Participants work through various milestones while being mentored by IBM, CUNY faculty and other experts in the field.
Registration Period: February 1, 2018 – March 1, 2018 
Information Session: February 15, 2018 (Click here for more information.)
Workshop 1 on IBM Design Thinking: March 2, 2018 (Click here for more information.)
Workshop 2 on Preparing Case Statement: March 9, 2018 (Click here for more information.)
Workshop 3 on Communications. March 14, 2018
This workshop is a recorded video lecture on preparing an impactful presentation by Professor Denise Patrick from Baruch College.
MILESTONE # 1: due by March 16, 2018
March 16th at 11:00 PM was the deadline to submit Team Information Form and Two-page Case Statement. (Take a look at some of the examples of Case Statements from prior finalists.)
Boot Camps
Boot Camps were organized on March 23rd and 24th, at ACS – Children’s Center, 492 First Ave, New York, NY 10016.
Video of Boot Camp 1 is available here.
MILESTONE #2: April 20, 2018
Teams submitted Business Case Analysis and 1-minute Video to meet Milestone#2.
Finalists announced on Friday, April 27, 2018
Click here to see who the Ten Finalists are.
MILESTONE #3 Deadline: 12 noon on May 9, 2018
Finalists submitted their PowerPoint presentation (of 6-8 slides max.) by 12 noon on May 9, 2018 at cunywatson@baruch.cuny.edu.
Final Presentations and Award Ceremony : May 11, 2018, 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM
The Final Presentations and the Award Ceremony was held at Baruch College Newman Conference Center, Conference Room 750, 151 E 25th St, New York, NY 10010, from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The event can be watched at at this link – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnT7S5vIz_o&feature=youtu.be .
