Competition

Eligibility

Project Topic: Any topic related to engineering and/or technology regardless of discipline

Participant: Any young professionals at the age of 18 - 30 (for Sections other than Secondary School Section)

Current secondary school students in Hong Kong or Macau aged under 25 years old (for Secondary School Section)

The number of places is limited in YPEC 2023, participating teams will be accepted after prelim screening and on a first-come-first-served basis.

Awards

Secondary School Section AWARDS

 

Certificate

Trophy

Prize

  
All Participants

✔

 –

–

  
Champion

✔

 ✔

HK$1,5001

  
1st Runner Up

✔

 ✔

HK$1,0001

  
2ⁿᵈ Runner Up

✔

 ✔

HK$5001

  
Merit Award (2 nos)

✔

 –

HK$2001

  
Best Innovation Award

✔

 ✔

HK$1,0001

  
My Favourite Pitching Award

✔

 –

HK$1,0001

  
My Favourite Poster Award

✔

 –

HK$1,0001

  
         
         

1  The prize may be delivered in book vouchers or any other prize of equivalent amount

 

SD / UG / PG / ON Section AWARDS

 

Certificate

 Trophy Prize  
All Participants

✔

 – –  
Champion

✔

 ✔ HK$1,500  
1st Runner Up

✔

 ✔ HK$1,000  
2ⁿᵈ Runner Up

✔

 ✔ HK$500  
Best Innovation Award

✔

 ✔ HK$1,000  
My Favourite Pitching Award

✔

 – HK$1,000  
My Favourite Poster Award

✔

 – HK$1,000  
         

 

 

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Deliverables

SS SECTION

Each Secondary School team has to submit:

Project Abstract

> No more than 200 words in English
> Microsoft Word format
> Assessed for screening (if necessary) and competition

Standard template of the project abstract is available in DOWNLOADS. Each team shall email the abstract to submission@ietypec.org by the DUE DATE.

Presentation

10-min Presentation + 5-min Q&A
> English ONLY
> Multimedia presentation
> Students in proper school uniform

 

Structure (not restricted except for front page)
> Front page (inc. team member names, school name, project title)
> Content page
> Introduction and background
> Main body of presentation
> Conclusion

The presentation teams should ensure their connection & equipment are available for presentation.

Each team shall email the presentation to submission@ietypec.org by the DUE DATE.

Poster & Booth

Each team should submit one poster PDF file and set up a booth on event date to explicate their project, explain and demonstrate their ideas.
> Size of the poster should be A0
> Should not be more than 25Mb.
> Poster should be in English

Those teams should submit their poster designs before DUE DATE to submission@ietypec.org, clearly stating their team number and the name of affiliation.

Apart from the abovementioned compulsory submissions, teams are recommended to deliver the following items to compete for the relevant awards:

2-minute Pitching (Optional)

Each team can submit a 2-minute Pitching Video to briefly explain their ideas and compete for My Favourite Pitching Award.

> No more than 2-minute pitching video (English)

Those teams who would like to compete for the award should submit their video before the video submission DUE DATE to submission@ietypec.org, clearly stating their team number and the name of affiliation.

 

Product (Optional)

The “product” could be a model, photos or videos that demonstrate the ideas of the project.

SD / UG / PG / ON  SECTION

Each Sub-Degree / UnderGraduate / PostGraduate / OpeN Section team has to submit: 

Project Abstract

> No more than 200 words in English
> Microsoft Word format
> Assessed for screening (if necessary) and competition

Standard template of the project abstract is available in DOWNLOADS. Each team shall email the abstract to submission@ietypec.org by the DUE DATE.

Presentation

10-min Presentation + 5-min Q&A
> English ONLY
> Multimedia presentation
> Business formal attire

 

Structure (not restricted except for front page)
> Front page (inc. team member names, section, project title)
> Content page
> Introduction and background
> Main body of presentation
> Conclusion

The presentation teams should ensure their connection & equipment are available for presentation.

Each team shall email the presentation to submission@ietypec.org by the DUE DATE.

Poster

Each team should submit one poster PDF file to explicate their project, explain and demonstrate their ideas.
> Size of the poster should be A0
> Should not be more than 25Mb.
> Poster should be in English

Those teams should submit their poster designs before DUE DATE to submission@ietypec.org, clearly stating their team number and the name of affiliation.

Apart from the abovementioned compulsory submissions, teams are recommended to deliver the following items to compete for the relevant awards:

2-minute Pitching (Optional)

Each team can submit a 2-minute Pitching Video to briefly explain their ideas and compete for My Favourite Pitching Award.

> No more than 2-minute pitching video (English)

Those teams who would like to compete for the award should submit their video before the video submission DUE DATE to submission@ietypec.org, clearly stating their team number and the name of affiliation.

Product (Options)

The “product” could be a model, photos or videos that demonstrate the ideas of the project.

Info Sheets are downloadable HERE

YPEC 2023 Information Sheets are the only official source of event information unless otherwise specified.