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Catalysing Innovation & Technology

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The start-ups participating in HKSTP’s annual Elevator Pitch Competition can leverage the expertise of leading companies to help them grow in the Asian market. Photo: HKSTP

Hong Kong’s innovation scene in spotlight as Elevator Pitch Competition goes global

HKSTP presents its seventh EPiC event, which showcases the city’s I&T ecosystem, offers investment opportunities to competing start-ups, and has leading companies, sponsors and partners involved.

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Hong Kong entering a ‘golden era’ of I&T, with major career opportunities

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HKSTP celebrates 20 years of driving I&T success in Hong Kong, looks to next era

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Global and diverse talent flourishes in Hong Kong’s vibrant I&T ecosystem

Young talents keen to capitalise on opportunities in the city’s I&T sector are being drawn to to HKSTP’s Technology Leaders of Tomorrow programme, which provides placements and full-time R&D jobs.

24 Jun 2022 - 12:09PM

Hong Kong’s innovation and technology sector is attracting young talents from diverse backgrounds, who share the common goal of experiencing the I&T opportunities offered in the city. Photo: HKSTP

Hong Kong’s biotech funding boom can help start-ups

City’s potential requires concerted effort and resources if start-ups are to overcome R&D ‘valley of death’, while position within GBA and reputation offer unrivalled access to global markets

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How focus on smart manufacturing unlocks opportunities for Hong Kong talent and industry

HKSTP’s InnoParks aim to drive city’s I&T opportunities and reindustrialisation amid new era of economic growth

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Reindustrialisation necessary to fuel Hong Kong’s productivity, growth in the digital era

HKSTP is supporting the growth of InnoParks to realise the potential of advanced manufacturing, which could drive Hong Kong’s economy and lead to new skills and jobs.

4 Jan 2022 - 10:00AM

Tai Po InnoPark (pictured) is one of the new InnoParks that not only serve the specific role of leveraging and transforming local innovations to shape new industries, they also retain and revive current industries in Hong Kong. Photo: HKSTP

Start-up’s use of 3D printing to restore coral reefs wins EPiC 2021

EPiC celebrates diversity as more than 600 entries from 40 regions pitch greentech and construction tech, health tech, smart city and fintech ideas to investors

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City I&T Grand Challenge fosters ideas from Hong Kong’s next generation of innovators

Debuting amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the competition emphasises how innovation can help solve the challenges of daily life, with a focus on the issues of environmental sustainability and social connectivity.

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Beer made from leftover bread, AR app for books are winning ideas in new I&T competition

The solutions developed for food waste and online learning were victorious in the inaugural City I&T Grand Challenge, which sought innovative ideas addressing issues of everyday life in Hong Kong.

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Anushka Purohit (left) and Suyash Mohan are two of the four founders of Breer, a start-up that creates beer from leftover bread. It was one of the top winners at Hong Kong’s first City I&T Grand Challenge held in October.

Hong Kong’s hi-tech data tech hub can speed up firms’ digital change

State-of-the-art infrastructure at Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation’s building gives companies access to technology to optimise data

14 Jan 2022 - 10:42AMvideocam

Roberto Leone, co-founder and managing director of NiRoTech, a company specialising in access and safety control devices for the home, is a tenant at HKSTP’s Data Technology Hub.

How Hong Kong’s ‘hands on’ Experience Centre showcases thriving I&T ecosystem to the world

HKSTP’s purpose-built experiential venue presents achievements of city’s tech firms to potential investors, industry partners and public

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HKSTP and HSBC’s Sprinter 2 programme guides traditional manufacturers into a world of innovation

The jointly organised accelerator connects mid-cap corporates and SMEs in Hong Kong with global tech start-ups to boost digital transformation

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How tech unicorn Geek+ is nurturing a new generation of R&D talent in Hong Kong

Start-up specialises in smart logistics solutions incorporating robotics and artificial intelligence, with a goal to fully automate warehouses

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Geek+ has developed a range of autonomous mobile robots that can do picking, sorting, moving and lifting functions in warehouses and other types of logistics operations.

How Hong Kong’s incubation support helps innovative young entrepreneurs develop successful start-ups

Company founders say HKSTP’s expertise and connections help their ideas develop and businesses grow

18 Aug 2021 - 10:32AM

Dr Choi Pui-wah hopes her idea for using a non-invasive blood test to detect cervical cancer will have a positive impact on women’s lives.

How Hong Kong’s young innovators are using technology to build a safer society

Robots automatically disinfect shopping malls and deliver meals in quarantine hotels, while a flight simulator trains pilots and students with an emphasis on aviation safety.

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Hong Kong ‘co-creation’ space will help I&T talent live, work and play – and collaborate

Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation hopes the building will offer an environment where people generate ideas and concepts together

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Hong Kong invites innovative ideas amid Covid-19 pandemic

Hong Kong’s City I&T Grand Challenge offers the opportunity to develop innovative ideas that address challenges arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.

14 Jan 2022 - 11:39AMvideocam

The City I&T Grand Challenge, organised by the Hong Kong government and supported by HKSTP, will offer winning participants the resources and support to further develop their ideas.

Covid-19 was perfect storm for digital revolution that inspired I&T talent

About 2,000 I&T jobs will be on offer to science, technology, engineering and mathematics candidates at March’s online Hong Kong Science Park Virtual Career Expo

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Hong Kong boosts regional fintech development amid Covid-19 pandemic

Launch of new FinTech Centre in Kowloon Tong will provide ecosystem that help financial institutions in Hong Kong meet customers’ rapidly changing needs

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‘Made in Hong Kong’ is coming back stronger than ever

Advanced manufacturing is seeing rapid growth in the city, fuelled by a healthy ecosystem of innovative businesses.

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Budding innovators to help Hong Kong foster smart city living amid Covid-19

Hong Kong’s City I&T Grand Challenge, titled ‘Be an Innovator’, urges global community to submit ideas for more sustainable and inclusive society to help transform city’s future

14 Jan 2022 - 12:31PM

Albert Wong (left), CEO of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, and Rebecca Pun, Hong Kong’s commissioner for innovation and technology, hope the City I&T Grand Challenge will attract innovative smart city ideas from around the world.

2 Hong Kong pioneers’ hi-tech robotics can transform industry and research

Technology created at Inovo Robotics performs repetitive tasks that cultivate sustainable crops and process foods, while Nikyang’s tools carry out more reliable research analysis

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Virtual 60-second ‘business pitch in a lift’ contest helps tech start-ups move ahead in tough times

Online fifth edition attracts 77,000 live views as 10 finalists, including three from Hong Kong, present innovative tech ideas to vie for total cash prize of US$200,000

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How Hong Kong innovators turn ideas into reality that can change the world

Dennis Lo’s ‘set a goal’ to find non-invasive prenatal test now used in over 90 countries each year, and Soung Liew’s ‘passion’ led to faster wireless communication

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Dennis Lo (left), professor of medicine and chemical pathology at Chinese University of Hong Kong, has developed a blood test that can detect 50 types of cancer from just one sample, which gives patients the chance to undergo medical treatment when survival rates are high.

Hong Kong programme puts future I&T leaders on path to success

HKSTP InnoAcademy’s Technology Leaders of Tomorrow programme to attract world’s young science and engineering graduates and I&T practitioners

18 Jan 2021 - 11:06AM

Eight talent were selected from more than 600 local and international applicants for HKSTP InnoAcademy's signature scheme, the Technology Leaders of Tomorrow programme.

Virtual pitch competition lifts tech start-ups towards success in a post-pandemic world

HKSTP’s Elevator Pitch Competition goes virtual this year, further cementing Hong Kong’s position as a leading innovation hub

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HKSTP platform to build trust in AI and robotics business solutions

The new testing platform – first of its kind in Hong Kong – validates technology capabilities and will encourage greater use among providers and enterprises

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Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation – a statutory body fostering I&T development across Asia – provides outstanding facilities, initiatives, expertise and all-round support to help innovative entrepreneurs and start-ups harness their potential.