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Mar 27	Finalists announced
Mar 27	Pixar animator to give presentation in Dubai
Mar 04	Project entry closes with a record 743 entries

2005
Dec 18	Chairman of Jury Panel announced
Nov 15	Dubai Roadshow at Knowledge Village
Oct 24	UAE Student Competition to include GCC
Sep 14	Global Junior Challenge 2006 opens
Apr 16	Baltic Challenge opens

2004
Dec 01	Stockholm 2006 Challenge opens
Nov 19	5 UAE finalists in Rome Global Junior Challenge
May 22	Reflections on Stockholm - A visit to Stockholm by finalists of the UAE Educational IT Challenge
Apr 25	Winners announced
Apr 19	AL TOMOOH OFFERS SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE TO UAE EDUCATIONAL IT CHALLENGE FINALIST PROJECTS
Apr 14	Finalists announced
Mar 31	National Bank of Abu Dhabi - Silver sponsor joins the 2004 Challenge
Mar 10	Intel - Support Sponsor joins the 2004 challenge
Mar 01	Al Masaood - Silver Sponsor joins the 2004 challenge
Feb 25	The 2004 challenge closed with 487 projects entered
Feb 08	Project entries close on Feb 25th.
Jan 27	Jumeirah Beach Conference Center will host 2004 iT Challenge
Jan 10	Web Hosting service for UAE IT Challenge projects

2003
Dec 29	Number of projects received already exceed 2002 total
Dec 17	Chairman of jury panel announced
Dec 01	Gargash - Platinum Sponsor supporting youth and education
Nov 20	Damas - Diamond Sponsor joins the 2004 Challenge
Nov 01	Samsung - Platinum Sponsor - Supports UAE Challenge for 2nd time
Oct 15	Roadshows held in Sharjah and Dubai
Oct 07	Knowledge Village Key partner in 2004 challenge
Oct 01	UAE IT Challenge 2004 officially launched
Sep 30	Official Press Launch, Dubai, 10:30am
Sep 01	A new category in the Global Junior Challenge for 2004
Aug 30	HCT Annual Conference, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Dubai
Jun	The e-Biz II Challenge is launched.
May	The Stockholm Challenge is now open to entries for 2003/4.
Apr	The UAE Educational IT Challenge was present at the recent Gulf Education and Training Exhibition, held at the Dubai World Trade Center. A presentation was also made at the e-learning and laptop forum held at Abu Dhabi Women's College of Higher Technology.
Mar	Online entries open for the 2004 UAE Educational IT Challenge. The City of Rome announces the opening of the 2004 Global Junior Challenge.

2002
Dec	The framework and calendar for the 2003/2004 challenge is announced.
Nov	OneDirham.com, a project finalist Winner of the UAE Challenge 2002, makes the finals of the Global Junior Challenge in Rome.
Oct	Ahnaf Abbas, Winner of the Secondary School Teacher category, UAE Challenge 2002, and Finalist at the Stockholm challenge 2002, talks about his experiences that being involved in these challenges brings.
Sep	The UAE Educational IT Challenge expresses it support for aims of the e-inclusion movement, to address issues of the digital divide and sustainability.