Business for Good Networking Showcase
(the “Showcase”)
Rules, Terms and Conditions

The Showcase is organised by Hong Kong Baptist University (via its School of Business) (the “Organiser”), and supported by Industry Collaborators to be announced by the Organiser.

The rules, terms and conditions of the Showcase are set out herein (these “Rules, Terms and Conditions”), which shall govern the conduct of the Showcase and the participation in the Showcase by Participants (as defined below) and Industry Collaborators, and related matters. In consideration of the Organiser organising the Showcase for their participation, Participants and Industry Collaborators agree to be bound by these Rules, Terms and Conditions by participating in any part of the Showcase and/or taking any other steps pursuant to these Rules, Terms and Conditions.

1. Eligibility and Application

1.1. Current full-time students and alumni of the Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) Programme of Hong Kong Baptist University are eligible to participate in the Showcase as Participants. To participate in the Showcase, such eligible persons shall individually or form teams (each such individual and team, a “Team”) to submit an application (an “Application”) to the Organiser via the online platform designated by the Organiser, namely the HKBU Qualtrics Platform (the “Platform”).

1.2. An Application shall be in the form prescribed by the Organiser and contain all information as required on the Platform.

1.3. The application period shall begin in mid-October 2026 as announced by the Organiser and end at 23:59 on 26 November 2026 (the “Application Period”). Persons who wish to participate in the Showcase as Participants must submit their Applications to the Organiser within the Application Period. The Organiser reserves the right to not process any Application submitted at any other time.

1.4. The Organiser shall review the Applications for compliance with formality requirements. The Organiser reserves the right to dismiss any Application which fails to comply with any formality requirement.

1.5. The Organiser reserves the right to request a Participant to provide documentary proof of his identity and/or eligibility to participate in the Showcase as a Participant at any stage of the Showcase for verification of such identity and/or eligibility. A Participant who fails to comply with such requests within reasonable time and without delay may be disqualified.

1.6. Any Application based on inaccurate, false or incomplete information may result in the submitting Team’s disqualification from the Showcase.

1.7. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Organiser reserves the sole and absolute discretion to refuse to process any Application.

1.8. “Participant” means a person who (a) is stated as a member of Team in an Application, and such Application has been accepted by the Organiser; and (b) subsequently participates in any part of the Showcase.

2. Submission and Vetting (the “Preliminary Round”)

2.1. The Organiser shall accept not more than one (1) Pitch Deck from a Team. Submission of a Pitch Deck shall be made by way of uploading the Pitch Deck to the Platform within the Application Period together with the submitting Team’s Application. In the event that multiple Pitch Decks are received from the same Team, only the last valid entry submitted within the Application Period will be considered, and all previous submissions will be disregarded. Participants are advised to retain a duplicate copy of their Pitch Deck in case of any unforeseen conditions which may lead to loss or damage of the entries. Submission time of a Pitch Deck shall be registered in accordance with the time recorded by the Platform. The Organiser reserves the right to not process any Pitch Deck submitted after the expiry of the Application Period. Once a Pitch Deck has been submitted, no further amendments may be made to the Pitch Deck. The Organiser does not warrant that the Platform will be free of any interruption, delay, error or any other failure. For the avoidance of doubt, the Participants shall bear the risk of any consequences arising from any such interruption, delay, error or other failure.

2.2. A Pitch Deck must be in English and submitted in PDF format with a file size of not larger than 50MB and with a maximum of ten (10) slides. If a Pitch Deck cannot be accessed or downloaded by the Organiser due to any reason, the Organiser may disqualify the Team which submitted that Pitch Deck. For the avoidance of doubt, it shall be the submitting Team’s responsibility to ensure its Pitch Deck is accessible, downloadable, and in the requisite format, and the Organiser shall not be held liable for any consequences arising from any failure to discharge such responsibility. Without prejudice or limitation to the foregoing, the Organiser reserves the right to not process any Pitch Deck which does not comply with any specifications or requirements stated in these Rules, Terms and Conditions.

2.3. It shall be the submitting Team’s responsibility to ensure submission of its Pitch Deck complies with the requirements imposed herein. A Team which fails to comply with any such requirements may be disqualified.

2.4. All costs or expenses associated with preparing and submitting a Pitch Deck shall be borne by the Participants.

2.5. “Pitch Deck” means the materials to be submitted to the Organiser by a Team for evaluation in the Preliminary Round and/or presentation in the Final Round.

2.6. A Pitch Deck must not contain or include:

• (a)any direct or indirect commercial or inappropriate content or elements, including but not limited to obscene, violent, pornographic, defamatory, indecent, disparaging, abusive, illegal, discriminatory, immoral, unethical, threatening, political, offensive, advertising, improper or otherwise objectionable content or elements; and
• (b)any virus or security issues.

The Organiser shall be entitled to claim compensation from the relevant Participants for any loss arising from their submission of a Pitch Deck or file which is in breach of the foregoing. The relevant Participants shall indemnify the Organiser for any claims, losses, damages, costs or expenses suffered or incurred in connection therewith.

2.7. By submitting a Pitch Deck, each Participant in the submitting Team represents and warrants that the content of the Pitch Deck does not and will not infringe or violate law or any rights or protection to which any third party is entitled, including without limitation, intellectual property rights, any rights under applicable personal data and privacy laws, any rights under applicable competition law, confidentiality, or any other contractual or extra-contractual rights. Each Participant in the submitting Team agrees and accepts that the submitting Team may be disqualified in the event of any breach of the above representations and warranties.

2.8. The Vetting Panel shall review all validly submitted Pitch Decks, and select, in accordance with the Criteria, Teams which may present their Pitch Decks to the Vetting Panel.

2.9. At a date, time and venue as may be designated by the Organiser, selected Teams shall present their Pitch Deck to the Vetting Panel.

2.10. The Vetting Panel shall select, in accordance with the Criteria, Teams which may proceed to the Final Round (“Finalists”). The decision of the Vetting Panel regarding any Pitch Deck submitted or selection of Teams or Finalists shall not be subject to challenge or appeal. The Organiser shall announce the list of Finalists.

3. Presentation to Judging Panel (“Final Round”)

3.1. At a date, time and venue as may be designated by the Organiser, Finalists shall present their Pitch Decks to the judging panel. The Final Round shall be open to the public for viewing.

3.2. The judging panel shall consider the Finalists and their Pitch Decks in accordance with the Criteria.

4. Judging

4.1. Pitch Decks validly submitted shall be considered based on the following criteria and weights:

• (a)vision and social impact (30%);
• (b)sustainability and operating model (20%);
• (c)innovativeness (20%);
• (d)project management (20%); and
• (e)proof of concept (10%).

(the “Criteria”)

4.2. Constitution of the Vetting Panel shall be decided at the Organiser’s sole and absolute discretion.

4.3. The judging panel of the Final Round shall be constituted by representatives of the Industry Collaborators and/or other persons selected by the Organiser at its sole and absolute discretion.

4.4. Selection of a Team’s Pitch Deck for the Final Round does not guarantee any financial resources or support will be made available to that Team by any person including the Organiser and Industry Collaborators. However, an Industry Collaborator may at its sole and absolute discretion separately offer financial support to Participants. Details of such financial support shall be negotiated between the relevant Participants and Industry Collaborators. Such negotiations may be facilitated by the Organiser where necessary or appropriate upon request by the relevant Participants and/or Industry Collaborators, but the Organiser’s involvement in relevant matters shall be limited to that nature and extent only.

5. Intellectual Property

5.1. Each Participant represents and warrants that:

• (a)except as otherwise provided by Clause 5.2, he together with other Participants in his Team are the sole and exclusive owners of the Pitch Deck submitted by that Team and all Intellectual Property Rights embodied therein;
• (b)except as otherwise provided by Clause 5.2, any Pitch Deck submitted by his Team is an original work solely created by him or them, and his or their contribution to the Pitch Deck is original and unprecedented;
• (c)any Pitch Deck submitted by his Team does not infringe the rights of any person or entity, including but not limited to any Intellectual Property Rights or rights of privacy;
• (d)all elements of any Pitch Deck submitted by his Team, as well as all pieces of contributions and information communicated in the Pitch Deck, are accurate, reliable and complete;
• (e)he and/or other Participants in his Team has obtained all the prior written consents and releases necessary to permit the exercise of the title, interests and rights granted to the Organiser hereunder, and if the Pitch Deck includes any image of a person, the Participant and/or other Participants in his Team has obtained the permission of that person (or where applicable, the person’s legal guardian) to use the image of that person and to provide the image to the Organiser for use for the purposes under these Rules, Terms and Conditions;
• (f)no further consent from any person or entity is required for the Organiser to exercise the title, interests and rights granted to the Organiser hereunder;
• (g)except as otherwise provided by Clause 5.2, no third party has any right, title, claim or interest in the Pitch Deck or the Intellectual Property Rights embodied therein, and no third-party claim in relation thereto has arisen or shall arise; and
• (h)any Pitch Deck submitted by his Team does not breach any contract or any applicable laws, rules or regulations.

5.2. Where the Pitch Deck submitted by a Team contains any Intellectual Property Rights other than those which are (a) solely and exclusively owned by Participants in the Team; (b) original work solely created by Participants in the Team; or (c) original and unprecedented contribution made by Participants in the Team, each Participant in that Team shall duly disclaim and indicate in the Pitch Deck the source of any such content of any nature whatsoever and with whichever support.

5.3. By submitting a Pitch Deck to the Organiser in the course of and for the purpose of the Showcase, Participants in the submitting Team are not granting the Organiser and/or any Industry Collaborator any rights to the Intellectual Property Rights supporting all or part of the Pitch Deck, and the Organiser and all Industry Collaborators shall make no claim to ownership of the Pitch Deck or any Intellectual Property Rights that it may contain. Except as otherwise provided under these Rules, Terms and Conditions, the Organiser and Industry Collaborators shall not use any Pitch Deck or any part thereof for any purpose other than the Showcase.

5.4. “Intellectual Property Rights” means any copyright or other rights over a brand, a design or a model, a patent and, more generally, any element, (including trade secrets and know-how), that may be protected by local, national and/or international laws or conventions on intellectual property.

6. Confidentiality

6.1. Except as otherwise provided under these Rules, Terms and Conditions, the Organiser and Industry Collaborators agree to keep confidential and shall not disclose to any third any content of any Pitch Deck submitted to the Organiser (in this Clause 6, “Submitted Pitch”) in the course of and for the purpose of the Showcase.

6.2. The Organiser, Industry Collaborators, and all Participants agree that any Submitted Pitch or part thereof may be disclosed to employees, officers, representatives, agents, contractors, and advisers of the Organiser or any Industry Collaborator who need to know such content (each a “Recipient”) for the purpose the Showcase.

6.3. Except as otherwise provided under these Rules, Terms and Conditions, within a reasonable period of time after the conclusion of the Showcase, the Organiser and each Industry Collaborator shall at their own cost destroy, and cause each of its respective Recipients to destroy, all copies of Submitted Pitches which are in the possession of the Organiser, an Industry Collaborator, or their respective Recipients.

6.4. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, Finalists agree to the removal of all confidentiality requirements imposed on the Submitted Pitch submitted by their Teams upon their selection for participation in the Final Round. For the avoidance of doubt, the Organiser, Industry Collaborators, and Participants shall bear no obligation to keep the information contained in the Submitted Pitch of any Finalists confidential. Finalists understand, agree, and accept that any information contained in their Submitted Pitch may be publicly disclosed. However, the Organiser and Industry Collaborators undertake not to use any part of the Finalists’ Submitted Pitches for any purpose other than the Showcase, except as otherwise provided under these Rules, Terms and Conditions, and any other agreements which may be separately entered into between (a) any Finalist and (b) the Organiser and/or an Industry Collaborator.

6.5. Participants acknowledge, agree and accept that public disclosure of any content of any Submitted Pitch may affect any Intellectual Property Rights and/or potential Intellectual Property Rights in such content. It shall be the submitting Participant’s responsibility to take steps to protect such Intellectual Property Rights and/or potential Intellectual Property Rights.

6.6. Participants acknowledge that the Organiser and/or Industry Collaborators may currently or in the future develop information internally, or receive information from other parties, that is similar to the information contained in any of the Submitted Pitches, Accordingly, nothing herein shall prohibit the Organiser and/or Industry Collaborators from independently acquiring, developing, or having developed products, concepts, systems, services or techniques that are similar to or compete with the products, concepts, systems, services or techniques contemplated by or embodied in any Submitted Pitch.

6.7. Participants recognise that other Participants, individuals or entities may have provided the Organiser and/or Industry Collaborators or others, or made public, or may in the future submit or make public, content that is the same or similar to any piece of information contained in any of the Submitted Pitches. Hence, Participants acknowledge, agree, and accept that the Organiser and Industry Collaborators shall have the right to use such same or similar materials, and that Participants will not be entitled to any compensation arising from the Organiser’s and/or Industry Collaborators’ use of such materials.

7. Personal Data

7.1. Each Participant acknowledges and agrees to the collection of his Personal Data (including but not limited to names, programme of study, graduation year (if applicable), and contact details such as email addresses and telephone numbers) by the Organiser during the course of the Showcase and for its organisation and operation, and for any post-Showcase communications. Each Participant also authorises the Organiser to use the Personal Data so collected for the purposes of the Showcase, including contact, record, promotion and publicity, communication, administration, monitoring, statistical, analytical and other relevant purposes with regard to the Showcase.

7.2. Provision of Personal Data is obligatory. A Participant may be disqualified from the Showcase if he:

• (a)refuses or fails to consent to the collection, use, and/or retention of his Personal Data by the Organiser necessary for the operation of the Showcase as required by the Organiser; or
• (b)provides, whether intentionally or unintentionally, inaccurate, false or incomplete information as regards his Personal Data to the Organiser.

7.3. If required, the Personal Data so collected may be transferred to third-party service providers which provide support services to the Organiser for the purposes stated above.

7.4. Personal Data shall be collected, retained, and/or used in accordance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486) and the Organiser’s Privacy Policy Statement and Personal Information Collection Statement (available at: https://bupdpo.hkbu.edu.hk/policies-and-procedures/pps-pics/) as amended from time to time.

7.5. A Participant has the right to request access to and correction of his Personal Data. Enquiries concerning the Personal Data provided, including the request for access and correction, shall be addressed to: Ms. Zoe Wan (wanzoe@hkbu.edu.hk) of the School of Business, Room 801, The Wing Lung Bank Building for Business Studies, Shaw Campus, Hong Kong Baptist University, 34 Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

7.6. “Personal Data” has the meaning given to it in the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486).

8. Publicity and Communication

8.1. All Participants acknowledge and consent that the Organiser may, within and outside Hong Kong and for the duration of the Showcase and for a reasonable period after the conclusion of the Showcase, use the Showcase, any Pitch Deck submitted to the Organiser, and any Subsequent Activities for publicity, including for the Organiser’s advertising, marketing or any other public engagement purposes, by any means and through any format (websites, advertising banners, social networks, newsletters, press releases and other means) now known or unknown to date, free of charge or for a consideration.

8.2. In particular, all Participants consent to the Organiser, in accordance with Clause 8.1, using:

• (a)their names, cities and regions of residence, names of the degrees or other titles held, images, visual and/or audio recordings of them, and any other Personal Data submitted to the Organiser in the course or for the purpose of the Showcase; and
• (b)any submitted Pitch Deck in whole or in part, and as may be edited by the Organiser.

(collectively, “Consented Materials”).

8.3. All Participants further consent to the retention of any Consented Materials by the Organiser, and the Organiser may accordingly retain Consented Materials, for the purpose of the Organiser’s own institutional record-keeping purposes. The period of such retention shall be indefinite.

8.4. Any Participants who engage in any Subsequent Activities shall maintain communication with the Organiser in respect of such Subsequent Activities from time to time and/or upon request by the Organiser.

8.5. “Subsequent Activities” includes any agreements, joint ventures, partnerships, and any other arrangements between any Participant and any Industry Collaborator which is intended or implemented after the Showcase.

9. Liability

9.1. Each Participant agrees and undertakes to (a) accept and bear all legal responsibilities and liabilities arising from any materials submitted by him or his Team in the course of the Showcase; and (b) be responsible for any litigation or compensation arising from his breach of any applicable laws, rules, regulations, contracts, or these Rules, Terms and Conditions.

9.2. The Organiser assumes no responsibility and shall not be held liable or accountable for (a) any loss or damage caused by any problems or technical malfunctions of any computers, network systems, servers, equipment or software; (b) any delay in email or other transmissions caused by any computer or network failure, connection issues, or human errors of any kind, including any injury or damage to Participants and/or Industry Collaborators; (c) any problems caused to a Participant’s computer equipment resulting from his participation in the Showcase; or (d) incorrect or inaccurate capture of a Participant’s information, whether due to technical malfunctions, human, technical or printing errors, lost or delayed data transmissions, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or failures of network or computer software, or otherwise.

9.3. The Organiser shall not in any case be held liable for damages resulting from (a) any faults with or delays in the submission of Pitch Deck by Participants, including refusal to process the Pitch Deck as a consequence of their submission later than the relevant deadline; or (b) any faults with or delays to the sending of any emails by Participants.

9.4. The Organiser assumes no responsibility, obligation or liability of any nature whatsoever to any Participant, Industry Collaborator, or third party for any materials submitted by any Participant to the Organiser (“Participant Materials”). The Organiser shall not be held liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive or consequential loss, costs, liabilities, expenses, claims, demands or damage, whether anticipated or actual, arising from any use of any Participant Materials, or howsoever caused by, arising from or in connection with any Participant Materials, including but not limited to loss of profit, loss of savings, loss of goodwill, loss of revenue or loss of contract incurred by any Participant, Industry Collaborator, or third party, or any action, claim or proceedings taken against the Participant or Industry Collaborator by any person in connection with, incidental to or consequential upon the performance of the Organiser or its employees, agents, representatives, collaborative partners or contractors in relation to the Showcase.

9.5. Each Participant and Industry Collaborator shall indemnify, defend, hold harmless and keep indemnified the Organiser, the Organiser’s employees, representatives, agents, contractors, affiliates and related parties (in this Clause, collectively, the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, costs, claims, demands, damage, expenses, awards and losses suffered or incurred by any materials submitted by any Participant to the Organiser as a result of, arising from or in connection with the Showcase and/or any Subsequent Activities, and/or any claim made against any of the Indemnitees in relation to the such materials (“Claim”) including but not limited to a claim for breach of third party rights. Each Participant and Industry Collaborator further undertakes to give the Indemnitees all necessary assistance as may be required by them in connection with the Claim.

9.6. Each Participant and Industry Collaborator agrees that the Organiser, the Organiser’s employees, representatives, agents, contractors, affiliates and related parties (in this Clause, collectively, the “Released Parties”) will have no liability whatsoever for, and will be released and held harmless by Participants and Industry Collaborators for any claims, liabilities, or causes of action of any kind or nature for any injury, loss or damages of any kind including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages to persons, including without limitation disability or death. Without limiting the foregoing, all materials published or distributed by the Organiser for the purpose of the Showcase shall be provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Some jurisdictions may not allow the limitations or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages or exclusion of implied warranties, in which case such limitation or exclusion shall apply only to the extent permitted by applicable law.

10. Miscellaneous

10.1. Unless where context otherwise requires, words denoting the singular shall include the plural and vice versa and words denoting any one gender shall include all genders.

10.2. Unless otherwise stated, references to “Clauses” in these Rules, Terms and Conditions are references to the clauses of these Rules, Terms and Conditions.

10.3. Each Participant and Industry Collaborator agrees not to advertise in the name of the Organiser or use the name, emblems, symbols, trade names, trademarks, proprietary marks, service marks, visual identity and/or logos of the Organiser unless with the prior written consent of the Organiser.

10.4. Subject to other more specific clauses herein, in case of any non-compliance with or breach of these Rules, Terms and Conditions by any Participant or Team, the Organiser may immediately disqualify that Participant or Team.

10.5. The Organiser reserves the right of final decision in case of any disputes in relation to these Rules, Terms and Conditions and all matters arising from or relating to the Showcase. The Organiser’s decision shall be final and binding on all Participants and Industry Collaborators and shall not be further disputed or appealed.

10.6. The Organiser reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to (a) cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Showcase and/or any of these Rules, Terms and Conditions, for any reason at any time and without any liability; and (b) limit or restrict participation in the Showcase by any person. The Organiser shall not be liable for such cancellation, termination, modification, or suspension, and no compensation or remuneration will be due or payable to any Participant and Industry Collaborator.

10.7. Clauses 5 to 10 shall survive the expiry or termination of the Showcase and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding such expiry or termination. The obligations and liabilities that a Participant incurred prior to such expiry or termination shall survive such expiry or termination for all purposes. Further, the obligations and liabilities that a disqualified Participant incurred prior to such disqualification shall survive the disqualification for all purposes.

10.8. If any provision of these Rules, Terms and Conditions is held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be deemed to be severed from these Rules, Terms and Conditions and shall not affect the lawfulness, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Rules, Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect.

10.9. Nothing in these Rules, Terms and Conditions confers or purports to confer on any third party any benefit or right to enforce any of these Rules, Terms and Conditions whether pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Ordinance (Cap. 623) or otherwise.

10.10. Any waiver of any provisions of these Rules, Terms and Conditions must be made by the Organiser in writing. Any failure or delay of the Organiser to enforce any provisions of these Rules, Terms and Conditions or exercise any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not operate as a waiver of that provision, right, power or remedy, nor shall any single or partial exercise or enforcement thereof preclude any other or future exercise or enforcement thereof or the exercise or enforcement of any other provision, right, power or remedy hereunder.

10.11. The Organiser reserves the right to modify these Rules, Terms and Conditions, and any other arrangement related to the Showcase, from time to time without notice. Continued participation in the Showcase by a Participant or an Industry Collaborator shall mean that party’s acceptance of such amendment and agreement to participate in the Showcase as so amended.

10.12. These Rules, Terms and Conditions and all matters arising from or relating to the Showcase are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (“Hong Kong”). The Organiser, each Participant and Industry Collaborator irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Hong Kong to resolve any claim or dispute arising out of, in connection with or in relation to these Rules, Terms and Conditions and/or the Showcase.