ELITE Case Competition

The ELITE Case Competition, presented by the SFU Beedie Student Engagement and Development Office, is designed specifically for case competitors who are looking for a challenging, competitive, and advanced case competition environment to further their growth and development. Targeting primarily senior Business students with previous case competition experience, ELITE will allow individuals to engage against other top-tier competitors at SFU and challenge themselves to enhance and refine their own skills and abilities in a professional case competition environment. 

Competing students will work within teams to analyze a case and prepare their presentations to deliver to a panel of judges that include esteemed Faculty, Alumni, and industry professionals. For those who are interested in representing SFU Beedie on the national/international stage later on, this is the perfect opportunity for you to showcase your talents, skills, and abilities to a panel of judges that include case coaches for many of our external SFU Beedie case competition teams.

Teams will have the opportunity to compete for real cash prizes:

General Information

Date: July 5 - 7, 2024
Location: SFU Burnaby Campus
Registration: April 8 - May 12 [11:59PM]

Competition Format: In-person

The competition will run over the course of 3 days and include 2 cases. Deliberation for both cases will occur during the competition weekend. Case presentations will take place on July 5 and 7. Final round presentations will take place on July 7 followed by the awards ceremony.
Learn more about ELITE 2024.

Eligibility

Students must be at least 19 years old (at the time of the competition), enrolled at SFU in an undergraduate program and be in good academic standing. 

Note: Students who have represented SFU Beedie at a faculty-sponsored case competition, JDC West, and/or competed in a previous ELITE competition are eligible to compete provided the team meets the team composition requirements below.

Team Composition:

• 3 to 4 students that meet the eligibility requirements above
• a minimum of 2 BBA students per team
• A maximum of 2 students that have previously competed on the same team in any of: faculty-sponsored case competitions, JDC West Academics or Debate, ELITE (non-finalist teams)
  • In the case of mixed pairings, each person must have only competed with a maximum of 1 other person on the team
  • If you are unsure about the eligibility of your team composition, please reach out to the event organizer (contact information found at the bottom of the page)
• Teams that are training for an upcoming competition (but have not yet gone to compete together) may compete together in ELITE 2024, granted that the competition takes place after the ELITE 2024 registration deadline

We strongly encourage all competitors to carefully consider the question of diversity within the context of their teams. This can include reflecting on areas such as gender, concentration(s), race, year-level, education, previous work experiences, and a variety of other factors that are not listed here but may be relevant for you and your team members.

The body of research on team dynamics is quickly expanding and it paints a clear picture - diversity plays a key role in high-performing teams.
Visit the ELITE 2024 webpage for additional team considerations.

Ideal Competitors Are:

• Those who have previously competed in advanced business case competitions (this can include JDC West, Faculty-sponsored external competitions such as CECC, ICC@M, LazICC, RSM STAR, BMCC, GBCC, etc., and previous ELITE case competitions) and are looking for a challenging and professional learning environment to refine and enhance their skill-set
• Those who have a keen interest in competing at higher-levels of case competitions, including faculty-sponsored teams competing at international competitions
• Those who are looking to expand on their career competencies, including (but not limited to) items such as communication, teamwork, and problem-solving

Team Coaches:

• Each team may choose to have one team coach to help prepare them for the competition
• The coach is not to communicate with the team in any way related to the competition during the case deliberation period (as defined below)
• There are no restrictions on who can coach (i.e. they may be a current student, alumni, or faculty member). The coach must sign a coaching agreement acknowledging these conditions prior to the start of the competition.

Registration

As a team: You can register as a team if you already have one formed. Each team member must submit an individual application and must include the names of all other teammates in their application. Note that each team must follow the team composition stated above.

As an individual: You may register as individual if you do not have a team. Individual registrants will be teamed up and notified of other team members after the registration period ends

 Register Here: Student Engagement Portal

Registration is a commitment to participate

Questions?

For any additional questions, please reach out to the Student Engagement and Development Office at casecomp@sfu.ca.