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
Steve Wilson
About the Digital Innovation Challenge
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 2023 marked the first 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?
Digital Innovation Challenge Winners 2023
1st Place
Acumen Consulting, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal
Team members: Nishant Gaurav, Hiral Parekh, Himanshu Srivastava and Sridharan Vankeepuram
2nd Place
Avenue Consulting, Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton
Team members: Sarah Nguyen, Le Nguyen and Anna Sun
3rd Place
Ready to Invest, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Calgary
Team members: Jesse Cockney, Laura Giovanetto, Adam Guthrie and Lucy Lu
2024 Participating Schools
The Haskayne School of Business was thrilled to welcome 30 participating teams for the 2024 Digital Innovation Challenge from the following schools:
- Concordia University (Canada)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands)
- McGill University (Canada)
- McMaster University (Canada)
- Simon Fraser University (Canada)
- University of Alberta (Canada)
- University of Calgary (Canada)
- University of Manitoba (Canada)
- University of Toronto (Canada)
- University of Winnipeg (Canada)
- Western University (Canada)
- York University (Canada)
