Make a Difference Award - Assessment
Make a Difference Award - Assessment
The Judging Panel will select ten semi-finalist teams for interviews in November. The interviews will take place in Hong Kong, and for teams that are based outside Hong Kong, the interviews will be conducted via video conferences. Out of the 10 semi-finalists, the Judging Panel will select 4 teams for the final presentation at the annual Make a Difference Forum in January.
To encourage and recognize young changemakers, amongst the semi-finalist teams with founders aged 23 or below, the Judging Panel will confer the Rising Star Award to the most outstanding team, irrespective of whether the team can make to the final round.
The Rising Star Award Winner will also be invited to do a presentation at the MaD Forum.
For Finalist/Rising Star teams that are based outside Hong Kong, we will sponsor their trips at up to HK$5,000 for regional travels and up to HK$10,000 for travels outside the region.
Entry Criteria
The entries will be assessed by:
| positive economic, social and/or environmental impacts | 30% |
| sustainability: finance, people and management/governance | 30% |
| innovation (e.g. technology, product, service, process, management, business model) |
15% |
| vision, compassion, team work, interdisciplinary collaboration and communication skills |
15% |
| other meritorious/commendable considerations | 10% |
The scores of the panel of judges will constitute 80% of the total, and the remaining 20% will be determined by the votes at the MaD Forum.
Panel of Judges
The MaD Award is governed by an Advisory Committee, members of which will also form the Judging Panel. The 2012 members include:
- Dr Dominic Chan, Dark Horse Investment
- Johnny Chan, Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association
- Phyllis Chan, Junior Chamber International (Hong Kong)
- Rachel Chan, InnoFoco
- Vivian Lau, Junior Achievement (Hong Kong)
- Dr Benny YIU, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Dr Edmund Lee, Hong Kong Design Centre
- Dr K S Leung, Hong Kong Institution of Science
- Clement Li, Hong Kong Productivity Council
- Rebekah Ng, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park
- Francis Ngai, Social Venture Hong Kong
- Ada Wong, Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture
- Stanley Wong, 84000 Communications
Depending on the nature of the MaD Award entries, appropriate experts will be invited to join the panel of judges.
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