InnoCarnival 2022

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) will showcase the latest innovations from over 20 park companies at the HKSTP Pavilion at InnoCarnival 2022. The immersive and multi-sensory displays will demonstrate to the public how today’s cutting-edge innovation and technology (I&T) can transform the way they live and work.

Taking place from October 22 to 30 at the Hong Kong Science Park in Shatin, InnoCarnival 2022 (IC 2022) is organised by the Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) of the HKSAR Government, with the aim of promoting I&T culture in the community. Themed “Innovation & Technology empower our dreams”, the nine-day event welcomes the whole community to enjoy a wide range of interactive and educational activities, including a showcase of local innovations and research achievements, InnoTech online workshops, online seminars and interactive games.

The HKSTP Pavilion will demonstrate the impact of I&T through a unique concept of “Beyond Five Senses Experience Zone”. Visitors will be immersed in a wide range of technologies in a series of hands-on “See”, “Smell”, “Hear”, “Taste” and “Touch” interactions to show how I&T can improve overall quality of life and bring broad benefits to the society. Created by HKSTP together with over 20 park companies, the goal is for the interactive and fun-filled I&T experiences at the HKSTP Pavilion to spark greater interest in I&T among students and young people, while igniting their entrepreneurial spirit.

HKSTP believes that talent is crucial to the development of I&T in Hong Kong. The innovations on show at the Pavilion aim to inspire and empower the city’s youth to become the next generation of innovators. Young people can also reimagine their future with the unlimited opportunities brought by I&T as the career of tomorrow. HKSTP has been propelling success for 20 years, and the home-grown innovations displayed at the HKSTP Pavilion are proof that the Science Park ecosystem is empowering tech ventures to translate ideas and great research into market-ready solutions that benefits our daily lives.

In addition, the “City I&T Grand Challenge: The Showcase” will also be held during the InnoCarnival. Organised by ITC together with HKSTP under the theme “Innovating for Hong Kong’s New Normal” in 2020, the City I&T Grand Challenge invites different sectors of the community to develop I&T solutions focusing on “environmental sustainability” and “social connectivity”. Twenty-five winners from the university/tertiary institutions and open groups received support from the ITC. Upon training and solutions refinement for over half a year, teams have successfully transformed their innovative ideas into prototypes, which will be revealed to the public at IC 2022 for the first time through real-life scenarios.

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) has for 20 years committed to building up Hong Kong as an international innovation and technology hub to propel success for local and global pioneers today and tomorrow. HKSTP has established a thriving I&T ecosystem that is home to three unicorns and Hong Kong’s leading R&D hub with over 12,000 research professionals and over 1,100 technology companies focused on healthtech, AI and robotics, fintech and smart city technologies.

Established in 2001, we attract and nurture talent, accelerate and commercialise innovation and technology for entrepreneurs on their journey of growth in Hong Kong, to the Greater Bay Area, Asia and beyond. Our growing innovation ecosystem is built around our key locations of the Hong Kong Science Park in Shatin, InnoCentre in Kowloon Tong and three modern INNOPARKs in Tai Po, Tseung Kwan O and Yuen Long. The three INNOPARKs are realising a vision of re-industrialisation for Hong Kong. The goal is sectors like advanced manufacturing, electronics and biotechnology are being reimagined for a new generation of industry.

Through our infrastructure, services, expertise and network of partnerships, HKSTP will help establish innovation and technology as a pillar of growth for Hong Kong, while reinforcing Hong Kong’s international I&T hub status as a launchpad for global growth at the heart of the GBA innovation powerhouse.