December 2, 2019

2020 PDMA Product Innovation Competition for Students

Product Development and Management Association or PDMA is pleased to announce the student innovation competition at the 2020 Innovate Carolina conference! This is our 11th conference, and we continue to expect incredible ideas from our student innovators and hope your school can join the 2020 Student competition.

What do students and their university get?

  • Invitation to present your idea at the 2020 PDMA National Conference in New Orleans on Sep 19 – 22
  • An opportunity to win a cash prize – we offer 1st and 2nd prize for both undergrad and grad
  • Practice presenting your product idea and marketing plan
  • Receive mentorship and feedback from industry leaders in the innovation space
  • Innovate Carolina Conference admission and networking opportunity with those in the business
  • Winning team will represent their university in the Innovate Carolina & PDMA National conferences and will be included in the press release

We will offer two “office hours” call in times for faculty and students to ask questions to the board.

Important dates:

Office Hour 1                   Tuesday, January 21st 6 p.m. ET

Office Hour 2                   Tuesday, February 18th 6 p.m. ET

Intent to submit               Friday, March 6th

Full submission                Friday, March 27th

Conference                      Thursday, April 23th at UNCC Center City in Charlotte, NC

What is Innovate Carolina?

Innovate Carolina is an annual conference held in North Carolina, focused on innovation and new product development.  Innovate Carolina is sponsored by the Carolinas chapter of the Product Development Management Association (PDMA), an association focused on improving the skills and capabilities of its members in product development, product management and innovation.

Please refer to the attached document for more details on the 2020 Student competition.

Please feel free to share with your colleagues and students who may be interested. Please feel free to reach out to Dinesh Perumal (dinesh.perumal@wellsfargo.com) and Cheryl Jacobs (Cheryl.jacobs@wellsfargo.com), if you have any question.