The Malaysia Technology Expo – Sustainable Development Goals Awards 2025 (MTE: SDG 2025) is the first in the region focused on recognizing innovations, initiatives, programmes and ideas which contribute to sustainability, eradicating poverty, improving well-being, protecting our planet, and building peace and prosperity.
Timeline
Registration Opens: 1st August 2025
Briefing for Participants: 27th August 2025 (Wednesday)
Submission Deadline: 3rd October 2025 (Friday)
Online Evaluation & Judging: 9th October - 12th October 2025 (Thursday-Sunday)
Live Event: 28th - 30th October 2025 (Tuesday-Thursday)
Results Awards Announcement: 30th October 2025 (Thursday)
Evaluation Criteria
- Impact : What kind of tangible impact will/has this initiative brought? What are the direct benefits and to whom? We will consider the number of people it has/will be impacted, policies/legislation changed, etc.
- Approach : How is this initiative new or transformative in comparison to what has been done before? Is it a breakthrough idea or process, or a whole new way to address an issue? Is it inclusive?
- Scalability/Replicability : Does this innovation/initiative have the potential to scale up or be replicated to create a greater impact? Is there any evidence that this has already been affected?
- Originality : Is this innovation or idea original? What is the level of inventiveness?
- Functionality : Usefulness and effectiveness in meeting SDGs.
- Status : Status of finished article & readiness for market.
- Presentation : Efforts made to ensure presentation is informative and attractive. Knowledge on the innovation/idea/initiative, Scientific thought and engineering goals.
How to Participate
- Contact the Organisers to let us know the number of entries that you would like to submit. Confirm you participation with payment. Your one-off participation fee already comes with awards submission, virtual booth and/or virtual storefronts.
Contact : PROTEMP Exhibitions & Conference Sdn. Bhd.
Office Tel : +603.6140.6666 | Whatsapp : +60 12.826.0998
Email : mte@protempgroup.com | alfi@protempgroup.com
- After payment, submit your entries via our online submission system. You can find the links to each Award below.
- Submit your entries on or before 3rd October 2025
- Confirmed participants will receive a video on what jurors are looking for to guide them towards making a comprehensive submission.
- Evaluation by jurors will be from 9th - 12th October 2025. Jurors will contact participants for interviews only if they require more information. Participants should make a comprehensive submission of their innovations with a clear explanation and demonstration of their innovations.
- Results of MTE: Sustainable Development Goals International Innovation Awards (MTE: SDG 2025) will be on annouced virtually on 30th October 2025.
- MTE: Sustainable Development Goals International Innovation Awards (MTE: SDG 2025) will be held from 28th - 30th October 2025 virtually.
Entry Regulations and Guidelines
All entries must comply with the following:
- Entries must be submitted to the online awards submission system by 3rd October 2025 – 23:59 (GMT+8). There will be no extensions granted under any circumstances.
- There are 5 Award Categories. Entries must be submitted into the category best described and most relevant to your innovation. If an incorrect category is selected, the Awards Committee reserves the right to disqualify the entry.
- As a guide, Innovation(s) entered for competition must be an innovation/idea/initiative that is/are directly related to the healthcare solutions for the prevention, treatment and management of communicable and non-communicable diseases, and innovative solutions for better healthcare systems.
We can help you to select the most relevant category for your entry/entries. Feel free to reach us at:
Contact : PROTEMP Exhibitions & Conference Sdn. Bhd.
Office Tel : +603.6140.6666 | Whatsapp : +60 12.826.0998
Email : mte@protempgroup.com | Alfi@protempgroup.com
- Entry fees must be made in full upon submission of entries using online banking transfer or via local cheque. Payment is non-refundable.
- Awards entry submissions, interviews and communications between participants and jurors (if any) will be in English.
- The Organiser restricts content that involves nudity, all forms of violence and exploitation, the cruelty of animals etc. This restriction is due to the diversity in age and cultural backgrounds of our global audience. All content must be appropriate for a general audience. Any inappropriate content submitted by participants will be duly removed without notice to the participant.
- The submitted content can be expressed in words, images, sounds or a combination of any, to enable efficient delivery of the critical messages to the judges. Each submission must include items (a) to (d) as explained below:
a) A short description or summary of innovation (250 words – MS word document)
b) Minimum one video (HD 1080p, max 5 mins). A YouTube link is recommended.
c) Photo (minimum 1 – jpg format, max 2mb)
d) Highlights of Innovation's Important Features (PDF – about 500 words)
- The online awards submission system allows participants to submit additional supporting documents such as PowerPoint presentations and other documents.
- The Organisers reserves the right to the use of photos, videos, synopsis, and write-ups that participants have provided in the online awards submission system for the purpose of the promotion of MTE:Sustainable Development Goals International Innovation Awards (MTE: SDG 2025) and publicity of your innovation and participation.
- The same entry may be submitted into multiple product categories. If you wish to enter your innovation in more than one category, you will need to repeat the online submission process for every category that you choose. For example, if you are submitting one innovation for 3 different categories, you will be required to make 3 online submissions. An entry fee is applicable for each submission.
- Entries must meet ALL the following requirements BEFORE they are qualified for judging:
a) All required sections and fields of the online entry application form are completed.
b) All requirements of above item 7 are fulfilled.
c) Supported by full payment. Full payment must be made by 3rd October 2025.
d) Incomplete and unpaid entries will be disqualified. The participant is solely responsible for ensuring that their submission is complete.
- The jury will evaluate entries submitted in the online submission system. Jurors may request for more information at any time to support validation which might include online interviews, emails or telephone calls.
- The jury’s decisions are final and no appeal will be entertained.
- Results will be announced on 30th October 2025 on MTE: Sustainable Development Goals International Innovation Award (MTE: SDG 2025) virtual platform.
- MTE: Sustainable Development Goals International Innovation Award (MTE: SDG 2025) will take place virtually over 3 days. During this period, visitors will contact participants through our virtual platform via messaging app and email. After the event ends, all innovations will continue to be exhibited virtually for 2 weeks.
- Medals and certificates will be shipped to all winners.
- By participating in these Awards, each participant/exhibitor undertakes to guarantee that all information, documentation and media content submitted are original, accurate, and there is no violation or infringement of the intellectual property and copyright law. Participant(s) is/are solely responsible and liable for any violation or infringement of intellectual property rights or copyright laws. PROTEMP Exhibitions and Conferences Sdn. Bhd. and all stakeholders for this event assumes no liability for any form of IP or copyright infringement by participants.
