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31st APIDA 2023 Open Enrollment Now Entries close in just one month – 31 July 2023 【 2023 亞太區室內設計大獎 】作品徵集開始！ 把握最後一個月報名——2023年7月31日截止

The Hong Kong Designers Association (HKDA), Sponsorship for International Design Awards 2021/22 (SIDA) under the sponsorship of Create Hong Kong, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, can provide financial aid to encourage Hong Kong designers and local design-applying enterprises to participate in the representative international competitions or awards in order to increase the publicity of Hong Kong design through the SIDA sponsorship scheme. The reimbursement is serving as a reward to the good work, and as an honour and recognition from Create Hong Kong by providing financial reimbursement to Hong Kong designers and local design-applying enterprises who “won the specified international competitions/awards”. The financial aid is based on a list of 35 specified international competitions/awards with 7 design categories (Multi, Graphics, Spatial, Product, Fashion, Digital Media and Design Education). All awards are endorsed by 13 local professional design associations and institutions and design celebrities.

Climate Goals and Targets: • The government announced Hong Kong's Climate Action Plan 2050 in 2021, setting out the vision of “Zero-carbon Emissions‧Liveable City‧Sustainable Development" and outlining the strategies and targets for combating climate change and achieving carbon neutrality.

The Hong Kong Designers Association (HKDA), Sponsorship for International Design Awards 2021/22 (SIDA) under the sponsorship of Create Hong Kong, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, can provide financial aid to encourage Hong Kong designers and local design-applying enterprises to participate in the representative international competitions or awards in order to increase the publicity of Hong Kong design through the SIDA sponsorship scheme. HKDA SIDA 2021/22 is mainly divided into two schemes: “Scheme A: Scheme for Winners of Specified International Competitions/Awards” & “Scheme B: Scheme for Winners of Specified Local Competition/Award to Enter International Competition/Award”. The highest subsidy amount of each design unit is up to HK$200,000 to subsidize their entry fee, courier fee, publication fee (winners’ package), exhibition fee, flight and accommodation fees.

In order to further promote Hong Kong design, the Association has held the "Biennial Exhibition" at K11 Art Mall to display the award-winning works of various international design awards won by Hong Kong designers. The purpose is to encourage more designers to devote themselves to creation to enhance public awareness of design and Hong Kong's design status among. Those excellent works which attracted many visitors.

HKDA SIDA also successfully held two Winners' Sharing Hybrid Seminars in May 2023. HKDA invited Hong Kong designers who have won international design awards to share “How to introduce my design to the public and market?”, “How to be the most outstanding design in the market?” and “How to promote my brand internationally?”

“Harmony in Diversity-Connecting the Metropolis by In-Between” Uncovering Hong Kong’s Unique Urban Landscape that Copes with Future Challenges in Spatial Planning

Shanghai Intelligent Building Technology (SIBT), Shanghai Smart Home Technology (SSHT) and the Shanghai Smart Office Technology (SSOT) zone will take place from 29 – 31 August 2023 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. SIBT and SSHT will be run under the themes of “Smart connection” and “Smart frontier”, and will aim to promote synergy and cooperation between smart industries and ultimately push the boundaries of what is possible with smart technology. The fairs will integrate different sectors including smart real estate, smart facility management, smart communities, smart hotels and smart campuses, and facilitate a wide range of business opportunities.

The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) releases the fifth edition of the Advancing Net Zero Status Report that highlights action being taken now to decarbonise the built environment from businesses, governments and the global Green Building Council (GBC) network. The report is packed with examples of industry collaboration and accelerated action to address emissions from the built environment.

Public Engagement CPD Series: Event 3