FutureGEN Girls Leadership Summit 2023 & IdeaGO Ideathon Final

FutureGEN Girls Leadership Summit 2023 & IdeaGO Ideathon Final

Date: 4/11/2023 (Sat)

Venue: Hong Kong Palace Museum, West Kowloon Cultural District

 

Nine students from S3-S6 participated in the FutureGEN Girls Leadership Summit 2023, organised by the Jennifer Yu Cheng Girls Impact Foundation (JYCGIF). Among them, three girls representing LFC presented on stage in the IdeaGO Ideathon Finals, of which only 5 teams amidst 12 could progress into.

 

Team Sort-N-Paper, composed of Mok YS, Ma LY and Lau TMA from S3, seeks to address issues regarding sustainability. They developed the idea and prototype of a paper-sorting machine in the hope of encouraging communities to reuse paper and reduce waste.

 

Under the guidance of industry professionals, they have learned to adopt design thinking and Innovation and Technology to formulate solutions and mock-ups to promote health and wellbeing, sustainability (low carbon & green living) and combat challenges faced by women in society. They have also obtained a deeper understanding of I&T, new industrialisation and entrepreneurship.