About the Case Competition
The case competition is a 2-month long event that will focus on creating innovative and sustainable solutions from the chosen Sustainable Development Goal. The teams can attend the webinars and workshop to improve their ideas, gain skills, and apply their learnings to help form possible solutions to these sustainability concerns.
Problem Statement Overview
Create a unique, feasible, and sustainable solution that will aid the country’s sustainability goal regarding SDG [9] Infrastructure, Industrialization and Innovation in relation to agriculture.
Why Agriculture?
Agriculture plays a vital role in revitalizing the economy and sustainability of the Philippines. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and global warming showed the importance of agriculture in aiding the country to achieve sustainability in producing food and developing better ways to utilize the limited environmental resources of the Philippines. Agriculture is also the key driver of the economy in rural areas and remains the major source of employment for Filipinos.
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With this, the country needs to invest in modernizing agriculture in the Philippines to open better opportunities for Filipino farmers to be competitive in the global market and productive in yielding quality produce. This importance led the Project Heads to focus its efforts on guiding young Filipinos to participate in empowering agriculture through innovative and sustainable solutions. The organization aims to advocate the importance of agriculture to the development and sustainability of the country by removing the stigma against Farmers and inspiring young generations to use their abilities to create opportunities from farming. The Project Heads believes that through innovative and sustainable agriculture, the Philippines will reduce its dependence on imports through higher production of local crops. It will also build better lives for millions of farmers through technology integration. Innovative agriculture will also help the Philippines develop methods to utilize the country's limited natural resources effectively. Last but not least, it will help the country build a healthier community where Filipinos, especially the marginalized, do not have to starve due to the lack of access to food.
TIMELINE OF EVENTS
May 31–June 14
Registration Period
June 15
Workshop
June 15–July 1
Proposal Paper Submission
Problem Statement, Criterias, Formats, and other details will be posted together with the link of the submission
July 16
Top 5 Announcement
July 29
Case Competition Presentation
ELIGIBILITY
Open to all undergraduate college students in the Philippines
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Team of 4-5 and may be composed
of students from different colleges and universities
(Must consist of at least 1 engineering student)
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The workshop is compulsory for all teams, although just two people per team are required to attend.
CHAMPION
₱15,000 + ₱3,000 worth of e-vouchers
1st Runner-Up
₱7,500 + ₱1,500 worth of e-vouchers
2nd Runner-Up
₱2,500 + ₱1,000 worth of e-vouchers
Consolation Prize
₱1,500 worth of e-vouchers for the 3rd and 4th runner-ups
FAQs
Who can join Sustainability Summit 2022?
The Case Competition is open to all colleges and universities all over the Philippines who are interested in the sustainable development of the country. It is open to all college departments, most especially to engineering departments.
How many members per team?
The team should have 4 to 5 members including at least one engineering student.
When is the application deadline?
Registrations for the case competition will start on May 18, 2022 and will end on May 26, 2022.
Do we have to attend the webinars/workshops to participate? What if someone from the team isn’t available during a specific time?
Yes, teams are required to attend the workshop with at least 2 participants per team. Therefore, everyone is encouraged to attend but only 2 members are required.
Are we allowed to leave early on the workshops?
No, they must complete the workshop as it will help them with their case analysis.