Smart City Hackathon Hong Kong 2018

Smart City Hackathon 2018

<H2>Smart City Challenges. Connect the Dots.</H2>
<H2> &gt;&gt; Big Data | IoT | Blockchain </H2>
 
CHALLENGE STATEMENTS 
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 1. Smart Mobility Challenge by <A HREF="http://www.hitachi.com.hk/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hitachi Vantara</A>
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<LI>Develop a prototype that improves the transportation and /or logistics</LI>
<LI>For example, your team can build applications including, but not limited to, intermodal transport optimization system, demand and supply matching, etc.</LI>
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2. Smart Environment Challenge by <A HREF="https://getlinks.co/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">GetLinks</A>
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<LI>Develop a prototype that improves our environment using relevant datasets (e.g. weather, air quality, etc.).</LI>
<LI>For example, your team can build applications including, but not limited to, smart energy monitoring app, air quality detection and control device, waste management system, etc.</LI>
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3. Smart Living Challenge by <A HREF="https://datum.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Datum</A>
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<LI>Develop a prototype that utilize Datum platform – The Data Marketplace powered by Blockchain</LI>
<LI>Sample applications: Email Receipts, Financial Data, KYC Document Storage, Tokenizing Consumer Data for Enterprise, etc.</LI>
<LI>Details: <A HREF="https://datum.org/?locale=en" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://datum.org/</A></LI>
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Note:
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<LI>A prototype can be a standalone software, web, mobile app, hardware, IoT application, game, and among other electronic format. A prototype is not a PowerPoint-like presentation. During the final pitch, live demonstration is necessary.</LI>
<LI>In addition to using the provided datasets, your team are free to use any open data or crawl data from the Internet</LI>
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Please indicate which of the above challenges you are interested to join. Or you can be carefree and let us pick for you!  
 
DELIVERY FORMAT
 
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Before the Final Pitch:
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<LI>Submit the Team Name and Team Members</LI>
<LI>Submit a Project Description at <A HREF="https://odhack-hk-2018.devpost.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">DevPost</A></LI>
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During the Final Pitch, each team has to present the following:
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<LI>3-minute Live Demonstration PowerPoint-like presentation is NOT allowed.</LI>
<LI>1-minute Q &amp; A PowerPoint-like slides can be shown to help your team answer questions from the judging panel.</LI>
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DATASETS
 
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Exclusive access to Data Sets for a short period of time (90 days). Data access methods will be announced during the competition. 
We are glad to collaborate with the following Data Providers:
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<LI><A HREF="https://www.hongkongairport.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HKIA</A> – HKIA Facilities and Flight Schedule</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.cargosmart.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cargosmart</A> – Sailing Schedule</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.rehabsociety.org.hk/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rehab Bus</A> – Rehab bus pickup point locations, scheduled route service</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.hkstp.org/en" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HKSTP</A> – Energy Consumption Data, Shared Bike Position and Availability, Public Transportation Status, People Flow Data, Refuse Statistics</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.bgi.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">BGI</A> – Liver Cancer Data</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://greensafety.com.hk/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Green Safety </A>– Driving pattern of mini-bus</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://hongkong.pricerite.com.hk/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Price Rite</A> – Store Location</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.arrow.com/en/divisions/electronic-components/asia-pacific" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Arrow Asia Pac </A>– Arrow Sensor Hub</LI>
<LI>Power Mew – Property Transaction Record</LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.uber.com/‎" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Uber</A> – Uber Products Offer by Location</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.remotec.com.hk/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Remotec</A> - Remoteble Service Data</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.scmp.com/frontpage/hk" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">SCMP</A> – SCMP Articles Sample Data</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hong Kong Police Force</A> – Traffic Accidents and Casualties</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.dsd.gov.hk/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Drainage Services Depatment</A> – Draining Service Complaint</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.censtatd.gov.hk/home/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Census &amp; Statistics Department</A> – Government Wages Statistics</LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.radicasys.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Radica</A> – 7-11 Stores Location and Services, Car Park Availability, Crime Records, Monthly Average Housing Price by Districts, Supermarket Daily Price Watch, Public Restroom in HK</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.meltwater.com/hk-en/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Meltwater Media Intelligence</A>  – Social Media Data on perception of problems existing in the Transportation System,  difficulties faced in Recycling Wastes, and Hong Kong people's wants</LI>
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In addition to above, teams are encouraged to do web scrapping on public datasets. 
 
ELIGILIBILITY
 
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ALL AGES &amp; GENDERS with comfort in manipulating datasets!
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<LI>Team Size should range from 2-5 people with balanced skillsets on data crunching, data analysis, visualization, programming, business modelling, etc.</LI>
<LI>Programming Skills is assessed on a self-indicated basis via the registration form.</LI>
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CONFIRMED JUDGES
 
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<LI><A HREF="https://www.mtr.com.hk/en/corporate/investor/governance.html" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr. Dorothy Chan </A>Independent Non-executive Director, MTR Corporation Limited </LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://smartcity.org.hk/index.php/aboutus/organizationstructure" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mr. Leo Chiu</A><A HREF="https://smartcity.org.hk/index.php/aboutus/organizationstructure/bio-winnietang" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> </A>Council Member, Smart City Consortium</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracie-ng-005b264/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ms. Gracie Ng</A> Associate Director, ICT Cluster &amp; Smart City Platform, HKSTP</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://news.microsoft.com/en-hk/biographies/fred-sheu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mr. Fred Sheu</A><A HREF="https://news.microsoft.com/en-hk/biographies/fred-sheu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> </A>National Technology Officer, Microsoft Hong Kong Limited</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-haenni/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mr. Roger Haenni</A> Co-Founder &amp; CEO, Datum</LI>
<LI>Douglas Lo Technical Lead, Hitachi Vantara Hong Kong and Taiwan </LI>
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SCHEDULE
 
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Day 1 (Sep 1)
9:30 AM : Registration Open 10:00 AM : Opening, Sponsor Welcomes, &amp; Team Building 11:00 AM : Coding Kicks Off 1:00 PM : Lunch - provided! 3:00 PM : Technical Workshop: Hitachi Vantara, Microsoft, Datum / Sponsor Breakout Sessions  7:00 PM : Dinner - provided! 9:00 PM: Shuttle Transport from HKSTP to Kowloon Tong MTR Station
Day 2 (Sep 2) 8:00 AM : Coding Begins 12:00 PM : Lunch - provided! 1:00 PM : Code Freeze &amp; Submission Deadline  1:30 PM : A/V Check 2:00 PM : Demos  4:00 PM : Winners are Announced / Prizes!
 
CHALLENGE STATEMENT &amp; PLATINUM SPONSORS 
 
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<LI><A HREF="http://www.hitachi.com.hk/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hitachi Vantara</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://datum.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Datum</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://getlinks.co/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">GetLinks</A></LI>
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STRATEGIC PARTNERS
 
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<LI><A HREF="http://datastudio.hkstp.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Data Studio @ HKSTP</A> </LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.microsoft.com/en-hk" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Microsoft</A> </LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.astri.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ASTRI</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.globalshapers.org/hubs/hong-kong-hub" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Global Shapers Communtiy Hong Kong</A></LI>
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COMMUNITY PARTNERS
 
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<LI><A HREF="https://www.whub.io/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">WHub</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.accelerating.tech/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Accelerate</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.metta.co/#home" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mettā </A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.thegaragesociety.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Garage Society</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://smartcity.org.hk/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Smart City Consortium </A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.futurecitysummit.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Future City Summit</A></LI>
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