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Microsoft today announced the eight innovative teams that will certainly compete in the UAE Envision Cup 2017 Finals on 18 April in Dubai, with a possibility to walk away with US$ 15,000 and a place in the global finals in USA in June.

Imagine Cup has actually come to be a global phenomenon considering that its very first event in 2003. The competition aims to promote partnership and regimented creative thinking through competitors, as teams of trainees around the world conceptualise and showcase their real-world services under analysis from industry specialists. This year's version is sponsored by regional construction titan Emaar and the UAE Ministry of Education, as Education Partner.

The shortlisted teams are: Bane's Mercenaries, from Middlesex University; AAWC Smart Irrigation and iBins, from Greater Colleges of Technology; I'll Order, from the Birla Institute of Technology; My Team.name, from BITS PILANI; B.A.S.S and Side Pursuit, from Wollongong University; and Green Jam, from American University in Dubai.

More than 200 attendees are expected at the UAE finals, including group advocates and VIPs. The winning team will obtain a US$ 15,000 cash prize, adhered to by second prize of US$ 10,000 and third prize of US$ 7,000.

" Investment in young ability is exceedingly vital to Microsoft, and Think of Cup is the perfect method to find that skill," stated Michael Mansour, Chief Innovation Officer, Microsoft Gulf. "This competition urges trainees throughout all STEM disciplines to work together, and find out ways to turn their creative thinking into something actual. Their participation will additionally translate into greater employability, and increase their potential customers of ending up being entrepreneurs. This has never ever been more important, as the UAE proceeds in the direction of its Vision 2021. Financial growth and technological innovation go hand in hand, and our finalists and their peers are individuals we will aim to for that innovation in the years to come.

In February, Microsoft and Emaar went to more than 25 universities throughout the UAE, advising STEM students to compete in the Think of Cup. This year's event has put a strong focus on smart-city options, with teams submitting more than 100 tasks under Emaar's special Smart City classification, which is the highest variety of entries under a solitary group in the region considering that the competitors started. This year, Microsoft's Azure cloud platform is a compulsory tool for all the submitted projects.

Veresh Sita, Chief Digital Officer for Emaar Properties, stated: "Emaar's support to Visualize Cup underlines our commitment to advertise a society of digital innovation in the UAE according to the vision of our leadership. It also highlights the solid emphasis of Emaar, throughout our organisation, to take advantage of the potential of digital technologies to transform customer service and give development services. By promoting our youth via Picture Cup, we are supporting a brand-new generation of abilities, that could contribute to the country with their innovative and innovative concepts for smart cities."

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