What is it?

“The PEN Worldwide 2025 Elevator Pitch Competition” takes place on May 15th, 2025 and focuses on diversity. The Elevator Pitch Competition will test trainee presentation skills and creativity and your ability to persuade the jury about your Practice Enterprise’s strategy to diversify and market your enterprise to another region/ country. 

Trainees from Practice Enterprises from around the world will make sales pitches to persuade potential customers from other countries to purchase their products and build interest in their enterprise.

When is it?

Thursday, May 15th, 2025 – from 9:00-12:00 CET (suitable for Europe and Asia continents)

Thursday,  May 15th, 2025 – from 14:00-17:00 CET (suitble for the Americas)

To calculate the time difference in your location, please check out: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

What are the prizes?

1st place – 50 000 USD (Practice Enterprise Currency) 

2nd place – 30 000 USD (Practice Enterprise Currency) 

3rd place – 15 000 USD (Practice Enterprise Currency)

*The results will be announced on Tuesday May 20th, 2025. 

The results will be available on our events results page and our social media.

Requirements:

Evaluation Criteria:

Sales Pitch Etiquette: