The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Development Bureau
Background to the Awards
Spatial data are part of everyday life. Easily accessible, high quality and up-to-date spatial data and services are essential to a smart city. To propel Hong Kong’s development into a liveable, smart and innovative city, Common Spatial Data Infrastructure (“CSDI”) was launched in December 2022 to facilitate searching, viewing and downloading of various kinds of spatial data for free by the general public.
More about CSDI can be found below:
CSDI: https://www.csdi.gov.hk/
CSDI Portal: https://portal.csdi.gov.hk/csdi-webpage/
Geospatial Lab: https://csdigeolab.gov.hk/en/
To promote CSDI and to raise the public’s interest in spatial data, Geospatial Lab, established by the Development Bureau, is organizing the CSDI Awards 2023 – “Propel Our City with Spatial Data” (the “Awards”). The goal of these Awards is to encourage students and individuals from the public to make creative use of spatial data to address challenges faced by the city.
Promotional Video
This Year’s Theme for the Awards
This year’s theme for the Awards is “Environmental, Social and Governance” (“ESG”). As a “hot topic”, ESG encompasses a variety of key issues and challenges that our city needs to address in order to secure a more sustainable future. The ESG concept can be divided into three parts:
- Environmental: This part is about allocating resources to initiatives that eliminate environmental impacts as well as enhance the environment. Examples of relevant concepts are investing in renewable energy, improving public transportation, reducing waste and promoting recycling and protecting natural resources.
- Social: This part is about improving the quality of life of residents. Examples include access to social resources as well as promoting diversity and inclusion.
- Governance: Good governance is essential for effective city development. Examples of relevant concepts are information transparency and responding to the needs of those in need.
In summary, incorporating ESG principles in the development process can propel our city and help enhance its sustainability, resilience and diversity. Meanwhile, key issues in ESG — such as environmental protection, social inclusiveness, conservation, wellbeing and access to resources — bear spatial dimensions and therefore provide the opportunity for problem-solving with spatial data.
Why Should I Participate?
If you are interested in:
- Bringing innovative ideas and suggestions for the better
- Uncovering information on maps and spatial data
- Telling story about our city
- Learning about the latest trends in geospatial technology
- Meeting like-minded people
- Building experience in the geospatial field
Then these Awards is right for you!
As a contestant, you can:
- Learn from mentors and be inspired
- Stay in touch with the latest development in market
- Develop your technical knowledge in spatial data and related tools
- Showcase your creativity and talents
- Bring home rewards and priceless experience
Don’t hesitate, and let’s get started!
Contestant Groups
There are 4 contestant groups for the Awards:
- Category 1: Primary School Category (P4 to P6)
- Category 2: Junior Secondary Category (S1 to S3)
- Category 3: Senior Secondary Category (S4 to S6)
- Category 4: Open Category (individuals from the public and tertiary students)
**Points to note
Category 1-3:
- Participation in the Awards must be on a school basis.
- No limitation on the maximum number of teams from each school.
- Contestants can participate as an individual or in a team of 2 to 6 people.
- Each contestant may only participate in one team.
- Geospatial Lab will provide each group of contestants with an account (Please WhatsApp 9187 2916 for the account application)
- Contestants can participate as an individual or in a team of 2 to 6 people.
- Each contestant may only participate in one team.
Briefing Sessions
Category 1-3
| Date | Time | Venue |
| 11 Mar | 11:00-12:00 | Geospatial Lab (Hybrid format) |
| 25 Mar | 14:30-15:30 | Geospatial Lab (Hybrid format) |
| 4 Apr | 16:30-17:30 | Geospatial Lab (Hybrid format) |
Category 4
| Date | Time | Venue | Language |
| 10 Mar | 18:00-19:00 | Zoom | Cantonese |
| 14 Mar | 12:30-13:30 | Zoom | Cantonese |
| 16 Mar | 12:30-13:30 | Zoom | English |
| 20 Mar | 12:30-13:30 | Zoom | Cantonese |
Content：
- Objective of the Awards
- Introduction to CSDI and the use of spatial data
- Awards timeline
- Submission requirements
Workshops
Category 1
This workshop will introduce spatial data and its application. Through using an interactive web map to create a local tour by the participants themselves, they will grasp more concrete knowledge and skills about spatial data. Details of the workshop are as follows:
- Understand what is spatial data
- Learn how to use an interactive web mapping application
- Stimulate students' creativity and develop their IT and mapping skills
| Date | Time | Venue |
| 1 Apr | 14:30-16:30 | 19/F, Tower A, Manulife Financial Centre, 223-231 Wai Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon |
Category 2-3
| Date | Time | Venue |
| 1 Apr | 09:30-12:30 | Geospatial Lab |
| 12 Apr | 09:30-12:30 | Geospatial Lab |
Category 4
Co-creation workshops are organised to inspire contestants to find applications of spatial data by introducing design thinking and spatial data use cases. Each workshop will last 2-3 hours and include:- Introduction to user-centric problem-solving skills
- Introduction to GIS
- Showcasing use cases for spatial data
- Exploration of various city challenges
- Approach for turning city challenges into innovative solutions
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Date
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Time
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Venue
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| 30 Mar | 19:00-21:00 | 19/F, Tower A, Manulife Financial Centre, 223-231 Wai Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon |
| 14 Apr | 15:00-17:00 | 19/F, Tower A, Manulife Financial Centre, 223-231 Wai Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon |
| 15 Apr | 14:00-16:00 | Geospatial Lab 19/F, Tower A, Manulife Financial Centre, 223-231 Wai Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon |
| 17 Apr | 15:00-17:00 | Geospatial Lab |
Details
Awards and Prizes
- We have prepared a variety of awards and prizes to contestants and winners with cash awards of HK$300,000 HK$360,000 in total!
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Champion |
3,000 |
3,000 |
4,000 |
60,000 |
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1st runner-up |
2,000 |
2,000 |
2,500 |
50,000 |
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2nd runner-up |
1,500 |
1,500 |
2,000 |
40,000 |
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Merit (5 for each category) |
1,000 |
1,000 |
1,500 |
10,000 |
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Shortlisting prize (8 12 for Category 4) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
5,000 |
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Other awards |
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Best use of spatial data award |
500 |
500 |
500 |
2,000 |
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Most creative idea award |
500 |
500 |
500 |
2,000 |
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Best presentation award |
500 |
500 |
500 |
2,000 |
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Best topic in ESG award (3 for each category) |
500 |
500 |
500 |
2,000 |
*Each figure refers to the dollar amount to be received by each team receiving the award.
In addition to cash rewards, we also provide other forms of recognition to reward contestants, including:
Category 1 to 3
- Certificate of participation
- Certificate of appreciation to schools of participating students
- Trophy to schools with the highest number of participating students
- Media coverage
Category 4
- Certificate of participation
- Media coverage
- Opportunities to showcase your winning deliverables to the industry
Timeline
Category 1 - 3
2023.3-4
11 Mar, 25 Mar, 4 Apr
Briefing Sessions
2023.3-4
2023.4
1 Apr, 12 Apr
Workshops
2023.6
6 Jun
Submission Deadline
2023.6
2023.7
8 Jul
Shortlist Announcement
2023.7
*29 Jul & 30 Jul
Presentation Day and
Awards Ceremony
29 Jul : Category 2-3
30 Jul : Category 1
Awards Ceremony
29 Jul : Category 2-3
30 Jul : Category 1
2023.7
Category 4
2023.3
10 Mar, 14 Mar, 20 Mar
Briefing Sessions
2023.3
2023.3-4
30 Mar
Co-creation Workshops
(More workshops will be held in April, exact dates to be announced)
(More workshops will be held in April, exact dates to be announced)
2023.4
30 Apr
Submission Deadline
for Proposal
for Proposal
2023.4
2023.5
*17 May
Shortlist Announcement
2023.5-7
18 May - 13 Jul
App Development Phase
2023.5-7
2023.7
14 Jul
Submission Deadline
for Work Brief
for Work Brief
2023.7
30 Jul
Presentation Day and
Awards Ceremony
Awards Ceremony
2023.7
"Presentation Day and Awards Ceremony" Public Registration Form
*Update︰The shortlist announcement date has been postponed to 22 May;
The Presentation Day and Awards Ceremony of Category 1 has rescheduled to 30 July
Useful Resources
- We offer a free GIS Training Kit to teachers who are interested to participate the Awards. The Training Kit is intended to facilitate teachers to deliver effective GIS lessons in class so they can later mobilise and prepare their students to join the Awards. The Kit will provide instructions on downloading spatial data, finding content, displaying data in map, analysing data and saving maps for public access and collaboration.
- Click the below button to fill in the form to get the Training Kit.
Submission
Please read the terms before submitting your deliverables.
Category 1-3
- Send us the long URL of the StoryMaps (e.g. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d5b35dd91c7e4ee6a84bxxxxxxxxx) which is already available publicly with all maps visible through the application. ALWAYS test the URL links in a "private/incognito" browser window before submitting
- Contestants are asked to create a title on their StoryMaps but refrain from entering into it any personal name, details, affiliated organisation / school
- Contestants can choose to complete their work in Chinese or English
- NO changes or corrections are allowed after the submission of work
- In case of disputes, the decisions of the Geospatial Lab shall be final
Category 4
For Category 4, please submit Phase 1 Proposal and Phase 2 Work Brief by email to csdiawards2023@csdigeolab.gov.hk
- Please submit your proposal as an attachment (maximum email size: 100 MB and 20 pages long) by the deadline (30 April 2023, 11:59 pm Hong Kong Time)
Enquiries
Category 1 - 3
Telephone: 3708 7260
WhatsApp: 9187 2916
Email: services@csdigeolab.gov.hk
Category 4
Telephone: 6206 9226
WhatsApp: 6206 9226
Email: csdiawards2023@csdigeolab.gov.hk
