Embrace the Future of Clean Growth!
econext is thrilled to announce it’s fourth ideathon, paving the way for innovative solutions that will drive sustainable progress in Newfoundland and Labrador. This time, we are making the ideathon VIRTUAL and bringing it to College of the North Atlantic students all throughout the province! The two week event, open to all CNA students, will be taking place February 5-19, 2025, with winners being notified on February 21,2025.
Ideathons are competitive events in which students work together in teams over a short timeframe to come up with solutions to a set challenge. Our ideathons are a space to develop innovative solutions for clean growth in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The specific challenge, relating to clean growth, will be released at the beginning of the event where we will provide you with all the necessary information needed to participate.
Teams will consist of 2-5 students.
Learn more about our previous in-person ideathons here: September 2023 | March 2024 | September 2024
This is a multi-disciplinary event and we welcome any student from CNA to participate. If you are interested in clean growth, we encourage you to participate!
The ideathon will take place online over a two week period from February 5-21, 2025. See the section “what is the schedule?” for more information.
Registration is individual, but you will be required to work on teams of 2-5 students. Each member of your team must complete the registration separately. You will be required to submit your team name and members to us. We will provide details on how to submit this before the event. Team submissions will be accepted no later than noon on Thursday February 6. If you do not have a team, we will try our best to match you to one.
Click here to view the registration page.
Prior to and throughout the duration of the event, we will be communicating with participants via email. When registering, please provide the email in which you would prefer to be contacted.
Our ideathon is a two-week long event.
On Wednesday February 5 a webinar will be held to release the challenge and provide any information necessary to participate. This will also be your chance to ask questions. The exact time for the webinar is to be confirmed.
Over the next two weeks, teams will work together on their ideas. You will have the opportunity to avail of mentor office hours. You will be required to sign up for 15 minute appointments. The list of mentors and their office hours are to be confirmed. Teams will also have the opportunity to participate in online workshops to help with idea formation and presentation preparation. These workshops and their times are to be confirmed.
On Wednesday February 19 at noon, teams are required to submit their presentations in video format. All team members are required to be present in the video. Details of how to submit, as well as the judging criteria, will be provided.
On Friday February 21, the top three teams will be announced.
Reach out to Alex Rumbolt at alex@econext.ca or Chelsea Linfield at chelsea@econext.ca.
Stay tuned for more information! We will be updating this page in the coming weeks as the ideathon approaches.
The econext Ideathon was made possible through partnership with the Business + Higher Education Roundtable, and with support from the Government of Canada.
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