Smart Logistics Datathon 2025

Participation is open to all full-time students categorized into two leagues:

(i) University League: undergraduate or postgraduate students at universities in Asia; and

(ii) Secondary School League: Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 (or Grade 10 to Grade 12) students in Hong Kong. Both leagues will compete during the same time period within their respective leagues.

Team composition:

Interested student participants should form a team of two to three members. Having multi-skilled team members could be advantageous to compete within tight timeframe. Members comprising of various disciplines are therefore highly encouraged.

A maximum of twenty (20) selected teams for each League will be invited to join the Datathon.

Overseas participants will arrive and check in to the hotel on October 16 afternoon. On October 17 morning, all participating teams will attend industry workshops and site visits in relation to Smart Logistics with an aim to get inspiration on the theme. After the opening ceremony in the evening, student teams will check in to the camp and will be given several sets of transport and logistics related data.

Participating teams will be given 35 hours non-stop to understand and conduct in-depth analysis on the provided data as well as the open data published by the HKSAR Government, and then come up with innovative insights on operation, service or business models that can bring values to the logistics industry. Upon finishing the data analysis, each team will have 10 minutes to present or demonstrate their results in front of a panel of judges comprising of professors and industry experts. Winners will be judged based on creative use of data, methodology, business savvy, and the significance of findings and recommendations.

To help participants build their skills in business data analytics, a hands-on training workshop sponsored by Alibaba Cloud Academy will be offered prior to the Datathon. During this interactive 2-3 hour session, participants will learn how to leverage Alibaba Cloud's suite of tools and platforms to enhance business data analysis—including big data processing and analytics, business intelligence, and data visusation.

Alibaba Cloud's tools will be available to participants as optional resources throughout the Datathon competition, enabling them to put their new knowledge into practice!

To help secondary school students gain a deeper understanding of logistics and supply chain management, we will offer a series of workshops open to all interested local Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 (or Grade 10 to Grade 12) students. The program will include classroom learning, industry seminars, and site visits to logistics facilities.

Workshop topics include:

• Introduction to supply chain and logistics
• Air cargo and shipping
• Global trade
• E-commerce
• Logistics technologies
• Cloud data analytics tools and more!

The workshops are scheduled on:

• Workshop Series I: September 20, 2025 (AM)
• Workshop Series II: October 4, 2025 (AM)
• Workshop Series III: October 11, 2025 (AM & PM)

Details of the workshops are available here (information will be updated). Spaces are limited—register now to secure your seat! While we welcome all local Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 (or Grade 10 to Grade 12) students joining the workshops, student teams registered for the Datathon will be given priority for workshop attendance.