INNOTECH, the flagship innovation and technology carnival hosted annually by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), kicked off its third edition on June 14-15.

As one of the most influential university-led tech events in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, INNOTECH gathered over 140 cutting-edge innovation projects, hundreds of investors and industry leaders and more than 2,500 attendees from academia, business and government this year.

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Apart from displaying the breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, robotics and cross-disciplinary solutions, the event also fostered strategic partnerships across the innovation ecosystem.

Douglas Dueno, an editor from China Daily website and a carnival veteran, returned to HKUST (GZ) for this year's sci-tech explorations. Follow him on his journey!