W19 Problem Pitch Competition

Thursday, March 14, 2019 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Pitch a problem with question mark shaped as a capital P

Register to join our audience for the Quantum Valley Investments® Problem Pitch Competition! You will have a chance to hear pitches from teams hoping to identify important industry problems. 

The winning teams will demonstrate the best understanding of an important problem, and will win up to $10,000 to be used to fund R&D for a venture that solves the problem identified.

This term, students will compete in 3 different streams: 

Open ProblemsStudents can pitch an important problem on a topic of their choosing.

Billion Dollar Problems: Students can opt to research and pitch their understanding on an important problem within topics presented during Larry Smith's Billion Dollar Briefing.

Climate-Driven Environmental Emergencies : A category for environment students to demonstrate their understanding of problems related to environmental emergencies.  In partnership with the Faculty of Environment.

Food will be no problem this night as there will be pizza to enjoy while you watch the competition! Be sure to register to reserve your spot and slices.