The Grand Jam is the Mars Challenge 2026 International Final.
It is where outstanding teams, projects and young people from different countries present their solutions, create together and share a unique international experience.
The great Mars Challenge gathering
After months of work, challenges and national stages, teams arrive in Madrid for the programme’s international phase. They present projects and meet a global community of young people, mentors, institutions, juries, companies and allies.
Earth-Back Thinking™ connects the Mars Challenge journey to one central idea: imagine from Mars to act on Earth.
The whole journey comes together here.
Present. Create. Connect.
At The Grand Jam, participants present their projects, exchange ideas with young people from other countries and form new teams to solve challenges together.
It is an experience of learning, living together and international collaboration.
- International projects — Solutions developed throughout the programme reach a global stage.
- New teams — Young people from different countries and disciplines create together again.
- Global community — Participants, mentors, juries and institutions share one experience.
A generation in one place
Young people from different countries, disciplines and cultures arrive with a shared mission: turn their ideas into solutions for Earth.
They represent their teams, institutions and countries. Above all, they represent a generation ready to create.
They do not come to watch the future.
They come to build it.
The 2026 International Final
Getafe, in the Community of Madrid, will bring together the global Mars Challenge community for three days of projects, recognition, new solutions and celebration.
The Grand Jam 2026 · Mars Challenge International Final
3–5 November 2026 · Getafe · Community of Madrid · Spain