The schedule may change due to unforeseen circumstances.
Application period (February 1st to March 21, 2024)
Send your a
pplication form and complete your registration
by March 21, 2024 (Japan Time).
Competition Schedule
To prevent students from working at midnight, we typically designate five time zones. This ensures that teams from any country can receive the challenge sequentially between approximately 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. in their local time. While there may be slight variations in the chosen time zones from year to year, they typically include East Asia Time (UTC+9), Southwest Asia Time(UTC+5), Eastern European Time (UTC+2), Eastern Standard Time(UTC-5), and Pacific Standard Time(UTC-8).
The Preliminary Round serves to determine the national teams of countries that have not gone through the selection process in their home countries. If you are NOT from Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia or Turkey where representative teams are selected at national competitions, you must attend this session. Based on the score of this session, up to three teams representing your country will be selected.
Saturday, April 13, 2024 : Preliminary Round *Held in 5 different time zones
08:00-Announcement of the Challenge via e-mail
10:00-Submission of team photos via online
20:00-Submission of business plan & video presentation via online
21:00-Submission of questionnaire via online
During the Preliminary Round, you will participate in a 12-hour competition following the same time schedule as the GYEC on May 25th. If you complete your required submissions before the deadline, you can finish the competition in less than 12 hours.
Thurday, Apirl 25, 2024: Announcement of the results of Preliminary Round (JST)
11:00 AM We will announce which teams will proceed to the Final Round via e-mail
Saturday, May 25, 2024 : Final Selection *Held in 5 different time zones
08:00-Announcement of the Challenge via e-mail
10:00-Submission of team photos via online
20:00-Submission of business plan & video presentation via online
21:00-Submission of questionnaire via online
Wednesday, June 12, 2024: Announcement of the winner
We will announce the winner online. (JST)