We’re looking for executive judges to evaluate the students’ presentations in this year’s in-person competition on Thursday, April 18.
We’ll be at the University of Massachusetts Mt. Ida campus in Newton (just outside of Boston) from April 17 to April 19. Our first priority is to recruit individuals who can join us on campus for the Thursday, April 18 full presentations. We’ll be working with 75-minute time blocks starting as early as 8/8:30 AM and running as late as 6/6:30 PM. You are welcome to judge as many sessions as you like, but we recognize how busy everyone is and never ask for more than one session.
Since we’ve been online over the last few years, however, we’ve built a terrific roster of judges from a number of countries and different parts of the U.S., and we want to find a way for those judges to continue participating. We’re currently working on the details of the necessary technology, and we’re confident we’ll find a way to make this happen.
The link below will take you to a judge registration form that asks you, as a first step, to indicate your availability.
At this point in our planning, we’re seeking judges only for Thursday, April 18. (Because this is our first time back in person after a while online, and because we’re at a new venue, we’re trying to make sure we aren’t creating unnecessary complexities.) The Friday sessions (the 10-minute and 90-second presentations) will be handled by our staff of uberjudges. However, if it turns out that we can accommodate off-site judges for Friday, we’ll be back in touch.
We’re trying to build the schedule earlier than usual this year, so we’re asking teams to let us know their topics as soon as they’ve chosen them. We’re hoping this will give you more information for when you sign up for a session.
If you have any questions, please contact Thomas White (twhite@ibecc.net).
If you’re interested, please start by registering. Click here. (If the link doesn’t work, here’s the URL: https://forms.gle/em1qmtj5YRnRBSMw7.)
Then, click here to select one or more sessions to judge. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PUo944QxqvauAcZqGbexYSxBxjpoeSZPodW-NKYIWAY/edit?usp=sharing
Please visit our “Judge Resources” page, where you’ll find additional information and advice regarding how to prepare.