STEAM Competition

All members in the same team should be from the same school or organisation. 

Yes. Regarding the categorisation for international school students’ participation, please refer to the corresponding categories based on respective grades.

For international school students from other educational systems who wish to participate, please contact the Organiser to clarify the corresponding categories.

Instructors can supervise and represent more than one team. Schools can decide the total number of instructors as long as the participating teams has one instructor. 

A video not more than 3 minutes in either Chinese or English (compulsory), a 10-page supplementary slides (optional) and the 2-part application.

For junior category, there are two rounds: first and final round. For senior category, there are three rounds: first round and two final rounds. The final round for junior category and the two final rounds for senior category are held on the same competition day.

Yes, each team requires a separate registration to submit their entries. Please fill out the registration form (Part A) as many times as the number of teams you have, to obtain the corresponding number of login names and passwords. Then, you may independently enter the student details and submit the proposal for each team. For example, if you have three participating teams, you will need to fill out Part A of the registration platform three times to obtain three emails containing different login names and passwords. These will be used to enter the details and submit the entries for each team separately.

Before the proposal submission deadline of February 28, 2025, or before the team officially submits their entries, team members can still be changed on the registration platform. After the submission of entries, participating teams are not allowed to change their team compositions. .

It is not necessary, as the submission for the first round is a video proposal of the concept for the prototype.

Shortlisted teams can use existing prototypes from their schools to enter the competition. However, prototypes that have won other competitions are not accepted. 

Yes. Failing to do so will render your application invalid.

The competition is free of charge, but the teams are required to prepare their works at their own expense.

Completing the registration and receiving the credentials of the online submission platform does not mean you have successfully joined the competition. You must fill in the second part of the application and submit your proposal to receive the submission confirmation email. 

Participating teams are not allowed to make any alterations or substitutions to their proposal and/or supplementary slides after submission. 

The prototype is used for exhibition and competition on the competition day (only applicable to the Senior Category), it is suggested to have it ready 2 weeks before the competition for exhibition arrangements. The participating teams are required to set-up the prototype at the venue by themselves before the exhibition. They should also dismantle, handle or take away the prototype. 

The seminars are not compulsory, and the attendance is not a part of the judging criteria. However, we suggest that the participating teams attend the seminars to gain more knowledge about AI before creating their work.  

The organiser will first disburse the total scholarship amount won by the winning teams to the school. The school will then distribute the scholarship to the winning students. We will contact the schools of the winning teams for further arrangement.

Please email the organiser at [email protected]. 

If you have already registered for the competition, please specify your login name received in the confirmation email in the subject line of the enquiry email.