Microsoft Cyprus Imagine Cup 2011 Launch Event
This is the world's premier student technology competition and we invite you to join us! Since 2002, the Imagine Cup has been challenging the world's brightest students to step up and make a difference. Last year, over 300,000 students from 142 countries/regions registered for the Imagine Cup 2010.
Now in its ninth year, the Imagine Cup is a global student technology competition focused on finding solutions to real-world issues. The competition encourages the world's most talented software designers, programmers, game developers, and digital media enthusiasts to tackle, head on, issues related to: hunger relief, poverty, education, disease control, healthcare, the environment, and other crucial problems facing our world today.
You can:
- Contribute your talents to solving some of the toughest problems facing us today, and maybe even turn your ideas into a business.
- Learn new technological skills and test yourself against the brightest students on the planet.
- Make new friends from around the world.
- Win cash and prizes, and even a free trip to New York in summer 2011 for the Worldwide Finals.
Date: Monday Oct 4th 2010
Time: 18:00 – 19:30
Place: University of Cyprus, Room 108, Building CTF01
Agenda: What is Imagine Cup, how can I participate and an Introduction to Windows Azure and Windows Phone 7!
Step Up to the Challenge!
"Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems."