Join the team behind the Cooperathon powered by Desjardins and Velocity, the entrepreneurial centre at the University of Waterloo for a speed challenge where you’ll team up to build solutions with real-world impact.  

​Come race against the clock to find innovative solutions to important problems facing people, our planet and our prosperity.  

​The Speed Challenge is open to anyone aged 18 and up, regardless of whether you are a student of UWaterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, Conestoga College or a resident of Kitchener-Waterloo.

​NO TECHNICAL BACKGROUND REQUIRED!

​Join the Speed Challenge to:

• ​Learn and practice skills in ideation and innovation and apply these skills to start creating solutions to issues that can help people, planet and prosperity  

• ​Learn more about the Cooperathon powered by Desjardins, a Canada-wide free entrepreneurial program that helps develop an innovative idea to start a business or advance academic research, culminating in a competition offering $100K in cash prizes and personalized support to empower projects with the highest social, environmental, or economic impact potential come to life.
• The potential to win gift card prizes for the top-marked teams

​Problem Spaces‍

‍People: Solutions promoting well-being, equity, and accessibility.

‍Planet: Solutions for sustainability, climate resilience, and the natural environment.

‍Prosperity: Solutions for economic inclusion, industrial modernization, and digital trust.

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