Participant Details

2025 Sub-Regional Competition Details

• There are 141 teams competing in the Sub-Regional.
• Teams were assigned to sub-regions based on geographic area. A list of all teams can be viewed under the Competition Levels tab. Specific breakout assignments can be viewed here.
• Sub-Regional scores will be based 100% on presentation.
  • Presentation Score: Teams will record a 10-minute presentation and submit it by Thursday, 13 March at 12:00pm ET following the instructions. This may be very early morning or late at night for some teams, so please plan accordingly and submit earlier rather than later. A team of volunteers will evaluate the submitted presentations. There will not be a question and answer session and that 20-point category has been removed from the scoring rubric.
• Based on the presentation scores, the top team(s) from each Sub-Region will advance to the Regional Semifinals. Teams will be announced 27 March 2025 via email.

Teams are required to record their presentations using Zoom Virtual Meeting or similar software to ensure consistency for our judges. Submitted video files should be in their raw, unedited form – we don’t expect or want this to be a highly produced video. Teams may record their presentations together in one place or separately – whichever makes the most sense for your team. Judges are aware that some teams will have different recording setups and this will not impact team’s scores in any way. You are encouraged and expected to update your presentations from the previous round. These presentations will not be anonymous, so you are welcome to include your university name.

Submit Your Presentation

When submitting your presentations, you will need to submit the following:

• Video file of your team presentation: our submission system requires the files to be less than 250MB
• Print-ready presentation file: the version that is physically provided to the judges. Print-ready slides should be non-animated, may include your appendix slides, and must be in PDF format.

Questions? Contact us at [email protected]. 

Regional Semifinal Competition Details

The Semifinal round will be held in a live virtual format on Zoom.

• • EMEA Semifinals – Tuesday, 8 April at 2pm UK time* (9am ET)
  • Americas Semifinals – Tuesday, 8 April at 2pm ET*
  • Asia Pacific Semifinals – Wednesday, 9 April at 11am HKT* (11pm ET – Tuesday)

*Event start times may need to be adjusted depending on participant timezones.

Regional Final Competition Details

The Regional Final round will be held in a live virtual format on Zoom.

• • EMEA Regional Final – Thursday, 10 April at 2pm UK time* (9am ET)
  • Americas Regional Final – Thursday, 10 April at 2pm ET*
  • Asia Pacific Regional Final – Friday, 11 April at 11am HKT* (11pm ET – Thursday)

*Event start times may need to be adjusted depending on participant timezones.

Global Final Competition Details

• The Global Final will take place in-person on Monday, 5 May in Chicago.
• A recording of the event will be available for viewing in the days following.