Imagine Cup 2010 – Go for Poland!
Calling students over the age of 16! Microsoft just announced the eighth annual Imagine Cup competition. Solve global problems and create innovative solutions with technology for the chance to win $36,000 in prize money. The winning team will also compete in the worldwide finals in Warsaw, Poland this July.
Students must register by February 1, 2010 to initially compete in the Spring Round 1 portion. Categories include Software Design, Game Design and Web Design.
"The Imagine Cup is a unique opportunity for students to help solve real-world problems while gaining experience outside the classroom," said Anthony Salcito, vice president for Worldwide Education at Microsoft. "Developing technology innovations, working in a team environment and understanding how to create a viable business plan are invaluable to students who want to successfully achieve careers in today's world."
From games that teach to applications re-creating the way healthcare is managed, technology and science go hand in hand to create global solutions. And today's youth can have a direct impact on the future. Competing in the Imagine Cup provides the opportunity for students to work as a team to combine creative thinking with technical knowledge.
To register or learn more about the Imagine Cup, visit 
Link: http://www.imaginecup.com . Students who sign up before the February 1, 2010 deadline may enter to win the "$10,000 Cash for Students" sweepstakes.
Imagine Cup WWF - Day 3 Preparation: Snapshots Behind The Scenes
It’s now almost 1 AM, unlike public press to take snapshots of the general events, I decided to take some snapshots of what’s going behind the scenes, maybe due to my position with team captains, competition admin crews…
Now I’ll leave you with photo snapshots taken around the day from different places.
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Imagine Cup Pre-Launch: Warming Up with Fun!
MSPs Suite – Snapshots from everywhere!
MSPs & Volunteers: Work, Rest, Fun!
Some snapshots of Ahmed Mahdy “That’s me!”
Imagine Cup WWF Preparations: Warming up!
Today, almost all Microsoft staff arrived the hotel for the Imagine Cup WWF. Registration just started officially an hour ago, everything is working very smoothly. I met Leandro, the Global MSP manager and I met up very brilliant and cool Microsoft guys.
Outside the admin crew, I’ve took those pictures while some of MSPs, volunteers and Matt, the Imagine Cup internet guy were warming up with this cool soccer game.
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Exclusive – IC WWF, Meeting with Microsoft Executives
I feel so happy because 2 of Microsoft executives are going to make a session in the living room associated with the suite I’m staying in tomorrow within few hours from that moment I’m writing this post.
I’ve added some snapshots for the living room that is now a session room! Hope you like it!
More will followed tomorrow!
Exclusive – IC WWF, Meeting with Microsoft Executives
I feel so happy because 2 of Microsoft executives are going to make a session in the living room associated with the suite I’m staying in tomorrow within few hours from that moment I’m writing this post.
I’ve added some snapshots for the living room that is now a session room! Hope you like it!
More will followed tomorrow!
Microsoft Imagine Cup 2009 – Welcome to Egypt!
It’s 1 AM, after midnight of my the first day for preparing for Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals “WWF” in Cairo, Egypt. As I’m a Microsoft Student Partner for Microsoft Egypt, I was lucky to officially volunteer in organizing for IC WWF. The more luckier that I’ve arrived the first one, hence I’ve got a first come first served opportunity to choose my preferred room in the reserved suite for MSPs who are not residing in Cairo.
More luckier, I’ve got an Admin Assistant position, where I work with the Imagine Cup competition administrators. I really like the the team work, seems like a bee cell. Very quick brainstorming, very short briefs and quick effective decisions are taken.
I got my first task as admin assistant and I really liked it!
I had an important meeting for my graduation project in the far west of Cairo which took me an hour to go, 3 hours to get back on a 65 degrees temperature that heated the road much to burn our faces!
I just get panic from plane’s view from far landscape for Cairo’s International Airport which I can see through the glass of my room’s balcony beside the heads of CityStars compound.
I’m not going to give any details about the competition due to NDA and code of ethics.
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