From March the 8th till the 10th 2010 the Rubicon Contest 2010 took place on the Campus of the BiTS University Iserlohn. With "Sustainability" the collegiate organizational team chose again an innovative topic for the international contest for business students. Like in the years before, the 16 students responsible for organizing and hosting the event, wanted to foster forward thinking and exchange.
More applications than ever to take part in the challenge of the lifetime were sent to Iserlohn. It was a hard decision for the organizational team to choose the participants of this year`s Rubicon Contest. 25 teams, five more than usual, were invited to the event. Those facts proved, that Rubicon Contest is one of the most innovative, biggest but also the most international business contest for students in the world.
Not only in terms of diversity and the total number of participants Rubicon Contest 2010 was breaking its own records. Never before more students were involved in organization and hosting, with the help of numerous volunteers, the event. For the first time, all steps could be followed on the web at the Facebook Fanpage or live with a TV stream.
March 8th 2010
Traditionally there is no competition on the first day, the Introduction day. While the European teams were arriving in Iserlohn, the international teams, who arrived the day before could visit the museum at the historic factory site Barendorf.
In the afternoon the participants were officially welcomed at the university. To start with they got an in introduction on the topic of sustainability and for the upcoming day on the business simulation game OPEX.
In the evening, every participant could try out his or her luck after the get-together dinner at the Casino night with 500 Rubicon Dollar free to gamble.
Team presentation
March 9th 2010
It was a early start today. After being brought to BiTS University from the accommodation the pariticipants had to perform in the business simulation OPEX III. Their aim was to reach with their business skills the highest equity in their market. They were competing against three other teams also virtually developing, producing and selling aerosol deodorants. The best teams, who qualified for the next round, were announced at the legendary Rubicon Party in the student's club B7 in the evening.
12 teams qualified on Tuesday for the first round of the case study. The case study on the company e.on Ruhrgas had to be solved in two hours. The results were delivered in a 20min presentation to a jury consisting of a young professional, an academic and a business judge. With a evaluation form the four teams qualified for the final round were determined.
The four finalist teams had to work on a case study, also involving e.on Ruhrgas. Again two hours were given to find solutions. Their results were presented to the whole jury, participants and guests in the Audimax of BiTS University.
Presentation of the final cases
The winner of Rubicon Contest 2010, the team "JacoBeans" from the Jacobs University Bremen (Bremen, Germany) were awarded with the other finalist along with team "The Pharaohs" from the Ain Shams University (Cairo, Egypt), winning the Teamspirit-Award, at the Gala Dinner.
