2019-20

The International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva is one of the biggest events in the world to be exclusively devoted to inventions and is now in its 48th year. Held annually in spring, the exhibition brings about 1,000 contestants from dozens nations to compete for prizes, with their new inventions, technologies and researches. Meanwhile, technical professionals, intellectual property experts, financial experts from multinational investment banks, popular international media and thousands of visitors will also be on hand to participate. The exhibition will take place in Palexpo, Geneva's exhibition and convention centre. Judges from European countries will communicate with the exhibitors face to face and the awards will be divided into gold, silver, bronze and award certificate.

For the first time, Hong Kong will have its first delegation of secondary school students representing at the 48th International Exhibition of Invention Geneva. The teams will be selected, trained and led by Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association.

Official website：http://inventions-geneva.ch/en/home/

For more details of the Hong Kong Regional Competition, please click here.
Organizer
Swiss Federal Government, of the State, the City of Geneva and of the World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO

Hong Kong Regional Organizer (Secondary Student)
Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association

Supported by
The Education Bureau

Date：25-29 March 2020
Venue：Geneva, Switzerland
Target：
- Must be a full-time student studying in a registered Hong Kong School
- Secondary 3 to Secondary 6 student in 2019-20 school year
- Competitor can take part in an individual project or team project of 2-3 members


Schedule

2019

Aug                      Application and Submission Begins

7 Sep                  International Competitions Briefing Session (Briefing ppt)
                            Time: 14:00 - 16:00
                            Venue: Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum 
                            (2 Science Museum Road, Tsimshatsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong)
 
8 Nov                   Deadline for Application and Project Submission

7 Dec                   Hong Kong Regional Final
                         
10 Dec                 Result Release of Hong Kong Regional Final