The last day of relaxation was spent in the shopping plaza while ISEF volunteers made their last checks for SRC violations in the hall. Unless you were cited for a violation by nightfall, you were free to roam or the day.

Intel offered another activity for all student finalists and teachers, which is truly a once in a lifetime experience. Their highly acclaimed "excellence in science and technology panel" is comprised of a small handful of Nobel Prize laureates. The session also allowed for students to ask questions directly to the panel and for photo-taking opportunities at the end of the activity.

That night, Phoenix invited all of the finalists to the student mixer at a recreational area that they called Copper Square. Copper Square was basically a park with booths of international food set up all around the area, which eventually led up to Arizona's science museum which was open and free to the public that night. Everybody headed off to bed early that night because we had a big day of judging ahead of us.