May 2026 · Hong Kong
Ten schools finished the 12-hour workshop, then competed at HKPC.
From the final report of the GAF × BNET intergenerational STEAM course: ten secondary schools finished a 12-hour workshop, then a joint-school contest, a Tokyo international contest, and the Golden Age Expo.
BNET founders and gerontech specialists visit schools to introduce the silver economy and products that fit older people’s needs.
Eight lessons of 1.5 hours. A Smart Care Worker learns with the class. Students turn design thinking and STEAM into testable prototypes. All ten schools finished.
At the Hong Kong Productivity Council: poster session and live pitches, so students, older adults and professionals can talk in depth.
Seven Hong Kong teams and seven Japanese teams pitched in English in Tokyo. 57 students and 8 teachers. Japanese teams were selected by BYD Education.
All ten schools showed work in the Smart Care Lab 4.0 zone at the 11th BOC Life Golden Age Expo, meeting the public, investors and the silver industry.
Fung Kai Liu Man Shek Tong Secondary School
TWGHs Lui Yun Choy Memorial College
YLPMSAA Tang Siu Tong Secondary School
MKMCF Ma Ko Chen Memorial College
SKH Tsoi Kung Po Secondary School
HKTA The Yuen Yuen Institute No.2 Secondary School
Aberdeen Technical School
Raimondi College
Caritas Fanling Chan Chun Ha Secondary School
Fung Kai Liu Man Shek Tong Secondary School Toenail Machine (Hong Kong)
Synora Mimamori (Japan)
Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School Expecto Patronum (Hong Kong)
Toenail Machine and Mimamori
Ten schools finished the 12-hour workshop, then competed at HKPC.
Seven Hong Kong and seven Japanese teams pitched in English. TWGHs Lui Yun Choy Memorial College could not attend; Ma Ko Chen Memorial College took the place.
About 55,000 people entered the Golden Age Expo; more than 8,000 visited the student zone. Public favourite (online): Tang Siu Tong Secondary School. Public favourite (in person): Fung Kai Liu Man Shek Tong Secondary School.
Six Japanese high-school students flew more than 2,000 km in July, prototypes in hand.
CityU: talking tech and society side by side
CUHK: learning design and the colleges
31 July, HKCEC: 5-minute pitch + 3-minute Q&A
The four days also took in the Science Park, Avenue of Stars, Star Ferry, West Kowloon, the Peak and The Mills. Meals — campus lunches, a seafood dinner in Sheung Wan — were conversations on a table.
They left with more than stage hours: the city’s warmth, and a friendship that ignores a border. IGIA will keep building that bridge.
Reach includes 4,166 on Instagram (gt.io_challenge), about 3,000 on campus displays, and about 8,000 at the Golden Age Expo student zone.