The schedule may change due to unforeseen circumstances.
Application period (February 1st to March 21, 2024)
Send us your
application form and complete your registration
by March 21, 2024.
Competition Schedule
In order to avoid having students work midnight, participating teams are allocated to 5 time zones. So you will start your challenge between 6 am and 9 am in your country's time. We will let the registered teams know which time zone each team belongs to.
Saturday, April 13, 2024 : Preliminary Round *Held in 5 different time zones
08:00-Announcement of the challenge
10:00-Submission of team photos
18:00-Submission of business plan
20:00-Submission of video presentation
21:00-Submission of online questionnaire
The Preliminary Round plays the role of your national selection. 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, 3 teams representing your country will be selected.
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
11:00 – We will announce which teams will proceed to the Final Round (JST)
Saturday, May 25, 2024 : Final Selection *Held in 5 different time zones
08:00-Announcement of the challenge (Opening of GYEC)
10:00-Submission of team photos
18:00-Submission of business plan
20:00-Submission of video presentation (Closure of GYEC)
21:00-Submission of online questionnaire
Wednesday, June 12, 2024: Announcement of the winner
11:00-We will announce the winner online. (JST)