Applications call for CoreNet Global Academic Challenge 2021

The challenge invites students from around the world to think creatively about a problem facing real estate professionals for renowned companies like Google, Duke Energy, AstraZeneca, Whirlpool, and many others. The participants will challenge their mind power by competing with peers from around the world, gain international experience, and get connect with experts.

Participants and their teammates will engage in a contest with competing institutions from all over the globe. The motive is to address challenges like creating an employee experience that attracts millennials while retaining all other generations of employees; or reducing the gap between the speed of business and the typical speed of real estate.

Prizes

The winning team of CoreNet Global Academic Challenge will win the US $5,000.

Teams

Student teams from universities and academic institutions around the world are invited to compete in an academic challenge in which students will be asked to play the role of an internal corporate real estate team in order to address a real-world issue facing companies around the globe:

Create strategies that align their company’s global real estate portfolio with a focus on environmental stewardship in a post-pandemic culture. Specifically, your team must develop a proactive strategy that identifies the aspects of the company’s global real estate portfolio which contribute to climate change and prepare strategies to mitigate and replace them.

Eligibility

• The competition is open to all students (undergraduate/graduate, full-time/part-time) who are current students at a recognized university.
• The team should have a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 students.
• There is no registration fee.

Submission

To participate in this competition, student teams must register on the competition website; teams must register by 30 November 2020. Upon receipt of the completed registration, CoreNet Global will confirm your registration and assign you a corporation in either the financial services or high tech industry on which you must base your submission. As part of the registration process, each team must respond to the questions below and provide all requested contact information. Candidates should limit your responses to no more than 350 words each.

• Based on the challenge described above, how will your team prepare to compete? What are your plans to research corporate environmental impact and the impact of the pandemic?
• Submit 5-10 questions that you would like answered to better understand the challenges and opportunities of this project.
• What unique strengths does your team possess that will enable you to deliver a sound strategy to the CEO? What makes you a winning team and why should you be selected to compete?
• In your team’s opinion, what is the single greatest challenge facing multinational corporations today? What is the single greatest opportunity facing multinational corporations today?

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Competition Brief