In the first inaugural year of the AUSEIC competition was held on Zoom, with 3 participating universities (ECNU, NIE-NTU and UKM).  

In our 2nd year of implementation of 2023-24 AUSEIC Competition, we were happy to welcome students from two additional universities Ateneo and RMIT and invited shortlisted students to come to Hong Kong for the “Final Pitch Weekend” on March 9 and 10, 2024.  

For all the information, organizing committee and winners from the previous two competitions, please visit our old website here:  https://auseic.asia/ or https://opu.xdn.mybluehost.me/ 

Congratulations to all our shortlisted teams for your great efforts, and being shortlisted by your university!!  

Our list of winners for the 2023-24 AUSEIC Competition are as follows:

• Championship Prize: US$1500: NurturePals (ECNU)

• 1st Runner-up Prize: US$1000: MentorshipHK (EdUHK)

• 2nd Runner-up Prize: US$500: Autiverse (UKM)

• Best Idea Award: Safety AI-d (NIE-NTU)

• Best Pitch Prize: Aface Planet (ECNU)

• Student Choice Award: NurturPals

Many thanks go towards the Sponsors and Organizing Committee of the 2023-24 AUSEIC competition, including:

• Main Organizing Committee Members from each Collaborating University:

  • Professor Maria Mercedes T. RODRIGO at Ateneo

  • Professor Shuangye CHEN at ECNU

  • Professor Simon WHITE, Dean of the School of Education at RMIT

  • Dr. Mazlina Binti Mohd SAID, Associate Professor at UKM

  • Dr. Stephen Francis BURNS, Associate Professor at NIE in NTU

  • Dr. Fridolin TING, Senior Lecturer I at EdUHK (Chair of Organizing Committee)

• Prof. Stephen CHOW, Director of KT-Suboffice and Mr. Lemon KWAN, Senior Manager/Head of KT-Suboffice

• Dr. Sammy HUI, Dean of Students, Student Affairs Office (SAO)

• Mr. Donny SIU, Director of Global Affairs Office (GAO)

• Professor Cher Ping LIM, Chair Professor of Learning Technologies and Innovation; Associate Dean (International Engagement), Faculty of Education and Human Development 

• Prof. Phillip YU, Dr. Gary CHENG, and Dr.  CHEUNG Ho Yin from the MIT Dept. at EdUHK

• Student Affairs Office of EdUHK 

After promotion of our inaugural AUSEIC competition beginning August 2022, selection and training of AUSEIC applicants in innovation and entrepreneurship, 12 teams were shortlisted for the AUSEIC Final Pitch Session held on the morning of Saturday, February 4, 2023. The 12 finalist teams were chosen based on assessment of their 15-page pitch decks based on their innovativeness, feasibility of project, team capability and social impact.  Distinguished Judges from each of the four participating universities, along with an industry expert, were invited to comb through 12 shortlisted pitch decks and pitch videos, and evaluate each team’s final pitch and answer questions at the AUSEIC Final Pitch Session.

Many thanks to our judges, listed here, for the 2022-23 competition:

• Dr. Chua Bee (Associate Dean of Professional Practice in Office of Teacher Education at NIE in NTU)

• Dr. PM Lai (Co-Founder of Goldbox Technologies and Partner at Ooosh Tech Lab and NH-Accelerator and industry expert)

• Professor Stephen CHOW (Director of Knowledge Transfer at EdUHK);

• Mr. Shahrizan Bin Abd Latif, Founder of Mindstraits in Malaysia,

• Dr. WANG Haiying (Associate Professor of Faculty of Economics and Management from ECNU)

CONGRATULATIONS! to the winners of our 2022-23 AUSEIC competition listed here, along with the cash prizes for which they have won as follows:

1. Champion: Bridge Neuro (EdUHK) – US$1200

2. 1st Runner Up: Light Up Stars (ECNU) – US$800

3. 2nd Runner Up: Joint Hands (ECNU) and #WOMEN. (NIE NTU, Singapore) – US$500/2=US$250 for the two teams for 2nd runner up

4. Best Idea Award: READable (UKM)

5. Best Pitch Award: ZERO Waste Camp (NIE NTU, Singapore)

Also, congratulations to all the shortlisted teams!!

EdUHK Communications on 2022-23 Competition