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Hackathons
in a reverse chronological order
41 Hack Viral
Mentor - Youth Development and Education Track
Aug 2020
Organised by Student Innovation for Global Health Technology (SIGHT) and HKUST Entrepreneurship Center (EC), we are looking for students and professionals to tackle problems brought on by this COVID19 pandemic!
40 Finspire Hackathon
Mentor
Feb 2020
FINSPIRE Hackathon is the premier annual event of FINSPIRE where hustlers, hackers and hipsters from universities team up to ideate, design, build and pitch their Fintech-inspired innovations. The competition is co-organized by Convoy and Cyberport. Participants have a chance to win over HK$100k in cash and prizes.
39 SmarTone Hackathon 2019 - 5G and Smart City
Finalist (one of the top-10 teams)
Oct 2019
We successfully demonstrated a 5G Mixed Reality prototype for the silver generation using smart glass. The application detects the progress and continuously prompts encouragement words from the family members. At the same time, real-time data analysis is shown.
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38 MIT HealthHACK
Participant
Jun 2019
By participating in this event, I have learned about the basics of the hackathon process, built resilient teams, and contributed to solving challenges in aging and wellness
37 hackUST 2019
Mentor
Apr 2019
hackUST + hardUST is an annual hackathon at HKUST to develop your prototype, meet entrepreneurs and industry experts, and pitch your ideas. I actively involved in hackUST since 2014.
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36 Data and Media Hackathon 2019
Mentor
Jan 2019
The competition attracted more than 100 participants, most of them are future journalists and tech talents. The competition matches one of the strongest areas at HKBU: Data and Media concentration.
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35 Inter-School Innovation Competition on Insurance Technology 2018
Final-round Emcee
Nov 2018
The competition was jointly organized by Financial Services and Treasury Bureau and Cyberport Hong Kong. The organizers adopted Hackathon approach for secondary and tertiary students, with a mission to raise their awareness of insurance products and develop innovative solutions for the InsurTech industry.
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34 AIA Life Hackathon 2018
Winner of Day 1 idea pitching award
Nov 2018
The Hackathon was organized by AIA, Microsoft Hong Kong, EY, and ThinkCol. The competition attracted over 100 participants from 12 different regions
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33 Belt & Road Justice Challenge - Innotech Law Hackathon
Mentor
Sep 2018
The competition was organized by the Law Society of Hong Kong. I served as a mentor to help the top 10 teams, with a good mix of university students and working professionals.
32 Smart City Hackathon Hong Kong 2018
Founding Committee Member
Sep 2018
Partnered WEF Global Shapers Hong Kong and Hong Kong Science and Technology Park (HKSTP) to organize the first-ever Smart City Hackathon in Hong Kong. The competition attracted over 100 talents, including a 10-year old developer.
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31 AngelHack Hong Kong 2018
Organizer
Jul 2018
Served as AngelHack Hong Kong ambassador to organize a city competition for the 3rd consecutive year
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30 PolyU x Radica Big Datathon 2018
Event Emcee and General Support
May 2018
The second time to help RADICA launch Big Datathon in Hong Kong. RADICA works with different universities each time to present BigDatathon - a competition focusing on the application of big data, data analytics, and data science
29 hackUST 2018
Mentor and VIP
Apr 2018
The 5th consecutive year in hackUST. This year, I walked around and talked with participants on each table, spreading my experience in Hackathon and how to transform a prototype to a startup idea
28 Access to Justice InnoTech Law Hackathon 2018
Participant and Winner
Apr 2018
Won the second runner-up award
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27 Global Legal Hackathon Hong Kong 2018
Participant and Winner
Feb 2018
Won the second runner-up award
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Advisor
Feb 2018
Kindly received an invitation by Dr. Ray Cheung at CityU to be an advisor to give some comments to the OC team in the very early stage, and I shared some of my experience in organizing Hackathon in Hong Kong
25 Fishackathon Hong Kong 2018
Organizer
Feb 2018
Helped organize Fishackathon for the 2nd time in Hong Kong
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24 AS Watson Hackathon 2018
Participant
Jan 2018
Mentioned by the official AS Watson group's LinkedIn page
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23 Microsoft ImagineHack 2018
Organizer
Jan 2018
Helped Microsoft Hong Kong for the second time to organize Hackathon in Hong Kong
22 HKUSTxRadica Big Datathon 2017
Project Manager
Dec 2017
Helped Radica and HKUST Big Data Insitute organize a data-centric Hackathon (Datathon) in Hong Kong
Photo Album21 Vernetzte Welten Hackathon 2017, Jugend Hackt
Mentor
Oct 2017
Served as a technical mentor
20 Smartone Smart Properties Hackathon 2017
Organizer
Oct 2017
Served as AngelHack Hong Kong ambassador to help Smartone organize Hackathon in Hong Kong
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19 AngelHack Hong Kong 2017
Organizer
Jun 2017
Served as AngelHack Hong Kong ambassador to organize a city competition
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Speaker
Jun 2017
Served as an alumni speaker to share my startup journey of HabHub after the 2016 competition
17 Hang Seng FinTech Hackathon 2017
Organizer
May 2017
Helped Hang Seng Bank organize their first FinTech Hackathon in Hong Kong
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16 hackUST 2017
Participant
Apr 2017
Won the top-5 award in HealthTech theme
15 E.C. Jamming Student Hackathon
Advisor
Mar 2017
14 Supercharger FinTech Hackathon 2017
Participant
Feb 2017
Worked with Clare.ai (co-founded by HKUST alumni) to build a chatbot KYC (Know-Your-Customers) application
13 Microsoft ImagineHack 2017
Organizer
Jan 2017
Helped Microsoft organize their first Hackathon in Hong Kong
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12 Hack-O-Life Hackathon 2016
Winner
Nov 2016
Worked with 3 students to win Hack-O-Life Hackathon in 2016
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11 JeJu TravelTech Hackathon 2016
Participant
Oct 2016
Traveled with 4 other Hong Kong people to join Hackathon in JeJu, South Korea
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10 hackJam 2016
Organizer
Oct 2016
A 6-hour condensed mini-hackathon competition. It attracted 89 HKUST students and alumni. Open source development via Git/GitHub and cloud computing technologies were included.
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9 co-organized by HSBC and Deloitte
Participant
Sep 2016
Developed an innovative Virtual Reality (VR) application in FinTech theme. Although we could not win any prize, it was a wonderful experience
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8 Cyberport FinTech Hackathon 2016
Judge
Sep 2016
Invited by BitwiseHack and Cyberport to be one of the judges in the competition
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7 Dreamcatchers MedTech Hackathon 2016
Finalist
Jun 2016
HabHub entered the final presentation stage of the first MedTech Hackathon in Hong Kong
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6 AngelHack Hong Kong 2016
Organizer
May 2016
5 Fishackathon Hong Kong 2016
Mentor
Apr 2016
Served as a technical mentor in Fishackathon at Ocean Park
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4 hackUST 2016
Organizer
Apr 2016
Comparing with hackUST 2015, the hackathon attracted double turnout. 440+ participants in 91 teams from 8 local universities joined the competition
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3 Tencent Charity Hackathon 2015
Winner
Jun 2015
Worked with 2 Tencent software engineers and 1 HKUST student. Received 1000 Yuan from this competition
2 hackUST 2015
Organizer
Mar 2015
hackUST 2015 opened to all university students and alumni in Hong Kong. 220+ participants in 47 teams from various local universities joined the competition.
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1 hackUST 2014
Co-founder
April 2014
The first ever university-backed hackathon in Hong Kong. The competition attracted 105 HKUST students and alumni
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