2025 Hong Kong ICT Awards: Smart People Award – Call for Entries
2025 Hong Kong ICT Awards: Smart People Award embraces the theme “Breaking Boundaries with Technology, Building Communities with Compassion”, highlighting the importance of connection—not only between NGOs and tech experts working together to drive digital transformation, but also between people and technology. The aim is to empower underserved groups by harnessing technology to enhance their well-being.
Award Introduction
The Hong Kong ICT Awards was established in 2006. It is the most recognised and longest-standing information technology award in Hong Kong. It aims at recognising and promoting outstanding local information and communications technology (ICT) inventions and applications, thereby promoting constant innovation and pursuit of excellence in the entire ICT industry. The Smart People Award aims to recognise innovative development of ICT products / solutions or ICT/ AI-enabled services to improve lives and foster social good.
Join the Briefing Session to Learn More About the Award
Join the Briefing Session to Learn More About the Award
To support interested organisations in gaining a deeper understanding of the award, we cordially invite you to join the briefing session of “2025 Hong Kong ICT Awards: Smart People Award”. The session will cover the judging criteria of the competition and feature sharing by past award-winning organisations on their projects and valuable experiences. A networking session will also be arranged to encourage interaction and connection among participants from different sectors. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how the award can enhance your project’s credibility, expand its social impact, and attract more resources and support for your innovative ideas.
📅 Date: 26 May 2025 (Monday)
🕒 Time: 3:00 – 4:30 PM
📍 Venue: Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
👉 Register now: https://forms.gle/PteDVAr8Hes47qFM8
Three Award Streams: Building a Tech-Driven Smart City
In 2025, three streams are open for submission to recognise innovative development of products / solutions or ICT / AI-enabled services, programmes and campaigns serving the following objective. From the shortlisted entries across these streams, the “Best Use of AI” award will be selected to magnify and honour outstanding achievements in harnessing the power of AI in respective areas.
🔹 Smart Transformation (Solution for Charitable Sector)
To enable charitable institutions achieving higher operation productivity and efficiency, improving client experience, service effectiveness and quality, and ultimately enhancing the quality of life of their targeted clients.
🔹 Smart Ageing
To recognise innovative development of gerontechnological products / solutions or To enable independent living and social participation of elderly people in good health, comfort and safety, which is believed to be an important factor to achieve “ageing in place” and to enhance the sustainability of an ageing society
🔹 Smart Transformation
To address unique challenges faced by the underprivileged in the community, to improve their circumstances and quality of life, safeguard their right in social participation, and no one being marginalized in the smart city development
Prizes and Benefits for Winners
The remarkable achievements of the Awards winners (Gold/Silver/Bronze) will be recognised by customers, organisations, the ICT industry practitioners and across the community. Some of the winners benefits include:
- to receive trophies (Gold/Silver/Bronze) of the HKICTA;
- to display the official logo of the HKICTA in their promotional materials;
- to participate in various promotional campaigns to publicise their achievements;
- to be supported for entering into other regional and international awards and competitions;
- to 3 months free access to co-working space in Hong Kong Science Park Incubation Centre for eligible SMEs;
- to participate in investment matching activities co-organised by the Hong Kong Venture Investment and Business Angel Network Limited (HKBAN) and Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks (HKSTP);
- to 3 months free access to Flexi Space in Cyberport Smart-Space for SMEs; and
- to free participation in some large-scale local ICT events (e.g. InnoEX) for marketing exposure.
We invite you to showcase how technology can serve as a bridge for compassion and make a real difference in society.
Don’t miss the chance—submit your application today and showcase your project to a broader audience!
📅 Deadline: 12:00 noon, 14 July 2025
📍 Details & Online Application: https://ictawards.hkcss.org.hk/
📝 Enquiry 📩 [email protected] | 📞 2922-9227 (Ms Winnie WONG)