Coronet Global Academic Challenge

CoreNet Global is pleased to announce its 2019-20 Academic Challenge

A Student Competition

CoreNet Global is a nonprofit association, representing more than 11,000 executives in 50 countries with strategic responsibility for the real estate assets of primarily large, multinational corporations. The organization’s mission is to advance the practice of corporate real estate through professional development opportunities, publications, research, conferences, designations and networking in 46 local chapters globally.

The Corenet Academic Challenge invites students from around the world to think creatively about a problem facing real estate professionals for renowned companies like Google, Duke Energy, AstraZeneca, Whirlpool, and many others. At the same time, Travel the world with an all-expense-paid trip to one of our Global Summits in Asia or North America. The participants move forward by challenging with their friends.

The goal of this global competition is to raise awareness of corporate real estate as a viable career opportunity amongst college students of all academic disciplines, to connect local chapters and members of the association with future talent, and to encourage more universities to include corporate real estate in their curricula.

Eligibility

• Ingenuity and Creativity budding professionals
• All students (undergraduate/graduate, full-time/part-time) who are currently registered at a recognized university

Benefits

• Win the US $5,000 for your team
• An all-expense-paid trip to one of Corenet Global Summits in Asia or North America
• Connect with experts
• Gain international experience

Selection Procedure:

• Three teams, with a minimum of two (2) and a maximum of four (4) students each, will be selected to compete onsite at the CoreNet Global North American Summit
• A professional conference for 3,000+ corporate real estate professionals from around the world
• Submit a registration form and then respond to several questions, as discussed herein
• Based on the quality of their responses to the questions posed, three teams will be invited to participate in the Final Round

Note: 

• You and your teammates will engage in a contest with competing institutions from all over the globe
• Your job is to address challenges like creating an employee experience that attracts millennials while retaining all other generations of employees; or reducing the gap between the speed of business and the typical speed of real estate