This year marks an exciting new chapter for the BDEEM program as we announce a partnership with the crowdsourcing platform Agorize. This collaboration will provide our students with an annual opportunity to participate in major innovation challenges, offering them a unique platform to demonstrate their creativity, build robust professional portfolios, and expand their industry networks.

For our inaugural year, students participated in the Rail Innovation Challenge, sponsored by FerroCampus. Based in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, FerroCampus is a recognized center of excellence for the railway sector. The association is dedicated to training, boosting the industry's appeal, and pioneering experimental solutions for the train of the future.

Reaching the semi-finals is a remarkable achievement, especially considering the highly competitive nature of this contest, which pits participants against teams from some of the most prestigious higher education institutions in France. Our students applied their strategic intelligence and behavioral economics training to propose innovative solutions for tomorrow's railway challenges.

Congratulations to our participating students for their hard work, ingenuity, and for representing the BDEEM program so brilliantly on a national stage. We look forward to seeing what our future cohorts will achieve in upcoming challenges.