The ISP Innovation Hackathon 2020 has officially concluded.

After 5 days of hacking, 34 participants across 8 teams, 5 esteemed judges and 3 fantastically inspirational webinars later, we congratulate team B.E.R.L.I.N. Their winning concept will help shape International Study Programs’ approach to keeping students and universities connected and engaged during these challenging times.

We’d like to extend our thanks to all the judges, mentors, speakers and of course the participants who all put in incredible work over the course of the event. Internal ISP employees were given a week-long space to procure intrapreneurship, broaden their horizons outside of their daily routine as well as assistance in building new skills through design thinking, webinars and presentations.

The winning team will now go through an idea incubation period to see their concept come to fruition. The event may be over, but remember, a hackathon is just the start of an innovation journey!

Internal Hackathon:

International Study Programs
Innovation Challenge 2020

Main Event: Oct 19 – Oct 23, 2020

Reshaping the future of education

Company brief:

Since 1999, International Study Programs (ISP) has crafted short-term study abroad trips for business schools mainly from the USA, UK & Australia.

We’ve designed programs in more than 140 destinations around the world with the aim of enhancing students’ business acumen, cross-cultural understanding, and leadership skills. Furthermore, we promote interactions with local business representatives which are crucial for expanding professional networks.

One-week long itineraries are tailored to each group’s specific needs, all designed around the central philosophy of high-impact, experiential learning.

Challenge brief:

COVID-19 brought about an abrupt halt on travel and the future of these trips has been put into question.

So we turn to you, if you have an idea which could help to prevent business students from losing such an opportunity to gain vital knowledge acquired through these immersive global business experiences, we want to hear from you! 

Take your solution to the next level by participating in this challenge!

Join the challenge now

Participate

When registering use the program identifier: DCHLTC

Read the rules here

Main challenge:

How can ISP adjust for the future?

You can choose from 2 categories:

Category 1

Hack our current product

How will the short-term study abroad programs adapt to the post-COVID era? Redesign the ISP core product of the future.

Category 2

Create a new product or service

What can we sell now to our audience?. Consider ISP’s strengths (e.g. global network, knowledge, agile team)

Timeline:

Application
phase

Sep 25 – Oct 5, 2020

Registration deadline

Oct 5, 2020

Ideathon
phase

Oct 5 – Oct 16, 2020

Hacking and mentoring

Oct 19 – Oct 23, 2020

Grand
finale

Oct 23, 2020

Judging criteria:

Impact on the customers (immersiveness & educational impact)

Relevancy to international education
Scalability
Ease of implementation
Profitability
Values & cultural alignment with ISP
Feasibility

Prize:

1st place

2 month acceleration program during which the winning team will be provided with mentors, tailored training from QED and support from ISP management to bring the concept to fruition.

Additionally the winners will receive a 1 month membership at Opero including free entrance to all of the inspiration events organized that month.