Judging 2025

Judging Events
2024-2025 Edition

The Jury - The 'Phoenices' of 2025

We are honoured to announce that The jury for the final event of the 2024-2025 edition of Phoenix Nest will consist of:

Ms Pauline Tamesis
United Nations Resident Coordinator in Viet Nam >>

Mr Nicholas Daltry

International Commercial Manager. Treasurer of the UNIS SCO >>

Ms Jane McGee
Head of School, UNIS Hanoi >>

Ms Maria Chung

Board Chair, UNIS Hanoi >>

Master of Ceremony

Mr Fady Tabbara

UNIS I&S Teacher

Finalists
Judges Score Card
Slide deck

Special Thanks to

Mr Nguyen Huy Thong, Ms Nguyen Thi Thuy Lien, Mr Ngoc Phung, Ms Giang Pham - Technical and Logistical Support
Ms Kate Dore - UNIS Service Learning Coordinator
UNIS MS Science and Design Teams

Judging criteria

The Challenge

Work as a team to develop a plan for a sustainable social enterprise that has a meaningful impact at our school, in Hanoi or in Vietnam. Pitch your plan to the Phoenix Nest judges and convince them to invest in you!

Technical success - The social enterprise ...

Is technically feasible
Has a high impact resolving a need
Has a low environmental impact

Marketing success - The social enterprise ...

Has an accessible target community
Has an effective marketing strategy
Appeals to our UNIS community specifically

Strategic success - The social enterprise ...

Is financially feasible from the initial investment
Is financially sustainable over time
Has growth potential

Innovation success - The social enterprise ...

Has a clear Unique Selling Proposition
Has no negative side effects
Positively affects behaviour in our community

"Constraints aren't the boundaries of creativity, but the foundation of it." -- Brandon Rodriguez.

Judging Events

Preliminary rounds

February 10 & 11

UNIS Theatre

Programme

Monday, February 10 | 13:00-14:00 | 8.5 (6 teams)
Monday, February 10 | 14:30-15:30 | 8.4 (6 teams)
Tuesday, February 11 | 10:00-11:05 | 8.1 (4 teams)
Tuesday, February 11 | 11:55-13:00 | 8.2 (5 teams)
Tuesday, February 11 | 14:30-15:30 | 8.3 (4 teams)

All teams will pitch to a 4-person jury. The judges will be UNIS staff or parents only. The team’s pitch and the judges' feedback will be filmed as input for the evaluation stage of the project. These pitches will happen during Design class time in a conference room in Building B8B.

Final

Friday, February 14

UNIS Theatre

Programme

09:20-09:30 Announcements
09:30-09:40 Welcome to the judges and procedures
09:40-10:10 Pitch Team 1, 2, 3, 4
10:10-10:20 Break
10:20-10:50 Pitch Team 5, 6, 7, 8
10:50-10:55 Judges retreat
10:55-11:05 Results and presentation of prize
11:05 MS Lunch

The top 8 teams scoring highest against the judging criteria will pitch again - this time at the Phoenix’ Nest finale event in the UNIS Theatre. There will be 4 high-profile judges for this event.

Stage Planning