Microsoft NZ Student and Academic Blog : Imagine Cup

At Changi Airport in Singapore

nzacad — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:24:00 GMT

At Changi Airport in Singapore Experiencing Terminal 3

Made it to Singapore with atleast 6 hours of sleep on a 10 hour flight, watched two movies - nothing great ("Untraceable and something I can't remember"). Its 37 degrees here with rain and thunderstorms, something you don't see everyday!!

The Team - Yugan, Stephen, Louis, Janina and Warwick all decided to take the free 2 hour tour of Singapore which includes a bus and a boat ride. Paul and myself enjoyed the culinary delights Terminal 3 had on offer. Next stop Paris, France only another 12-14 hours to go.

Imagine Cup 2008 NZ Finals - Photos From the Event

nzacad — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:31:00 GMT

Imagine Cup 2008 NZ Finals - Photos From The Event!!

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Imagine Cup 2008 - Peoples Choice Award

nzacad — Sun, 04 May 2008 06:55:00 GMT

Imagine Cup 2008 Voting Competition - And The "Peoples Choice Award" Goes To....

After three months of intense promotion by all teams, the voting competition for the "Peoples Choice Award" has come to an end. The results were very close with a huge influx of voting in the last week of the competition.

Down to the last few days it became a competitive race between the different institutions, Victoria University, University of Canterbury and Massey University. In the end they could only be one winner.

The winning team of this competition received a collection of hardware and software prizes as well a secured phone interview with two of our Industry Partners, Intergen and Provoke.

The FINAL RESUTLS FOR THE 2008 "PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD"

Winners from the online competition will be announced shorty, this includes an XBOX360 and 20 individual software prizes. Keep an eye on this site for an update on the winners of this competition.

Imagine Cup 2008 NZ Finals - RESULTS

nzacad — Sat, 03 May 2008 08:26:00 GMT

Imagine Cup 2008 NZ Finals - FINAL RESULTS

On Thursday the 1st of May four teams were brought up to Microsoft New Zealand's Auckland office in preparation for the Imagine Cup 2008 NZ Finals.

The agenda was chocka block, teams preparing, coding, testing, and practising on Thursday afternoon, followed by a finalist dinner party held at the WESTIN. Teams outside of Auckland were put up at the beautiful 5 star hotel, the WESTIN.

The event started off with morning rain and an early 7am breakfast for all teams in the MS Office. Following this, teams tried to calm their nerves as they awaited to present their projects in front of a line of high profile judges.

Imagine Cup NZ Finals - Judges

Rob O'Neil - Editor, Computerworld
Andy Hamilton - CEO - Icehouse
Mark Thomas - Founder, Right Hemisphere
Peter Macaulay - President Internet New Zealand

Teams had 20 minutes to present their project and 10 minutes of intense questioning by the judges. Judges had the gruelling task of assessing the teams and deciding on the best team to send to World Wide Finals in Paris, France.

Once all teams had presented, the media, public, and industry members had the opportunity to get a close look in to each teams project. Each team had the opportunity to show case their project and engage with the public for 1 hour before the judges announced the results.

In the final minutes leading up to the announcement, both the Managing Director of Microsoft New Zealand (Kevin Akhurst) and Singapore Airlines (Tein Po Looi) shared a few words of inspiration with the Imagine Cup Teams.

Thanks to all our sponsors who made this event a huge success, WESTIN, SINGAPORE AIRLINES, INTERGEN, PROVOKE.

THIS YEARS FINAL RESULTS:

Pictures from the event coming soon....

Interview with Top 4 Imagine Cup Teams

nzacad — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:47:00 GMT

Get An Insight Into Top 4 NZ Imagine Cup Teams

Have a read of a one on one interview with each Imagine Cup Team, find out more about there project, the process, the planning, and the struggles.

Team Phoenix
Team Sustainable Systems
Team WaikatoRev.A
Team WebStuffDone

Who Wants To Be The Best!!

nzacad — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:30:00 GMT

Support Your Team and Beat The Other Tertiary Institutes

Team Economiser - University of Canterbury

Team Massey2.0 - Massey University

Team Phoenix - University of Canterbury

Team Sustainable Systems - AUT

Team Waikato.RevA - University of Waikato

Team WebstuffDone - Victoria Unveristy

Imagine Cup 2008 Finalists Blog

nzacad — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:58:00 GMT

Imagine Cup New Zealand Finalists - Check out their blog .

Imagine Cup New Zealand Finalists - Check out their blog for more info

Team Sustainable Systems
Team Waikato Rev A
Team Phoenix
Team Webstuffdone

Imagine Cup Finalists 2008 - 1st / 2nd / 3rd Equal

nzacad — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:10:00 GMT

Imagine Cup 2008 Finalists - 1st / 2nd / 3rd Equal - Finals May 2nd

The Imagine Cup Preliminary Finals were held on the 3rd of April last Thursday. Ten teams did their best to present their ideas and visions to 4 industry judges who would in turn decide their fate in making it to the finals. It was a difficult ask for the judges to narrow down the teams to the top three, in the end the decision was made to have 4 teams, with rankings of 1st, 2nd and 3rd equal. Below are the team photos in no particular order. Check out our Imagine Cup site for more info on their ideas.

Imagine Cup 2008 - Round One Over - Results Coming Soon...

nzacad — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:07:00 GMT

Imagine Cup 2008 - Round One Over - Results Coming Soon...

Imagine Cup 08 Countdown

nzacad — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:36:00 GMT

Imagine Cup 2008 - Countdown to Round Two!!

Imagine Cup 2008 Regional Finals Countdown

Till Round Two of the Imagine Cup Competition NZ.