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.

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!