Team from Russia ranked third in the Imagine Cup competition in Europe, Africa and the Middle East

The Imagine Cup 2019 competition has already begun, and this week we held the second regional final in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. The Finderr team from the United Kingdom won the first place and received a ticket to the world finals for its application to search for lost items using a smartphone. Congratulations! Well, the third place was taken by the guys from Russia.

Thanks for the transfer to our MSP, Lev Bulanov .

The goal of the Microsoft Imagine Cup is to give design students around the world the opportunity to create new, great technological solutions. “We understand that today's students are tomorrow's entrepreneurs. In addition, they will make important technological decisions. And we are trying to invest in all interesting projects, ”says Jennifer Ritzinger, our Senior Director of Academic Ecosystems (Senior Director of Academic Ecosystems).

Students are given the opportunity to travel, receive individual coaching, develop business and technological skills, and also communicate with like-minded people to put their ideas into practice. To travel to Amsterdam and participate in the regional finals organized by Microsoft Ignite | The Tour , out of hundreds of EMEA entries, 12 finalists from 10 countries were selected. Prize for first place? $ 15,000 and a trip to the World Cup 2019. When creating an original technological solution, the finalist projects ranged from solving problems in health, agriculture, accessibility and education to many others and used various Microsoft technologies, including Azure virtual machines, mixed reality and AI. “The Imagine Cup is amazing, we feel capable of doing more,” said Ian Kamau of the iCropal team about their competition experience. “For us, this is not only a competition, but also a way to exchange views with colleagues in order to develop ourselves and our product,” the AirCloud team clarified about its decision to participate.

During the three days of competition, teams had the opportunity to participate in the Day of the entrepreneur and events Ignite | The Tour, designed to learn how to improve their technology and integrate the latest and best products into their solutions. The regional final ended with each team submitting to the jury a direct demonstration of their projects, among which three best ones were selected.

The competition does not end there! On April 1, we will announce the regional finalists of America (Americas Regional), competing for the final place in the World Cup. The Finderr team and our winners of the Asia Regional Regional Finals, the Caeli team from India, will travel to Seattle this May to get a chance to win the 2019 Cup. Who will go home with $ 100,000 and a mentoring session with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella? To find out, stay tuned on Twitter and Instagram .

Meet the top 3 EMEA teams

1st place - Finderr , United Kingdom

The team created an application that uses cognitive services and virtual machines to make the search for lost items available to everyone, including people with visual impairments.

Prize: $ 15,000 and place in the 2019 World Cup.

2 place - Athena-IO , Tunisia

The team created a cross-platform solution that allows content to be created and visualized on mixed reality devices to help corporations train their employees and make technologies more accessible to everyone.

Prize: 5,000 US dollars.

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3rd place - π-project , Russia

The team has developed an inexpensive and non-invasive solution for daily health monitoring using artificial intelligence to analyze analyzes.



Prize: 1 000 US dollars.



Congratulations to all our regional EMEA finalists for their incredible projects and hard work. The competition does not end there! Sign up for updates to follow this year's competition and find out who will take home the Imagine Cup 2019.