Student Competition - "The Circular Shift: Business Reinvented"

Develop an industrial symbiosis strategy!

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Take part in the competition "The Circular Shift: Business Reinvented" organized as part of Circular Week 2025!

Key Information:

Registration: Now open – deadline: 31 July 2025

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Who can participate: Bachelor’s, Master’s, and postgraduate students from any university in Poland.

Teams: You can sign up individually or as a team.Individual applicants will be matched into interdisciplinary, inter-university teams.

Why should you participate?

• Real impact on the future – contribute to real-world challenges while developing analytical, presentation, and teamwork skills.

• Expert knowledge – gain access to free online workshops led by circular economy practitioners.

• Main stage presentation – the winning project will be presented at the European Sustainability Congress during Circular Week 2025.

• Cash prizes – win financial awards 1st place: 5,000 PLN, 2nd place: 3,000 PLN, 3rd place: 2,000 PLN

• Trip to an international conference – the winning team will receive an invitation to the prestigious EU Stakeholder Forum in Brussels in early 2026, where they’ll present their project to industry leaders, experts, and representatives of the European Commission.

  
  

Prizes for finalists:

• 🥇 Main prize: 5,000 PLN

• 🥈 2nd place: 3,000 PLN

• 🥉 3rd place: 2,000 PLN

  
  

Learn more and read the competition brief here: https://www.circularweek.com/competition-for-students-2025

Partners:

• SGH Warsaw School of Economics

• AGH University of Science and Technology (Kraków)

• University of Warsaw

• Warsaw University of Technology

• Silesian University of Technology

• Lodz University of Technology

• Łukasiewicz Research Network

• ING Bank Śląski

• Embassy of the Netherlands in Poland

  
  

Organizers:

• INNOWO – Institute of Innovation and Responsible Development

• Kozminski University in Warsaw

  
  

Join us and be part of the shift toward a circular economy. Good luck to all participants!

We invite you to take part!

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