Rules for the Selection of Participants

1. Each team should consist of four students and a coach.
2. All participants must be full-time undergraduate students enrolled at the participating university in the competition year.
   All participants should have graduated from secondary school no longer than eight years ago.
3. Students who have participated in previous editions of the competition are not eligible to compete again.

Rules for Participants

General

1. The competition will be carried out on the ZOOM platform. In case the team does not have access to ZOOM through their university, a single ZOOM license will be provided by ACRC to the team upon request.
2. Participants are responsible for installing the required ZOOM software on their devices and be within the coverage of internet network allowing high speed data transfer for the purpose of smooth audio/video conferencing. All participants are required to log in from the device with properly working Video Camera connected or built in their devices. All participants are advised to use a headset and be in a quiet space for better audio quality.
3. By participating, students consent that the presentation and recorded Q&A session will be used by ACRC and HKU for educational, promotional and other purposes.

Preparation Stage

1. Participants are allowed to use any and all publicly available materials. This includes online as well as offline materials. During the competition, students are only allowed to discuss the case with their group members. Case related discussion with coaches, teachers, company executives, friends and family is not allowed until after each round.
2. Students are allowed to use collaboration software such as Google Docs or similar during the case preparation.

Presentation

1. All Presentations will be held live on ZOOM.
2. All presentation must be no longer than 20 minutes. Presentations will be timed and halted at the 20 minutes mark.
3. HKU will endeavor to run all Presentations on time, however, the organizer reserves the right to change the Presentation times for any reason (including technical or other issues).
4. All slides should be handwritten and imported into pdf format with a file size less than 25MB.
5. Students should submit their deck in ppt or pdf file format on or before the time set by the organizer.
6. Everybody is required to be logged in to ZOOM meeting at least 15 minutes before the start of their Presentation. The ZOOM meeting link or ID will be sent to all participants by ACRC in advance. Participants should inform ACRC in case they have not received the link or ID number at least an hour before the Presentation. The Presentation will be directly followed by the Q&A session.
7. All team members have to be visible at all times during the presentation.
8. The ppt or pdf file submitted will be the one used during the presentation. No additional slides or modification to the slides will be allowed after submission.
9. The submitted presentation may include back up slides with additional details that will not be used during the presentation but may be used for the Q&A session if necessary.
10. Students must use the competition template slide as the opening slide of their deck. The template will be provided by ACRC.
11. Each student must use the background slide provided by ACRC assuming their PC has the capacity to use backgrounds in ZOOM. Each student will type in their name and the university they represent in their background slide.
12. The Q&A sessions should start on time. Only students, team coaches within the same division, judges and organizers are allowed in the Q&A session online ZOOM meeting.
13. During the Presentation students are only allowed to use ZOOM software. Students are not allowed to use any type of collaboration software, social media, or instant messaging software such as Whatsapp and Wechat during the Presentation session. Hand written notes between team members or oral communication off camera during Q&A is also not allowed.
14. During the Presentation, students cannot be in the same room as their team mate or their coach.

Q&A

1. Q&A session will last for 15 minutes. The Q&A session will be timed and halted at the 15 minutes mark.
2. The teams need to be available for the Q&A session for at least 4 hours after the original scheduled time in case the session needs to be rescheduled.
3. The Q&A sessions should start on time. Only students, team coaches within the same division, judges and organizers are allowed in the Q&A session online ZOOM meeting.
4. During the Q&A session, students cannot be in the same room as their team mate or their coach.
5. During the Q&A session students are only allowed to use ZOOM software. Students are not allowed to use any type of collaboration software, social media, or instant messaging software such as Whatsapp and Wechat during the Q&A session. Hand written notes between team members or oral communication off camera during Q&A is also not allowed.

Other Rules

1. If one team member is sick or otherwise unable to participate, the team can request the approval from ACRC to continue as a team of three. A team that has fewer than three members has to forfeit.
2. Team members that have not participated in at least one presentation are ineligible for any prize or certificate of participation.
3. All team members are required to participate at least once in their respective presentation(s).
4. All teams must attend all rounds of competition, and all award ceremonies, either as participants or observers.
5. Teams or team members who fail to comply with the competition rules will be disqualified.
6. If disputes occur, the decision of the Asia Case Research Centre shall be final.
7. The preparation and presentation times for teams may be amended at any time by the Asia Case Research Centre.
8. If in doubt about any of the rules, participants should consult a member of Asia Case Research Centre.