Competition

Rules & Regulations

• Students will be obliged to maintain the highest standards of academic honesty throughout this competition and to abide by the rules and procedures outlined herein. The organizers of the event reserve the right to make minor modifications and to issue clarifications to these rules prior to the competition. Teams that fail to comply with the rules will be disqualified
• Dress code is business attire
• A minimum of two of three, or three of four team members, depending on the size of your team, must attend Part 2 in order to compete. All competing team members must be present and participate in both of the Part 2 rounds and presentations if successful
• Teams may not seek advice or information nor otherwise consult with any third party (including the sponsoring faculty member) at any time throughout the competition
• Internet access is permitted and use of publicly available information found on the internet is allowed
• Slide decks must include a title slide showing only the team number. No individual or institutional names, or any use of slide backgrounds or formats that might make it possible to identify the team members or the School that they represent may be included in any of the slides
• Slide decks are limited to a maximum of 11 slides including the title slide 
• Slide decks must be submitted by 12:30pm to the email addresses identified by the organizers
• The order in which teams present will be determined by lot. Times and locations for the Semi-Final Round presentations will be provided at the start of the day
• The announcement of the three teams participating in the Final Round will be made at 4:30 pm, along with their presentation times
• Semi-Finalist and Finalist teams must be outside of the presentation room at least ten minutes before their respective scheduled presentation times
• Each presenting team, in both the Semi-Final and Final Rounds, will have up to fifteen minutes to present its recommendations allocated as follows: up to eight minutes for an initial uninterrupted presentation and the remaining time for Q&A with the judges. No changes to the slides are permitted after they have been submitted by email
• Final Round contestants may not witness presentations by other teams unless their team has already presented. No Semi-Final Round contestants may witness presentations by other teams
• In the event that an interpretation of the rules is required, the decision of the organizers will be final
• All communications between competitors and the organizers in advance of the competition are to be directed to developersden@schulich.yorku.ca. Any communications will come from the Co-Chairs

*Rules and Regulations subject to change