Digital Innovation Challenge Case Competition

February 1 and March 15, 2025

Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three teams!

The Haskayne School of Business is pleased to host its annual Digital Innovation Challenge Case Competition presented by the Steve and Tina Wilson Family Foundation. If you are interested in digital innovation and social impact, or your background is business, data analytics, engineering or computer science then this competition will be of particular interest to you!

Benefits to participating in competitions are:

Apply classroom knowledge
Gain unique experience for your resume
Challenge yourself
Compete against others in a fun environment

Details:

The preliminary competition will be hosted virtually, final round to be hosted in-person
Training sessions will be provided in advance – beginners are encouraged to join!
Students from any discipline or post-secondary institutions are welcome (undergraduate or graduate level)
Teams must consist of up to 4 members
There is a $80 fee (including tax) per team
Individual Fee - $20 (including tax)
Individuals may apply and be matched with others to form a team

Prizes

First place - $5,000 CAD
Second place - $3,000 CAD
Third place - $2,000 CAD

Important dates

October 1, 2024 - January 16, 2025:
Registration Period

February 1, 2025:
Preliminary Rounds (online)

March 15, 2025:
Competition Finals

Questions?

Have more questions? Please email Haskayne's Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at entrepreneurship@haskayne.ucalgary.ca and we will be delighted to get back to you!

Steve Wilson

The Steve and Tina Wilson Family Foundation made a generous gift to the University of Calgary in 2022 to support student skill development and digital innovation programs. With the funding, we have launched the Digital Innovation Challenge and March 2024 marked the second time the competition ran on a global level. The Challenge is aimed to create a space where students can develop data systems for good or gain insights from analytics to develop a strategy to better an organization. Anyone can add up numbers, but how do you organize or pull together data and turn it into information that provides insights? How do you use data to develop strong strategies that remove the gaps in performance within and across organizations?