Cyberport leads 25 start-ups to participate in the four-day InnoEX 2024 held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre between April 13 to 16 as a concurrent event of the Digital Economy Summit 2024 (DES 2024) during Business of Innovation and Technology Week (BITWeek) to promote I&T and Smart City development.
As one of the city’s I&T mega events in April, the second InnoEX, jointly organised the Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, returns with even more regional and international exhibitors to participate the exhibition under the theme of “Innovations For A Smarter World” to promote the implementation of innovation and technology achievements, highlighting the advantages of Hong Kong in developing into an international innovation and technology centre.
Mr. Paul Chan, Financial Secretary of the HKSAR Government attended the first day of the event and visited the venue to support the Asia’s flagship I&T event.
Eric Chan, Chief Public Mission Officer of Cyberport, said, "Smart Living is Cyberport's largest application cluster with around 750 related start-ups covering the fields of HealthTech, EdTech, Environmental Tech, Smart Building and Construction Tech and many more. InnoEX provides a dynamic platform to showcase the diversity of Smart Living companies and solutions, highlighting their pivotal roles in promoting smart city development and driving international collaboration. We also actively participate in BITWeek, including hosting the Digital Economy Summit, to foster the cross-sectoral and cross-territory I&T development and collaboration with the government and industry, accelerating the formation of "new quality productive forces" and expediting the development Hong Kong into an international I&T centre."
This year, over 50 Cyberport start-ups participated in InnoEX, 25 of them co-exhibit with Cyberport to unleash their innovative solutions. The participating start-ups under Cyberport pavilion span diversified verticals of the smart living cluster, including HealthTech, Smart Building, Construction Tech, Environmental Tech, EdTech and more to add much vitality and diversity to the event.
Alice So, Head of Entrepreneurship of Cyberport sharde the all-rounded services and state-of-the-art facilities to foster a vibrant tech ecosystem at Cyberport while the 25 Cyberport start-ups will present at “Innovation Hub" and “The STAGE” to cover hot topics ranging from the adoption of AI and Web3.0 to the future of sustainability.
Some of the speakers dived deep into the opportunities that AI could spur for societal growth, especially its application in healthcare sector, allowing patients or care givers and hospitals or health organizations to select the right healthcare providers and access medication information as well as optimize their manpower management respectively.
Due to the growing awareness of environmental sustainability, other speakers also shared innovative solutions to reduce food waste, transforming imperfect fruits into healthy snacks, powders, and drinks to promote a sustainable and healthy lifestyle.
Cyberport is committed to supporting the Government’s HKSmart City Blueprint and driving the development of Hong Kong into a smart and sustainable city. It launched the "Cyberport Incubation Programme for Smart Living Start-ups" in 2023 to cultivate smart living entrepreneurs and solutions and the "Digital Transformation Support Pilot Programme" (DTSPP) to help expedite the pace of digital transformation of small and medium enterprises in the retail and F&B industries, injecting new impetus into promoting Hong Kong as a smart city.
The former Programme approved applications from more than 40 companies in the first two rounds of recruitment, covering areas including EduTech, Smart Travel, Health Tech and Environmental Technology. It is expected that approximately 450 eligible start-ups will be funded within five years in the hope of cultivating companies to develop application solutions to bring convenience to citizens in their day-to-day lives, further developing Hong Kong as a smart city.
To date, the Cyberport community has converged over 2,000 start-ups and companies, approximately 750 of those are from the Smart Living Cluster spanning across Smart Mobility, Smart Retail/ E-commerce, EdTech, Robotics/IoT, HealthTech, MarTech, Smart Building, Environmental Tech and more, making Cyberport as a powerhouse of Smart City.
