Launching Monday February 28th and runs throughout the week

DBS Innovation Week - Investment Challenge 2022

You asked, and we brought it back!

To kick off the Business Innovation Week, we are launching a Simulated Stock Trading Competition! Practice trading with virtual money to sharpen your knowledge of how the stock market works and how to use an online brokerage.

Cash prizes for first and second place, the winner will be the contestant with the most valuable portfolio on Thursday at 9pm (Close of the New York Market) The prizes will be presented at the closing event on Friday Afternoon.

Website to sign-up for Game: https://www.investopedia.com/simulator/

Game name "Challenge February March 2022" - just search for this phrase on the simulator and the game will appear

Password for the game to be circulated with the response to the students sign-up on Eventbrite (see below)

Winners will be announced on Friday afternoon.

Register here

Monday February 28th

1-2pm

Masterclass Series | UX with Ciaran Harris (Co-founder of Each&Other) 

Masterclass theme - "UX Within The Evolving Workplace"

Each&Other is a leading European design consultancy with a single focus: to deliver extraordinary results for smart organizations. They create product and service experiences that help you deliver measurable results and increased profits, across all platforms.

Ciarán Harris is a vigilant advocate for the user's experience. He applies human-centered design thinking to skilfully merge research, best practice & innovation in order to craft elegant user experience solutions for the clients of Each&Other. 

Sign up for this talk here!

Student Monopoly Night, hosted by the DBS Consulting Society: 

As part of our annual Innovation Week at DBS the Consulting Society wants to unite students on the greatest unifying game of all time, Monopoly.

Experience the ups and downs of the dice on Monday at 7pm in the Common Room with your friends and other students of DBS. The rules will be explained before the game, so come even if you haven't played before.

The night will follow with more fun activities. The winners team will get the share of a €100 dine in Dublin Voucher, along with some DBS t-shirts. There will be free pizzas and BYOB! 

Get your tickets here!

Tuesday March 1st 

(2-3pm)

Masterclass Series | Gerard Farrell, Operative Director of DublinTown

Masterclass theme - ‘’Creating a new night-time economy in Dublin City’’

Event update : This event is now fully online , join us here - https://dbs.zoom.us/j/98250057620

As Operative Director of DublinTown Gerard Farrell is responsible for the activities of their day and night time cleaning teams as well as the Street Ambassador programme. Gerard has through his role as Operative Director been part of the Grafton Street Improvement Scheme working group, the Grow Dublin Task Force sub-group on Cruise Tourism, the "Better City for All" report alongside a lot more.

His studies in Communication and Media as well as his 10+ years of experience enable him to simplify the science of why post-covid has changed the city's economy and how they’re trying to reinvent the night-time economy. Gerard brings a track record of integrity, creativity, and passion to everything he does.

Register for this talk here!

Join in via the link below;

https://dbs.zoom.us/j/98250057620

Tuesday 1st March

10am & 12pm

Careers Assessment Center - Workshop

Assessment centres have become popular and a common method of assessing job candidates’ abilities and performance to establish if they are a suitable match from a skillset and cultural perspective. This workshop has been designed to equip students with the information and tips to not only understand but successfully navigate Assessment centres and will be filled with free resources to help you begin to prepare.

This workshop will be accessible both physically and online at 10 am and 12 pm on Tuesday, 1 March 2022.  

Register here. 

Wednesday March 2nd 

1-2pm

CH4.7

Masterclass Series | Entrepreneurial Talk by Luke Rynne Cullen

Masterclass theme - ‘’Starting out as an Entrepreneur’

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As a founder of TuneRelease and Applaud Luke Rynne-Cullen is thriving to create a platform that streamlines music promotion & artist discovery. With a long list of experience and studies in both music, drama and history Luke will talk about "How no-code tools are enabling founders to build, iterate & generate revenue faster than before"

Luke Rynne Cullen will answer your questions about how it is to start out as an Entrepreneur and the obstacles it comes with.

Sign up for this exciting talk by clicking here!

Wednesday March 2nd 

5-8pm

Industry Innovation Challenge - Flagship Challenge

Students of DBS are invited to take part in the biggest challenge of the semester!

Students will have to come up with an Innovative Marketing idea and win €300. Teams will be asked to register in group of three. From here you will work using the Lean Canvas Model on the evening of the event. The best Lean Canvas and presentations are going to receive different prizes. 

The judges of this event will be Richard O’Callahan (Accounting and Finance Course Director), Rita Day (Business Course Director) and Dr. Paul Mc Evoy (Full Time Lecturer), along with industry input from our banking partners Moneyjar.ie

This event is proudly sponsored by MoneyJar.ie

Register your team here!

Thursday March 3rd 

Masterclass Series - “Future Working”

This panel discussion is with leading industry experts exploring the Future of Work in the context of teams, company culture, performance management and graduate opportunities. An opportunity to ask the experts their opinion and direction of employability for career opportunities.

Hosted by Tim Bicknell who is a senior member of the Industry Advisory Board at Dublin Business School.

Register here!

Or join us at the time here!

https://zoom.us/my/dbscommonroom

Friday 4th March

10am - 2pm

Business Society presents: LinkedIn Headshots!!

Get your new LinkedIn profile secured and have the chance to win DBS merchandise along with a shoutout on our social page.

The Business Society invites all DBS students to get their professional photographs clicked by a professional photographer. By filling out the google form linked in our Instagram you're also competing for best bio and will have the chance not only to win free merchandise but also to get promoted through the Business Society LinkedIn page - a chance to get seen by other companies.

DRESS CODE: Professional Attire

The photographer will be in college between 10 pm - 2 pm so this event is, therefore a drop in session between those hours. All the funds raised go towards the Irish Cancer Society. 

Register for your LinkedIn Headshot here!

Friday 4th March

6-8pm

Student Networking Night host by the Business Society

The Business Society hereby invites all DBS students on a Student Networking Night to end the Business and Innovation week in a good spirit. Students will get the chance to meet and connect with people from a variety of degrees, all with one thing in common: a passion for networking.

BYOB and be ready for surprises along the way, such as Powerpoint Karaoke and prizes. This is a college event you don't want to miss out on.

Register for free tickets here!

Podcast episodes to look out for

Innovation Week Podcast Session 1 

Changes within the workplace - Are we ready for change?

This episode will be hosted by senior lecturing staff Keelin Lee and David Wallace and Academic Director Rita Day

Innovation Week Podcast Session 2 

The Value of Business Ethics within the Workplace

This episode will be hosted by Academic Director Rita Day and senior lecturer Chantal Ladias

Listen back when they are live on our Spofity channel here!