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.

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.



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.

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.