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Regional Competition
Regional competitions have been established for the first time in 2009 to qualify teams for the World Finals, May 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The regional distribution can be found
here.
Current Regional Schedule
| Region |
Host University |
Date of
Competition |
Teams Participating |
| 11 |
University of Arizona, USA |
November 13, 2009 |
Texas A&M University, University of Texas at
Dallas, Oklahoma University, University of
Arizona |
| 8 |
Carnegie Mellon, USA |
November 13, 2009 |
Carnegie Mellon University, Virginia
Commonwealth University, University of
Cincinnati, University of Pittsburgh |
| 9 |
Indiana University, USA |
November 14, 2009 |
Indiana University, Purdue University,
University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 6 |
University of Agder , Norway |
November 18, 2009 |
University of Agder, Helsinki School of
Economics, Copenhagen Business School, Brunel
University |
| 12 |
University of British Columbia, Canada |
December 4, 2009 |
University of Utah, University of Washington
at Seattle, University of British Columbia |
| 7 |
Polytechnic Institute of New York
University, USA |
December 2009 |
TBD |
| 4 |
Monterrey Tech, Mexico |
January 2010 |
TBD |
| 5 |
Indian School of Business, India |
January 2010 |
TBD |
Regional competitions will be structured in the following way:
- Twelve regions have been identified worldwide
- Each competition will be managed by a regional coordinator
who is a faculty member at a local university
- not necessarily one of the competing teams
- Prizes and financial support will be provided by a
sponsoring company
- No fewer than 5 teams of 3 students each will compete in
each regional competition, with no more than 1 team from a
single school, and including as many states/countries within a
region as possible.
- Each team is expected to have at least one student who is
majoring in Information Technology, Information Systems or
similar degree.
- Winning universities at regionals may substitute team
members for the World Finals (due to graduation, etc.)
A typical one-day regional competition consists of:
- A brief welcoming session, which may include sponsor remarks
- The presentation of the case challenge to the competing
teams (or this may be sent to them prior to the competition)
- Team preparation of the case solution
- Team presentations to the judges - usually 30 minutes each,
with an additional 15-minute question period
- Deliberation by judges
- Feedback to all teams on their presentation
- Final results and awards ceremony, with photos of sponsor
representative and winning teams
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