Asia Pacific Information and Communication Technology Alliance Awards 2015
2015.11.18 - 22
With 16 participating Asia Pacific economies, Asia Pacific Information and Communication Technology Alliance (APICTA) Awards is an internationally recognised awards program aimed to increase ICT awareness in the community and stimulate innovation and creativity generated for and from ICT by providing networking and product benchmarking opportunities to ICT innovators and entrepreneurs in the region.
In 2015, the APICTA Awards was successfully held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 18 to 22 November. Hong Kong delegates continued to top APICTA for the 5th consecutive year in the total number of awards among all the participating Asia-Pacific economies. 19 Hong Kong ICT applications and products were nominated by the Hong Kong Computer Society (HKCS) to participate in the APICTA Awards 2015 and they had achieved incredible results with 10 awards. It is worthy of note that impressively 60% of the nominated entries were recognized with awards, reflecting the overall quality of Hong Kong ICT products, applications and services.
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Below are various categories of awards won by the Hong Kong representatives in APICTA 2015 –
| Category [Award] | Organisation | Product Name |
|---|---|---|
| Communication [Merit] |
Dragon Creative Enterprise Solution Limited (A subsidiary of Mad Mad Group) | MadGlass |
| e-Learning [Merit] |
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | VisMOOC: Visual Analysis of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) |
| Financial Industry Application [Merit] |
Infocast Ltd. | InvesTrade All-In-One B2B Cloud-Enabled Trading Solution |
| Government and Public Sector [Merit] |
Leisure and Cultural Services Department, The Government of the HKSAR | Library at your fingertips |
| Inclusion and Community [Merit] |
BTCFS-Yeung Yat Lam Memorial School with collaborating schools (The SAME Network) | Children with special needs: E-enhanced Learning Teaching and Assessment Platform (SELTAS) |
| Media and Entertainment Technology [Winner] |
TFI Digital Media Ltd. | HERMES OTT Video Platform |
| School Project [Merit] |
Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Yau College | MindFootPrint |
| Start-up [Merit] |
TeamNote HK Ltd. | TeamNote |
| Tertiary Student Project [Merit] |
Department of Information Technology (IT), The Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Lee Wai Lee) | AWS Cloud Lab Environment – Marking Accelerator |
| Tertiary Student Project [Merit] |
Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, Vocational Training Council | Smart School Bag |
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