Oh, Canada!
The city of Vancouver is located in this Canadian province
What is British Columbia?
This is the total length of time teams are given for the Case I deliberation
What is 6 hours?
To ensure anonymity and prevent judge bias, teams must use this instead of their real school name.
What is a fictitious team name?
All official slide decks must be submitted in this primary Microsoft file format.
What is PowerPoint (.pptx)?
This non-presentation event is mandatory for all team members; failing to attend results in immediate disqualification of the entire team.
What is the welcome ceremony?
These are the official languages of Canada
What are English and French?
This is the total length of time teams are given for the Case II deliberation.
What is 24 hours?
This is the required dress code for all presentations, and it must not show any university affiliation.
What is business formal?
A copy of the presentation must also be uploaded in this format to serve as a backup in case of technical issues.
What is PDF?
While presenting, teams will see their remaining time on an iPad, but the Organizing Committee will not provide these at any point during the session.
What are time warnings?
1 US Dollar is equal to this many Canadian dollars
What is 1.36?
This number of teams that present in the Case II Finals
What is 5?
Teams are allowed to bring a maximum of this many personal non-mobile phone devices (like laptops) into the deliberation room.
What is four?
Competitors are permitted to use these tools during deliberation, provided they are cited when relevant to the case.
What are LLMs?
Teams have this much time for checking technology and getting into position, before the presentation timing starts.
What is 5 minutes?
Approximately 30% of Vancouver’s population hails from what area of the world?
What is East / Southeast Asia?
(Another 10% come from South Asia / India)
For both Case I and Case II Preliminary rounds, this is the exact time limit for the presentation portion, excluding Q&A.
What is 15 minutes?
These two specific types of personal electronic devices are strictly prohibited and will be checked by the Organizing Committee.
What are mobile phones and smart watches?
Slide decks must only be created and edited using what identity?
What is your registered email address?
If you need food during the 24-hour Case II deliberation, you can use delivery apps (like Uber Eats), but you must notify the committee via this specific platform so an official can pick it up for you.
What is LiveChat?
This park in downtown Vancouver is approximately 10% larger than NYC’s Central Park
What is Stanley Park?
This is the length of the Q&A period following each preliminary-round presentation.
What is 5 minutes?
During the 24-hour Case II deliberation, random checks by the committee will only occur during this specific 12-hour window.
What is 12:00 PM to 12:00 AM?
(What are they looking for?)
This is the immediate consequence for a team that fails to appear for their scheduled presentation time.
What is disqualification?
If a team believes a rule was applied unfairly, they have exactly this many minutes after the occurrence or notification to file a formal appeal.
What is 30 minutes?