Joint University “SDG#12 GAMIthon”

Common Core and the Hong Kong Sustainable Campus Consortium now welcome all undergraduate and postgraduate students to join the “SDG#12 GAMIthon”.

In this GAMIthon, you will not only learn more about SDG#12 Responsible Consumption and Production from academia of the tertiary institutions and gaming consultancy, you will also have to chance to design a new game with members from different universities!

The winning teams can receive up to HKD25,000 project funding and mentorship opportunity. HKU students who successfully complete the project will be eligible to earn a modest stipend. The application deadline is on 10 April 2022.

For any enquiry, please email Mr. Michael Lee at michaelkclee@ust.hk

Join us now to learn, co-create and make changes!

What is SDG#12 GAMIthon?
The “SDG#12 GAMIthon” is one of the events of the 3-year Jockey Club Sustainable Campus Consumer Programme, aiming to promote responsible consumption and production. Using the framework of a hackathon, the core idea is to co-create fun and educational solutions through applying gamification in a sustainability context and bring the solutions into the Hong Kong community and beyond.
Being actively supported by the academia of the tertiary institutions and gaming consultancy in Hong Kong, the participants can gain valuable insights on the key issues on sustainability and gaming framework thus create a gaming product that appropriately delivers the message about doing more and better with less.

Theme
To develop a gaming solution and invite the world to adopt responsible consumption and production lifestyle

Stream
1. Food Loss
2. Invisible Resources – Energy and Water
3. Production and Consumption
4. Sustainable Campus

Prize
1st Prize: HKD20,000 funding on game development, HKD5,000 cash prize and mentorship
2nd Prize: HKD20,000 funding on game development, HKD3,500 cash prize and mentorship
3rd Prize: HKD20,000 funding on game development, HKD2,000 cash prize and mentorship

Important Dates

All HKU students are welcome! You can also join with your friends from the other member universities* of HKSCC!

*8 members of the HKSCC 
– City University of Hong Kong
– Hong Kong Baptist University
– Lingnan University
– The Chinese University of Hong Kong
– The Education University of Hong Kong
– The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
– The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
– The University of Hong Kong