Award Policies
Award Policies
- Participating organizations shall ensure that all information provided for the purpose of the Award is true and correct. Any misrepresentation or omission (of required information) may disqualify the entry.
- Participating organizations shall provide assistance to the Award Secretariat in support of its entry throughout the competition, as requested.
- The applicant(s) must own the intellectual property right over the Innovation / Project / Initiative / Solution / Model / Collaboration etc. as mentioned in the application. Any information or documents provided to Secretariat should not infringe any third-party intellectual property rights.
- All information, forms and documents supplied by participating organizations for the purpose of the Award will be treated in strict confidence and will be used only for the purpose of the Award.
- All Judges are required to declare in advance to the Secretariat any context which may create any apparent or potential conflict of interest. The Judge or Examiner in question will be excused from reviewing the entry concerned or handling in any manner any related materials.
- The Secretariat may request verification of any data submitted by participating organizations, or site visit of the organization, as deemed necessary.
- The decision of Panel of Judges is final.
- Winners of the Award may use the Award logo on company stationery, in advertising and other promotional literature. In using the logo, winners must adhere to the guidelines by HKMA. Should any dispute arise from the right to use the logo, the decision of HKMA shall be final and binding.
Application Procedure
- The HKMA Global Innovation Award accepts online applications only. Please use Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari to access the Online Submission Platform.
- Once the completed Entry Form is submitted, a designated user ID and password will be sent via email to the entry's official contact person, for access to the Online Submission Platform.
- Please fill in and submit the online Entry Form on or before 5pm, Thursday, 1 December 2022.
- Late applications will not be accepted.
Special Awards
Special Awards will be granted to recognize entries with outstanding performance in each of the specialties listed below. Special Awards are chosen amongst all entries combining the three categories by the Panel of Judges.
- Excellence in Product and Service Innovation
- Excellence in Process Innovation
- Excellence in Business Model Innovation
- Excellence in Platform Innovation
- Excellence in Social Impact Innovation
- Excellence in Collaboration and Partnership
- Excellence in Customer Intelligence
- Excellence in Digital Transformation (for well-established organizations / SMEs / NGOs / NPOs)
- Excellence in Innovation Culture
- Excellence in Technology Adoption
- Special Award for SMEs / NGO / NPO
Notes:
SMEs refer to organizations employing not more than 100 persons in Hong Kong, not a subsidiary of a group of companies or listed company, and not a local office of a multinational corporation. NGOs and NPOs are requested to provide supporting documents verifying NGP/ NPO status, together with the Entry Form.
Guideline of the Online Submission Platform
- Please use your designated user ID and password to log in to the Online Submission Platform.
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Entrants are required to upload the following documents onto the Online Submission Platform:
Innovative Organization Awards
- A written summary of the innovative initiative, 4 pages maximum, A4 size, font size no less than 10
- All documents may be in English or Chinese (traditional or simplified)
- A related video, 3 minutes maximum (optional)
- All videos may be in English or Chinese (Cantonese or Putonghua), with or without subtitles in English or Chinese (traditional or simplified)
- Any information provided by outward link(s) in the write-up will only be treated as supplementary information that may or may not be reviewed by judges.
Innovative Rising Stars Awards
- A written summary of the innovative initiative, 3 pages maximum, A4 size, font size no less than 10
- A one-page description of the founders, including share of ownership (%).Information about other major investors, recommendations from referees, etc. are optional
- All documents may be in English or Chinese (traditional or simplified)
- A video, 2 minutes maximum (optional)
- All videos may be in English or Chinese (Cantonese or Putonghua), with or without subtitles in English or Chinese (traditional or simplified)
- Any information provided by outward link(s) in the write-up will only be treated as supplementary information that may or may not be reviewed by judges.
