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2026 GITC Overview

  • Title : 2026 Global IT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities
  • Participants : About 700 youth with disabilities from 9 countries (total)
  • Host : Ministry of Health and Welfare(Republic of Korea), LG
  • Organizer : GITC Organizing Committee, LG Electronics, RI Korea, WTL Vietnam, Duy Tan university
  • Sponsor : Ministry of Foreign Affairs(Republic of Korea), Community Chest Korea

Key Features of 2026 GITC

  • Operation of National IT Challenges
    • Participating countries must hold national-level National IT Challenges by July to select qualifiers for the Final Round. The representative chaperone must share the operation plan for the National IT Challenge with the GITC Secretariat in advance and submit the result report and supporting documents afterwards.
    • Venue: Online or On-site
    • Schedule: Between May and July
    • Equipment: Mobile phone, tablet, PC, etc.
    • Competition events: Various IT-related events may be additionally operated, including the Final Round events
    • Scale: No limit on the number of participants by competition event
  • Co-hosting of the GITC Final Round in cooperation with Da Nang City, Will To Live Vietnam, and Duy Tan University
  • Advancement of the GITC operating system
    • Expansion of National IT Challenge Committees (NITCC): Operation of National Committees to strengthen the accountability and implementation system of participating countries.
    • Activation of the InI Forum: One additional forum will be held to review national policies related to digital accessibility for youth with disabilities, share and disseminate best practices, and discuss practical matters related to the GITC. (twice a year)
    • Expansion of AI-based competition events: In response to changes in the AI era, the GITC will expand competition events designed to strengthen AI utilization capabilities. (reflected in 3 out of 4 events)

       

Competitions

Category
 Description
e-Combination

To evaluate integrated application skills applicable to real-life situations, including AI-based information search, spreadsheet utilization, andpresentation (Individual)
e-Content To evaluate planning, storytelling, AI utilization, and production / editing skills required to create creative video content based on a given theme using AI platforms (Team)
e-Creative To evaluate self-driving car programming (coding) skills to complete a mission (Team)
e-Interactive To evaluate planning, production, and presentation skills for an interactive (responsive) game that responds to the user’s movements, voice, facial expressions, input, etc., using AI functions and block coding (Team)

The Process

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eLearning

  • Schedule: All year round (Anyone can study with eLearning without restrictions on time and place.)
  • Self-directed online educational platform to learn relevant knowledge and skills for the competitions of the GITC

National League

  • Purpose: To select the qualifiers for Preliminary Round
  • Schedule:Mar~June (at the discretion of each country)
  • Venue: Online or offline (at the discretion of each country)

Report the result of the National League

  • Schedule: Within 4 weeks after the National League (different by each country)
  • Targets: Chaperones
  • How to report: Using designed report form, share the result of the national league

Approval

  • Purpose: To select the qualifiers for Final Round
  • Schedule: by the end of the July

Registration for Final Round

  • Schedule: August~September
  • Targets: Qualifiers by Preliminary Round
  • How to register: Revise the application form as the qualified competitions by Preliminary Round

Final Round

  • Schedule: 26th~30th October, 2026
  • Venue: Da Nang, Viet Nam
  • Schedule
Time 26th Oct
(Mon)		 27th Oct
(Tue)		 28th Oct
(Wed)		 29th Oct
(Thu)		 30th Oct
(Fri)
09:00~10:00 Arrival Opening Ceremony eInteractive
(190')
(*10' orientation)
09:00~12:10 		Award Ceremony
(*including VIP meeting) 		Departure
10:00~12:10 eCombination
(130')
(*10' orientation)
10:00~12:10
12:10~13:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch
13:00~13:30 Cultural Tour
in Da Nang
13:30~16:40 eContent
(190')
(*10' orientation)
13:30~16:40 		eCreative
(190')
(*10' orientation)
13:30~16:40
16:40~18:00 Dinner Dinner Gala Dinner
18:00~19:00 Special Program Special Program

InI Forum

  • Purpose: To evaluate the GITC for the year and discuss the way to promote as an internationally renowned competition
  • Schedule: October 28th, 2026
  • Venue: Da Nang, Vietnam
  • Participants: About 50~100 persons (public officers of relevant ministries, chaperones and Organizing Committee)