2020-21 Academic Challenge
CoreNet Global (www.corenetglobal.org), the world’s leading association for corporate real estate, is calling for applications for its 2020-21 Academic Challenge.
About the Challenge
Sponsored by Cushman & Wakefield, KI Furniture and IA: Interior Architects, the goal of the 2020-21 Academic Challenge is to raise awareness of corporate real estate as a viable career opportunity amongst college students of all academic disciplines, to connect local chapters and members of the association with future talent, and encourage more universities to include corporate real estate in their curricula.
Student teams from universities and academic institutions around the world are invited to compete in an academic challenge wherein students are 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.
Participating team, comprises of 2 – 4 students, is required to fill in an online registration form and respond to several questions to complete the registration process. CoreNet Global will confirm your registration and assign you a corporation in either the financial services or insurance industry on which you must base your submission. After receipt of the corporate profile assigned, each team should submit 1) 1-page executive summary, 2) up to 5-page written submission, 3) up to 5 exhibits and 4) 1 multimedia presentation (up to 5-minute) to address the Challenge. Based on the quality of the submissions, three teams will be invited to participate in the virtual Final Live Presentations in March 2021.
The winning team will be awarded US$5,000.
For more information regarding the competition such as the competition brief, please refer to the competition website HERE.
Interested students should form into teams of 2 - 4 students and register HERE on or before November 30, 2020 (Monday).
About CoreNet Global
CoreNet Global is a nonprofit association, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia (US), representing nearly 11,000 executives in 50 countries with strategic responsibility for the real estate assets of primarily large, multinational corporations. The end user membership base is diverse and spans industries including high-tech, financial services, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, healthcare, insurance and oil and gas. Google, Unilever, International Monetary Fund, Oracle, Coca-Cola, Amazon, AT&T, General Motors, Barclays, BASF, and Shell are among the association’s many member companies. One third of its membership resides outside North America (primarily Europe, China, India, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and the Middle East) with most members managing portfolios with millions of square feet spanning multiple continents.
Disclaimer: The data collected through the online application is solely administered by the organizer. The School shall not be held liable in the case that disputes, loss or any other situations arise.