I³C Challenge: an interuniversity challenge to shape the cities of tomorrow

For this new edition, our Information Technology team launches a new challenge, combining finance and data analysis, to drive our future investments.

“How does hybrid work influence the dynamics of the cities of tomorrow?”

Why i3c?

It is the intersection of the four pillars of the challenge: real estate investment, innovation, interuniversity and community.

PRIZES


Three cash awards

1st

Place

$12,000

2nd

Place

$9,000

3rd

Place

$7,000

Internship opportunities

An interuniversity challenge that will test your knowledge

Through a quantitative analysis, you will need to demonstrate the impacts of hybrid work on the financial performance of one or multiple classes of real estate assets.

Based on a relevant demonstration, you will provide a recommendation for acquisition and/or disposal, targeting a specific location or geographic area, as well as one or multiple classes of assets.

Who can register?

The Challenge is open to students of HEC Montréal, McGill and Université Laval Faculty of Business Administration, who are either:

  • Final-year students of the B.B.A. program

or

  • Enrolled in a master’s degree in a related field (finance, economics, financial planning, business analytics, project management, etc.)

The mentors who will assist you

Fériel Ben Mahmoud

Alexandre
Duschene

Célestin
Domart

Patrick
Gaucher

Aurélie
Mazereau

Daniel
Moreau

Raphael
Maranda-Desprez

Paul
Constantin

Amel
Khobzi

The mentors who will assist you

Fériel Ben Mahmoud

Alexandre Duschene

Célestin Domart

Patrick Gaucher

Aurélie Mazereau

Daniel Moreau

Raphael Maranda-Desprez

Paul Constantin

Amel Khobzi

Three (other) good reasons to participate

Put your academic learning to the test

Grow your professional network

Take advantage of the mentorship provided by a Data and Advanced Analytics team member

The i3c Challenge Sponsors

Sarah Mjidou

Ghalem Ben Nouna

Jérémy Moreau

Key dates

Sept. 30 6 p.m.

Oct. 9

Oct. 13

Jan. 15 2024

Jan. 26 2024

Registration deadline

Announcement of the selected teams

Kick-off meeting

Deadline for the submission of reports

Jury presentation and award ceremony

Key dates

Sept. 30 6 p.m.

Registration deadline

Oct. 9

Announcement of the selected teams

Oct. 13

Kick-off meeting

Jan. 15
2024

Deadline for the submission of reports

Jan. 26
2024

Jury presentation and award ceremony

Review of the latest edition of the I³C challenge

During the last edition of the I3C challenge, 7 teams competed to address the issue of “How to identify the cities and places of tomorrow”.

With the support of mentors from Ivanhoé Cambridge, the teams took on the challenge of proposing financial models to identify innovative investment opportunities while upholding our ESG commitments.

Cocktail de remise de prix du défi I³C du 27 janvier 2023 chez Ivanhoé Cambridge
Award ceremony cocktail for the I³C challenge on January 27, 2023 at Ivanhoé Cambridge

The first place was awarded to the HEC team composed of Félix Poirier, Islam Abdelatif, and Alexandro Tomassi for creating a neural artificial intelligence model based on a meta-analysis of geographical data.

The second place was awarded to the HEC team composed of Félix Laporte-Blackburn, Remy Arnou, and Sarah Poudrier for their model offering ESG recommendations through a scoring system.

The third place was awarded to the FSA LAVAL team composed of Yohann Piché-Nguyen, William Pelltier-Rioux, and Amal Bousnane, for creating indicators of quality of life in places.

1ère place: Félix Poirier, Islam Abdelatif et Alexandro Tomassi
1st place: Félix Poirier, Islam Abdelatif and Alexandro Tomassi
2ème place: Félix Laporte-Blackburn, Remy Arnou et Sarah Poudrier
2nd place: Félix Laporte-Blackburn, Remy Arnou et Sarah Poudrier
3ème place: Yohann Piché-Nguyen, William Pelltier-Rioux et Amal Bousnane
3rd place: Yohann Piché-Nguyen, William Pelltier-Rioux and Amal Bousnane

Review of the latest edition of the I³C challenge

During the last edition of the I3C challenge, 7 teams competed to address the issue of “How to identify the cities and places of tomorrow”.

With the support of mentors from Ivanhoé Cambridge, the teams took on the challenge of proposing financial models to identify innovative investment opportunities while upholding our ESG commitments.

Cocktail de remise de prix du défi I³C du 27 janvier 2023 chez Ivanhoé Cambridge
Award ceremony cocktail for the I³C challenge
on January 27, 2023 at Ivanhoé Cambridge

The first place was awarded to the HEC team composed of Félix Poirier, Islam Abdelatif, and Alexandro Tomassi for creating a neural artificial intelligence model based on a meta-analysis of geographical data.

The second place was awarded to the HEC team composed of Félix Laporte-Blackburn, Remy Arnou, and Sarah Poudrier for their model offering ESG recommendations through a scoring system.

The third place was awarded to the FSA LAVAL team composed of Yohann Piché-Nguyen, William Pelltier-Rioux, and Amal Bousnane, for creating indicators of quality of life in places.

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