NEWS LETTERS

Newsletter April 20, 2004

UAE Educational IT Challenge 2004

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1. Finalists announced
On April 14th at Knowledge Village, Dr Abdulla Al Karam, Chairman of the Judging Panel and Director of Knowledge Village announced the 50 finalists of the UAE Educational IT Challenge 2004.

These finalists will be invited to display their projects at Jumeriah Beach Conference Center on April 25th, and to attend the award ceremony and gala dinner that evening.

The list of finalists is on the website at http://www.uaechallenge.com/results%202004/finalists%202004.htm

Winners will be announced during the award ceremony on April 25th.

All finalists please contact Hamda Rumaithi (Hamda.Rumaithi@hct.ac.ae) for more information on 02 6941 250.

2. Al Tomooh Small Business Finance Partner
On April 19th Al Tomooh announced that projects from UAE Nationals would be eligible to apply for Small Business Finance from Al Tomooh. The aim of this finance is to help the commercialization of projects. Al Tomooh staff will be available at the project exhibition on April 15th to talk to UAE Nationals and assist them in applying for funding.

More details about the AL Tomooh initiative can be found at http://www.uaechallenge.com/press/press19april2004.htm

3. Finalists and winners to receive
The 2004 UAE IT Challenge is about finding, promoting and rewarding the best innovative ideas in the UAE. This year we will be presenting all finalists and winners with trophies. In addition to showcasing the best projects on April 25th, the award ceremony and gala dinner, every finalist and winner will receive the following

Project winners will receive

In addition, each winning project will qualify for ONE invitation to attend the Global Stockholm Challenge to be held in Stockholm, Sweden on May 11-13th. The invitation includes return airfare (ex Dubai) and accomodation, cultural visits, viewing of finalist projects and attendance to the award ceremony in the Nobel Hall. If the finalist project is a team project, then the team members will need to nominate ONE person from the team to travel to Stockholm who will represent their project. To read more about the Stockholm Challenge, please visit the website at http://www.challenge.stockholm.se/

This annual event will showcase leading IT projects from around the world on May 10/11 with the award ceremony to be held on May 13th in the Nobel Hall, Stockholm.

4. Preparations for April 25th Event Day
Planning has been underway for some time now for the event day of April 25th. Finalists will be invited to showcase their projects, and we are inviting students and teachers throughout the UAE to come along and view the projects and meet the finalists.

Belinda Palubiski has been appointed as Bussing Coordinator for the event day, and will manage the thousands of visitors expected to attend the project exhibition. If you are a teacher or student and wish to bring a group along, please contact Belinda at belinda.palubiski@hct.ac.ae for more information and suggested timings.

Entrance is free, and we will be giving away several interesting prizes as well for those that attend.

5. Jumeirah Beach Hotel Competition - Winners!
The Jumeirah Beach Hotel (JBH) kindly presented the IT Challenge with TWO vouchers for dinner (2 persons) and soft drinks at one of its restuarants. During the last three newsletters we ran a competition, and this morning, Gary Johnson of the iT challenge drew the two lucky winners. A large number of entries were received, and the two lucky winners are,

6. Upcoming Events
April 24 - Setup of finalist projects
April 25 - Project Exhibition, Award Ceremony and Gala Dinner
May 11-13 Stockholm Challenge
May Post Events

 

So that's it for this newsletter. Remember, all the top stories, feature articles, rules, projects and latest news can be found online at www.uaechallenge.com

If you have any questions, please email us at uaechallenge@hct.ac.ae