Asia Pacific Information and Communication Technology Alliance Awards 2020-2021
2021.12.16
The 20th Asia Pacific Information and Communications Technology Alliance (APICTA) Awards results have been announced online due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Hong Kong won the highest number of Winner awards among the 14 competing member economies, with 15 entries winning six Winner and 11 Merit awards. Two Government-led anti-epidemic entries, namely Achieving Zero-COVID with the Integrated Hong Kong Digital Health Platform and the StayHomeSafe home quarantine monitoring system, were among the winners, which proves that the proactive use of innovation and technology by Hong Kong has played a pivotal role in the fight against the epidemic.
The Government Chief Information Officer, Mr Victor Lam, congratulated the winning teams and said, "The results of the Hong Kong team were very encouraging and the performance of the participating teams from all sectors is outstanding. Showing creativity in all aspects, the projects have contributed to building Hong Kong into a smart city and improving citizens' quality of life. I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to the Hong Kong Computer Society (HKCS). As an Executive Committee Member of APICTA, the HKCS facilitated outstanding projects to participate in the APICTA Awards and bring honour to Hong Kong.
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Below are various categories of awards won by the Hong Kong representatives in APICTA 2020-2021 –
| Category [Award] | Organisation | Product Name |
|---|---|---|
| Business Services - Finance & Accounting [Merit] |
eft Payments (Asia) Limited | "e+" series services |
| Business Services - Finance & Accounting [Winner] |
Fano Labs Limited | Multilingual Automatic Speech Recognition System for BFSI |
| Inclusion - General [Merit] |
Compathnion Technology Limited/Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre Limited | StayHomeSafe |
| Inclusion - Health & Wellbeing [Winner] |
Fung Fat Knitting Manufactory Ltd/KnitWarm Limited | KnitWarm |
| Industrial - General [Merit] |
Arup | Neuron Smart Building Digital Platform - Empowering Building Sustainability and Wellbeing through AI |
| Industrial - Transport & ICT Networks/Com [Merit] |
WildFaces Technology Limited | Anti-Contagion AI Suite |
| Public Sector - Government & Citizen Services [Winner] |
Food and Health Bureau, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China/Hospital Authority | Achieving Zero-COVID with the Integrated Hong Kong Digital Health Platform |
| Start Up of the Year [Merit] |
Blutech IoT Limited | blutech.io Smart Washroom AIoT Solution |
| Start Up of the Year [Winner] |
WildFaces Technology Limited | Anti-Contagion AI Suite |
| Student Junior [Merit] |
Ying Wa College | Elderly Communication Assistant |
| Student Senior [Merit] |
Lai King Catholic Secondary School | Trendy Toilet |
| Student Senior [Merit] |
Christian and Missionary Alliance Sun Kei Secondary School | Octo-BUS |
| Technology - AI [Winner] |
Fano Labs Limited | Multilingual Automatic Speech Recognition System for BFSI |
| Technology - Big Data [Winner] |
Arup | Neuron Smart Building Digital Platform - Empowering Building Sustainability and Wellbeing through AI |
| Technology - IoT [Merit] |
Compathnion Technology Limited/Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre Limited | StayHomeSafe |
| Tertiary Student - Consumer & Community [Merit] |
Department of Information Technology, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Lee Wai Lee) | AI Robot Guardians of the Elderly |
| Tertiary Student - Consumer & Community [Merit] |
Department of Information Technology, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Lee Wai Lee) | All Screens |
Source: https://apicta.org/apicta-2020-2021/
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