Digital Innovation Challenge Case Competition
Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three teams!
Interested in digital innovation?
Whether your background is in business, data analytics, engineering or computer science, this competition is a great opportunity to put your skills to the test.
Why join?
- Apply what you’ve learned in classroom
- Add unique experience to your resume
- Push yourself outside your comfort zone
- Compete in a fast-paced, collaborative setting
What to know:
- Preliminary round: virtual
- Final round: in-person
- Training sessions provided — no experience needed
- Open to all undergraduate and graduate students from any discipline or institution
- Teams of up to 4 people
1st Place
InnovaTech: University of Alberta
Team members: Tran Nguyen, Harim Ahmed, Pranjal Mandal, Mariia Valiieva
2nd Place
AI (FUN)damentals: York University
Team members: Christine Tang, Bailie Geddes, Yingle (Ethan) Hu, Allan Josephine Galli Francis Xavier
3rd Place
NextGen Consulting: University of Calgary
Team members: Meghan Kennedy, Ayca Haskoylu, John Lardizabal, Ryan Mabley
2025 participating schools
The Haskayne School of Business welcomed 46 participating teams for the 2025 Digital Innovation Challenge from the following schools:
- Concordia University (Canada)
- Federal University of Technology (Nigeria)
- McGill University (Canada)
- McMaster University (Canada)
- Mount Royal University (Canada)
- National Forensic Sciences University (India)
- Niagara College (Canada)
- Rajiv Gandhi Technical University (India)
- Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (Canada)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (México)
- University of Alberta (Canada)
- University of Calgary (Canada)
- University of Manitoba (Canada)
- University of Toronto (Canada)
- University of Victoria (Canada)
- York University (Canada)
2025 competition photos
The Steve and Tina Wilson Family Foundation
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 launched the Digital Innovation Challenge.
Steve Wilson
"We are proud to support future leaders who use innovation and critical thinking to create lasting, positive change in their communities, and we look forward to seeing their ideas come to life."
—Steve Wilson