By:
Carrie
Gilmour
Over
500
university
students
from
across
Canada
took
part
in
the
7th
annual
Schulich
School
of
Business
RISE
Conference
&
Competition.
This
exciting
one-day
event
saw
29
student
teams
participate
in
the
annual
accounting
category
competition.
AFM
students
Jessica
Siew,
2A,
Jasper
Lam,
4B,
Jacqueline
Sue,
4B,
and
Anirudh
Puri,
2A,
deliberated
over
the
Nortel
business
case
where
the
team
analyzed,
qualified
important
information,
presented
it
in
a
visually
pleasing
format
to
explain
their
case
findings
to
a
panel
of
industry
judges.
The
depth
of
the
team’s
analysis
and
polished
presentation
of
their
findings
catapulted
them
to
first
place.
The
6
EY
judges
were
Patricia
Depante,
Ellen
Poon,
Jason
Pon,
Alex
Barnash,
David
Chen,
and
Amyna
Amyna.
Jasper
Lam
spoke
on
behalf
of
the
team,
“Knowing
the
team
and
reading
each
other
during
the
presentation
was
helpful,
in
order
to
ensure
that
the
presentation
went
smoothly
and
all
questions
were
answered
with
a
high
degree
of
effectiveness.”
The
team
applied
concepts
learned
in
their
2nd
year
core
AFM
courses
such
as
Introduction
to
Applied
Finance,
Managerial
Finance,
and
Business
Context,
which
covers
transferable
skills
necessary
for
integration
and
professional
development
as
well
as
the
teams
combined
experiences
in
other
competition
and
conference
settings,
such
as
ACE
and
hEDGE.
Jasper
Lam
said
the
team
strategized
their
plan
before
deliberating,
which
helped
the
presentation
run
smoothly.
“We
communicated
as
a
group
on
our
various
strengths
and
weaknesses
pertaining
to
case
competitions,
gaining
a
clear
understanding
of
where
we
all
stood
in
terms
of
experience
with
case
writing
and
presentation
skills
ahead
of
the
competition.”
The
team
took
home
a
cash
prize
of
$500
and
the
honour
of
claiming
first
place.
