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Newsletter March 22, 2006

In this newsletter

- Judging Update
- Thank you
- Finalists to be announced
- April 21/22/23

1. Judging Update
Project entries closed on February 15th 2006. A total of 743 projects were received, 47 of which were from outside the UAE (Bahrain, Eygpt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia). The panel of 108 judges were assigned the projects to evaluate. Altogether, each project was judged 3 times by different judges, with most projects being judged by 6 or 9 judges.

Scores from the judges for each project were averaged to generate a ranked list, and based on a percentage of 15-10%, the top projects have been selected as finalists.

The senior panel of judges is now reviewing the finalist projects to determine the winners. Because of the number of projects and the high quality, some categories may have more than one winner announced.

2. Thank You
We would like to thank all those that entered projects and wish them success in the future. Your entries have helped make the challenge a big success.

The Executive Steering Committee (ESC) laid the foundations for a successful challenge in 2004, with a vision for expansion into the GCC and greater participation by Secondary Schools. This vision has become a reality and we applaud the efforts of the ESC in helping the challenge expand in new directions.
http://www.uaechallenge.com/contacts.htm

The Organizing Committee has worked very hard arranging roadshows in different locations and assisted in entry of projects. We extend to them our thanks and appreciation for their hard work.
http://www.uaechallenge.com/contacts.htm

The Judging panel, led by Dr. Abdulla Al Karam, CEO of Knowledge Village has done a difficult task in a short period of time, and their tireless efforts to ensure fairness and equity for all projects is to be highly commended.
http://www.uaechallenge.com/jurypanel2006.htm

3. Finalists to be announced
The finalists will be announced next week, probably on Sunday 26th. We will send an email newsletter, contact all finalists by phone to inform them, and post the names of all finalists on the website at
http://www.uaechallenge.com/results2006/finalists%202006.htm

Winners will be announced at the award ceremony on April 22nd 2006.

4. April 21/22/23
April 21 is when finalists can setup their projects. The venue is the Grand Hyatt Convention Center in Dubai, and project stands should be ready after 1pm.

April 22 - the project exhibition will open at 9am - 12:30 and all finalists will receive their certificates. After lunch, the project exhibition will reopen from 2pm - 4pm.

The award ceremony will begin at 6:30pm and awards will be presented by His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Higher Education and Research. This will be followed by dinner.

April 23 - Matt Majers from Pixar Animation studios will be guest speaker, and talk about Pixar's latest film - One Man Band. This is by invitation only and no camera's or videos will be permitted.

And that is all for this UAE Educational IT Challenge Newsletter. If you have any questions or news items, please email us at uaechallenge@hct.ac.ae