General Eligibility Requirements

1. The applicant must have the intellectual property right and/or legitimate right over the ICT product/service mentioned in the application. The applicant shall disclose disputes any place over the world over intellectual property right about the applicant’s ICT product/service, if any, for the Leading Organiser to consider eligibility of the application.

2. The application must be submitted by locally (Hong Kong) registered entities (please enclose Company/Business Registration proof) or residents in Hong Kong5 at the time of closing for entry enrolment.

3. A significant part of the innovation, design, research and development (R&D) of the mentioned ICT product/service must come from resources in Hong Kong. The applicant should demonstrate significant value-add by the Hong Kong resources contributing to the success of the ICT product/service in the target market.

4. With the exception of the Student Innovation category, the submitted product/service must have been available in the market for at least 3 months or in live operation for at least 3 months at the time of closing for entry enrolment (please enclose proof – e.g. delivery note, invoice, public announcement, advertisement, internal announcement, etc.).

5. The same application is only allowed to be submitted to a maximum of ONE award stream among all the Categories. Any application found to have entered into more than one award stream will be disqualified.

6. Winning entries of the Gold/Silver/Bronze award in previous years of the HKICT Awards can enter the Awards again only if there is significant change or enhancement in the product/service, or for a new award category.




Remarks:

*5 “Residents in Hong Kong”, in the context of HKICT Awards, include both permanent and non-permanent residents. If an entry is submitted by more than one person, at least half of the members of the group must be Hong Kong resident. For the case of Student Innovation category, certification of Hong Kong resident status can be performed through certifying student status collectively by concerned educational institution.

*6 Examples are applications and products already in the market, application systems deployed internally in a company, and mobile solutions available at App Stores. For startup companies competing for ICT Startup Award, prototypes appear only on kickstarter or similar platforms are NOT considered as available in the market.



Rules and Regulations


1. Applicants are advised to be aware of the best practice and case-based experience as promulgated by the Office of Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data.

2. Applicants are reminded that any person who, without the permission of Steering Committee of Hong Kong ICT Awards, offers an advantage to parties involved in the Awards as a reward or inducement for doing any act or showing favour in relation to the Awards commits an offence of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap. 201).

3. To avoid conflicts of interest and the perception as such, applications for the Awards from sponsors will not be accepted.

4. In case of any dispute, the decision of the Leading Organiser will be final and binding on all parties concerned.


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Judging Criteria

Animation and Visual Effects Stream

Innovation and Creativity in ICT - 20%

Functionality - 20%

Market Potential/ Performance, Internal User Buy-in or Public Acceptance - 20%

Benefits and Impact - 20%

Quality - 20%

Entertainment and eSports Software Stream

Innovation and Creativity in ICT - 20%

Functionality - 20%

Market Potential/ Performance, Internal User Buy-in or Public Acceptance - 20%

Benefits and Impact - 20%

Quality - 20%

Interaction Design Stream

Innovation and Creativity in ICT - 20%

Functionality - 20%

Market Potential/ Performance, Internal User Buy-in or Public Acceptance - 20%

Benefits and Impact - 20%

Quality - 20%

Assessment Process

In the course of evaluation, assessors may require access torelevant information in the applicant’s possession and access to theapplicant’s premises. The applicant will be notified in advance ifsuch access is required. Any information supplied by the applicantfor the purpose of the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2021 will be treated as confidential, and will not be released by the Leading Organiser and related parties without the applicant’s permission.
In 1st Assessment, all entries will be pre-screened by representatives of the industries. In Animation and Visual Effects, Entertainment and eSports Software and Interaction Design streams, videos and all related application materials will be shown to the assessors. A certain no. of entries of each stream will be selected and assessed in the 2nd Assessment (No. of selected entries will be depended on the quality of the entries). In 2nd Assessment is like the 1st Assessment shortlist entries will be proceeded to final judging panel. The Entertainment and eSports Software and Interaction Design streams, entrants will be interviewed with the assessors. In Final Judging Panel, the Grand Award and Award winners will be selected based on judging criteria with a fair and equitable situation. The Grand Award of the Digital Entertainment Award will be required to attend the adjudication on Award of the Year in 2021.