The grand final of the design competition, sponsored by VeriVide and Pantone, was hosted by SDC India and run alongside the 2009 SDC international conference 'Sustainability in Coloration: Vision 2020'. The finalists were: Angelina Anderson from Australia; Nabil Hasan Khan from Bangladesh; XiYue Zhao from China; Denise Wong from Hong Kong; Bijal Vora and C S Balajee from India; Nadia Khan from Pakistan; Moipone Qekisi from South Africa; Nancy Taplin from the UK and Erika Neumayer from the USA. The winners were announced at the awards ceremony, sponsored by Clariant, where all the finalists received gifts provided by Pantone Asia.