The winning team of “Imagine Cup” competition will travel to Australia
The winners of the
Microsoft "Imagine Cup" were reveled today. Today, the Minister, Dimitri Shashkini,
Mission Director for the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) programs
in Georgia, Stephen Haykin and Microsoft Georgia General Manager, David
Asatiani awarded the winning team. The winning team will take a trip to Sydney,
Australia next July to compete at the Imagine Cup 2012 Worldwide Finals. If the
team wins, it will receive a cash prize ($25 000).
The participating teams also received presents from Company Algorithm.
The Microsoft "Imagine Cup" is the world’s premier student technology competition. This year, Georgia was invited to join the contest.
In 2012, the competition addressed the following theme: Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems.
School students older
than 16 were eligible to participate in the competition. The first round was held
from the 7th of March till the 15th of April. The regional final was organized
on 28th of April and 10 teams participated in it.
The contest was arranged with support of Ministry of Education and Science and USAID.
Organizers include: Microsoft Georgia, and the EMIS of Ministry. The competition is supported in part by USAID’s Economic Prosperity Initiative (EPI), “Singular Group” and Company Algorithm.
