The Asia Pacific Business Events Youth Challenge

This competition aims to support students and young professionals under the age of 30 in the Business Events industry, offering participants an exclusive opportunity to take centre stage and showcase their innovative and creative ideas. The challenge is designed to test the participants' ability to meet the requirements and criteria outlined in a client's bid document or brief. The finalists then get the chance to be hosted by the event's host city for their final presentation, with the winning team being invited to attend the ICCA Congress.

2024 Edition

Congratulations to Team Futurequity (Ms. Chow Tse Hui and Ms. Khoo Ky Lee) from Sunway University, Malaysia and Team Macao Innovate x2 from Venetian Macau Limited (Ms. Miki Lei) and Wellknown Convention and Exhibition Consultancy Company Limited (Ms. Zoe Ho), Macau for winning a trip to ICCA Congress 2024 in Abu Dhabi, hosted by Daejeon CVB, Korea MICE Association and ICCA. We look forward to having you!

And because the entries were exceptionally inspiring this year, ICCA would also like to recognize the Young Professionals for their outstanding proposals and presentations!

Team Asian Heart, Galaxy Macau, Macau
Team KLCC, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia
Team Rhinoceros Hornbill, Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK), Malaysia
Team Vivid Sparks, Qube Integrated Malaysia Sdn Bhd/MITEC, Malaysia
Team Welly, Conferences and Events Ltd and WellingtonNZ/Business Events Wellington, New Zealand

We would like to sincerely thank the organizations below for encouraging and empowering the teams to participate in this challenge. The competition was incredibly strong this year, and we look forward to seeing more innovative minds and engaging youth in the future!

Asia Pacific University, Malaysia
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Beijing North Star Convention & Exhibition Investment Co., Ltd, China
Business Events Perth, Australia
Conference Innovators, New Zealand
Dongduk Women's University, Republic of Korea (Finalist Team: DICE)
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Inti International College Penang, Malaysia
Kongju National University, Republic of Korea
Korea University, Republic of Korea
Kyungsung University, Republic of Korea
Macau Expo Group Limited, Macau
Nanyang Polytechnic Singapore, Singapore
PACIFICO Yokohama, Japan
Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Solbridge International School of Business, Republic of Korea (Finalist Team: Scammers from Chayandong Street)
Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea
Taylor's University, Malaysia
Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore (Finalist Team: MICE Trailblazers)
Woosong University, Republic of Korea

History

2024 – Hosted by Daejeon Metropolitan City, co-hosting with ICCA and Korea MICE Association
2023 – Hosted by Goyang CVB, co-hosting with ICCA and Korea MICE Association
2022 – Hosted by Goyang CVB, co-hosting with ICCA and Korea MICE Association