Background

The Mobile Multimedia Communications Design Contest (MMCDC) was first launched in 1999. It was an initiative of the HKIE for the first time brought together government, industry, academic and professional body in a solid quad-partite effort to support Hong Kong avowed intention of becoming the region's leading technology centre.

The objective of MMCDC is to inspire the young talents to have fun in putting their innovative ideas into practice and in doing so to discover the exciting opportunities for a career or a business prospect. MMCDC provided a head start in becoming an entrepreneur in turning an idea into a marketable commodity.

MMCDC 2003 aims at encouraging and rewarding innovative local university students who explore beyond the boundaries of wireless, Internet and the converging mobile multimedia technologies. It also provides an excellent opportunity for the young talents to display their imagination and creativity, and to turn their innovative ideas into real applications and products.

The Contest received good response with 24 multi-disciplinary entries from the cream of Hong Kong's six universities. The winners were selected through rigorous screening processes. Five projects were selected for the Gold, Silver, Bronze and Honourable Mentions awards. The scope of winning design is very wide. The design are innovative, practical and with high commercial merits.

The Gold Award project is "Mobile E-credit Card System (MECS)". MECS is developed on the platform of J2ME and can be installed to many kinds of personal wireless terminals like mobile phone and Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). With a mobile phone, you can buy anything you want without cash or credit card in hand. And the system integrates all the necessary functions in personal financing service which brings lots of convenience to the users.

The Silver Award project is "DataOnRoad". A wireless web server is installed in the bus to provide interactive contents to the passengers, through the means of using mobile phone or PDA over wireless Bluetooth links. Passenger can surf the web and perform online transaction on the bus.

The Bronze Award project, "Mobile Facilities Management System (MFM)", aims at providing the flexibility of managing workforce remotely via mobile phones and web-based applications, resulting in significant savings and management can make justifiable decisions using real-time information.

The Gold Award winners was granted an Incubation Licence Agreement with 2-year rent-free office accommodation in the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks where they could set up their own business and turn their innovative concept into reality.

To bring the MMCDC into new height, the Institution has set the scene with plan to organise the third MMCDC with a refreshing presentation and a wider scope in terms of technological applications, geographical boundary and institutional collaboration.

- List of Awardees

- Key Activities of MMCDC 2003

Launching Ceremony

Dinner Gathering

Seminar cum Workshop

Prize Presentation Dinner

MMCDC 1999

- List of Awardees