RIMS, the risk management society™, selected nine universities to compete in Philadelphia for the 2017 Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge top honor. Twenty-three university teams entered the competition. Based on the solutions they developed for a case-study provided by PayPal Inc., the top teams have been invited to present their findings at RIMS 2017 Annual Conference & Exhibition in Philadelphia – April 23rd – 26th.
The top nine teams, including the challenge’s first university team from outside North America, are listed below:
• Appalachian State University
• British Columbia Institute of Technology (Canada)
• Butler University
• Florida State University
• Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
• St. Joseph's University
• St. Mary's University
• Temple University
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
On April 23rd, the final three teams will be selected after the first round of presentations. The finalists will present one last time in front of risk professionals at the conference the following day. The winner will be announced at the Spencer Educational Foundation reception held during the conference.