MaD Award 2011

Winner list of MaD Award 2011!

The three finalist teams from the young adult category presented their projects on stage at MaD2011. After the voting by MaDees, the winner goes to Laputa Eco-Construction Material (HKSAR).  Home of the Elderly (HKSAR) and Bookbridge (Germany/Switzerland) receive the first runner-up and second runner-up respectively. 

For the student category, the judges have decided to confer a Merit Award to Project Little Dream (HKSAR) and Connect Tanzanian Children with the World Wide Web (Taiwan).

Special Mention are given to SourcePilani and AV Peduli (Ecopreneurship) as the judges are impressed by the passion of the two teams to make a difference to villages in India and Indonesia respectively.

MaD Award 2011

MaD inspires and empowers young people to be the change.

Evolving around creativity, entrepreneurship, innovation and discovery, it supports young people to create positive personal, economic, social and environmental change.

• promote the value of creativity and innovation in solving problems and identifying opportunities

• encourage and facilitate inter-disciplinary collaboration amongst young people
  
  
• encourage and enable aspiring changemakers to realise their vision and passion
  
  
• recognize, reward and champion outstanding changemakers who have made a difference economically, socially, environmentally and/or culturally

Assessment Criteria:

The submissions will be assessed by:

• the economic, social, cultural and/or environmental values of the initiative (40%)
  
  
• the creativity, compassion, inter-disciplinary collaboration, cosmopolitan nature of the venture/project/campaign (15%)
  
  
• the sustainability and/or potential of the initiative (30%)
  
• the leadership, communication, execution and crisis management skills of the team members (15%)
  
  
• 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 2011 Forum.

Advisors and Panel of Judges

Prof Kevin Au, Associate Director, Center for Entrepreneurship, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Johnny Chan, Chairman and CEO Crosby Asset Management (HK) Ltd

Rachel Chan, Founder and Chief Catalyst, InnoFoco

Patrick Cheung, Ashoka Greater China Representative

Christine Chie, Senior Manager (Industry Support), Create Hong Kong

Joey Fan, Chief Architect, Travelzen Group Limited

Vivian Lau, CEO, Junior Achievement (Hong Kong)

Dr Edmund Lee, Executive Director, Hong Kong Design Centre

Dr K S Leung, Hong Kong Institution of Science

Clement Li, Principal Consultant, Hong Kong Productivity Council

Irene Li, Marketing Manager, InnoCentre, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park

Miranda Ho, Development Officer, Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups

Gene Tang, National President, Junior Chamber International (HK)

Ada Wong, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture

*We will invite appropriate experts to join the panel of judges, depending on the nature of the MaD Award entries.