Imagine Cup

Imagine Cup is a annual competition sponsored and hosted by Microsoft Corp. which brings together young technologists from all over the world to help resolve some of the world's toughest challenges. Primarily a software design competition, it enlists teams of four within the high school and collegiate levels to submit software solutions addressing a specifically provided theme. Started in 2002, it has steadily grown in size, where in 2006 65,000 competitors representing over 100 countries competed in the six Imagine Cup invitationals under these categories:
*Software Design
*IT
*Short Film
*Algorithms
*Project Hoshimi Programming Battle
*Interface Design

Sources

*http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2005/11/stark_criticism_of_microsofts.html
*http://www.cse.ust.hk/News/ImagineCup2006/
*http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/may06/05-05USImagineCup2006PR.mspx

External links

*http://imagine.thespoke.net/