CIBER Competition

Attention Students!

Experience a different take on case competitions! BP and the Center for Professional Responsibility in Business and Society are proud to announce a new competition for the fall 2011 semester that puts students in cross-disciplinary teams to examine ethical and professional responsibility issues. The students who are selected will get the unique opportunity to tour the BP trading floor and oil refinery during the competition. There will also be cash prizes for the winning teams.

See the website for more information: http://www.ciber.illinois.edu/events/PRSC2011/

Key Dates:
August 25, Thursday, 6:00 p.m. (3007 BIF) – Information session
August 31, Wednesday, 10:00 p.m. – Application deadline, use online application form
September 6, Tuesday – Teams will be announced
September 9, Friday, 8:30-10:30 a.m. (240WH) – Participant workshop
September 16, Friday, Leave BIF 6:30 a.m. – Field trip to BP’s Chicago headquarters.
September 17, Saturday, 8:00 a.m. –Guided bus tour of oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana
September 19, Monday, 10:00 p.m. deadline – Submit questions
September 27, Tuesday, Time TBD – Guest speaker
October, 4, Tuesday, Final presentations and awards dinner

Team Composition:
Each team will comprise of six full-time UIUC students for a maximum of six groups. Since an intended goal of this competition is to have participants work on an interdisciplinary team, we ideally would prefer to have one student from Law, one from Engineering, and four from different areas of Business. At the same time, however, we realize that some flexibility in team organization may be necessary to best accommodate the skill sets and academic backgrounds represented by those who apply to participate in this competition.

Maximum six teams

Contact Lynnea Johnson, lsjohnso@illinois.edu, if you have any questions.