Blockchain Hackathon Dublin 2016
The Blockchain Hackathon organised by Chainsmith in Dublin claims to be the largest blockchain Hackathon of 2016, in the world. This might very well be true after the attendance of 130 participants.
ING Thesis Award 2014
The ING Thesis Award is an annual event during which ING Belgium selects the best financial thesis in the country.
Deloitte Entrepreneurship Challenge 2013
The Deloitte entrepreneurship challenge was played with over 40 teams of +/- 4 members. We were appointed at the head of a virtual company of which we had to assume management and make decisions in all relevant business areas: purchasing, price policy, marketing, HR, and finance. Decisions had to be made over a total of 7 periods. The company evolved in a virtual market where the decisions of one team affected the sales performance of other teams. As such we were in direct competition with the other teams in this challenge.
LSM Cup 2013
The LSM Cup (2013) is an on-stage business game organized by a Belgian top Business school. With over 130 competitive participants, it describes itself as being the biggest CSR Business Game in Europe. Four cases (1 Strategy, 1 Finance, 1 Supply chain, and 1 Marketing) were provided by partner companies (SWDE, BNP Paribas, Belgacom, and Total) that faced the issue we had to solve.
Solvay Business Game 2013
The SBG is the largest business game in Europe with over 400 pre-selected participants (out of 1600 in 2013) representing 25 nationalities.
The opening speaker of the 2013 edition was none other than the European President M. Herman Van Rompuy.
The (real-life) negotiation case was provided by BDO. We had an hour and a half to process due diligence information, company valuation, risks, and to come up with a negotiation tactic. Then we had to negotiate with a team representing the sellers to close the deal.
