Twenty-four teams.
One Medal.
The GQC Global Final is the championship round of the year. Six city winners and eighteen wildcards advance from the regional showcases to a two-day defence in New York. The Founder’s, Research and Impact Prizes are named on the Saturday; the GQC Medal is awarded on Sunday.
Twelve hours of defence.
All twenty-four teams pitch in three parallel rooms, six minutes each plus six minutes of senior-jury questions. Public audience admitted by pass.
Closed sessions in which the senior jury debates and names the Founder’s, Research and Impact Prizes. Teams shortlisted for the Medal are notified Saturday evening.
The three Medal-shortlisted teams defend their work for a final fifteen minutes each in front of the full jury. The Medal is presented at the Sunday-evening ceremony at The Cooper Union.