Minct and Microsoft held 3rd edition of the national contest of … – AngolaPress

According to a press release that ANGOP had today, Friday, access, the action falls within the framework of the implementation of programs Promotion of Scientific Culture and Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship, technology-based, which has developed actions to raise the scientific culture of the population of the different members of the National System of Science Technology and Innovation Angola.

This edition will be held at the Institute of Information Technology (ISUTIC), is intended to students with a minimum of 16 years, linked to legally recognized educational institutions and aims to challenge and stimulate creativity and technological innovation for applications developed using Microsoft tools.

The report contends that Microsoft releases all years a challenge to students from around the world, based on social and humanitarian values, following the World Citizenship categories (WorldCitizenship), Games (Games) and Innovation (Innovation).

According to the document, the category World Citizenship award application software developed on Microsoft platform with the greatest potential to generate positive impact on humanity.

“The games will recognize attractive and fun games for teens and young people, built on Microsoft platforms (Windows, Windows Phone, Windows Azure, using, in addition to these, Microsoft tools). The Innovation category will distinguish the most innovative applications, appealing and simple to the hands of the consumer, social networking, shopping or online research, “the statement said.

The teams registered participants or not online at the Imagine Cup Angola 2015 will be subject to other online evaluation on a global semifinal, in May 2015, the jury Imagine Cup World

The following national editions applications must be submitted to the international jury through the website http: //. imaginecup.com/, this riddle was the round of Angola in the second edition in 2014.

The Imagine Cup is a global technology competition that began in Barcelona in 2003.

The competition brings together innovative students from around the world to recognize the best projects in the categories of innovation, games and world citizenship, using the Microsoft resources only.

The global competition will be held in July 2015 in Seattle in the United States of America, with the award of $ 50,000 to the winning team in each category.