BIC at Michigan is where students, executives, and investors come together to turn new technology into revenue, advantage, and careers — not just conversation.
Technology has already landed in the market. The question now is “Who builds what comes next?”
Student teams work with real organizations in Ann Arbor and beyond to solve real problems: forecasting demand, sharpening customer insight, automating back‑office work, and building internal copilots.
Working systems, live demos, measured results.
Students get real tools and data to compete in real markets — designing, testing, and refining strategies from paper trading to real capital. Top strategies are showcased at BIC each year.
Live strategies, track records, and a memorable story.
The Business Intelligence Conference at Michigan is where we put our work on the line. Students, investors, and executives come to prove what actually moves business forward.
Companies reveal what actually drives revenue and customer growth. Student teams present real projects and results. The Investment Lab breaks down its top strategies and the stories behind them.
A year‑round student committee curates speakers, themes, and an experience focused on what’s genuinely useful for the next decade of business.
A leader responsible for turning new technology into revenue across a major business line. Breaking down what changed inside their org — and what hasn’t.
Investors who have actually deployed capital into infrastructure, data, and applied technology. Where the money is moving, what they’re skeptical of, and what they’re hiring for.
Operators who have shipped products at scale. Live feedback on student demos: what’s deployable, what’s not, and what would need to change.
Michigan fills rooms for business in sports, music, and fashion. But the biggest shift of our careers has already landed — and there was nothing built for it.
Companies moved past “What is AI?” to “Where does it plug in? How do we make money with it?” The market rewards those who ship proof, not theory.
Ross drives strategy. SI translates data into action. Engineering ships the infrastructure. No campus brings this depth of business, data, and technical firepower.
BIC is the convergence point — the first student-led conference at Michigan where new technology is deployed, invested in, and put on stage.
BIC is recruiting its first cohort. If you want to work on real problems with real companies, run real strategies, and put the results on a stage — this is your entry point. Open to University of Michigan students across Ross, Engineering, the School of Information, and beyond.
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Every year, Michigan fills rooms to talk business in sports, music, and fashion. Those events spark new connections and stories. But the most significant shift of our generation LANDED, and nothing was built for the moment.
Companies are past “What is AI?” Now they ask, “Where does it plug in? What do we automate? How do we make money with it?” Leaders want outcomes, not just ideas, and the market rewards those who move fast and prove value.
Michigan is built for this moment. Ross shapes market strategy. The School of Information turns data into actionable insight. Engineering builds the infrastructure that brings ideas to life. Nowhere else brings together this depth of business, data, and technical firepower on one campus.
The Business Intelligence Conference at Michigan is where it all converges. It’s the first student‑led event here where new technology isn’t just discussed—it’s deployed, invested in, and put on stage so students can see real impact and where they can plug in next.
If you want to help build what’s next instead of watching from the sidelines, this is for you.
The baseline is set. Everything from here is about who builds what comes next.