General Information
The National Venues:
Organisers should ensure that the venue be fit for the purpose with 24-hour access for the team and if possible, ‘sleepover’ arrangements. The venue 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 the facilitator is there to support and motivate, not instruct or direct.
Viewing the Launch Presentation and Awards:
Each country will be able to view the launch and the final awards from Sydney, Australia by logging on to YouTube at a site address which will be disclosed prior to the commencement of the Challenge.
Teams
- Up to ten participants constitute a team
- Participants must be attending High School or College
- Participants should be aged 16 – 19 years
- Ideally, the team should possess a broad range of complimentary skills and knowledge (science and technology, business, marketing and communication)
Time zones
The world will be split into 3 time zones:
- The Americas - Canada and the US
- Europe/ Africa - Germany, Poland, Wales, the UK, Macedonia and South Africa
- Asia/Pacific - Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Philippines, Cambodia, and Singapore
Participants will see the 2012 Challenge revealed when the GEC coordinator for their country, accesses the GEC website and keys in the access code for their particular time zone. The GEC launch presentation will be repeated in each of the three time zones and will be time-locked into a global clock. The launch presentation will only be accessible to each country coordinator via a unique code provided by the Australian Host Coordinator at the nominated time in each time zone.
All National teams will compete within a 24 hour timeframe and start at the same nominated time for their time zone. However any team, regardless of where they are on the globe, may choose to run in the same timeframe as the Americas, Europe/ Africa or Asia/ Pacific, but must advise the Australian Host Coordinator at least two weeks prior to the event to ensure they are issued with the appropriate access code.
