The annual flagship event in the innovation and technology (I&T) sector, the Hong Kong Techathon+ 2025, co-organised by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) and local higher education institutions, has successfully concluded on 19 January This year's event reached a new record in participation, attracting over 1,800 local and international talents in I&T, forming over 380 teams.
The participants included more than 100 non-local innovators and 40 teams from the mainland China, the US, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Macao, Australia, Portugal, and Brazil, who travelled to Hong Kong specifically to compete in this prestigious contest for 10 Gold Awards and the New Innovation Award under four themes, namely Trusted AI and & Data Science, Sustainability and Environment, Social and Governance (ESG, Digital Economy and Smart Cities. Finally, the team “Eleuto” from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology won the Gold Award in the category of Sustainability and ESG under the Local University Student Group as well as the New Innovation Award by creating a communication solution for the paralyzed who are unable to speak or type.
