Presentation University Challenges @ EWB 2011

1. UNIVERSITY CHALLENGES An online platform that provides students with equal access to information regarding competitions, contests and conferences Presenter: Alberto Xodo http://universitychallenges.com

2. “It is less important to redistribute wealth than it is to redistribute opportunity.” (Arthur Vandenberg - Journalist and American Senator)br />

3. Agenda

4. Benefits Prizes US$ 250.000 India Future of Change € 6.000Generation Energies by SIA Partners € 15.000AceManager by BNP Paribas

5. Benefits Employment opportunities Make resumes stand out

6. Benefits Meet new people and create relationships Provide learning opportunities “…learning results from what happens on the way to achieving our goals” (Schank, Berman, & Macpherson, 1983)

7. The problem

8. Mission University Challenges aims to provide equal access to the gathered information regarding competitions, contests and conferences for any university student in the world.

9. Design 1/3 Feeds from Facebook page Newsletter Links to the pages collecting the opportunities Main menu

10. Design 2/3 Links to the pages dedicated to each opportunity Fields and Deadlines When and Where

11. Design 3/3 Official website Other relevant information about the opportunity

12. Implementation 1/4

13. Implementation 2/4

14. Implementation 3/4

15. Implementation 4/4

16. Goals

17. Evaluation

18. Achievements 1/4 Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey Academic partners: Universities collaborating:

19. Achievements 2/4

20. Achievements 3/4

21. cities Achievements 4/4

22. Limitations

23. Join the challenge

24. X UNIVERSITY CHALLENGEShttp://universitychallenges.com

25. UNIVERSITY CHALLENGEShttp://universitychallenges.com

26. Contacts UNIVERSITY CHALLENGEShttp://universitychallenges.com universitychallenges@gmail.com Alberto Xodo alberto.xodo@gmail.com