Get Ready · Company of the Year 2026 · Roots of Connection

Get Ready

Educational content for participants and key information for chaperones to prepare for the Company of the Year experience.

Webinars Stand specifications
Student entrepreneurs showing their products at a Company of the Year trade fair stand

Webinars

Live sessions with our partners to help your team prepare for the experience. Dates and registration links will be shared soon.

Everything about COY + Alumni Award Seminar

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Delta Social Impact Seminar

Coming soon

FedEx Global Possibilities Seminar

Coming soon

PMIEF Project Success Seminar

Coming soon

Your trade fair stand

Every finalist company gets an individual stand to showcase its venture to the judges and event guests. Here is what it includes and how much space you can use.

Individual stand
3 m × 2 m

One stand per finalist company.

Furniture included
Table + 2 chairs

Set up inside your stand.

Usable space
5 modules

Each module is 97 cm wide × 235 cm high. Use them to design your stand or place information.

Stand front view: 3 m wide, 2 m deep and 2.40 m high, with a table and two chairs
Stand side view: 3 m wide, 2 m deep and 2.40 m high, with a table and two chairs
Panels crossed out in red are not part of the usable space.

Code of Conduct, Consents and Liability Waivers for Participants

Every participant needs to review and sign the document that matches their group. Pick yours below and download it in English or Spanish.

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Students 18 and over

Code of conduct, consents and liability waiver for student participants who are 18 or older.

🇺🇸 English 🇪🇸 Español
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Students under 18

Code of conduct, consents and liability waiver for student participants who are under 18.

🇺🇸 English 🇪🇸 Español
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Chaperones, volunteers and judges

Code of conduct and media release for adult participants.

🇺🇸 English 🇪🇸 Español

Recognizing the region's best ventures

Company of the Year celebrates a regional podium (first, second and third place) alongside a set of signature awards created with our partners and the Alumni Award.

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Second Place

Runner-up among the Americas' finest student ventures.

Overall champion
1

Company of the Year

The venture that best embodies innovation, execution and impact, crowned the region's Company of the Year.

3

Third Place

Completing the regional podium of standout companies.

Signature awards

Global Possibilities Award

Recognizes the youth company with the greatest potential for global expansion.

Presented by FedEx

Project Success Award

Recognizes the company that stood out for the success in the execution of its project.

Presented by PMIEF

Social Impact Award

Recognizes the company chosen for its greatest capacity to create social impact.

Presented by Delta · LATAM

Alumni Award

The Alumni Award is an award given out to individuals who demonstrate outstanding leadership skills, which impact their team and the JA company.

This award aims to recognize and honor the personal strength of the individuals in a successful team through their trajectory in the company program.

Our sponsors & partners

FedEx
PMIEF
Delta LATAM
Dell
Charles Kim
UDLA
Corporación Favorita
Grupo Entregas
Main local sponsor

See you in Quito