For this first edition in China, Swissnex in China has brought together the ETH Zürich student organizers, corporate partner Bühler Group China and university partner Jiangnan University to collaborate on the initiative, united by a common goal of fostering entrepreneurial talent in young people across and beyond borders.
The two-week-long innovation challenge consists of three parts: Prep Cube, OutCube and InCube. During PrepCube and OutCube, the selected international participants met both virtually and in person in Switzerland to train and bond with each other. They will then join their assigned team at one of the cube locations around the world to live and work together for five days inside a glass-walled container to solve a challenge set by the corporate partner. At the end of the five days, the teams will pitch their solution to a jury and live audience at the ETH Entrepreneur Club’s annual signature Launch & AI_X Summit in Zurich. Past editions of the InCube Challenge have featured teams from Switzerland, the US, Singapore and South Africa.
For the 7th edition of the InCube Challenge, also the first edition in China, we were thrilled to welcome five students from diverse academic backgrounds and different parts of the world. Their areas of expertise span across Food Science, Robotics, Physics, and Economics, adding richness and diversity to the dynamic team.