April 19 at 10:00 am (MSC), on Saturday, the most important event for students of this academic year will take place - the
Russian final of the Imagine Cup . In March and April we held regional finals in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Tomsk, Kazan, Astrakhan, Voronezh, Saratov, Ulyanovsk and Perm - and now we are ready to present to your attention the best student teams of Russia! If you do not have the opportunity to attend the event in person, connect to the
broadcast at
10:00 (Moscow time) on April 19.
On this day, not only student teams will perform in front of you! Continuing the tradition of student days of technology, we have prepared for you interesting reports from the best experts from Microsoft and our partners. This is what awaits you on this day:
- Performances of 15-20 teams in the categories of games, innovations and social projects from MIPT, HSE, MSTU. Bauman, ASTU, SSTU, PNIPU and other Russian universities.
- Exhibition of student projects - you are waiting for live broadcasts from the exhibition with the story of the teams about their projects.
- Short workshop on programming spherical robots and on effective marketing of mobile applications.
- Interactive sessions and trainings from Microsoft staff.
- Lectures from our sponsors and partners: Mail.ru, ABBYY.
- Special activities from Microsoft partner students.
Of course, the main task of the event remains the selection of the best Russian teams in each category, one of which will represent Russia at the international final in Seattle!
Connect to the most interesting and lively online broadcast -
player broadcast under the cat .
Live broadcasts from the event, interviews with project participants and much more are waiting for you!
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See you soon at the main student event of spring!
Imagine Cup is the world's largest annual technology competition held with the support of Microsoft since 2003.
The competition is open to graduate students and students from around the world, in a team or alone. Participants need to come up with a bright idea and implement its prototype with the help of modern information technologies. Compete in the categories of "game", "innovation" or "social projects".
In 2013, the international final of the Imagine Cup was held in St. Petersburg. The upcoming final of 2014 will be held at our headquarters in Redmond. The best Russian team will be able to visit the heart of the Microsoft empire.