Singapore Imagine Cup 2011 Finals – 10 May

This Tuesday, join Microsoft as it selects the winning team to represent Singapore at the Imagine Cup 2011 in New York City. The world’s largest global student technology competition, the Imagine Cup, is now in its ninth year, and challenges young people from all over the globe to leverage their creativity, passion and knowledge of technology to help solve global challenges and make a difference in the world.

I was very privileged to be involved in last year’s run of Imagine Cup as one of their judges in the worldwide finals in Warsaw, Poland in the software design category. Am excited to attend the finals tomorrow – join me!

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Finalists

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Four Singaporean finalist teams have been selected from over 232 entries and will go head-to-head to showcase their inventions to a panel of judges and vie for the title of Singapore’s Imagine Cup Champion, 2011.

Students from Nanyang Polytechnic’s School of Engineering, the National University of Singapore, Temasek Polytechnic’s IT School, and Nanyang Polytechnic’s School of IT will all be competing in the local final where they’ll present projects that tackle real-world issues such as poverty, education, environmental conservation and healthcare. The projects presented at this year’s finals are as follows:

· Silver Strides – Using movement detectors to capture data on mobility, gait and balance of elderly subjects, the team has come up with a system that can be used to not only prevent falls, but also measure responsiveness to treatment and physical rehabilitation following injury

· Blissard – The project will help the speech and intellectually impaired to break down barriers, communicate with family members, use standard word processing software, and even participate on social networks, by using real-time translation of symbolic and graphical linguistics to written and spoken language

· Credit Mobile – A microfinance tool designed to provide both field agents and borrowers with easy access to financial gateways through the use of mobile technology and cloud computing

· Elder Rehabilitation and Support System – Stroke patients can now leverage the motion-sensing technology of the Kinect for rehabilitation, making the recover process more entertaining and more cost effective for patients

The event will be followed by a free and easy Q&A session with the students, where representatives from Microsoft, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore.

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Agenda

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12.00 – 1.00PM Lunch
1.00 – 3.30PM Team Presentations
3.30 – 3.50PM Project Judging
3.50 – 4.10PM Executive Speeches
4.10 – 4.30PM Results Announcement and Prize Presentation
4.30 – 5.30PM Cocktail Reception and Q&A Session

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Event Details

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When: Tuesday 10th May 2011
Time: 1-530pm
Where: NTUC Auditorium, Level 7, NTUC Center, One Marina Boulevard

Please RSVP to Crystal Goh at crystal.goh@edelman.com if you are keen to attend.

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