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- Registration | Dinner | Networking
Come register and meet new people before we kick off the event!
- Welcome!
An official welcome by the organisers that will include fun ice-breakers!
- Pitch Kickoff
Start of One-minute pitches
All ideas and teams will advance to the next round. - Idea Marketplace
Network, give feedback and form groups if you haven't. Otherwise, relax after a nerve-racking one minute pitch! Have some snacks and mingle with your fellow hackers.
- Wrap up
Day 1 has officially ended, but you can always continue discussions with your team/ new friends before starting the official hacking tomorrow!
- Breakfast
- Workshop: Lean Start-up Methodology & Business Model Generation
Bronze Leung•Cyron Chan1） Learn more about the lean start-up methodology
2） Learn how to conduct market validation
3） Learn more about Business Model Generation
4） How to use the Business Model Canvas (BMC)
*Workshop will be delivered in English
Bronze Leung
Operations Coordinator at Techstars
Cyron Chan
Project Manager at Innov8 Enterprise Start-up Centre at the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong
- Work on idea
Freyja Chen•Kaige ZhengContinue working on your idea with the help of our mentors!
Freyja Chen
Global PR Manager at Baidu
Kaige Zheng
Venture Analyst at Plug and Play Tech Center
- Lunch
- Work on idea
- Workshop: Rapid Prototyping
Echo Zhang1) Introduction on design thinking and common prototyping tools
2) Draft a mock-up of your team's Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
*Workshop will be delivered in English
Echo Zhang
TREND SCOUT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT at ŠKODA AUTO DIGILAB CHINA
- Work on idea
Qiuyang Xie•Zheng Dai, George
Qiuyang Xie
CEO of Dr. Qoo Family Game
Zheng Dai, George
Founder of THILLIANT
- Dinner
- Work on idea
- Breakfast
- Workshop: Pitching
Andy Zhang1) Design a pitch deck
2) Learn how to pitch effectively to an audience
*Workshop will be delivered in Mandarin, with live English translations in text
Andy Zhang
Founder of MadBull Design
- Work on idea
Longfei Yang
Longfei Yang
Strategic & Innovation Specialist at iQIYI
- Lunch
- Pre-pitching & Amendments
Maggie Zhang•Yi Ni, Sofia LiParticipants can pitch their idea in strictly 5 minutes to 2 mentors, who will then give them valuable feedback to work on till submission time. (5 mins pitching, 3 mins feedback)
Maggie Zhang
Co-founder & CEO of SheTalks
Yi Ni, Sofia Li
Analyst at Peking University | Willhunting Capital
- Submissions
Any presentation material must be submitted by 16:30.
Late submissions between 16:30-16:35 will be accepted, but with a 5 point penalty deduction on the team's final score.
Submissions after 16:35 will not be considered. - Final Presentations | Judging | Award Ceremony
Dongmin Chen•Angela Xia•Jason Xu•Colin LiYou have only 5 minutes to impress the judges!
10min - Opening, judge introductions
5min+3min - Pitching and Q&A per team
15min - Judging
20min - Award ceremony and closing
Dongmin Chen
Dean of School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Director of Science and Technology Development Office at Peking University
Angela Xia
Founder & CEO of YULY
Jason Xu
Founding Partner & CEO of Agile Fund
Colin Li
Venture Manager at Plug and Play
- Dinner | Networking
- Wrap up & Closing