Eligibility

This challenge is open and offered to individuals under either of the conditions below:

• Must be over 18 years old
• Be currently enrolled in higher education in Hong Kong or Macau
• Be within 3 years of your graduation date from a higher education institution and be currently residing in Hong Kong or Macau

The challenge is not open to employees, representatives of or family members of the sponsor, its affiliates nor Agorize.

Any participant who does not fulfill the conditions of participation as provided above during their registration and/or at any time during the challenge will be disqualified from the challenge without prior notice and will not be entitled to any prize.

Submissions

Challenge Process

The Challenge consists of three rounds:

Application Phase: deliverables will be accepted from 6 August 2019 to 27 September 2019 at 23:59 HKT. The deliverables consist of a 10-slide pitch deck addressing the following items:

• Problem Statement & Value Proposition
• Differentiation
• Feasibility
• Core Technology/Architecture (if applicable)
• Team Profile
• Optional: Video demo

At the end of the Application phase, up to 10 winning teams will proceed to the Mentoring Workshop phase.

Mentoring Workshop Phase: the Mentoring Workshop phase will commence on Monday, 14 October 2019 and ends Friday, 8 November 2019.

During this phase, the 8-10 selected teams will be given the opportunity to interact with field experts who will provide input and insights on the deliverables from the sponsor’s perspective. 

The purpose of this mentorship is to assist teams in refining their deliverable. At the end of the Mentoring Workshop Phase, all teams will be required to submit a pitch deck presentation of no more than 20 slides with a more comprehensive proposal of their idea (or project) by Thursday, 7 November 2019 at 11:59 pm HKT.

Participants are required to upload the deliverable on the challenge website, which will be used as a presentation document during the final pitch.

Final Round: the 8-10 teams will be invited to The Hub in Wan Chai to pitch their final deliverable in-person to a judging panel comprised of representatives from the U.S. Consulate and its partners.

At the end of the Final Round and based on the selection criteria, section 10, the jury members will choose and announce the top three winning deliverables.