The following information is applicable if you are considering holding a competition and linking in to the Global finals in Sydney via the web. Many countries hold a local competition concurrently with the Global Final, choose the winner and send that entry via the web. Alternatively, the competition may have taken place at a different date, but the country winners must participate in the 24 hour challenge to coincide with the Global final.

Participants:
Should be aged 16 – 19 years

Teams:
Up to ten participants constitute a team

The venue:
Organisers should ensure that the venue should be fit for purpose, with 24-hour access for the team and if possible ‘sleepover’ arrangements. It should have, as a minimum, e-mail capability and Internet access.

Support:
The team should have access to a facilitator at key stages during the 24-hour period. This facilitator could be drawn from the business community, business support services, or academia. Please ensure that the facilitator is there to support and motivate, not instruct or direct.

For entry to the Global Final:
Specific instructions will be sent out closer to the date of the event to tell you which file format entries must be in and which email address they should be sent to. However the following must be sent to enable remote entry to the Global final:

• Video file of presentation
• Document file of team business plan
• Picture/video file of team prototype

Live web-streaming:
Each country can link in to the live web-stream from Sydney which will show the 24 hour competition and the winner’s announcements.