ICCA Asia-Pacific Business Events Youth Challenge 2026

Congratulations to the below finalist teams of The Asia Pacific Business Events Youth Challenge 2026. We look forward to your final presentation in Macao.

Challenge A

• Team Backbone – Thiriidev Kumar A/l Murlidaran, Haithm Abdulghani Hussein Al-Bakri (Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation), Malaysia

• Team Ember Collective – Gan Yu Min, Lia Yung Zi (Sunway University), Malaysia

• Team Re:Align – Lee Minkyu, Joo Youngjun (Handong Global University), South Korea

Challenge B

• Team Canberra – Divyajot Kaur Birdi (National Convention Centre Canberra), Binisha Sapkota (Canberra Convention Bureau), Australia

• Team GO! Young – Seohyeon Kim,  Sumin Song (Goyang International Expo Foundation), South Korea

• Team The Movers – Ashmita Singh (MCI Group – India), Kendall Li (MCI Group – China)

Macao Association of Convention, Exhibition & Tourism Sectors, co-hosting with ICCA, is delighted to organise the fifth edition of the Asia Pacific BE Youth Challenge! This competition aims to foster young professionals in the Business Events industry and provide an exclusive opportunity for participants to take centre stage in showcasing innovative and creative ideas. The objective of this challenge is to exercise the ability to adhere to the requirements and criteria outlined in a client’s bid document / brief.

Download Challenge Brief

There are two categories with different key discussion topics:

• Challenge A (open for Students only)

• Challenge B (Young Professionals)

The Asia Pacific Business Events Youth Challenge 2026

• Open to University / Graduate Students & Young Professionals under 30 years old (2025 finalist teams are not eligible to participate)

• 2 persons per team

• Proposals up to max 6 pages. This page limit includes all content, such as references, table of contents, and appendix.

• Participants must reside in the Asia-Pacific region and be able to attend the final presentation in person in Macao on 21 Oct if being short-listed.

• All proposals must be submitted in English with this application form before 18 August 2026, Tuesday (23:59h MYT)

Questions? Please contact ICCA’s Sheaufen Lee.