PhD Talent is organizing an innovation challenge to encourage European PhD students to attend a career fair in Paris. Teams of PhD students will solve design problems from different fields. The challenge will take place over a week in November, with teams presenting their solutions. The top three solutions will win prizes to promote cross-disciplinary collaboration among PhD students. Sponsors are sought to help advertise the challenge and recruit international participants, with the opportunity to evaluate top performing PhD students.

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2. The association
• PhD Talent is run by Ph.D. students from the
main Parisian « PRES »:"
– ParisTech, Université Paris Cité, UniverSud Paris,
Paris Universitas, Université Paris-Est"
• We take part in the organization of APEC’s
european career fair"
– www.researchcareerfair.com"
– November 19th 2010, at “Le 104” "
• 100 exhibitors, 2000 visitors "
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3. Why this « Challenge » ?
• We deeply believe that PhD’s are tomorrows
innovators and it is the best way to show it"
• Our role is to help APEC reaching 50% of
“European” visitors (i.e. not doing their Ph.D.
in France)"
• We will create an event that will give Ph.D.’s
the incentive to come"
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4. How does it work?
• PhD’s gather into teams to solve ideation
problems"
• Ex1: imagine tomorrow’s skin care product for men"
– Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Design, Sociology"
• Ex2: how would e-mails look like if invented today?"
– Computer Science, Design, Sociology"
• Ex3: imagine tomorrows cell phone"
• Teams are composed by 5 PhD’s"
– They should emphasize cross-fertilization"
• At least 3 non-French PhD’s and 2 different scientific fields"
• 5 to 10 different challenges: 20 to 30 teams
each"
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5. Overall Schedule
01/07/10 – 30/08/10! 01/09/10 – 15-18/11/2010! 19/11/2010!
30/09/10!
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Prizes during the opening ceremony
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at the “hotel de ville de Paris”"
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PhD’s sign up on the You select the " Challenge!" Research"
website all over Europe teams to keep for "
and gather into teams" the Challenge"
Social network +"
problem-solving platform" PhD Talent" APEC"
 hypios"
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6. The Challenge’s week
15/11
16/11
17/11
18/11
19/11
Selected
teams work
Teams’
AM
Challenge!
Challenge!
on their Research
arrival
presentation
Problems
Review & Presentation
PM
Challenge!
Challenge!
selection of of the 3 best Research
the 3 best Solutions
solutions
Selected
Prize @
teams work
Evening
Challenge!
Challenge!
Paris City
on their
Hall
presentation
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7. Why should we sponsor it?
• Advertising:"
– Through both PhD Talent’s Web site & FB Fan
page"
– Through our campus managers "
– Through hypios’ website and blog (network of
over 120000 people)"
– Through Research’s website"
• You select 100 PhD’s coming from all
Europe and you can evaluate them while
they are working "
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