Our seventh annual flagship event. 
​Bringing together industry experts and student collaborators in our first-ever hybrid competition to create sustainable solutions for internally displaced climate refugees in Bangladesh.
April 7th & 8th 2023

PRESS RELEASE

Global Innovation Challenge (WMGIC)

The seventh annual Global Innovation Challenge (WMGIC), a premier intercollegiate​ hack-a-thon style international and sustainable development case competition, was hosted in a hybrid format on April 7th & 8th, 2023. WMGIC VII welcomed 110 students and 40 guests from nine time zones. Thirty student teams from over twenty top universities presented innovative solutions on the Bangladesh climate refugee crisis and competed for $2500 in cash prizes. ​

Event Booklet

Event Schedule

Case document

​WMGIC is a premier student-led organization that hosts biannual case competitions relating to diplomacy and defense in the fall, and international sustainable development in the spring. In WMGIC’s seventh year, we are thrilled to welcome over 150 students and guests worldwide to our first hybrid event, WMGIC VII. " - Reese O'Brien (Event Director)

110 Student Participants, 30 Teams

SUPPORTING INTERNALLY DISPLACED CLIMATE REFUGEES IN BANGLADESH

Streams: Governance, Social Entrepreneurship, Business Consulting

WMGIC Vii Case

WMGIC VII Keynote Speaker: Ann Vaughan

Watch the opening ceremony

Winners & Presentations

In-Person Social Entrepreneurship 

Virtual Social Entrepreneurship 

In-Person Governance
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Virtual Governance
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Virtual Business Consulting
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Thank you, WMGIC VII Executive Board!

Meet the team

WMGIC VII is made possible by: