
TIMELINE HCGCC 2025
All deadlines are 23:59 (GMT + 0) on the dates mentioned below
Regional Winners +
Global Case Release
14th Jul
12th Oct
29th Oct
12th Nov
25th Nov
2nd Dec
Registrations
Open
Live
Webinars Begin
Regional Submission
Deadline
Video Pitch
Submissions
Global Submission Deadline
Global Winner
Announced
16th Oct
22nd Oct
7th Nov
18th Nov
30th Nov
Registrations
Close
Regional Case
Announcement
Regional Qualifiers
Announced
Live Global
Finals
18th Oct
Team Registrations
Close
GUIDELINES
QUALIFYIERS
Preliminary assessment:
REGIONALS
Regional video:
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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:
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Issue diagnostic
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Analysis of issues
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Scope of innovation in recommendations
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Metrics/validation
50 teams (5 regions with 10 teams per region) advance to next stage
To check which region your team represents, check out our FAQ page and scroll to question #6.
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:
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Presentation Logic
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Engaging Speaking
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Technical Organization
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Teamwork
The video must not exceed 5 minutes
10 teams (top 2 teams per region) advance to global
finals
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GLOBAL FINALS
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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:
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Issue diagnostics
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Analysis
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Scope of Innovation
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Recommended Solution
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Speaking Engagement
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Teamwork
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Q&A, etc
Guidelines for presentations, detailed information, judging rubric, etc will be shared with all the participants closer to the rounds!
DETAILS FOR EACH ROUND WILL BE SHARED WITH PAID REGISTRANTS ONCE THE COMPETITION STARTS.