ICC Call! The 5th ICC is waiting for you!

Release time：2022-12-16    

Currently, the global economy is entering a new phase in human history. How to seize the historic opportunities brought by technological advancements and digital revolution, and how to innovate the economic growth mode oriented towards innovation and entrepreneurship are the key to the economic development of countries and regions. In this environment, increasing numbers of young people are actively engaged in innovation and entrepreneurship, pursuing their life ideals, and quickly growing into a powerful vibrant part in mass entrepreneurship and innovation.

The exploration of young people's innovation and entrepreneurship potential relies on the accumulation of professional knowledge and practical experience. In order to foster innovative thinking among university students globally and to strengthen international exchange and cooperation among young innovators, the Elite Master of Finance (EMF) program at Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF), Fudan University has organized the International Collidoscope Challenge (ICC) for four consecutive years, providing a platform for university students from around the globe to work together to foster their ideas to better the world. This allows students to discover innovation strategies while cultivating a sense of social responsibility and to define clear missions as the next generation of young leaders.

Since the beginning of the industrial revolution in mid-18th century, each industrial and technological revolution in human history has brought huge and profound impacts on human production and life. Nowadays, in the 21st century, the digital wave has swept through all walks of life. Digital Transformation is the main impetus of the industrial revolution and economic growth. Countries around the world are competing fiercely for the development of the digital economy.

Development of digital economy in China is also keeping pace with the times and proceeding on a path of rapid and sustained growth. According to the China Digital Economy Development Annual Report of China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), the current scale of China's digital economy has exceeded RMB 45.5 trillion, accounting for more than a share of 39.8% of GDP.

This year's ICC will focus on “Digital Transformation in Finance”. University students from around the World will come together to brainstorm in groups to work on innovative ideas focused on the challenge and demo their idea. All above activities will be carried out under the guidance of professional mentors from relevant fields of expertise.

Dates and Format

Due to epidemic prevention and control, and to ensure the participant’s health and safety, all sessions of the ICC will be held in a combination of online and offline forms.

Event Dates：

February 25th-26th, 2023

Event Format：

Online+Offline

Application

■ Application Dates

December 16, 2022 to January 20, 2023

■ Eligibility

1. Current university students, no limitation on educational background.

2. A good command of English proficiency.

3. Strong interest in innovation and problem solving.

■ Application Process

1.Log in to the application system to register your account.

https://application.fisf.fudan.edu.cn/icc/external/login

2.Complete and submit your application by the deadline.

Please apply as individuals. Shortlisted individual participants will be grouped into teams of 4 by EMF program, to work together for subsequent tasks.

*All sessions of the ICC will be conducted in English.

What ICC will Bring You

International peers from top schools worldwide

The ICC event attracts thousands of applicants worldwide every year, including students from leading universities such as University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago, The London School of Economics and Political Science, Cornell University, New York University, National University of Singapore, University College London, Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, University of Hong Kong, and National Taiwan University.

Mentor empowerment in three stages

To help the participants better understand what innovation is, and to help them improve their innovation capabilities, ICC offers expert mentorship in three stages, from understanding the industry, to designing projects in a scientific way, and finally to completing their own business proposal.

Industry mentors

In addition to experts from the academia, ICC also invites executives from well-known companies as industry mentors, to bring the industry insights to the students. The executives will also share the company’s business strategies and experiences on their product innovation. This kind of industry mentorship helps to lay the groundwork for students to choose their own direction of innovation.

Innovation and entrepreneurship mentors

In order to help students master the key logic of innovation and entrepreneurship in a systematical way, ICC invites industry entrepreneurs to participate as business mentors, to coach students on their thoughts and practical skills of innovation and entrepreneurship, and help them improve their business proposals within 2 days.

Final pitch mentors

For the final pitch, ICC invites professional investors (mostly from PE/VC) from relevant industries as judges to score the teams’ business proposals according to their Creativity, Deliverability and Investability from a professional point of view. This enables students to understand the process for an innovative idea to develop from a theoretical framework to practical applications.

Grand Prizes

1.The ICC champion team, second and third place teams will receive a cash award with RMB3000, 2000, and 1000 for each team member respectively.

2.Outstanding individual award winners will receive generous gifts.

3. All participants will receive a certificate of participation issued by Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF), Fudan University.

Participants Say

@Chiang Yan Qi（University of Cambridge）

The ICC was a great experience for me. Learning from leading figures in the Chinese start-up environment allowed me to develop my ideas and gain insights from an entrepreneurial perspective. ICC allowed me to better understand the role of finance in a start-up, thereby paving the way for me to further explore my options in both finance and industry.

@Joanne Lim（Nanyang Technological University   in Singapore）

The ability to gather so many profound and experienced individuals from different industries to share their insights with us was really eye opening and enriching. I really learnt a lot from ICC, from the speakers, judges and all the participants. It was a really good experience as ICC brought together students from different walks of life, countries and backgrounds to share their perspectives on how we can all make a difference in reducing carbon emissions and saving the environment. All in all, I don't regret joining ICC as I made valuable connections with different participants and speakers.

@Maggy LIAO（National University of Singapore）

Participating in the ICC was an immersive experience for those who choose to seize the opportunity and make good on the standards they hold themselves and their thinking to. I did, and it was a truly insightful and enjoyable ride. Having been able to go through the thinking and design processes was a learning experience that changed my perspective of how not even a business but an idea borne from the wish to change some part of the world, took shape and progressed.

@Yu Yi （Peking University）

The lectures delivered by all those distinguished figures in your cast are more than inspiring and educational. Thanks a lot for offering us an opportunity to get exposed to some of the most full front information concerned with a futuristic topic!

@Fang Jingyi （Fudan University）

It was an amazing experience to been in the ICC 2022, as of all our team members are from science courses, we are truly grateful and impressed by the performances of all teams. It was a great experience to learn more about business proposal and pitching skills. Thank you ICC!