Welcome to the Global Panel of Judges!

Our global panel of judges includes thriving entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, corporate executives, business consultants and academic thought leaders of sustainable and innovative business practices. As a judge, you will be charged with the in-depth analysis and scoring of up to 10 sustainable and innovative business solutions to real-world sponsor challenges, submitted by MBA or other Business-Focus Graduate-Level Program teams from around the world. Judges are also required to give constructive feedback.

Judging in the Online Round

The Online Judging Round will be conducted in two phases. In each phase, teams and judges will be categorized by sponsorship partners. Each judge will be assigned up to 10, two-page concept plans. Judges are provided a scorecard which is used to quantify the value of each element within the team's concept plan. As a judge, you may choose your preferred phase of judging and also your preferred sponsor for whom you would like to be a judge.

Phase 1 October 13 - 19, 2008: Judges will be assigned up to 10, two-page concept plans. All teams will be assigned 5 judges each. The objective is to review all plans in a fair and forthright manner and to select the top 50 percent of the teams to go through to the 2nd Phase of judging based on average scores received from all judges assigned to a particular team.

Phase 2  October 20 - 26, 2008: Judges will again be assigned up to 10, two-page concept plans from the top 50 percent of teams - judges will not (and may not) receive the same concept plans reviewed in Phase 1. All teams will be assigned another five judges each. The objective is to re-evaluate the top 50% of concept plans carefully to identify the top 10 finalists.

October 27, 2008: Based on the average scores received from all judges, rankings will be tabulated for all competing teams and the Top 10 Finalist Teams announced.  

Time Commitment

• Each judge will be assigned up to 10, two-page concept plans for scoring and feedback per Judging Phase.
• Judges should plan to spend an average of 30 minutes per plan. 
• Judges must take time prior to the Online Judging Round to review the Challenge Question and related background information, and to research the sponsorship partner’s current internal/external position, if necessary.
• Judges are also encouraged to log-on to their account and familiarize themselves with the platform prior to the online round judging.