IMAGINE CUP-2011

The Imagine Cup is the world's premier student technology competition. While competing
with their peers from around the world, students gain real life experiences, make new
friends, and turn their ideas into reality. The brightest young minds join together and, using
technology, take on the world's toughest problems. Open to students around the world, the
competition spans one year, beginning with local, regional and online competitions, and
seeks innovative Competition entries that address the Imagine Cup Theme: Imagine a
world where technology helps solve the toughest problems. The finalists go on to
compete at the Worldwide Finals, which is hosted in a different country every year.

When you submit your project?

The Contest shall run from 1st January 2010 to 5th May 2011 (“the Contest Period”).
Microsoft can curtail or extend the Contest Period, as it deems necessary.
What you need to know to take up the challenge?
If you are a born Bangladesh national of minimum 16 years and
1. Are actively enrolled as a student at an accredited educational institution that grants
high-school or college/university (or equivalent) degrees at any time between 1
January 2010 and 31 May 2011; and
2. Are not an employee or intern of Microsoft; and not involved in any part of the
execution or administration of this Contest; and
3. Is not an immediate family member of (parent, sibling, spouse, child) or household
member of a Microsoft employee, an employee of a Microsoft subsidiary, or a person
involved in any part of the administration and execution of this Contest.
4. If the Participant is a Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) and meets the eligibility criteria
set forth above, s/he may enter the competition, but s/he shall be prohibited from
using Microsoft property or resources that s/he may have exclusive access to as part
of the MSP program.
5. Additionally, in order to participate in the Contest, the Participant and all student
team members must be registered as students on the Website,
http://bangladesh.imaginecup.com, and must complete the necessary information for
the Software Design competition.
3. Got a Team?
Each eligible Team must be registered on the Website with the country as Bangladesh and
may consist of up to three eligible students. It is recommended, but not required, that the
Team have one mentor (preferably a Faculty member) in addition to the student Team
members. Limit one mentor per Team. Team changes after the Local Submission round are
prohibited.
4. Got the Theme?
It might sound lofty and perhaps a little ambitious. But when it comes down to it,
this year's theme couldn't be more relevant. And while it's not a requirement to
base your entry on one of these ambitious goals, you may want to use them as
inspiration to promote change around the globe.
• End hunger and poverty
• Universal education
• Gender equality
• Child health
• Maternal health
 • Combat HIV/AIDS
• Environmental sustainability
• Global partnership

4. Technical Stuffs (!):

Your Team’s entry must include all of the following required elements:
• Your Team’s entry must address a social cause connected to the 2011 Theme:
"Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems".
• All elements of your Team’s entry must be in the English language. If a translator is
needed, your Team is responsible for managing all related arrangements.
• Your Team’s application must run on the Microsoft .NET Framework. You may use any
version of .NET.
• Your Team’s application must be developed using at least one (1) of the products
within the Visual Studio family (Express, Standard, Professional, or Team System) for
development.
5. Where you need to send your plans?
A Participant must ensure that his/her team’s duly filled up entry for the Contest in English
language and submit to the email address ic@msdn.net.bd before the deadline of the Local
Submission Round: 20 February 2011 (11:59 PM BST). Only one entry will be considered per
team.
6. What you need to send?:
a) Local Submission deliverables:
• Project overview, submitted as an electronic file in the .doc, .docx, .xps or .pdf
format.
• A short video (Minimum 5 minutes, Maximum 10 minutes) of the Team
demonstrating about the application. The video should be uploaded on Windows Live
SkyDrive as .wmv and share the URL with us.
b) National Finals Submission deliverables:
• The Team’s software application must be fully functional and implemented. Ideas for
a software application or software applications that are not fully developed are not
eligible.
• A video presentation (Minimum 14 minutes, Maximum 15 minutes) that introduces
and demonstrates team’s software application that encompasses all the required
elements and at least one optional element, as described below:
• The video should include a narrated PowerPoint presentation as a screen cast.
• The video should be uploaded on Windows Live SkyDrive as .wmv and share the URL
with us. Creation of screen capture using Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen
Capture is recommended which is available to students for free through DreamSpark.
• The emphasis of the video should be on the software application itself. Video
production quality will not be scored in the judging process.
• In-person presentations and demonstrations at the National Finals event (planned for
end of April 2011).
The worldwide finals will be held @ New York where the best team
chosen from the software development competition goes to
participate.
So, what are you waiting for?