READY TO UNLEASH YOUR INNER TECH ENTREPRENEUR?


MIT Entrepreneurship and Maker Skills Integrator


A two-week tech entrepreneurship startup bootcamp

January 15 – 26, 2024 (HK Students)
January 15 – 30, 2024 (MIT Students)


MEMSI 2023 Highlights

In MIT News: Boosting passenger experience and increasing connectivity at the Hong Kong International Airport

Marina Chan | MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node
Publication Date: March 29, 2023
Students propose solutions to re-imagine the customer experience for Hong Kong’s airport city development.

It’s not a bootcamp if it’s not intense.

MEMSI 2024 is an adventure that will transform the way you see the world — especially the post-pandemic world.

Students from MIT and Hong Kong get together and form teams to build a tech-enabled venture pitch in just two weeks! This is a unique opportunity to work with industry partners to gain insight into business processes that will help you solve a pre-defined industry problem with exposure to Asia. You will build prototypes, create a business model that makes sense, and then pitch your proposal to supporters of entrepreneurship on Showcase Day.

You will discover weaknesses you never knew you had and strengths that will help you soar. Along the way, you will make lifelong friends and become part of an international community. Don’t worry about program expenses – we cover them! But this bootcamp is not edu-tourism and don’t let that be the reason you apply.

MEMSI 2024 will operate 100% in-person, with MIT students flying into Hong Kong to attend the bootcamp in-person. We are only offering MEMSI in January. There is no summer MEMSI.

MIT Students (please read): MEMSI this year will embed an extended innovation experience with the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park (HKSTP). To be eligible for the program as a MIT student, you will need to have a pre-formed startup team (three active student members from MIT) and all three members of the team must be willing to join BOTH the MEMSI program (Jan 15 – 26) and the venture-building HKSTP Techathon+ (Jan 26 – 30) to gain deeper exposure to the ecosystem and meet global teams. Please go to the FAQ section for more information. 

Challenge statements:

Aviation Challenge (MEMSI 2023)

1. How might the Hong Kong International Airport collaborate with other airports to offer connected airport experiences to passengers? 


2. How might the Hong Kong International Airport collaborate with airlines and other business partners to offer connected travel experiences to passengers?

 

About the Hong Kong International Airport (MEMSI Industry Partner)

 

Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) is one of the world’s busiest airports, with an extensive global air network reaching over 220 destinations.

Being the world’s third busiest international passenger airport and the world’s busiest cargo airport, HKIA is one of the few in the world that is busy in both passenger and cargo traffic. Over the past 20 years, passenger volume has increased over 160% to 75 million, and cargo has grown 209% to over 5 million tonnes.

Through continuous development of passenger and cargo services, cross-boundary transport networks, and a wide range of commercial facilities in and surrounding the airport, HKIA is transforming from a city airport into an Airport City. The Airport City vision will strengthen HKIA’s status as an international aviation hub, enhancing its ability to capture the increasing traffic demand from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, China’s most open and wealthiest economic region with a population of around 70 million.

Catering to increasing air traffic demand, HKIA is also undertaking a series of development projects to increase capacity and enhance services, including the expansion of the airport into a three-runway system.

Application Timeline

MIT Students

  • Applications open: September 29, 2023
  • Applications close: October 28, 2023
  • Info-session: October 11, 2023 @8PM EST on Zoom (watch the recording here)
  • Interviews: On a rolling basis via ZOOM
  • Acceptance notifications: On a rolling basis. Accepted students must confirm their attendance within 48h.
  • MIT Cohort Finalized: Late-November 2023
  • Orientation for January 2024 Cohort: TBC

Hong Kong Students

  • Applications open: September 29, 2023
  • Applications close: November 30, 2023
  • Interviews: On a rolling basis via ZOOM
  • Acceptance notifications: On a rolling basis. Accepted students must confirm their attendance within 48h.
  • HK Cohort Finalized: Mid-December 2023
  • Orientation for January 2024 Cohort: TBC

2023 Cohort Statistics

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