Join the ultimate innovation competition to disrupt the future of beauty
Deadline: March 31, 2019 00:00 (CET) Eligibility: The competition invites undergraduate and graduate students 18 years of age or older who study in one of the participating countries (listed below)
An innovative competition like no other that has brought together ambitious students from all over the world for the past 27 years. This year it is taking it a step further by introducing a new ultimate prize.
34,000+students
63 countries
80+ hours of e-learning
8000+ innovations
The way the competition works
Build an amazing team of 3 superheroes to solve the Mission
Come up with the most innovative idea, sharpen it throughout the selection process and become the champion of your country
Fly to Paris, immerse yourself at L’Oréal’s headquarters and pitch your innovation to top L’Oréal executives
Be the best and further develop your idea. How far can you take it?
THE MISSION: INVENT THE FUTURE SKINCARE EXPERIENCE FOR HEALTH-CONSCIOUS CONSUMERS
Ultimate prize
For the first time ever win a unique experience with the all-new Intrapreneurship Award!
Become the pioneers of your Brandstorm idea and transform it into a real business model. Dive into a 360° immersion program and touch all sides of the business.
Work at Station F, the largest startup campus in the world alongside some of the brightest entrepreneurs of Europe!
Over the period of 3 months, boost your idea with the constant coaching and guidance from L’Oréal experts and finally defend your business model to top executives and internal investors.
Who can play?
L’ORÉAL BRANDSTORM is a Competition for undergraduate and graduate students who study in one of the participating countries.
Students must be eighteen years of age or older to participate. Any under-age Participant must have the consent of his or her parent or legal guardian to accept the Official Rules and participate in L’ORÉAL BRANDSTORM.
Students attending a post-graduate course (e.g. doctorate programme or MBA) cannot participate (except for post-graduate courses in India and Israel.
Students eligible to participate should not yet have acquired considerable professional experience (i.e. not more than two years of work experience. Internships, apprenticeships, summer job experiences and auto-entrepreneurial work do not account into work experience).
Students who have already played the Competition in a previous year and reached the international finals cannot participate another time.
Students who did an internship in the department of the brand concerned by the case study during the two years preceding the Competition cannot participate in the current edition.
The Participants have to compose a team of three students. Students participating in an international exchange programme, e.g. Erasmus or exchange students have to participate for the country they are studying in at the point of registration.
Participants are only allowed to register in one team.
The three members of a team must be studying in the same participating country. It is not possible to change the university during the competition.
Feb 15, 2019
Competition
Join the ultimate innovation competition to disrupt the future of beauty
Deadline: March 31, 2019 00:00 (CET) Eligibility: The competition invites undergraduate and graduate students 18 years of age or older who study in one of the participating countries (listed below)
An innovative competition like no other that has brought together ambitious students from all over the world for the past 27 years. This year it is taking it a step further by introducing a new ultimate prize.
34,000+students
63 countries
80+ hours of e-learning
8000+ innovations
The way the competition works
Build an amazing team of 3 superheroes to solve the Mission
Come up with the most innovative idea, sharpen it throughout the selection process and become the champion of your country
Fly to Paris, immerse yourself at L’Oréal’s headquarters and pitch your innovation to top L’Oréal executives
Be the best and further develop your idea. How far can you take it?
THE MISSION: INVENT THE FUTURE SKINCARE EXPERIENCE FOR HEALTH-CONSCIOUS CONSUMERS
Ultimate prize
For the first time ever win a unique experience with the all-new Intrapreneurship Award!
Become the pioneers of your Brandstorm idea and transform it into a real business model. Dive into a 360° immersion program and touch all sides of the business.
Work at Station F, the largest startup campus in the world alongside some of the brightest entrepreneurs of Europe!
Over the period of 3 months, boost your idea with the constant coaching and guidance from L’Oréal experts and finally defend your business model to top executives and internal investors.
Who can play?
L’ORÉAL BRANDSTORM is a Competition for undergraduate and graduate students who study in one of the participating countries.
Students must be eighteen years of age or older to participate. Any under-age Participant must have the consent of his or her parent or legal guardian to accept the Official Rules and participate in L’ORÉAL BRANDSTORM.
Students attending a post-graduate course (e.g. doctorate programme or MBA) cannot participate (except for post-graduate courses in India and Israel.
Students eligible to participate should not yet have acquired considerable professional experience (i.e. not more than two years of work experience. Internships, apprenticeships, summer job experiences and auto-entrepreneurial work do not account into work experience).
Students who have already played the Competition in a previous year and reached the international finals cannot participate another time.
Students who did an internship in the department of the brand concerned by the case study during the two years preceding the Competition cannot participate in the current edition.
The Participants have to compose a team of three students. Students participating in an international exchange programme, e.g. Erasmus or exchange students have to participate for the country they are studying in at the point of registration.
Participants are only allowed to register in one team.
The three members of a team must be studying in the same participating country. It is not possible to change the university during the competition.
Deadline: March 29, 2019 00:00 (CET) Eligibility: This challenge is open to post-secondary education, undergraduates and postgraduates of any discipline. These include Universities, Polytechnics and Institutes of Technical Education students. Submissions are invited from all students at all stages of their academic studies.
Global Student Innovation Challenge 2019
The Global Student Innovation Challenge ( gSIC ) is an annual event held at each International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe).
It provides a platform to encourage students from all over the world to compete in developing creative and innovative devices or solutions to improve the quality of living of the elderly and people with disability.
It showcases the talents and abilities of these students while providing an opportunity to work with clients and clinicians to develop these innovative ideas.
It also facilitates cooperation and networking among the students and gives them an opportunity to listen to speakers from across the world and region.
Categories
There are 2 categories in this challenge:
Design
Students are expected to apply User-Centered Design process to produce a solution that ‘makes life easier’ for its users or enhance the user experience (UX) or improves the quality of professional rehabilitation practice. The solution may or may not be technology based.
Technology
Students are expected to apply principles in Engineering and /or Information Technology to design and implement Assistive & Rehabilitative Technology solution to address the issues/problems faced by the needy, their caregivers and clinicians. The solution must have engineering or technological component(s).
Competition requirements
This challenge is open to post-secondary education, undergraduates and postgraduates of any discipline. These include Universities, Polytechnics and Institutes of Technical Education students. Submissions are invited from all students at all stages of their academic studies.
There is no limit to the number of teams that may compete from any given academic institution and collaborations between institution is allowed. Each team consists up to 5 members. The registration fee per team is equivalent to one individual entry to the regular conference program.
Entries submitted should not exceed two years of development. All participants must provide proof that they are students at the time of work for the challenge was conducted.
Successful teams must bring their prototypes for the presentation. Large prototypes that are not transportable will be taken into consideration during the judging. In case of this, the movie or such kind of visual material may assist your team.
Awards
Gold, Silver, Bronze and Merit Award/s will be offered for both Design Category and Technology Category
Peer’s Choice Award
The award is to be decided by the gSIC participants. Each team is allowed to cast one vote on the most deserving team entry but cannot vote for their team. The votes must be cast at the end of the presentation session.
Public’s Choice Award
The award is to be decided by the public visiting the exhibition. Upon registering for the conference, each visitor will be given a voting sheet which they are asked to complete and drop into the voting box at the registration booth after visiting the gSIC booths.
Best Presentation Award
The award will be decided by the panel of judges based on the presentation part of the judging criteria.
Best Poster Award
The award will be decided by the panel of judges based on the poster part of the judging criteria.
Best Prototype Award
The award will be decided by the panel of judges based on the prototype part of the judging criteria.
Best Ergonomic Award
The award will be decided by the panel of judges based on the ergonomic part of the judging criteria.
Feb 12, 2019
Workshops - Courses - Conferences
Deadline: March 29, 2019 00:00 (CET) Eligibility: This challenge is open to post-secondary education, undergraduates and postgraduates of any discipline. These include Universities, Polytechnics and Institutes of Technical Education students. Submissions are invited from all students at all stages of their academic studies.
Global Student Innovation Challenge 2019
The Global Student Innovation Challenge ( gSIC ) is an annual event held at each International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe).
It provides a platform to encourage students from all over the world to compete in developing creative and innovative devices or solutions to improve the quality of living of the elderly and people with disability.
It showcases the talents and abilities of these students while providing an opportunity to work with clients and clinicians to develop these innovative ideas.
It also facilitates cooperation and networking among the students and gives them an opportunity to listen to speakers from across the world and region.
Categories
There are 2 categories in this challenge:
Design
Students are expected to apply User-Centered Design process to produce a solution that ‘makes life easier’ for its users or enhance the user experience (UX) or improves the quality of professional rehabilitation practice. The solution may or may not be technology based.
Technology
Students are expected to apply principles in Engineering and /or Information Technology to design and implement Assistive & Rehabilitative Technology solution to address the issues/problems faced by the needy, their caregivers and clinicians. The solution must have engineering or technological component(s).
Competition requirements
This challenge is open to post-secondary education, undergraduates and postgraduates of any discipline. These include Universities, Polytechnics and Institutes of Technical Education students. Submissions are invited from all students at all stages of their academic studies.
There is no limit to the number of teams that may compete from any given academic institution and collaborations between institution is allowed. Each team consists up to 5 members. The registration fee per team is equivalent to one individual entry to the regular conference program.
Entries submitted should not exceed two years of development. All participants must provide proof that they are students at the time of work for the challenge was conducted.
Successful teams must bring their prototypes for the presentation. Large prototypes that are not transportable will be taken into consideration during the judging. In case of this, the movie or such kind of visual material may assist your team.
Awards
Gold, Silver, Bronze and Merit Award/s will be offered for both Design Category and Technology Category
Peer’s Choice Award
The award is to be decided by the gSIC participants. Each team is allowed to cast one vote on the most deserving team entry but cannot vote for their team. The votes must be cast at the end of the presentation session.
Public’s Choice Award
The award is to be decided by the public visiting the exhibition. Upon registering for the conference, each visitor will be given a voting sheet which they are asked to complete and drop into the voting box at the registration booth after visiting the gSIC booths.
Best Presentation Award
The award will be decided by the panel of judges based on the presentation part of the judging criteria.
Best Poster Award
The award will be decided by the panel of judges based on the poster part of the judging criteria.
Best Prototype Award
The award will be decided by the panel of judges based on the prototype part of the judging criteria.
Best Ergonomic Award
The award will be decided by the panel of judges based on the ergonomic part of the judging criteria.
Established in 2000, the Asia Pacific Leadership Program brings together people who want to co-create the future as self-reflective, resilient agents. Using experiential, place-based learning with a focus on equity, cohorts of leaders practice leadership strategies in nurturing environments.
For nearly 20 years, we have been cultivating leaders who are motivated and capable of creating positive impact in the Asia Pacific region. Incoming fellows join a network of 605 APLP alumni from 45 countries across the globe.
The APLP Approach:
Our programs stimulate individual growth and foster self-leadership for emerging and established leaders
We build on communities’ diversity and abundance by offering strategies that can be adapted to leaders’ own contexts
We support leaders as they practice implementing prototypes with teams, reflecting on results and refining for impact
For more information, please visit our website and FAQ section . To contact us, please email APLP@EastWestCenter.org
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Bachelor's degree - applicants must have at least a 3-year bachelor's degree or its equivalent from an accredited U.S. College or University or from a recognized institution of higher learning abroad
At least 5 years of work experience
A demonstrated commitment to promoting peace and prosperity in the Asia Pacific region through professional work, study, or living experience
There are no citizenship, age, or ethnicity restrictions
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS
Leadership track record in professional, public, and/or personal realms
Willingness to engage fully in experiential leadership development training
Deep involvement in a specific organization, business or community impact initiative (applicants must explain how, with their home-based teams, they will experiment with the leadership strategies learned in APLP)
International experience and aptitude, including overseas residence, language skills, intercultural and diversity exposure
Experience of cohort learning, working collaboratively in small teams or in large groups.
DEADLINES
Timing is critical for supplementary scholarships. The earlier an application is completed, the more scholarship funds are available.
December 16, 2018 - Early Application Deadline
March 1, 2019 - Final Deadline
LETTERS OF REFERENCE
Instructions with a link to the Letter of Reference form will be sent to your referees upon the submission of your application. Should your referees need help in acquiring the form, please find it HERE and send it to your referee. The program DOES NOT accept Letters of Reference directly from applicants. Two letters of reference are needed to complete your application.
SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION & INSTRUCTIONS
Create a Submittable account today to see the full application and apply for the 2019 APLP!
Please refer to application guidelines and specific requirements of the program before completing this form.
Please complete the application in ENGLISH.
Read the instructions for each item carefully before entering your information.
Submittable does not log you out automatically when you exit your browser. Therefore, it is important that you sign out from your Submittable account, especially when you are using a public computer.
Since you will not be able to edit it afterward, make sure to review your application before submitting it. If your application is not ready, you can save it as a draft and submit it at a later time. The saved drafts of your application can be found in your account under My Submissions (or Submissions).
If after submission you need to change something in your application, contact the APLP staff either through Submittable or at APLP@EastWestCenter.org .
Feb 12, 2019
Scholarship - General
Established in 2000, the Asia Pacific Leadership Program brings together people who want to co-create the future as self-reflective, resilient agents. Using experiential, place-based learning with a focus on equity, cohorts of leaders practice leadership strategies in nurturing environments.
For nearly 20 years, we have been cultivating leaders who are motivated and capable of creating positive impact in the Asia Pacific region. Incoming fellows join a network of 605 APLP alumni from 45 countries across the globe.
The APLP Approach:
Our programs stimulate individual growth and foster self-leadership for emerging and established leaders
We build on communities’ diversity and abundance by offering strategies that can be adapted to leaders’ own contexts
We support leaders as they practice implementing prototypes with teams, reflecting on results and refining for impact
For more information, please visit our website and FAQ section . To contact us, please email APLP@EastWestCenter.org
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Bachelor's degree - applicants must have at least a 3-year bachelor's degree or its equivalent from an accredited U.S. College or University or from a recognized institution of higher learning abroad
At least 5 years of work experience
A demonstrated commitment to promoting peace and prosperity in the Asia Pacific region through professional work, study, or living experience
There are no citizenship, age, or ethnicity restrictions
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS
Leadership track record in professional, public, and/or personal realms
Willingness to engage fully in experiential leadership development training
Deep involvement in a specific organization, business or community impact initiative (applicants must explain how, with their home-based teams, they will experiment with the leadership strategies learned in APLP)
International experience and aptitude, including overseas residence, language skills, intercultural and diversity exposure
Experience of cohort learning, working collaboratively in small teams or in large groups.
DEADLINES
Timing is critical for supplementary scholarships. The earlier an application is completed, the more scholarship funds are available.
December 16, 2018 - Early Application Deadline
March 1, 2019 - Final Deadline
LETTERS OF REFERENCE
Instructions with a link to the Letter of Reference form will be sent to your referees upon the submission of your application. Should your referees need help in acquiring the form, please find it HERE and send it to your referee. The program DOES NOT accept Letters of Reference directly from applicants. Two letters of reference are needed to complete your application.
SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION & INSTRUCTIONS
Create a Submittable account today to see the full application and apply for the 2019 APLP!
Please refer to application guidelines and specific requirements of the program before completing this form.
Please complete the application in ENGLISH.
Read the instructions for each item carefully before entering your information.
Submittable does not log you out automatically when you exit your browser. Therefore, it is important that you sign out from your Submittable account, especially when you are using a public computer.
Since you will not be able to edit it afterward, make sure to review your application before submitting it. If your application is not ready, you can save it as a draft and submit it at a later time. The saved drafts of your application can be found in your account under My Submissions (or Submissions).
If after submission you need to change something in your application, contact the APLP staff either through Submittable or at APLP@EastWestCenter.org .
Deadline: February 25, 2019 00:00 (CET) Eligibility: Participants must compete in a group of two, three, or four members at least 16 years of age at the time of registration. The Contest is void in Crimea, North Korea, Quebec, Syria, and where prohibited by law
Google Hash Code Competition 2019
Think you could optimize the layout of a Google Data Center? How about scheduling a fleet of drones to make deliveries around the world? Tackle an engineering problem from Google during Hash Code, team programming competition .
Are you up for the challenge?
Hash Code is a team programming competition, organized by Google, for students and professionals around the world. You pick your team and programming language and Google picks an engineering problem for you to solve.
This year’s contest kicks off with an Online Qualification Round, where your team can compete from wherever you’d like, including from one of our Hash Code hubs. Top teams will then be invited to a Google office for the Final Round.
Why participate?
Google’s team-based programming competition, Hash Code, allows you to share your skills and connect with other coders as you work together to solve a problem modelled off a real Google engineering challenge!
In small teams of two to four, coders all over the world will tackle the first problem through an Online Qualification Round.
Though this round is hosted online, teams can come together to compete side-by-side in locally coordinated Hash Code hubs. The top teams from this round are invited to join us at an international Google office for our annual Hash Code Final Round.
How it works
Once you’ve registered for the contest, you’ll gain access to our Judge System. The Judge System is an online platform where you’ll form your team, join a hub, practice, and compete during the rounds.
During the Online Qualification Round, you’ll watch our YouTube live stream to be introduced to the problem, and your team will have four hours to solve an optimization problem using the programming language and tools of your choice.
Teams can compete from a local hub or another location of their choice. The top teams from the Online Qualification Round will be invited to the Final Round at a Google office, where they’ll work together to solve another challenge and compete for cash prizes.
Feb 11, 2019
Competition
Deadline: February 25, 2019 00:00 (CET) Eligibility: Participants must compete in a group of two, three, or four members at least 16 years of age at the time of registration. The Contest is void in Crimea, North Korea, Quebec, Syria, and where prohibited by law
Google Hash Code Competition 2019
Think you could optimize the layout of a Google Data Center? How about scheduling a fleet of drones to make deliveries around the world? Tackle an engineering problem from Google during Hash Code, team programming competition .
Are you up for the challenge?
Hash Code is a team programming competition, organized by Google, for students and professionals around the world. You pick your team and programming language and Google picks an engineering problem for you to solve.
This year’s contest kicks off with an Online Qualification Round, where your team can compete from wherever you’d like, including from one of our Hash Code hubs. Top teams will then be invited to a Google office for the Final Round.
Why participate?
Google’s team-based programming competition, Hash Code, allows you to share your skills and connect with other coders as you work together to solve a problem modelled off a real Google engineering challenge!
In small teams of two to four, coders all over the world will tackle the first problem through an Online Qualification Round.
Though this round is hosted online, teams can come together to compete side-by-side in locally coordinated Hash Code hubs. The top teams from this round are invited to join us at an international Google office for our annual Hash Code Final Round.
How it works
Once you’ve registered for the contest, you’ll gain access to our Judge System. The Judge System is an online platform where you’ll form your team, join a hub, practice, and compete during the rounds.
During the Online Qualification Round, you’ll watch our YouTube live stream to be introduced to the problem, and your team will have four hours to solve an optimization problem using the programming language and tools of your choice.
Teams can compete from a local hub or another location of their choice. The top teams from the Online Qualification Round will be invited to the Final Round at a Google office, where they’ll work together to solve another challenge and compete for cash prizes.