As the world’s premier student technology competition, Imagine Cup is one way Microsoft Corp. is encouraging young people to apply their imagination, their passion and their creativity to technology innovations that can make a difference in the world – today. The Imagine Cup, now in its fifth year, is an example of Microsoft’s Unlimited Potential commitment to create social and economic opportunity through programs and products that transform education, foster local innovation, and enable jobs and opportunities worldwide. More than 100,000 students from over 100 countries entered the 2007 competition.
This year, Microsoft is calling on young programmers, artists and technologists around the world to “Imagine a world where technology enables a better education for all.” The company is challenging students to bring their ideas to life in a multifaceted competition composed of nine categories, each catering to a different technological or artistic affinity. Students’ work reflects valuable, real-world solutions and gives them the opportunity to compete for cash prizes. When coupled with the power of technology, the potential of young people is unlimited, and the ideas they develop for Imagine Cup could significantly improve the lives of millions of people around the world.
The 2007 Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals will be held in Seoul, South Korea, from Aug. 5-11, 2007. The 112 teams of finalists from all over the world are expected to travel to Seoul to compete.The projects created and owned by Imagine Cup teams – from software design to short films – express creativity, innovation and real-world applicability.
On June 26, the winning student teams from 10 regional finals – Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, North America, Poland and the United Kingdom – visited Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Wash., to share their software applications with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie, Corporate Vice President Sanjay Parthasarathy and Corporate Vice President S. Somasegar.
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