Rules and Regulations

Eligibility
Eligibility

During the Competition, all teams shall be composed of 3-5 participants and their coaches. If a substitute is provided for any team member, the team must inform the organizing committee prior to the competition day and the substitute must participate for the entirety of the event following their entry.

COMPETITION RULES
  • All communication with participants, case materials, and presentations will and must be provided in English.
  • All teams must prepare and present the case provided. A panel of judges will select the finalists. Judging panels will be composed of academic and business leaders who are respected for their experience in the particular industry.
  • Case teams are required to submit all presentations as PDF files. Other presentation software is not permitted. By submitting your presentation, you give consent for the Organizing committee to provide your presentation and all applicable details to the sponsor organization for their internal use.
  • The team pool and presentation order will be randomly drawn on the evening before the competition. Presentations will begin the next morning. Delegates will be given a random team number.
  • Delegates cannot refer to their university during presentations and may not wear any institution-affiliated clothing. Judges will address all teams by their team numbers. Any team that does divulge university information could be subject to point deductions and/or disqualification, which is up to the discretion of the organizing team.
  • Team presentations will be up to 15 minutes long with 10 minutes for questions from the judges. Teams will be provided with a five-minute and one-minute warning by a timekeeper during the presentation. Teams will be penalized for going past 15 minutes in length for presentations.
  • The organizing committee will not be held responsible for technical problems that arise either during the preparatory period or during the presentation itself.
  • All teams will remain inside the simulcast rooms during the entirety of the presentations. We ask that listeners remain respectful and quiet during the presentations of the other teams so as not to distract the presenters.
  • The use of laptops, while another team is presenting, is strictly prohibited.
  • Additionally, the presentation room is open to public viewing. If you brought guests, they are welcome to listen to the presentations as long as they maintain this same respectful decorum.
  • Following all of the first-round presentations, the judges will make their final decisions. This information will be sealed and submitted to the organizers.
  • The sponsor and judges do not know which students represent which schools at this time. Finalists will be announced after lunch and the final presentation rounds will take place the same afternoon. Teams advancing to the final round will present again their recommendation followed by a more rigorous round of questions from judges.
Dress code
  • It is important to dress professionally while participating in the competition. The dress code for the competition is business professional.
  • It is important that team members not only wear professional clothing but also that they are comfortable in their attire.
  • You may not wear any institution-affiliated clothing.
SCORING CRITERIA
SCORING CRITERIA

Teams will be judged using standardized scoring criteria provided in the delegate package.

Score Sheet
COMPETITION MECHANISM
  • Direct mechanisms for the competition will be used. There will be only one preliminary pool of up to 10 teams.
  • The top 2 teams from the preliminary round will advance to the final round. The judges that will be in the preliminary round may be different from judges that will be judging the final round.
  • During the final round battle will be conducted between the 2 finalists. Each team will have an opportunity to ask 3 questions to the opponent. So it is essential, that each team carefully listen to others and take notes during the preliminary round.
  • The judging panel for the final round will determine the winner of the competition and the results will be announced at the awards and cocktail reception following the event on the same day.
  • Scores will be based on the quality, feasibility, and creativity of the proposed solution based on the detailed analysis of the problems that are set forth in the case study, quality of presentation and responses during Q&A, utilization of industry-specific knowledge, etc.