With the international Cesim Elite final 2021 starting tomorrow, teams are already in the starting blocks!

Selected among 8000 students worldwide through local qualifying competitions, 18 teams from 16 institutions have qualified this year to participate in the Cesim Elite tournament's final.

This year, finalists from more than 12 nationalities are competing for the title of Cesim Elite world champion and win the grand prize.

Participating institutions:

In this list: Nankai University (China), Zhejiang Gongshang University (China), T.A. Pai Institute of Management (India), IIM Kozhikhode (India), Esiab (France), Université de Rennes 1 (France), EM Lyon (France), Institut Paul Bocuse (France), University of Bradford (UK), Brunel University London (UK), Universidad de la Sabana (Colombia), Universidad Sergio Arboleda (Colombia), Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (Brazil), Higher Colleges of Technology (UAE), Danang - University Of Economics (Vietnam), Zuyd (Netherlands).

An intensive week awaits the students as they will have to successfully manage their virtual business on a Cesim simulation, which is kept secret until the opening of the competition.

Moreover, teams will also have to solve a tailored case linked to the circular economy which counts for the final ranking!

Schedule (UTC timezone):

Tuesday 01/06  

• 1:00 pm: (Live) Opening ceremony 
  • Presentation of the event by Cesim
  • Instructions and case for presentations
  • Live team presentations
  • Live distributions of the teams in universes
• Around 2:30 pm: Launch of the simulation's first round
  

Wednesday 02/06 

• 2:00 pm: End of round 1
• 2:20 pm: Results available on social media
• 2:30 pm: Full results on platform and opening of the next round

Thursday 03/06

• 2:00 pm: End of round 2
• 2:20 pm: Results available on social media
  
• 2:30 pm: Full results on platform and opening of the next round

Friday 04/06 

• 2:00 pm: Submission deadline for case presentations
  
• 2:00 pm: End of round 3
• 2:20 pm: Results available on social media
  
• 2:30 pm: Full results on platform and opening of the next round

Saturday 05/06 

• 1:00 pm: (Live) Instructor workshop - "Team coaching" (join the event)
  
  • Advice and experience sharing by Prof. Oleg Konovalov from the University of la Sabana.
    Instructors are welcome to join to learn more about mentoring the students during the competition and how to use the simulation in the classroom.
    
• 2:00 pm: End of round 4
• 2:20 pm: Results available on social media
  
• 2:30 pm: Full results on platform and opening of the next round

Sunday 06/06

• 1:00 pm: End of the round 5
• 1:00 pm: (Live) Reward ceremon
  • Keynote speaker Nick Vertigans - "High-performance teams" (join the event)
    

    • Nick Vertigans helps high performers to shine, to find their own voice & have breakthrough moments in their work and challenges teams to develop successful habits and create better results.
      He's led high performance teams across EMEA with Eurostar, Bloomberg & Thomson Reuters.

  • Official announcement of the winners and prizes 

Cesim wishes good luck to all the participating teams!