Targeted Student

Current undergraduate and postgraduate university student.

Eligibility

Cross-university team member(s), both undergraduate and postgraduate students, from the following universities are welcome. However, the Team Leader’s university will deem to represent his/her university for the competition. 

• (TBC) The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK)

• (TBC) Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)

• (TBC) The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

• (TBC) The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK)

• (TBC) Hong Kong Shue Yan University (SYU)

• (TBC) Lingnan University (LU) 

Entry Requirements

Participants must form a project team of 2 to 4 students and submit the application form by 23:59, 13 March 2026 (Friday) through the application website:  https://forms.office.com/r/SQuEgx4dJA 

• (Participating project teams DO NOT need to submit proposals in the application stage). 

• The entry must be the students’ own work demonstrating their innovative concept, creative design/modelling, as well as its practicability and impact. 

Submission

The proposed solution shall outline different innovative FinTech applications involving tokenization of real-world assets and/or digital money for new business initiatives or an enhancement plan for an existing project etc. 

The solution should illustrate the following content: 

• Need and potential areas for innovation or problem identification in tokenization/digital assets 

• Current pain points/environment (if any) 

• Proposed solution(s) (including format, timeline, operation details, budget, expected difficulties and solutions, etc.) 

• Expected impact to the beneficiaries and/or an organization 

Each team must submit a set of Powerpoint or slides with the following requirements: 

• MUST be in PDF format 

• Maximum 25-30 slides for 10-15 minutes 

• Any text, images and videos can be included 

• All presentation materials and the pitching will be conducted in English. 

• Submitted electronically via the Proposal Submission Microsoft Form by 23:59, 15 May 2026 (Friday). 

Assessment Criteria

• The judge panel reserves the right to shortlist the participating project teams for the Pitching Competition.

• Each (shortlisted) project team must send at least two members to attend the Pitching Competition to compete for the awards.

• A panel of judges will be appointed to assess the entries based on the following criteria:

  • Innovativeness (25%)

  • Relevance and impact (25%)

  • Sustainability of the solution (25%)

  • Pitching/Presentation skill (25%)

Announcement of Results

• The results will be announced right after the Pitching Competition at the Award Presentation Ceremony.

• The awarded project teams must attend the Award Presentation Ceremony to receive the awards.

• The organizer reserves the right to reschedule the date of the Award Presentation Ceremony.

• The decision of the judge panel is final.

Awards and Prizes

• Each participant will be issued a Certificate of Achievement.

• Champion: Cash Prize of HK$12,000 with Trophy

• 1st runner up: Cash Prize of HK$8,000 with Trophy

• 2nd runner up: Cash Prize of HK$5,000 with Trophy

General Terms, Confidentiality and Intellectual Property

• The organizer reserves the right not to accept any application submitted in response to this Competition and the right to interpret, amend, supplement the terms and conditions in the guidelines.

• The organizer reserves the right to disqualify any team that violates the rules, conditions or spirit of the Competition. In case of any dispute, any decision made by the organizer shall be final and conclusive.

• All materials submitted must be original work and must not contain any unauthorised use of copyrighted or proprietary materials of any person or entity. Any form of plagiarism will result in automatic disqualification. Use of thoughts or work of another source must be properly referenced.