LIVE Championship Round
Livestream Recording
The top 3 teams from the preliminary round will be invited to present in the Championship Round taking place on Earth Day, April 22, 2021.
Schedule
11:00 AM ET – Welcome & Opening Remarks
Nick Chapman
President, Virtual Enterprises International
Bio
Nick is passionate about empowering people to be the best versions of themselves. Over the past 12 years, he has seen every aspect of VE—as a teacher, administrator, program director and now, as president of the organization. In addition to overseeing the day-to-day operation of the organization, Nick travels the U.S. and the world to meet with students, educators, and business leaders from a multitude of backgrounds to bring best practices and experiences back to VE’s students, teachers and staff.
Nick began his career in education as a New York City Teaching Fellow assigned to teach high school mathematics in Coney Island, Brooklyn while attaining an M.Ed. from Brooklyn College. Prior to teaching, Nick earned his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Florida and spent five years working in the media industry in New York City.
11:05 AM ET – Greetings from Our Partners
Representative:
Sean Kinghorn
Global Sustainability Leader
Representative:
Kelly Fisher
Head of Corporate Sustainability
Representative:
Florence Pourchet
Head of CIB Latin America, Head of CSR Americas
11:15 AM – 11: 45 AM ET – Roundtable Discussion on Sustainability, Moderated by Helen Avery
Helen Avery
Director, UK Green Finance Institute
Bio
Helen is a Director with the Green Finance Institute in the UK developing original content to drive forward the climate finance agenda and also supports the Institute’s work on financing nature-based solutions. Additionally, she is a Contributing Editor for Euromoney Magazine where she was recently Sustainable Finance Editor, heading up global coverage of social and environmental finance, impact investing, conservation finance, inclusive finance and inclusion and corporate responsibility since 2011. Until her recent move, Helen has been a journalist covering the finance sector around the world for twenty years. Her passion lies in driving finance towards solving key issues such as biodiversity loss, climate change and inequality. She volunteers within several conservation efforts globally, and is a trained meditation and yoga teacher.
Intuit Panelist:
Sean Kinghorn
Global Sustainability Leader
HSBC Panelist:
Kelly Fisher
Head of Corporate Sustainability
BNP Paribas Panelist:
Hervé P. Duteil
Chief Sustainability Officer, Americas
11: 45 AM ET – Introduction of Judges
Sean Kinghorn
Global Sustainability Leader, Intuit
Bio
Sean Kinghorn is the Global sustainability leader for Intuit. He is a solutions oriented leader with 20 years of experience in sustainability planning, sustainable business practices, green building consulting, and environmental planning. Sean’s expertise is focused in “profitability through sustainability” by integrating sustainable business practices with financial goals and objectives, with experience in all aspects of sustainability consulting including energy, water, waste reduction, procurement policies, building operations, and the LEED process.
Kelly Fisher
Head of Corporate Sustainability, HSBC USA
Bio
Kelly W. Fisher is the Head of Corporate Sustainability for HSBC Bank USA, appointed in 2015. In her role she has helped to expand HSBC’s leadership role in sustainable finance in the US, created a corporate philanthropy strategy tied to HSBC’s business expertise, and launched HSBC’s U.S. volunteer program “Involve” which increased volunteerism in its second year by 31%. Now she is helping to drive the bank’s new and comprehensive net zero strategy.
Kelly joined HSBC after seven years at Toyota Motor North America, where she spearheaded environmental and safety programs that were recognized for having a meaningful impact while greatly improving corporate reputation. In her tenure there she also created Toyota’s first-ever social media giving campaign, called “100 Cars for Good”. Prior to that, she worked for four years at Goldman Sachs, acting as a program manager for Community TeamWorks, the global volunteer program, and overseeing the global internal marketing campaign for that program.
Kelly currently publishes a series on LinkedIn called “Three Questions…” that highlights HSBC’s most impactful partnerships. In the past, she has held seats on the executive board of Corporate Volunteers of New York and was a recipient of the President’s Volunteer Service Award in 2011. She lives in Sunnyside Gardens, Queens with her husband, dog and two-year- old daughter.
Hervé P. Duteil
Chief Sustainability Officer, Americas, BNP Paribas
Bio
Hervé Duteil created the first position of Chief Sustainability Officer for BNP Paribas in the Americas in 2014. In this role, he leads the Bank’s regional strategy for Sustainable Finance, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Company Engagement, bringing in particular a strong focus on promoting client dialogue around sustainability topics and the development of tailored financing solutions or responsible investment products. In 2018, Euromoney selected him as one of the 10 “champions of global impact banking.”
Hervé has spent most of his career with BNP Paribas in New York. He specialized in trading derivatives and managing capital market activities, spanning across commodity, currency, fixed income and electronic markets. More recently, he led BNP Paribas’ efforts to close its first Social Impact Bond for the benefit of the State of Connecticut, followed by a second one with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Hervé served as a member on CFTC’s Climate-Related Market Risk Subcommittee of the Market Risk Advisory Committee. He currently sits on SIFMA Sustainable Finance Task Force, Canada Standards Association’s Technical Committee for the Development of a National Standard for “Transition & Sustainable Finance,” and WBCSD’s Sustainable Finance Policy task force, as well as the Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance Advisory Board.
Hervé holds a Master in Business Administration with distinction from the Harvard Business School, a Master of Science from the University of Cambridge, and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics & Physics from the University of Paris. Formerly a professional concert musician, he received various certificates from the Juilliard School of Music in New York.
Florence Pourchet
Head of CIB Latin America, Head of CSR Americas, BNP Paribas
Bio
Florence Pourchet leads the Latin America region for BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking and is a member of the CIB Americas Executive Committee.
In her role, Florence is responsible for driving CIB’s Latin America strategy, as well as providing oversight and support to the various countries in the region where the Bank has a presence. She also serves as coordinator for CIB Americas’ efforts related to CSR, including regional governance, Sustainable Finance strategy and ESG initiatives.
Florence has held numerous senior leadership roles at BNP Paribas since joining the Bank in 1990. Most recently she served as Co-Head of Global Banking Americas and Head of Hispanic Latin America, where she led the CIB franchise in that territory. She also served as Head of Credit & Portfolio Management, where she provided an overall view of the Americas corporate portfolio, maintained the region’s credit process governance, and acted as credit delegation holder for all Americas corporate clients.
Her broad-based career at BNP Paribas includes roles in Credit, Corporate Banking and Structured Finance across the Americas, France and Germany.
Florence is a graduate of EM Lyon and holds an MBA from the University of Texas, Austin. She is married with three children.
12:00 PM ET – Championship Round Presentations
Team # 2
Mentored by:
Intuit
Team Members:
João Schafer de Castro, EFG Sebrae MG Brasil, Brazil
Kade Boehm, Cary-Grove HS, USA
Kelly Feng, Herricks HS, USA
Luma Perigi, EFG Sebrae MG Brasil, Brazil
Michelle Natania Gunawan, Sekolah HighScope Indonesia, Indonesia
Prableen Kaur, Herricks HS, USA
Roshni Patel, Herricks HS, USA
Thomas Vollmer, EFG Sebrae MG Brasil, Brazil
Team # 9
Mentored by:
HSBC
Team:
Ben Meyer, San Juan Hills HS, USA
Gianluca Caravello, John F Kennedy HS, USA
Joel Bryan, San Juan Hills HS, USA
Maria Paula Moreira, EFG Sebrae MG Brasil, Brazil
Rachel Warner, San Juan Hills HS, USA
Thaís Bastos, EFG Sebrae MG Brasil, Brazil
Team # 11
Mentored by:
BNP Paribas
Team:
Anna Lulkin, Mount Sinai High School, USA
Ashna Lotia, Robbinsville High School, USA
Dara Mendes, EFG Sebrae MG Brasil, Brazil
Giorgio Hahijary, Sekolah HighScope Indonesia, Indonesia
Maria Boneva, High School of Mathematics “Acad. Kiril Popov,” Bulgaria
Shania King, Sewanhaka High School, USA
Victória Lanza, EFG Sebrae MG Brasil, Brazil
12:00 PM ET – Championship Round Presentations
12:45 PM ET – Awards Ceremony
Presented by Nick Chapman & Partners
Overview of the Challenge (For Students)
The Global Innovation Challenge is one of the world’s most unique business-related events for high school students. Students representing different countries work in multinational teams to solve a pressing global issue using design thinking principles.
In preparation of the Global Innovation Challenge, multinational teams of students will meet and collaborate online during February, March, and April. Students will work with mentors who will coach them on strategies to address the problem and develop a slide show, which will be presented to judges at the final event in April 2021.
The Challenge
You and your team have been challenged to develop solutions for communities to combat climate change. You are tasked with using the design thinking process to identify problems communities face in combating climate change and providing solutions that not only help communities reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also have “co-benefits” that contribute to a better, more equitable world, that also support their prosperity financially and socially.
You will be tasked with 1) identifying 1-3 common problems your communities face in combating climate change (ex. Why is it hard/what decisions are difficult to support efforts that reduce greenhouse gas emissions), 2) finding a solution to these problems that incorporates the challenge criteria, and 3) developing a hypothesis statement and experiment to test to see if your solution would work.
As you prepare for this year’s Innovation Challenge, it is important to research and understand the challenges faced by communities in combating climate change, to be knowledgeable about climate solutions as described by Project Drawdown and Climate Interactive, and to learn about and apply the design thinking process. The following sections of this packet will outline these objectives and provide resource materials to support your efforts.
Community Challenges
This year’s challenge focuses on the barriers communities face in taking steps to combat climate change. Most communities are ill-equipped to invest in solutions for climate change, as well as to adapt to climate change’s negative impacts.
Communities often lack the knowledge, tools, and financial resources to proactively invest in climate solutions to reduce their carbon footprint.
For example, cities are home to half the world’s population and produce around 75% of the world’s GDP and carbon emissions. By 2050, between 65% and 75% of the world population is projected to be living in cities, with more than 40 million people moving to cities each year. They can also be very exposed and vulnerable to climate risks such as water shortages, floods and heat stress. The mass congregating of people and rising demand for resources, under poor organization and governance, make cities prime sources of pollution, congestion and waste.
However, cities and communities are also a key part of the response. They afford multiple opportunities to dramatically reduce carbon emissions while sustaining prosperous standards of living. Indeed, there is no hope of reducing global emissions to safe levels if new and expanding cities are based on a sprawling, resource-intensive model of urban development.
The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate found that compact, connected and coordinated cities and communities are more productive, socially inclusive, resilient, cleaner, quieter and safer. They also have lower greenhouse gas emissions – a good example of the co-benefits of pursuing economic growth and climate action together.
UN Sustainable Development Goal 13
The UN Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all people around the world. The 17 goals address interconnected global challenges: poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, peace, and justice. The target date for achieving these Goals is 2030.
Across the world, responsible businesses are acknowledging climate change and their crucial role in addressing it. Many companies are developing long-term climate action plans, outlining ways they will reduce their corporate emissions over time – with some aspiring to reach “net zero” emissions by sometime mid-century.
Although these are important, admirable, and necessary first steps, they are missing an opportunity to lead and do more. Today’s climate plans mainly focus on how companies can do less harm, gradually reducing their emissions and the damages they cause. Most do not consider how businesses can go beyond this and help the broader world transition to a sustainable, climate-safe future. Businesses will need to dramatically reduce their own emissions and develop outward-looking climate plans that help other organizations, communities, and governments address climate change. This will enable them to go far beyond being “climate neutral” and “Paris compliant” companies, and achieve much larger impacts in the global effort to stop climate change.
HOW? By reducing emissions OUTSIDE of a company’s operations – through climate change solutions for its employees, customers, partners, and COMMUNITIES.
And this is where you and the Global Innovation Challenge come in. We are challenging YOU to leverage design thinking to help move your own communities forward and address climate change in a way that promotes prosperity for all.
Participant and Mentorship Details
For Student Participants
REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED. Student representatives will register to take part in the Global Innovation Challenge in January 2021. Each VE firm will have the opportunity to nominate two (2) students to participate. Student participants will be grouped to form multi-national teams of 6-8 students per team. Over the months of February, March, and April, teams will participate in online training sessions and working sessions with their team members to work through the design thinking process to solve the challenge. During the 2021 Online Youth Business Summit, Global Innovation Challenge teams will present their solutions to a panel of judges with the top teams presenting in a Championship Round to be held on Earth Day (April 22, 2021).
For Mentors
All Global Innovation Challenge teams will be matched with mentors consisting of professionals from VE corporate partners (Intuit, HSBC, and BNP Paribas). Mentors will help guide student teams and provide feedback on their work to solve the challenge and develop their presentation. Mentor sessions will be conducted via Zoom videoconference based on the schedule outlined below. In advance of the mentor sessions, mentor teams will be provided an orientation and training on the Global Innovation Challenge and the Design For Delight design thinking approach. All mentors and partners will have the support of VE staff in coordinating and moderating the online mentor sessions.
Full list of participating students:
| Name | School | Country | Team | Mentor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clara Azevedo | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 1 | Intuit |
| Laura Gomide | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 1 | Intuit |
| Georg Schemel | HLA Gernsbach | Germany | 1 | Intuit |
| Graceeva Clairasafa Faransyah | Sekolah HighScope Indonesia | Indonesia | 1 | Intuit |
| Alexandra Feit | Carle Place High School | USA | 1 | Intuit |
| Christopher Carrillo | Carle Place High School | USA | 1 | Intuit |
| João Schafer de Castro | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 2 | Intuit |
| Kade Boehm | Cary-Grove High School | USA | 2 | Intuit |
| Kelly Feng | Herricks High School | USA | 2 | Intuit |
| Luma Perigi | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 2 | Intuit |
| Michelle Natania Gunawan | Sekolah HighScope Indonesia | Indonesia | 2 | Intuit |
| Prableen Kaur | Herricks High School | USA | 2 | Intuit |
| Roshni Patel | Herricks High School | USA | 2 | Intuit |
| Thomas Vollmer | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 2 | Intuit |
| Denis Ispas | Colegiul Economic "Virgil Madgearu" Galați | Romania | 3 | Intuit |
| Karen Etienne | Piper High School | USA | 3 | Intuit |
| Christopher Nosewicz | Geneva Community High School | USA | 3 | Intuit |
| Elliot Schmid | Geneva High School | USA | 3 | Intuit |
| Bailey Van Blarcom | San Juan Hills High School | USA | 3 | Intuit |
| Ghifary Madani | Highscope TB Simatupang | Indonesia | 3 | Intuit |
| Radyanza Pringga Alfatih | Sekolah HighScope Indonesia | Indonesia | 3 | Intuit |
| Burhuc Denis | Colegiul Economic “Virgil Madgearu” | Romania | 4 | Intuit |
| Joanna Seraphin | Piper High School | USA | 4 | Intuit |
| Kaili Ajamie | Bearden High School | USA | 4 | Intuit |
| Callista Aliya Sari | Sekolah HighScope Indonesia | Indonesia | 4 | Intuit |
| Luísa Coelho | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 5 | Intuit |
| Catarina Vidigal | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 5 | Intuit |
| Giovanna Del Papa Tascine | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 5 | Intuit |
| Valeria Yepez | Jefferson High School | USA | 5 | Intuit |
| Amare Harris | Jefferson High School | USA | 5 | Intuit |
| Sara Primiano | Mount Saint Mary Academy | USA | 5 | Intuit |
| Samuel Lehman | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 6 | HSBC |
| Elizaveta Nikitina | HLA Gernsbach | Germany | 6 | HSBC |
| Reika Ayumi | Sekolah HighScope Indonesia | Indonesia | 6 | HSBC |
| Ayrton Effendi | Sekolah HighScope Indonesia | Indonesia | 6 | HSBC |
| Drilona Skenderi | Susan E Wagner | USA | 6 | HSBC |
| Selin Harmanbasi | Susan E. Wagner High School | USA | 6 | HSBC |
| Jordy Cavallero | Carle Place High School | USA | 6 | HSBC |
| Serena Watkins | Coral Springs High School | USA | 6 | HSBC |
| João Antônio Alves Pacheco | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 7 | HSBC |
| Santo Benenati | Westhampton Beach | USA | 7 | HSBC |
| Andre Insalaco | Westhampton Beach High School | USA | 7 | HSBC |
| Paxton Yahya Cooke | Sekolah HighScope Indonesia | Indonesia | 7 | HSBC |
| Althea Ariawan | Sekolah HighScope Indonesia | Indonesia | 7 | HSBC |
| Isabela Assis | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 8 | HSBC |
| Artur Valente | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 8 | HSBC |
| Athaya Nabila Fajri Putri | Sekolah HighScope Indonesia | Indonesia | 8 | HSBC |
| Emily Hanscom | Ketcham High School | USA | 8 | HSBC |
| Thaís Bastos | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 9 | HSBC |
| Maria Paula Moreira | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 9 | HSBC |
| Ben Meyer | San Juan Hills High School | USA | 9 | HSBC |
| Rachel Warner | San Juan Hills High School | USA | 9 | HSBC |
| Joel Bryan | San Juan Hills High School | USA | 9 | HSBC |
| Gianluca Caravello | John F Kennedy | USA | 9 | HSBC |
| João Pedro Presoti de Almeida | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 10 | BNP Paribas |
| Aidan Reid | Ewing High School | USA | 10 | BNP Paribas |
| Charlie DeBlasio | Ewing High School | USA | 10 | BNP Paribas |
| Martin Serrano | La Sierra High School | USA | 10 | BNP Paribas |
| Victoria Tristão Drummond dos Anjos Lanza | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 11 | BNP Paribas |
| Dara Sales Mendes | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 11 | BNP Paribas |
| Maria Boneva | High School of Mathematics “Acad. Kiril Popov” | Bulgaria | 11 | BNP Paribas |
| Anna Lulkin | Mount Sinai high school | USA | 11 | BNP Paribas |
| Shania King | Sewanhaka High School | USA | 11 | BNP Paribas |
| Giorgio Gamaliel Hahijary | Sekolah HighScope Indonesia | Indonesia | 11 | BNP Paribas |
| Ashna Lotia | Robbinsville High School | USA | 11 | BNP Paribas |
| Matthew Barker | Robbinsville High School | USA | 11 | BNP Paribas |
| Vinícius Bizzotto Perez | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 12 | BNP Paribas |
| Liz Malabie Mundim Simão | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 12 | BNP Paribas |
| Sid Kapoor | Morris Hills High School | USA | 12 | BNP Paribas |
| Teagan O'Bryan | Lapeer County Ed-Tech | USA | 12 | BNP Paribas |
| Kaden Bengry | Lapeer County Ed Tech Center | USA | 12 | BNP Paribas |
| Denitsa Miteva | High School of Mathematics “Acad. Kiril Popov” | Bulgaria | 12 | BNP Paribas |
| Brigitta Kezia Eijileen | Sekolah HighScope Indonesia | Indonesia | 12 | BNP Paribas |
| Gracie Curella | Mount St. Mary | USA | 12 | BNP Paribas |
| Maya Royet | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 13 | BNP Paribas |
| Abraham Mancilla | Careerline Tech Center | USA | 13 | BNP Paribas |
| Ashley Niehaus | Lapeer County Ed-Tech | USA | 13 | BNP Paribas |
| Michele Shleimovich | Syosset High School | USA | 13 | BNP Paribas |
| James Tom | Syosset High School | USA | 13 | BNP Paribas |
| Eli Sierra | West Ottawa | USA | 13 | BNP Paribas |
| Kaanan Datt | Herricks High School | USA | 13 | BNP Paribas |
| Rma Polce | Herricks High School | USA | 13 | BNP Paribas |
| Emiliya Mollova | MG "Acad. Kiril Popov" - Plovdiv, Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 13 | BNP Paribas |
| Novando Prayitno | Sekolah HighScope Indonesia | Indonesia | 13 | BNP Paribas |
| Gabriel Ramos | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 14 | BNP Paribas |
| Miguel Dias Andrade | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 14 | BNP Paribas |
| Lucas Estevão Moreira De Souza Coelho | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 14 | BNP Paribas |
| Mariana Mangabeira | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 14 | BNP Paribas |
| Ana Clara Almeida | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 14 | BNP Paribas |
| Joao Marcelo Coelho Araujo | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 14 | BNP Paribas |
| Erlangga Pratama Hartoto | Sekolah HighScope Indonesia | Indonesia | 14 | BNP Paribas |
| Clarissa Theuer Gomes | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 15 | BNP Paribas |
| Sammi Jiang | Stockdale High School | USA | 15 | BNP Paribas |
| Matvey El | HLA Gernsbach | Germany | 15 | BNP Paribas |
| Dillan Powell | Sewanhaka High School | USA | 15 | BNP Paribas |
| Richard Zboray | Huntington High School | USA | 15 | BNP Paribas |
| Alex Frawley | Huntington High School | USA | 15 | BNP Paribas |
| Muhammad Gibran Fernadri | Sekolah HighScope Indonesia | Indonesia | 15 | BNP Paribas |
| Muhammad Nafis Rusjdi Basalamah | Sekolah HighScope Indonesia | Indonesia | 15 | BNP Paribas |
| Laura Anis Lopes Barboza | EFG Sebrae MG Brasil | Brazil | 15 | BNP Paribas |
Timeline & Resource Links
Meeting links will be sent via email.
Open Until Feb 12
Student Registration Period
Wednesday
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
11:00 AM EST
Via Zoom
Session #1: Kickoff Meeting
(D4D: Deep Customer Empathy & Problem Statement)
Details
All participants will participate in a general kickoff meeting to introduce the Global Innovation Challenge and provide an overview of the Design For Delight, the design thinking principles that will be used for this event.
Resources
Downloadable Breakout Room Activity
Global Innovation Challenge Kickoff Presentation
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Week of
MARCH 1, 2021
Via Zoom
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Session #2: Team Working Session with Mentors
(D4D: Deep Customer Empathy & Problem Statement)
Details
Teams will meet for a separate working session with their mentors to address “Deep Customer Empathy” and develop their “Problem Statement”.
Schedule
Team 1: Friday, March 5, 2021; 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST; with Intuit
Team 2: Thursday, March 4, 2021; 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM EST; with Intuit
Team 3: Wednesday, March 3, 2021; 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM EST; with Intuit
Team 4: Wednesday, March 3, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with Intuit
Team 5: Wednesday, March 3, 2021; 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST; with Intuit
Team 6: Tuesday, March 2, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with HSBC
Team 7: Tuesday, March 2, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with HSBC
Team 8: Tuesday, March 2, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with HSBC
Team 9: Tuesday, March 2, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with HSBC
Team 10: Thursday, March 4, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with BNP Paribas
Team 11: Thursday, March 4, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with BNP Paribas
Team 12: Thursday, March 4, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with BNP Paribas
Team 13: Thursday, March 4, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with BNP Paribas
Team 14: Thursday, March 4, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with BNP Paribas
Team 15: Thursday, March 4, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with BNP Paribas
Tuesday
MARCH 9, 2021
11:00 AM EST
Via Zoom
Session #3: General Session
(D4D: Go Broad To Go Narrow)
Details
All participants will participate in a general session for an introduction to the “Go Broad To Go Narrow” process for brainstorming and narrowing.
Week of
MARCH 15, 2021
Via Zoom
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Session #4: Team Working Session with Mentors
(D4D: Go Broad To Go Narrow)
Details
Teams will meet for a working session with their mentors to brainstorm and ideate potential solutions through the “Go Broad To Go Narrow” process.
Schedule
Team 1: Friday, March 19, 2021; 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST; with Intuit
Team 2: Wednesday, March 17, 2021; 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST; with Intuit
Team 3: Wednesday, March 17, 2021; 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST; with Intuit
Team 4: Wednesday, March 17, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with Intuit
Team 5: Wednesday, March 17, 2021; 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST; with Intuit
Team 6: Tuesday, March 16, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with HSBC
Team 7: Tuesday, March 16, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with HSBC
Team 8: Tuesday, March 16, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with HSBC
Team 9: Tuesday, March 16, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with HSBC
Team 10: Thursday, March 18, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with BNP Paribas
Team 11: Thursday, March 18, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with BNP Paribas
Team 12: Thursday, March 18, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with BNP Paribas
Team 13: Thursday, March 18, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with BNP Paribas
Team 14: Thursday, March 18, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with BNP Paribas
Team 15: Thursday, March 18, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with BNP Paribas
Tuesday
MARCH 30, 2021
11:00 AM EST
Via Zoom
Session #5: General Session
(D4D: Prototypes & Rapid Experimentation)
Details
All participants will participate in a general session for an introduction to building effective prototypes and conducting “Rapid Experimentation.”
Resources
Tips for Prototyping (Slide 97)
Global Innovation Challenge Rubric
Presentation Template
Week of
APRIL 5, 2021
Via Zoom
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Session #6: Final Team Working Session with Mentors
(D4D: Prototypes & Rapid Experimentation)
Details
Teams will meet for a working session with their mentors to build a prototype of their solution and design a “rapid experiment” to test it.
Schedule
Team 1: Friday, April 9, 2021; 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST; with Intuit
Team 2: Wednesday, April 7, 2021; 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST; with Intuit
Team 3: Wednesday, April 7, 2021; 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST; with Intuit
Team 4: Wednesday, April 7, 2021; 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST; with Intuit
Team 5: Wednesday, April 7, 2021; 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST; with Intuit
Team 6: Tuesday, April 6, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with HSBC
Team 7: Tuesday, April 6, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with HSBC
Team 8: Tuesday, April 6, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with HSBC
Team 9: Tuesday, April 6, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with HSBC
Team 10: Thursday, April 8, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with BNP Paribas
Team 11: Thursday, April 8, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with BNP Paribas
Team 12: Thursday, April 8, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with BNP Paribas
Team 13: Thursday, April 8, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with BNP Paribas
Team 14: Thursday, April 8, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with BNP Paribas
Team 15: Thursday, April 8, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with BNP Paribas
APRIL 12 – 15, 2021
Via Zoom
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Preliminary Round Presentations
Details
Teams will deliver their preliminary round presentations to teams of judges from April 13-15, 2021.
Schedule
Team 1 – 5: Wednesday, April 14, 2021; 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST; with Intuit
Team 6 – 9 : Tuesday, April 13, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with HSBC
Team 10 – 15: Thursday, April 15, 2021; 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST; with BNP Paribas
Wednesday
APRIL 22, 2021
Via Zoom
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Championship Round Presentations
Details
The top 3 teams from the preliminary round will be invited to present in the Championship Round taking place on Earth Day, April 22, 2021.
Schedule
11:00 AM ET – Welcome & Opening Remarks: Nick Chapman, President, Virtual Enterprises International
11:05 AM ET – Greetings From Our Partners: Intuit, BNP Paribas, HSBC
11:15 AM – 11:45 AM ET – Roundtable Discussion on Sustainability: Moderator Helen Avery, Green Finance Institute
11:45 AM ET – Introduction of Judges: Intuit, BNP Paribas, HSBC
12:00 PM ET – Championship Round Presentations
12:45 PM ET – Awards Ceremony
Awards & Prizes
Details
Finalist and Championship teams will receive a recognition plaque and individual prizes. The Award Ceremony will take place at 12:45 PM ET on April 22, 2021.
For the past few weeks, VE students participated in the #D4DSocialMediaChallenge. Check out some featured posts below, or find them all on VE’s Instagram here.
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