World's Challenge Challenge Pitch Competition

The World’s Challenge Challenge at the University of Waterloo is a competition where teams of two to four diverse students picked one or more of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (also known as the Global Goals) and propose a solution. Teams will make a 5-7 minute presentation on their proposed solution to a panel of judges that will then be followed by a Q&A session.

Food and beverages will be provided.

The winning team of this competition will win $3,000 and will move on to compete against other schools at the World’s Challenge Challenge Global Finals from June 8-12, 2020 held at Western University in London, Ontario. The winning team of the Global Finals will win $30,000, the second place team will win $15,000, and the 3rd place team will win $7,500. More information about the origins of the event can be found here and the scoring rubric can be found here.