Microsoft has prolonged receipt of applications for the Imagine Cup contest till April 10, 2009, Country Manager of Microsoft Armenia Grigor Barseghyan told a news conference today.
The Imagine Cup encourages young people to apply their imagination, their passion and their creativity to technology innovations that can make a difference in the world. Now in its seventh year, the Imagine Cup has grown to be a truly global competition focused on finding solutions to real world issues.
Open to students around the world, the Imagine Cup is a serious challenge that draws serious talent, and the competition is intense. The contest spans a year, beginning with local, regional and online contests whose winners go on to attend the global finals held in a different location every year. The intensity of the work brings students together, and motivates the competitors to give it their all. The bonds formed here often last well beyond the competition itself.
World Finals will take place in Cairo, Egypt, from July 3 to 9.
