top of page
pexels-ingo-joseph-188035.jpg

GUIDELINES & RULES

REGISTRATION

Individual registration fee:

  • Pre-Registration: $10 per student

  • Early bird: $15 USD per student

  • Regular: $20 USD per student

​

Team Registration:

  • Team consists of 2, 3, or 4 students

QUALIFYING ROUND

Preliminary assessment:

  • Teams must submit a PDF presentation for review

  • Qualifying deck submissions should consist of 5 - 8 Google Slides, excluding the title and appendix slides

  • The appendix will be attached at the end of the presentation and can not be more than 5 slides 

  • Judges will review the submitted presentation based on the following criteria:

    • Issue diagnostic

    • Analysis of issues

    • Scope of innovation in recommendations

    • Metrics/validation

  • 50 teams (5 regions with 10 teams per region) advance to next stage

​

More information regarding submission guidelines, judging rubric, suggested content, etc will be shared ONLY with paid participants once they register. 

​

To check which region your team represents, check out our FAQ page and scroll to question #6.

REGIONAL ROUND

Regional video:

  • Top 10 submissions from each region (50 teams overall) will be invited to the regional round

  • Regional round includes: your case solution video presentation, including your team introduction and a helicopter view of the case solution from the team

  • All team members must speak and be visible in the video

  • Judges will review the submitted videos based on the following criteria:

    • Presentation Logic

    • Engaging Speaking

    • Technical Organization

    • Teamwork

  • The video must not exceed 5 minutes

  • 10 teams (top 2 teams per region) advance to global finals

​

More information regarding pitch guidelines, judging rubric, and past examples will be shared with all paid participants once the competition starts. 

FINAL ROUND

Information:

  • For the final round, the top teams will be given a new case and they'll have to present the case LIVE to judges in a virtual event. 

  • Once the Global finals are announced, the HCGCC organizing committee will prepare a detailed presentation schedule, assigning each team a specific date and time based on their respective time zones

  • The deck for this round should consist of 8 - 15 slides and present a deep dive. 

  • The focus of this round is to test your understanding of the case, the depth of your analysis, and your ability to think on your feet. 

  • Judges will review your pitch based on: 

    • Issue diagnostics 

    • Analysis

    • Scope of Innovation 

    • Recommended Solution 

    • Speaking Engagement 

    • Teamwork 

    • Q&A, etc 

​

Guidelines for presentations, detailed information, judging rubric, etc will be shared with the finalists closer to the Global Finals.

​

​​

DETAILS FOR EACH ROUND WILL BE SHARED WITH PAID REGISTRANTS ONCE THE COMPETITION STARTS. 

bottom of page