Academic Challenge 2015

DEADLINE: July 31, 2015

Rules and Competition Format

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CoreNet Global has made a strategic priority of strengthening its relationship with academic institutions around the world in order to grow the pipeline of talent into the challenging, rewarding – and often overlooked – career of corporate real estate. Real estate, human resources and technology typically rank among the top three expenditures of most corporations. Corporate real estate executives manage millions of dollars of assets across the globe and most stumbled into the career path by happenstance and do not hold a degree in real estate.

The Academic Challenge is an important step in raising the awareness of the profession and the impact of corporate real estate on the global economy. This competition is designed to attract students from all academic disciplines to tackle key challenges facing the profession, and perhaps more importantly, the challenges facing the enterprises our members serve.

Who can Participate?

The Challenge is a worldwide competition for students of all disciplines pursuing a Bachelors, Masters or PhD-level qualification, or the local equivalent, at a recognized degree awarding institution, such as a University, Grande Ecole, College or Fachochschule, hereafter referred to as “University,” on a full-time or part-time basis. Students must be registered with their home institution at the time they submit materials for Round One of the Challenge

Employees of CoreNet Global and their family members, and its Board of Directors are not allowed to enter the Competition. Students currently involved in an internship, apprenticeship or summer placement with CoreNet Global are not eligible to take part in the competition.

Team Size & Eligible Participants

The Challenge is open to individuals or teams of no more than five (5) students from the same institution. Team members may be from different academic programs within the institution, but all team members must matriculate (be registered) at the same institution. There can be no more than three (3) teams per institution.

Each team should ideally be comprised of a diverse range of students from different disciplines, such as engineering, business, finance, and science. Interdisciplinary teams may have an advantage when it comes to addressing this unstructured problem.

Students registering for more than one team will be disqualified. All participating students must have a valid academic e-mail address. CoreNet Global reserves the right to check the validity of the registration information submitted by students at any stage during the competition and to ask for evidence of student status from the university cited by the student.

CoreNet Global also reserves the right to refuse participation, or to disqualify, at any time during the competition, students (and their teams) who have submitted incorrect or misleading information. Participants/teams will have no recourse against disqualification decisions.

All team members must be currently enrolled and in good standing with their respective institution at the time they submit their materials for Round One. Competing teams are NOT permitted to work together or to discuss the Challenge. Absolutely no collusion or outside help beyond those resources made available to teams by the Challenge will be tolerated as further discussed herein.

Each team must have a faculty advisor from their home institution, and their contact information must be included on the team’s registration form.  In addition, each team must appoint a Team Leader. The Team Leader will be the main contact point for CoreNet Global, and emails sent to the email address provided by the Team Leader will be considered delivered.

Preliminary Schedule *

• Registration Open and Challenge Materials Released - Early March 2015
• Registration Deadline/Round One Submissions Due - 31 July 2015
• Teams to Confirm their Final Round Participation - 11 September 2015
• Challenge Finalists Announced - 14 September 2015
• CoreNet Global Academic Challenge Final Round (Los Angeles, CA) - 18 October 2015
• Awards Presentation & Recognition Dinner (Los Angeles, CA) - 20 October 2015

* This schedule is subject to change.

Because academic calendars vary widely around the world, the Challenge has been designed to allow students more time than most other competitions. Our goal is to attract the widest range of entries from students at leading academic institutions around the world. Submissions provided in advance of the deadline are always welcome if the timing better coincides with a team’s academic schedule, but there is no penalty for submissions received on the final day.

If you are graduating before July 31, please submit your materials for Round One before graduating.

Source: CoreNet Global

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