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Student Competitions

CVCI helps turn value chain challenges into innovative solutions by hosting several high-impact student competitions.

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Student Competitions

GenAI Case Competition

November 18 - 25, 2024

Here’s your chance to dive into an exciting challenge, win $500, get a free ticket to the +Tech Forum, and connect with the brightest minds in business and tech!

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Student Competitions

2024 +Tech Innovation Jam Finale

November 19 - 19, 2024

72 teams. 5 finalists. 1 top idea. Join us on November 19th from 5:30 to 8 p.m. to find out who wins!

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Student Competitions

+Tech Innovation Jam Finale

November 14, 2022

Join us for an entertaining evening on Monday, November 14 4:30-7pm full of inspiration, tech, and competition as the final 5 teams of the +Tech Innovation Jam compete for the top prize of $7,000

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Student Competitions

New Enterprise Forum Pitch Competition Entry Deadline

September 22 - 22, 2022

Apply to the New Enterprise Forum Pitch Pit, an opportunity to vet a business idea in front of an experienced panel of judges and an encouraging audience.

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Student Competitions

+Tech Innovation Jam Application Closes

September 21 - 21, 2022

Apply to the +Tech Innovation Jam before 11:59PM on September 21st.

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Student Competitions

Empowered Learning Virtual Design Jam

November 18, 2021

In this design jam, you will experience user-centered design in a virtual environment, participate in hands-on activities that are fast and fun, and unleash creativity and find new ways of thinking about problems. You will work in small, interdisciplinary teams to come up with unique and innovative ideas to solve a real-world challenge.

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Student Competitions

FinTech Challenge 2019: Financial Inclusion

November 1, 2019

Finance, technology, and social impact are words that are not often seen together. However, the fusion of these topics is precisely embody what students are tasked with thinking about as part of the 2019 FinTech Challenge. The 2019 FinTech Challenge allows students the unique opportunity to develop and pitch an innovative fintech solution to solve a modern business problem with potential for positive social impact.

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Student Competitions

FinTech Challenge 2021: Small Businesses

February 7 - 26, 2021

The 2021 FinTech Challenge allows students to develop and pitch an innovative solution combining finance and technology to solve a modern business problem with potential for positive social impact. With the 2021 Fintech Challenge theme being small businesses students are presented with the unique opportunity to play a significant role in solving a local business' most critical problem.

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Student Competitions

Datathon 2020: Expansion and Athletics

February 13 - 14, 2020

+Tech saw increased numbers in the third annual Datathon, a competitive event for undergraduate and graduate students across 4 schools to showcase their data analytics skills. This event was sponsored by the the U-M Paton Accounting Center, Llamasoft, Deloitte, and Umlaut.

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Datathon 2019: Student Interest Doubles!

February 22 - 22, 2019

Our 2nd annual Ross Datathon was a huge success, giving students real-world data driven problems towards the Flint water crisis and assessed their ability to use Big Data and make presentable findings towards our judging panel.

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Datathon 2021: Virtual and Better than Ever

February 25 - 26, 2021

Covid-19 couldn't stop this year's 4th annual Ross Datathon! Despite the virtual event, we had 170 participants analyze P2P lending platforms. Our students and participants faced unique challenges in a virtual environment that had many teams connect via online platforms for the first time.

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Student Competitions

Datathon 2018

April 13 - 13, 2018

The Inaugural Michigan Ross Datathon, organized by +Tech was a smashing success! Fueled by endless supplies of food and coffee, 25+ teams of 4-5 students cleaned, explored, visualized, and analyzed large data sets to define appropriate questions and develop their recommendations for the airline industry.

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