKU)

Website
https://lukadvisor.tech/

JUST FEEL 感講的願景是為香港人帶來更好的精神健康。在這個目的下，我們的做法是改變學校和家庭的溝通方法。由於香港有不少學生未能認識自己的情緒，又不懂正確表達，導致他們容易與其他人發生磨擦，妨礙學習和社交，長遠影響精神健康。有見及此，JUST FEEL 感講以「善意溝通」為理論基礎，設計出一系列敎育產品和服務，包括感受需要咭、教材、學校佈置材料、影片和教師工作坊，以達至「先處理心情，再處理事情」 。

JUST FEEL 感講由香港特區政府社會創新及創業發展基金資助，主力與本地學校合作，營造善意溝通校園。JUST FEEL 感講曾獲得超過 20 篇媒體報導，包括有線電視﹑明報及信報等，並與 YMCA ﹑Ednovators 教育燃新﹑Teach For Hong Kong﹑The Good Lab 好單位等機構合作，至今已培訓超過 1500 名教師。

組長
Team Leader
楊思毅
YANG Sze Ngai (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
郭梓樂
KWOK Tsz Lok (CUHK)
張美怡
CHEUNG Mei Yi (CUHK)
霍靖兒
FOK Ching Yi (CUHK)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
黃幹知
WONG Kon Chi (CUHK)

Website
justfeel.hk

*Invited team from “Good Seed”

When facing mental issues, we understand it can be difficult to pour your heart out to others. In fact, when encountering adversities and mental issues, only 1% teenagers are willing to express themselves.

“Heart to Heart” is a meaningful lifestyle brand that connects people who are aware of mental wellbeing and the opportunities for them to take the actual step to care about others’ mental health. It is a series of gifts designed by people who have battled through mental health issues.

We start the conversation by admitting and expressing our own mental state. With our product, we encourage people to talk about their mental health, to take the initiative to care about others, and to be part of us to drive a positive and powerful change to society. We aim to overcome the stigma and misunderstanding against mental illness.

Heart to Heart is a brand of products, but we also aim to become a mobilizer in mental health advocacy. We aspire to combat the current misunderstanding about mental wellbeing by providing a true understanding through our online and offline campaigns.

We understand that mental issues are always a taboo that is so hard to admit and discuss. However, at the same time, we understand you care about mental wellbeing as much as we do. We stand with you in the face of negative thoughts. Join us and from the bottom of your heart tell others. Let’s TALK about mental health!

組長
Team Leader
鄭逸軒
CHENG Yat Hin (HKU)

組員
Team Member
馬汶樂
MA Man Lok (HKU)
葉卓昇
YIP Alvin Cheuk Sing (HKU)
黎芷溶
LAI Tsz Yung (HKU)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
黃蔚澄
WONG Paul Wai Ching (HKU)

Website
hearttoheart.hk

GrinBean is a profit-sharing ecosystem built around clean recycling. Our ecosystem links citizens, property developers and management companies, recyclers, and retailers. We aim to promote recycling, and provide reliable technologies that enable an accurate sorting of recyclables and contamination control at the point of disposal, as a solution to the low recycling rate and low recovery rate in Hong Kong.

The GrinBean ecosystem consists of recycling machines powered by artificial intelligence. We apply the concept of reverse vending to incentivize people to recycle through our interactive mobile application. Our pioneering recycling solution has the potential to be applied citywide, as an effective method of recyclable collection and to encourage green living. This can transform Hong Kong into a smart city in the aspect of waste management and recycling.

組長
Team Leader
梁嘉誠
LEUNG Ka Shing (HKU)

組員
Team Member
林心湛
LAM Sum Cham (HKU)
龍錦賜
LOONG Kam Chi (HKU)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
王惠玲博士
Dr. WONG Wai Ling (HKU)

Website
grinbean.hk

Free Periods HK is the only group in Hong Kong providing support to low-income women through the supply of free sustainable menstrual products. The group is supported by experienced individuals from Happeriod, MenstruAction, MissMaMa and M Cup M Stuff, 4 groups that highlight the issue of menstrual stigma in Hong Kong since as early as 2014.

We realise that in Hong Kong, there are menstruators (especially low-income groups) who lack menstrual health knowledge. As a result, in order to save money, they sacrifice the quality of the menstrual products they use or even intentionally reduce the frequency of changing for clean menstrual products. Unfortunately, using menstrual products beyond the suggested time of use can lead to issues with menstrual hygiene and various potential health threats.

Free Periods HK advocates a unique Buy 1 Give 1 distribution model of free sustainable menstrual products. We also collect public donations of money and menstrual products, organise menstrual education workshops and train menstrual education ambassadors. Through connecting menstruators from different social backgrounds and supplying free menstrual products to those in need, we set out to relieve the mental, physical and financial burdens on low-income groups caused by period poverty and raise public awareness on period poverty.

DOSHA Woodcraft is a local wood upcycling company. Our team includes 5 product designers and we will offer different types of furniture and home products for customers.

Our story begins with an upcycling project after the Typhoon Mangkhut (颱風山竹). DOSHA members tried to collect and produce new products with disposed wood. This experience proved that wood disposal can provide the raw material for production. Unfortunately, the wood recycling rate in Hong Kong is less than 1%. However, disposed wood can be the raw material for furniture making, thus reducing the demand for cutting down more trees.

Currently, the public has an understanding of green life and carbon footprint. At the same time, Hong Kong is a high-density city and everyone needs to optimize the use of the floor space in their home. Therefore, by designing “Lego Furniture”, a series of DIY concept wood furniture, customers can meet this need by offering specific units for customers to create the stylish furniture of their wishes.

Flexible, eco-friendly, stylish and meaningful furniture is a great idea for people and nature. All wood has their own life and own experience, and everyone can save wood from being disposed into landfills.

From a broader perspective, DOSHA Woodcraft’s aims to save trees and increase the wood recycling rate in Hong Kong. At the same time, we hope our products will lead users to share the story behind the furniture and let our lives influence thinking and save trees.

組長
Team Leader
俞妍竹
YU Yen Chu (THEi)

組員
Team Member
簡美美
KAN Mei Mei (THEi)
陳慧琳
CHAN Wai Lam (THEi)
江曉僑
JIANG Xiaoqiao (THEi)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
陳思朗
CHAN Sze Long  (THEi)

Website
https://www.facebook.com/doshawoodcraft

在香港，每三個小朋友便有一個有特殊學習需要(SCMP, 2018)。雖然愈來愈多人認識例如讀寫障礙、專注力不足/過動症和自閉症等學習障礙，但真正得到適當支援的又有多少？

卡牌大冒險是一個由Aco Studio Ltd策劃之EdTech社創計劃，成員來自理大的科研團隊及香港大學的教育團隊，旨在以自動化方式，減低教育、輔導及復康的成本，擴大其服務範圍，為有需要的學生及其家庭提供高效、有趣及平民化的解決方案。

首個項目「卡牌大冒險 - AR遊戲識字計劃」以冒險遊戲學習體驗啟發學生自主學習，同時採用正向教育元素，給予學生自我實現的可能，從而提高學生學習動機、語文能力及感知肌能，達至持續學習、永續發展。本計劃包含線上線下課程、應用程式、大數據分析平台，及客製化方案，家長、學校及機構可按其需要選擇個人化方案。

WeCareBill is an open database for patients to select medical services based on budget. It reduces patients’ fear to go private due to cost uncertainty: this simple step would reroute 3-5% public patients to go private, leaving more resources for needy and urgent patients.

It is basic patients’ right to know the cost in advance before they select medical services. However, due to the Code of Conduct imposed by the Medical Council, doctors are not allowed to publish the price of surgeries, causing surgery costs to vary in multiples for some extreme cases. Therefore, most Hong Kong patients have to pay for consultations in order to obtain a price estimate - unlike other countries with unified pricing or clear price lists.

Hence, a significant proportion of the price-sensitive, uninsured elderly population opts not to use private services, even though they can afford to do so. This poses burdens on our public health system, leading to the waiting time for public hospital to become longer, and directly affect our health. These unfortunate results also echo the report findings from Bupa in 2018: data transparency is a key to enhance the sustainability of the Hong Kong healthcare system.

The three social impacts we bring are:

• Better health outcomes: by enabling patients to make more informed and faster decisions based on price information

• Shorter waiting times for public hospitals:  more public resources for the needy

• Higher savings on expenditure: from better utilization of private hospitals and health insurance in Hong Kong.

組長
Team Leader
謝珈雁
HSIEH Chia Yen (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
白芸茹
BAI Yuin Ru (CUHK)
梁晞彤
LEUNG Hei Tung (CUHK)
葉庭瑄
YEH Ting Hsuan (HKUST)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
熊志添教授
Prof. HUNG Chi Tim (CUHK)
黃田麒先生
OOI Tyan Chyi Nicholas (LU)

Website
facebook.com/WeCareBill/

Making a Difference – TheraTalk to ease communications in mental health counselling

In recent years, mental health issues have become alarming in Hong Kong. The waitlist for public services is so long that many people miss their optimal time to receive timely intervention to prevent the problems from escalating. However, alternative private services are often too expensive and inflexible.

TheraTalk fills the gap by providing timely, easily accessible, flexible and affordable psychological services with the use of advanced technology. We aim to become the biggest technology-based psychological services provider in Asia.

TheraTalk is a HealthTech start-up that enables people with stress and mild mental health issues to communicate with professional counsellors by text at any time of the day.

The service removes the stigma and inconvenience of seeking professional help in person. Users can choose to chat with dedicated professional counsellors or psychologists for regular, asynchronous feedback via text counseling. Alternatively, they can choose real-time counselling or in-person counselling. TheraTalk’s services are highly affordable, easily accessible, and users can choose to keep their identity anonymous. The company also offers offline, in-person counselling and wellness services for individuals and corporations.

In addition, TheraTalk provides bot-assisted mental health screening to help early detection and informed treatment and bot-assisted evaluation for effectiveness studies. We have also recently launched a free bank of resources for non-paying clients to enhance their psychological well-being.

TheraTalk was founded by an enthusiastic team with professional knowledge in psychology, counseling, technology development, business development, marketing and corporate planning.

組長
Team Leader
李文頤
LI Man Yee Isabel (HKU)

組員
Team Member
邱明曉
YAU Ming Hiu (CUHK)
麥嘉雯
MAK Ka Man Carmen (HKBU)
楊子寧
YEUNG Chi Ling Cindy (HKU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
梁曉廸博士
Dr. Hildie LEUNG (PolyU)

Website
facebook.com/theratalkhk/

AntzKnow：去中心化的預測智囊團

每天，你的腦海中都會浮現出無數的想法，但大多數都被遺忘和浪費了——不是因為它們毫無價值，而是因為我們還沒有找到有效利用它們的機制。

AntzKnow 是一個思想家在線社區和一個分散的諮詢公司，它利用大眾智慧為客戶分析和預測未來的宏觀事件。AntzKnow 平台允許個人用戶分享各種預測問題的信息、意見和預測（例如，2018 年中國的出生率會增加嗎？）。之後，根據事件的真實結果，用戶根據他們的預測準確性進行評級和排名，並獲得準確預測的獎勵。在此過程中，我們的專有算法彙總個人的預測以生成實時集體預測，科學證明該預測比大多數個人更準確。

AntzKnow 平台有教育和諮詢兩種業務模式。

1. 預測現實生活中的事件是一個學習過程，可以訓練高級信息搜索、批判性思維和解決問題的能力。AntzKnow 平台使人們能夠通過預測來學習，無論是在高中、大學還是公司。我們為此獨特的電子學習工具收取訂閱費 (SaaS)。
2. 人群預測是一門經過驗證的科學。在建立起牽引力和可信度後，AntzKnow 將為需要準確預測的公司提供諮詢服務，並與貢獻預測者分享收入，以實現社區的有機發展。

AntzKnow 使個人能夠將他們以前分散、浪費的個人腦力貨幣化，並為客戶創造有價值的見解。此外，AntzKnow 培養批判性思維能力並提高學生和公眾的未來主義意識，從而產生巨大的社會影響。

組長
Team Leader
劉毅文
LIU Yiwen (HKU)

組員
Team Member
楊柳
YANG Liu (HKUST)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
David BISHOP (HKU)

Website
facebook.com/AntzKnow/

在現今的社會，即使是有導盲犬的幫助引導視障人士，但他們在探索社區方面仍存在困難。 目前使用導盲犬作引導仍存在許多限制。

1）導盲犬需要接受培訓才能進入新的地方。

2）當視障者失去方向時，他們需要尋求周圍環境的幫助，而不是導盲犬。 另一方面，以現時的情況，視障人士與移動設備通信的能力非常有限，要自行到達一個指定位置的地方，亦有困難。

我們提出了一種移動輔助解決方案來指導視障人士。 透過使用計算機視覺的移動設備在機器學習的幫助下可以指示視障人士(及導盲犬)正確的路徑以及了解周圍環境和前方事物。通過我們所提出的解決方案，視障者可以更容易到達指定位置，增強他們的獨立性以及自行在社區導航方面的能力。

組長
Team Leader
李嘉威
LI Ka Wai (CityU)

組員
Team Member
張梓軒
CHEUNG Tsz Hin (CUHK)
洪藝峯
HUNG Ngai Fung (VTC)
李力恒
LEE Lik Hang (HKUST)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
凌嘉勤先生
LING Kar Kan (PolyU)

Website
theiago.com/

「WeWah音樂家」致力讓未有條件的小朋友達成學習鋼琴的夢想。

「WeWah音樂室」是「WeWah音樂家」團隊總結七年來的服務經驗，而計劃建立的綜合型音樂服務中心。我們希望建立具演奏、學習、練習及多用途活動空間於一身的音樂中心，一方面進一步提
升現時服務的質素，另一方面希望以廉價出租琴室與Band房予社區人士，讓基層社區及喜愛音樂的年青人有一個相對廉價的音樂空間，實踐他們的音樂夢。

除此之外，我們更希望透過共享模式，把活動空間廉租予社區基層組織，吸引不同的組織舉辦更多社區項目，增加基層社區的社會資本，提升社區生活質素。

更多「WeWah音樂室」的資訊，可瀏覽：www.facebook.com/wewahmusic

組長
Team Leader
彭梽樃
Javier PANG (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
陳曉澄
CHAN Hiu Ching (HKU)
郭小櫻
KWOK Siu Ying (CUHK)
林家宏
LAM Kelvin Ka Wang (CUHK)
姚偉彤
YIU Wai Tung (PolyU)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
曹文傑博士
Dr. CHO Man Kit (CUHK)

Website
https://www.facebook.com/WeWahMusic/

Void delivers an affordable and sustainable mental health service. However, our difference is the multi-functional self-help mobile application. This allows Void to deliver  mental health service anywhere and anytime - even within 15 minutes!

Void relieves stress through three main functions: Sleep Quality Improvement, Pressure Relief and Focus Training. Our service is based on the concepts of meditation, hypnosis and psychotherapy.

Void provides three main features:

1. Relaxation game: based on the “Ji” concept in Taichi, the game guides users to reach calmness. It comes with a 4(inhale) - 6(hold) - 6(exhale) breathing rhythm, which has been proven to allow people to reach a relaxation state. Also, with the 3D touch technology, the relaxation game can perform pressure optimisation. Users can then reach a relaxed state before they hear the hypnosis recordings.

2. Smart wristband: this integrates kinesthetic anchoring with our audio program to achieve an optimal effect. It measures body condition data (eg heartbeat and sleep quality), which users can then use to monitor their progress and improvement.

3. Hypnosis recordings: after the wristband records the body condition data (eg heartbeat, force and duration of playing finger exercise), it automatically adjusts the hypnosis recordings for each user by using an adaptive model to match their specific needs.

We fill a huge void with an affordable and sustainable mental health service. Anywhere and anytime - even within 15 minutes!

組長
Team Leader
陳棨豪
CHAN Kai Ho Hercules (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
陳智軒
CHAN Chi Hin Samuel (HKUST)
林津瑜
LAM Chun Yu Iris (HKUST)
曾皓筠
TSANG Ho Kwan Agnes (CityU)
鄒樂衡
CHOW Lok Hang Polly (HKUST)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
陳雙幸教授
Prof. CHAN Sheung Han Gary (HKUST)

Website
http://www.void.com.hk

「V’air」是提倡低碳本地遊的組織，透過網絡與線下行動，增加公眾對氣候變化和環境問題的認知，達到減低人均碳排放和提高港人環保意識的目標。

氣候變化問題日益嚴重，港人乘搭飛機所產生的二氧化碳佔總排放量的五分一，絕對不容忽視。面對快閃旅遊的風氣，「V’air」旨在推廣低碳本地休閒活動，減少不必要的高排放外遊。

「V’air」以青年人為主要服務對象，核心理念包括本地遊歷、公眾教育及青年充權三個元素。我們期望成為連結旅遊傳媒和環保組織的橋樑，以深入淺出的方法，為本地遊注入教育元素，鼓勵大眾遊歷之餘愛護環境。我們在網站發佈本地遊路線和相關環保資訊，推廣可持續旅遊；並舉辦城市和郊野導賞團，讓市民深入認識景點。此外，我們更積極與不同機構合作舉辦公眾教育活動，宣揚理念，增加影響力。

組長
Team Leader
楊子雋
YEUNG Tsz Chun (HKU)

組員
Team Member
吳丹婷
NG Tan Ting (CUHK)
周敬峰
CHAU King Fung (HKU)
施丰凱
SI Fung Hoi (CUHK)
鍾芯豫
CHUNG Sum Yue (CUHK)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
陳宗誠教授
Prof. CHAN Chung Shing (CUHK)

Website
facebook.com/vairhk/

Nature Bathing addresses the problem of stress faced by secondary students in Hong Kong. The surging number of youth suicide and students suffering from severe stress reflects a serious social issue. Unfortunately, stress is not well-managed and schools often lack the time and manpower to help students cope.

By engaging students in outdoor workshops and experiences, Nature Bathing offers a solution to help them relieve stress and enhance their stress management skills. Inspired by the Flow Learning ^TM model and experiential learning through nature, these activities provide immediate stress relief and stress management skills. As students participate in outdoor workshops, day camps and overnight camps, they can establish a new network of friends – friends they can connect with before a crisis occurs. It is also expected that students are more likely to continue to actively engage in nature in the long run, as a way to control their stress.

From a broader perspective, the project offers a solution for schools to alleviate stress by engaging students with nature. The promotion of Nature Bathing programs will also increase social awareness towards youth stress and the benefits of nature for stress relief and mental well-being.

Nature Bathing intends to cooperate with strategic partners like Gaia Association, Principal Chan Free Tutorial World, Social Entrepreneurship and School Education (SENSE), Tithe Ethical Consumption and different corporates. We hope to connect around 150 secondary schools and 24,000 secondary students with our network, and ultimately create a change in our leaders of tomorrow.

組長
Team Leader
曾振威
TSANG Chun Wai William (HKSYU)

組員
Team Member
謝思維
TSE Sze Wai (HKU)
王詩蕙
WONG Sze Wai (HKU)
羅錦妍
LO Kam Yin (HKBU)
李鳳洳
Sally LEE (HKBUCIE)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
吳翠霞博士
Dr. NG Chui Ha Tracy (HKU SPACE)

Website
naturebathing.hk

「無事無事研究所 Mosi mosi」是一所人性化的設計工作室， 其哲學理念源自於廣東話的「無事無事」，意思是生活上遇到什麼困難也好，也要抱緊不用擔心 “There is no worry” 的精神。對於設計的追求不停留於外在的美感上，更著重於如何透過設計，使社會和人之間有更好的連繫，希望以人性化的設計喚起人們對弱勢社群及社會的關注。

無事無事研究所從下而上的出發點與視障人士相處，透過第一身了解視障人士在日常生活上的需要，設計出讓他們分辨錢幣面值的錢包。

視障銀包設計不單解決了視障人士的生活需要，更挽回了他們的尊嚴，讓他們也能自主地融入社會。我們不單著眼於設計的美感與滿足經濟消費市場，更進一步是如何透過人性化與包容性設計創造出不一樣的社會價值。

Mosi mosi
There is no worry

組長
Team Leader
梁雯蕙
LEUNG Man Wai (PolyU)

組員
Team Member
盧潤發
LO Yun Faat (PolyU)

Website
mosimosilab.com.hk

教育工作者作為人類靈魂的構築師，應根據每位學童的需要，設計出符合他們個人的教學方式和內容，為他們提供優質的教育 服務，以促進他們的多元發展，讓他們發揮個人所長。「童創文化 Kiddy Imagination」由一個跨專業人員的團隊組成，當中包括 ：精神科學護、言語治療師、畫師和心理輔導員等，針對坊間SEN學童不同年紀之需要，創作不同的遊戲卡，供學校及家長為初小 至高中的SEN學童進行針對性訓練。遊戲卡共分為五大方向：識字、情緒認知、社交溝通、認識不同行業出路、反思人生方向及意 義，以涵蓋SEN學生成長過程中的不同需要。

我們著重「回饋」、「傳承」及「共享」：

– 提倡遊戲卡代用機制

– 跟本地大學合作提供實習機會，並培育SEN青年成為專業SEN導師，承傳服務SEN學童的精神

– 鼓勵為理念和目標而牟利的概念(Profit for purpose)

組長
Team Leader
解崇晞
KAI Sung Hei (PolyU)

組員
Team Member
邵雪瑤
SHAO Suet Yiu Shirley (HKU)
何憬沛
HO King Pui (OUHK)
胡文滔
WU Man To Patrick (PolyU)
胡新怡
WU San Yee (EdUHK)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
李澤沛博士
Dr. LEE C.P. Terence (BUHK)

Website
kiddyimagination.hk/

STEM is a hot topic, which will be an integral part of education curricula. However, most school teachers still lack the resources to begin teaching STEM. Fortunately, iSTEM has designed 30 different DIY kits to help them. These kits contain explanatory booklets and teaching materials to enhance students’ happy learning, design creativity, critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.

iSTEM has created a movement in “flipped learning. Our environmentally-friendly solution provides a personalized hands-on experience through enhancing co-learning and co-creation.

Our mission is “Everyone can be a happy STEMer 全民科普 你我同行”

Our team experience and supportive advisors can empower all stakeholders. iSTEM offers effective STEM learning packages and tailor-made solutions to all stakeholders at very affordable costs. Our solutions include workshops, exhibitions and a “Train the Trainers Program”.

With the increased application of iSTEM, we expect enhanced sustainable experiential learning for everyone – even for the disabled (the Blind) and underprivileged groups. More and more people will enjoy STEM with iSTEM – a quadruple win for the education community, social harmony, vulnerable communities and the government.

組長
Team Leader
陳基志
CHAN Kai Chi Eagle (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
李泰俊
Tae Jun LEE (HKUST)
倪王澤
NI Wengze (HKUST)
David Solomon WEXLER (HKUST)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
余瑞富教授
Prof. Terrence YEE (HKUST)
黃岳永教授
Prof. Erwin WONG (HKUST)

Website
istem.ai/

每人的生命都同樣寶貴，何況是無私奉獻半生建設社會，並將我們撫養成人的至親？他們的一生更是值得被記錄、傳頌和肯定。

專業人生傳記製作

「不朽傳耆」旨在為維繫子親關係，提供專業的一站式多媒體人生傳記製作服務，幫助家庭記錄銀齡父母的黃金時期，回顧前半生笑淚足跡，留下子親互動的寶貴時光，作為今後永久流傳的家族回憶。我們為家庭中健康狀況良好或患病而神志清醒的銀齡父母拍攝，把他們的人生故事製作及出版成文字、圖片、及影像，成為一份送給至親特別謝禮。

公眾本地口述歷史教育

另一方面，本計劃將在長者同意下選取不同口述歷史部分並按年代、社會事件整合，建立推動香港本地口述歷史教育的平台，以實物及網上渠道分享傳播，讓大眾認識─個個為建設香港默默耕耘的故事；一段段出自香港的人生傳奇。

組長
Team Leader
李遠昇
LEE Yuen Sing (LU)

組員
Team Member
麥成灝
MAK Shing Ho (PolyU)
莊恩傑
CHONG Yan Kit (PolyU)
莫少媚
MOK Siu Mei (CIHE)
葉德怡
YIP Tak Yee (OUHK)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
劉智鵬教授
Prof. LAU Chi Pang (LU)

Website
immortality.hk

GreenPrice is a social supermarket based in Hong Kong with an objective to eliminate food waste. We resell safe and decent groceries that are getting close to, or have just passed, their “best before” dates. We will do this lawfully and at bottom prices through multiple distribution channels.

We are built on the mission to:

• Offer safe and decent food at the lowest market price to mitigate the cost of living
• Educate the public about the food waste problem and best before date concept
• Promote sustainable consumption and shape Hong Kong as a green economy

組長
Team Leader
韓駿謙
HON Chun Him (HKU)

組員
Team Member
蘇漢熏
SO Hon Wan (HKU)
洪詩瑩
HUNG Sze Ying (HKU)
陳凌旭
CHAN Ling Yuk (HSMC)
周俊諺
CHAU Chun Yin (HKU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
盧思遠博士
Dr. Ernest LO (HKU)

Website
http://greenprice.hk

Problem
Around 1.5 billion people worldwide are suffering from chronic pain and this imposes tremendous costs on patients, employers, and the health care system. People suffering from chronic pain are less able to exercise properly, to sleep normally or to master their daily life successfully. It leads to a vicious cycle of depression, helplessness, guilt, and increased preoccupation with pain and created multitude of negative behavioral responses like restricted activity, sleep deprivation, and social withdrawal. In Hong Kong, it is estimated that 35% of adults suffer from chronic pain and the highest prevalence are those in the lower income groups with monthly income below HK$ 15,000. Current treatments for chronic pain are simply ineffective (The Lancet) and painkillers proved to potentially cause toxicity, gastrointestinal bleeding, and renal failure.

Solution
With 5 years’ experience in practicing origin point medicine (OPM), Body Activation was developed to automate the proven OPM acupoint massage to relieve body pain using an effective, non-invasive and drug-free therapy. Body Activation is a service machine located in publicly accessible places using the affordable pay-per-use vending concept to provide hassle-free, easy and fast therapy to relieve body pain for users in private. All elderly people will get a special discount on their Octopus card to relieve pain and improve quality of life. As the main concern for a public machine is hygiene, the system will be maintained by elderly employees, who will also be Body Activation users. When your body feels good, so does your mind. Therefore, pain sufferers, especially the elderly, will be relieved of their pain and regain their dignity to continue doing what they like in life. Body Activation, the best way for you to relieve body pain.

*Invited team from “Startup Weekend Hong Kong Silver Society @ Lingnan University”

組長
Team Leader
郭威鴻
KOK Wai Hoong (PolyU)

組員
Team Member
張家鴻
CHEUNG Ka Hung (PolyU)
林皓然
LAM Ho Yin (PolyU)
袁家俊
YUEN Ka Chun (University of Surrey)
梁萃盈
Shiny LEUNG (University of Sussex)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
景興建教授
Prof. JING Xingjian (PolyU)

Website
http://www.bodyactivation.hk/

In Hong Kong, there are over 300,000 secondary students. However, in order to earn better grades in public exams, over 90% of them go to tutorial classes every day after school.

The tutorial industry has emerged since the 1990s. Unfortunately, in these 20 years, tutorial centers with ever increasing class sizes and tuition fees have done little to improve students’ learning effectiveness and there are no alternatives in the market.

That’s why we founded AfterSchool, an online learning community designed for Hong Kong secondary students. Our mission is to create a new learning system that provides students with a “Ten Times More Effective & Ten Times Cheaper” learning experience.

By uniquely combining learning science, gamification and social elements, we provide students with a highly personalised, flexible, effective and interactive learning experience at just 40% of the market tuition fee. Our community also allows students to learn at their own pace, interact with other students and discuss problems in real time.

AfterSchool will also create a channel for qualified tutors to publish courses and build a passive income stream.

All they need to do is to produce high quality learning materials. AfterSchool will provide the rest, including marketing, packaging and sales. Revenue will be split between tutors and AfterSchool.

Education is essential. AfterSchool creates a smarter learning ecosystem with unlimited possibilities for our future generation.

組長
Team Leader
謝志峰
TSE Chi Fung Ronald (HKU)

組員
Team Member
何百祥
HO Pak Cheung (CityU)
梁文康
LEUNG Man Hong (HKBU)
鄭德堅
CHENG Tak Kin (HKU)
郭卓霖
KWOK Cheuk Lum (HKU)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
丘琪鴻博士
Dr. Timothy HEW (HKU)

Website
afterschool.com.hk/

Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths (SUID) causes over 15,000 deaths each year – the major causes being suffocation and strangulation. These cases are often associated with incorrect sleeping positions where the babies are found with their faces covered by a blanket or even found dead face down in the bedding.

Current prevention measures are basic. Parents need to wake up frequently through the night to check if their baby is breathing normally. However, as a result of frequent checking, over two thirds of parents report that they regularly lose 3 hours of sleep because of the stress and worries. However, we aim to provide a solution to relieve the pressure on parents and allow them to sleep better.

Peacify is an innovative wearable for babies. Our device brings medical grade sensing technologies into every household through an affordable and adorable baby sock. It is equipped with the most advanced biomedical sensors and algorithms to monitor a baby’s vital signs and then transmit the data to smart devices. By connecting to an app, parents or medical professionals can monitor a baby's heart rate, blood oxygen level, skin temperature and sleep habits at a glance. The device can also alert parents to abnormalities and rolling over.

Being a monitoring tool rather than a medical or diagnostic device, Peacify will alert parents to potential health-related danger signs so that they can take preemptive actions to safeguard their child.

組長
Team Leader
羅偉倫
LAW Wai Lun (HKU)

組員
Team Member
潘晉宜
POON Chun Yi (HKU)
李向彬
LEEHeung Pan (HKU)

Website
peacify.com.hk

社會人口逐漸老化，「上有高堂」的成立，旨在支援子女照顧年邁父母的需要。

根據我們和超過100個家庭所進行的用戶研究，長者的長期護理規劃深深地影響著長者餘生的生活質素，而且是一連串相當複雜的家庭決策過程，但基於種種現實情況所限，大部份家庭往往只有1-3天的時間來作出長者長期護理的決定。有見及此，我們決定設計一個智能問答平台，利用人工智能，為不同家庭即時度身訂造合適的長期護理規劃。

用戶進入「上有高堂」的網站後，只需回答十五條簡單選擇題，系統將針對用戶的境況提出合適的長期護理方案。除了分析長者的身體狀況、照顧人手、家中空間和財政上的各種限制，方案還會包含一系列具針對性的可行建議，讓子女能把握時間，為父母的長期護理安排得更妥當。

組長
Team Leader
黃炳建
WoONG Bing Kin Solomon (HKU SPACE)

組員
Team Member
陳正浩
CHAN Ching Ho (CUHK)
區媛婷
AU Yian Ting (CUHK)
李力行
LEE Lek Hang Nicholas (Cornell University)
高建文
KO Kin Man David (HKUST)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
周偉信
CHOW Wai Shun (HKU)

Website
patermater.org/

我們是「街坊帶路」社區步行團，我們透過深度步行團推廣社區旅遊，給全世界一個真香港在地體驗。

我們相信旅遊的方式正在改變，深入香港本土將令旅遊體驗更加真實難忘。我們希望能夠整合企業、社會組織、設計產業，形成新力量，運用社區參與及設計解決城市觀光議題，在旅遊過程中發掘並推廣本土珍貴而獨特的文化，發展城市旅遊新服務。

如果你樂於走進社區，發掘新事物，喜歡聆聽一個個動人的社區小故事，「街坊帶路」步行團絕對是你的選擇。

我們祈望以步行團推廣本地文化及保育，同時為社會迎來正面效益，為共同構建更美好社區而出一分力。

組長
Team Leader
TAM Kin Lok (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
LAM Kam Ying (PolyU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
盧智恒博士
Dr. LO Chi HANG (PolyU)

Website
kaifongtour.com/

數據顯示，全港有17萬名視障人士，當中一半人擁有智能手機，而擁有大學或以上學歷的佔5%。可是，因為視力的障礙，引起了他們於尋找工作、
社交及日常生活等的不便之處，令他們於香港的生活十分困難。

「iSEE MOBILE APPS」的願景是透過資訊科技打破隔膜，以促進香港視障人士在生活上的平等參與。透過智能電話的科技，視障人士能衝破視力的障礙
，能連接社會。

「iSEE MOBILE APPS」是一間製作簡單易用手機程式的科技公司，透過製作多個不同種類的手機程式，提供充足社會資訊及支援，以便利視障人士的日
常生活，包括工作、社交、旅遊及生活所需。透過提供服務及機會，產品能讓視障人士如視力正常的人般生活。

組長
Team Leader
馮廣照
FUNG Kwong Chiu (OUHK)

組員
Team Member
雷健青
LUI Kin Ching (OUHK)
潘展宏
PUN Chin Wang (LU)
譚皓元
TAM Ho Yuen (LU)
楊靖平
YEUNG Ching Ping (HKDI)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
馬學嘉博士
Dr. MA Hok Ka Carol (LU)

Website
iseemobile.com/

Market Opportunity

Coins have been in circulation since 1863 in Hong Kong. While making transactions more convenient, coins have caused some problems and inconvenience. For example, coins are not easy to be paid out after the public receive change in a transaction, since many retailers do not accept smaller bills and the denomination of coins vary. Also, coins are heavy and easy to lose. As a result, we store a
large amount of coins at home. In addition, retailers also need a store of coins for change. Unfortunately, over the past five years, this required the government to produce more than HK$30 billion worth of coins.

Our Solution

HEYCOINS is a chain kiosk that tackles the hassle and inconvenience created by the use of physical coins. HEYCOINS Kiosk collects coins from the public and then converts them into digital currency, including e-wallets recharge, transportation/cash cards top-up, e-cash coupons purchase and charitable donations.

HEYCOINS will bring direct economic benefits and positive social impacts by recycling coins and removing coins from unwanted circulation. Also, by controlling the return of the stored coins back into circulation, HEYCOINS will greatly reduce the massive cost of manufacturing coins for future use.

HEYCOINS is positioning itself to be the gateway to FinTech for the masses. Our B2B2C business model takes the advantage of coins for attracting people to continually use our product and service. We will accumulate HEYCOINS users, build brand trust and build greater acceptance of FinTech solutions like e-wallets/cross-border settlements.

組長
Team Leader
劉港城
LAU Kong Shing (CityU)

組員
Team Member
黃若操
HUANG Ruo Cao (CUHK)
林振偉
LAM Chun Wai (CUHK)
榮南
RONG Nan (LU)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
高進教授
Prof. GAO Jin (LU)

Website
heycoins.com/tc

Work,Sheet. aims to promote the concept of Permaculture and putting the whole system into daily life. We cooperate with St. James Settlement (NGO) and sheltered workshops to collect food waste with HK local features in the community. We use 100% biodegradable ingredients and sustainable procedures from start to end. We have also developed a new innovative Fiber-material, share profits from
the goods sold as a return to reward workers and introduced a whole system to serve the community.

After a series of experiments and testing, we successfully developed an efficient system for processing local food waste into commercially viable products (Fiber-Material: 2D.FiberSheet, 3D.FiberBlock). Our Fiber-Material can be used in industrial manufacturing as well as custom-made production. The material can be used as a semi-final material to produce daily products, range from large objects like furniture, lighting and installations, to small products like stationery, containers, utensils and any paper product. We specifically chose food waste that is rich in HK local characteristics, which made our Fiber material more representative of Hong Kong. At present stage we focus on 1. tea leaves from tea-houses; 2. fruit from local fruit markets; 3. plants from The Flower Market at
Prince Edward; 4. Chinese medicine herbs from Chinese pharmacies.

Besides the character of the material supplier, Work,Sheet. also builds social responsibility through educating the public on the concept of permaculture by holding workshops and exhibitions; as well as producing designer products and services, which will be targeted mainly at the corporate sector. With our current corporate work experience and up-coming projects, we have the confidence to launch our unique HK material to the global market in the near future.

組長
Team Leader
楊詩雅
YEUNG Sze Nga (PolyU)

組員
Team Member
王玉玲
WONG Yuk Ling (PolyU)

Website
worksheet.hk

UNlimited Institute (UNi) is a social business established in April 2014. We design experiential learning programs for university students in Hong Kong and Southeast Asian countries. Our programs include elements of international cultural experience and community engagement. With our visions “Learning without Borders, Travel beyond Limits”, we create unique cultural exposure and understanding, and also theme-based problem-solving training for students.

Our featured program is the formal credit-bearing program entitled the Capstone Program, in which we have partnered with the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and College of International Education of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU CIE), offering overseas study program for Food and Nutritional Science students from HKU and HKBU CIE. Our participants from HKU are also exclusively subsidized by the Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Centre (GHELC) of HKU.

This professional program is divided into three phases:

Phase 1 – Pre-trip training: we cooperate with Inter Cultural Education (ICE) and the Crossroads Foundation for cultural mindset training, associated with professional lectures and demonstrations from the universities.

Phase 2 – Overseas excursion: we cooperate with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UNFAO) and World Food Program (WFP) for professional seminars on the research projects in rural Cambodia. During the excursion, the participants can visit local NGOs, social enterprises, and historical heritages and conduct village-based research.

Phase 3 – Post-trip reports: participants submit reports and give a presentation for university credits.

For public programs, we also offer cultural exchange trips in Southeast Asian countries including Cambodia and Mongolia.

組長
Team Leader
彭竣煒
PANG Chun Wai Henry (HKU)

組員
Team Member
陳益
CHAN Yik (HKU)
郭嘉明
KWOK Ka Ming Andre (HKU)
尹皓峰
WAN Ho Fung (CityU)
吳卓霖
NG Cheuk Lam (HKU)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisorr
溫萬芬教授
Prof. WAN Man Fan Jennifer (HKU)
Dr. Lucy Porter JORDAN (HKU)

Website
http://www.unlimitedinstitute.com/

STOP HIDING!

START TALKING!

How do you tackle a hidden problem? The problem is the sexual health of Hong Kong’s youth. After all, shouldn’t we all be concerned about the consequences of being ill informed? These range from unexpected pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections and discrimination against sexual minorities.

The current generation of young people have grown up with sexually explicit material being freely available on the Internet. In addition, the trend is that they are becoming sexually active at a younger age. So what are we to do?

Sticky Rice Love aims to develop a friendly community in Hong Kong. A community that is receptive to discussions on sexuality and then to empower young people with the knowledge to make responsible informed choices. Fortunately, Sticky Rice Love is gaining attention. Since our launch, we have received strong support – around 4,500 Facebook fans and around 20 reports in the media.

Our online platform has two main components: an online journal and an online forum for young people to ask questions anonymously. After we receive questions, our team of trained volunteers and sex therapists reply with practical answers. The topics we cover are sex and gender, how to accept oneself, communication and romance in relationships. In addition, we provide educational activities for schools, parents and the public. This online platform also allows businesses to advertise their products to the youth market and fees are charged for providing workshops.

Sticky Rice Love – we’re all about sex!

組長
Team Leader
蘇美琪
SO Mei Ki (HKBU)

組員
Team Member
辛蔚嫺
SUN Wai Han (HKU)
何卓輝
HO Cheuk Fai (CUHK)
廖煜培
LIU Yuk Pui (CUHK)

院校顧問
​Faculty Advisor
Ms. Lucy ARTHUR (HKU)

Website
stickyricelove.com/

Giving elderly people and abandoned dogs a new lease on life

Senior CID equips Hong Kong’s elderly with pet sitting, training and grooming skills through working with abandoned dogs. Our programme empowers senior citizens to generate a stable income while helping numerous canine lives.

Our population is greying fast. By 2035, one in 3.2 people will be aged 65 or above. Currently, one third of the elderly live in poverty. Some of them are physically capable and should be given the chance to work. By matching their resources with the needs of abandoned dogs, Senior CID can solve three of society’s problems: 1) ageing population; 2) abandoned dogs; and 3) high demand for affordable pet services.

We collaborate with expert trainers who teach our elderly members to provide quality pet services. The elderly will learn to care for, train and groom through working with abandoned dogs at our partner shelter. They will keep the dogs healthy, happy and attractive, increasing their chances of finding a new home. Once the elderly complete their training, we will offer their services at below market prices. Our elderly will benefit from having a flexible, fun and rewarding work schedule. Pet owners can also enjoy cheaper services while knowing that their money spent are for the benefit of the elderly and abandoned dogs.

Our vision lies further. To broaden our network and impact in a sustainable model, experienced members will become trainers themselves to empower not only other elderly, but also other groups of people in need.

組長
Team Leader
梁靄靈
LEUNG Oi Ling (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
文月晶
MAN Yuet Ching (CUHK)

Website
seniorcid.hk

Festyle is an online platform that provides fresh grocery and cuisine package deliveries. It recruits women to handpick and purchase fresh food from wet markets, and process raw food into convenient cuisine packages for customers. Festyle aims to promote healthy dining culture in Hong Kong and provide tailor-made job opportunities for women. This helps them develop their strengths and unearth their potential, as well as improve the economic situations of their families. To achieve genuine empowerment of women and release their productivity, women employees will be responsible for designing new recipes and packages, and take up managerial and business development positions in Festyle. By providing fresh grocery deliveries and convenient cuisine packages online, we care for the families who have difficulties in shopping for fresh groceries and cooking healthy homemade food due to their busy and tight schedules. We are offering not only fresh and healthy food, but also warm and skillful care from women. We aim to open up the online grocery market and facilitate the everyday needs of families. Customers can order online every day before 1pm and receive same-day deliveries. Once we receive orders from customers, our employees will handpick, purchase and process food accordingly. The ordered fresh groceries will then be delivered at the selected timeslot. Festyle provides you the best solution to fresh and healthy meals.

組長
Team Leader
葉曉慧
YIP Hiu Wai (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
黃嘉泳
WONG Ka Wing (CUHK)
張肇庭
CHEUNG Siu Ting (CUHK)
馮黛詩
FUNG Toi Sze (PolyU)
張敏聰
Cheung Man Chung (CHCHEd)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
孫耀先教授
Prof. Bernard SUEN (CUHK)

Website
festyle.hk

陪月，是十年前開始興起的行業。可一直以來，陪月服務給人的感覺都是奢侈的，為中產以上家庭專有。「陪月通」作為一家社會企業，就是要改變這個局面，以一個活用共享經濟(shared economy)的網上平台，提供自由的配對服務，讓陪月和保姆服務更普及(accessible)和實惠(affordable)。

陪月員及保姆方面

家長方面

組長
Team Leader
陳廷匡
CHAN Ting Hong (HKU)

組員
Team Member
林浩恩
LAM Ho Yan (HKSYU)
趙紀瑜
CHIU Kei Yu (HKU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
凌浩雲
LING Ho Wan Howard (Hong Kong Institute of Education)

Website
doulaeasy.com

Founded in 2011, WEDO GLOBAL is an SE advocating multi-cultural education. Through workshops, cultural tours and profound cultural experience programmes, it aims to proactively minimise racial discrimination against ethnic minorities and enhance the understanding of local Chinese towards the culture of ethnic minorities. Furthermore, the ethnic minorities will be provided with training as a way to increase their employment opportunities, boost their confidence and help them understand and embrace their own culture.

組長
Team Leader
Dhiraj GURUNG(CUHK)

組員
Team Member
方諾恆
FONG Nok Hang (PolyU)
吳宗麟
NG Chung Lun (PolyU)
黃靜虹
WONG Ching Hung (PolyU)
林樂怡
LAM Lok Yi (PolyU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Alison E. LLOYD (PolyU)

Website
wedoglobal.com

The Preface (formerly known as Harmonia), by making use of organic agricultural products as raw materials, produces environmentally friendly skincare products and shows support to local agricultural development. Since May 2013, more than 10 natural products including soap bars and liquid soap have been successfully introduced. The Preface also takes the opportunity during the publicity of its products to educate the public about the concept of using skincare products without additives to protect water resources, animals and our skin.

組長
Team Leader
郭綺琦
GUO Qi Qi (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
譚錫清
TAM Sek Ching (Hang Seng Management College)
王子
WANG Zi (CUHK)
劉潔恩
LAU Kit Yan (PolyU)
蔡子健
CHOI Chi Kin (CUHK)

Website
thepreface.hk

Lensational’s photo-education program aims to empower women in developing countries both economically and emotionally through the power of a camera lens. They envisage women in those area be equipped with a camera and professional photography techniques to express their hopes and dreams and enhance their living standard. In addition to helping women in developing countries, Lensational will also hold small-scale exhibitions to promote the message of women's rights to the public.

組長
Team Leader
謝珮琪
TSE Pui Kei (CUHK)

組員
Team Member
趙舜茹
CHIU Shun Yu (CUHK)

Website
lensational.org/

Founded in 2013 as the first SE offering an elderly simulation programme in Hong Kong, Eldpathy has held over 70 simulation workshops in various secondary schools, tertiary institutions, social welfare agencies and commercial organisations so far. The Eldpathy programme enables participants to experience the daily life of an elderly person through a series of simulation games under the theme of “dressing, eating, living and travelling” of the elderly so as to develop participants’ empathy for and gratitude towards the elderly. In the future, Eldpathy will extend its promotion to various sectors across the territory in the hope of spreading the message of caring for the elderly to the whole community.

組長
Team Leader
陳浩民
CHAN Ho Man (HKUST)

組員
Team Member
曾家鑫
TSANG Ka Hing (HKUST)
江穎敏
KONG Wing Man (HKUST)

Website
eldpathy.hk

Alchemist Creations is a community-based design company upcycling aluminium cans into timepieces and lighting products. The company partners with Christian Family Service Centre to create training and employment opportunities for the disadvantaged. Attaching great importance to the overall system design, Alchemist Creations works with trainees and tutors at the workshop to design products and arrange suitable production procedures. This is to serve the purpose of enabling customers to appreciate trainees’ exquisite craftsmanship from the products, thus achieving the goal of “Turn Neglect Into Shine”. Wristwatches produced by Alchemist Creations are now available at the HKTDC Design Gallery and Autoshop, as well as European markets including Italy, the Netherlands and Germany.

組長
Team Leader
凌靜然
LING Ching Yin (PolyU)

組員
Team Member
蕭天心
SIU Tien Sum (PolyU)
何俊健
HO Chun Kin Kenneth (PolyU)

Website
alchemisthk.com/

WOUF is an SE in the fashion design industry integrating innovative textile technology with animal care. Dog hair collected from pet owners and animal shelters are turned into Chiengora yarn for making exquisite fashion and accessories. This new initiative is both environmental-friendly and full of compassion towards animals.

組長
Team Leader
林敏兒
LAM Mun Yee Anita (PolyU)

組員
Team Member
樂美怡
Magaret LOK (PolyU)
陳曉嵐
CHAN Hiu Nam Amy (HKBU)

Website
wouf.co/

Oops! upcycles surplus materials generated by interior design companies and transforms them into beautiful albums and notebooks as well as visual arts teaching materials for educational purpose. Echoing the concept of “upcycling”, Oops! also stimulates students’ creativity and provides an opportunity for students to understand the use of different materials in art making.

組長
Team Leader
朱英姿
CHU Yin Chi Joyce (PolyU)

組員
Team Member
羅家佩
LAW Ka Pui Keziah (PolyU)
梁卓雅
LEUNG Cheuk Nga Irix (PolyU)
黃家琪
WONG Ka Ki (PolyU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
CHAN Kai Ching Patrick (PolyU)

Website
oopshk.org/

ATB Auto Art Ltd. is the first company in South East Asia with upcycling approach as its modus operandi. It turns scrap vehicle parts into high-end household furniture. By bringing back those almost-abandoned hardware machinery technology, ATB Auto Art upgrades its brand to a high-end art level. At the same time, the founder of ATB reaches out to the young by organising upcycling workshops in various places, hoping to teach them all she knows and help them re-establish their self-value.

組長
Team Leader
胡思穎
WOO Sze Wing Telly (PolyU)

組員
Team Member
姚志輝
YIU Chi Fai Alex (PolyU)
劉翠慧
LAU Chui Wai Beatrice (PolyU)
盧華基
LO Wah Kei Kei (PolyU)

Website
atbautoart.com

Inter Cultural Education is an educational SE focusing on broadening adolescents’ universal horizons while shouldering corporate social responsibility. It mainly provides school-based training programs aiming at developing people’s global competitiveness, and Greater China Social Innovation Trips to help youngsters experience, understand and respect cultural diversity, explore their potential and gain new knowledge.

組長
Team Leader
LAW Wai Hung (PolyU)

組員
Team Member
Patrick Bostrom (HKU)
LIU Han Stephanie (HKU)
YU Shu Hui Susanna (HKUST)
Pooja JHAVERI (HKUST)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
Prof. Matthew YUEN (HKUST)

Website
icehongkong.com/