Innovation Accelerator 2008 & 2008 U.S. Finals
The Imagine Cup 2008 Winners were announced at the Musee du Louvre during the Worldwide Finals, hosted by Joe Wilson, Senior Director, Microsoft. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 8, 2008
Software Design, First Place: Australia – Team SOAK. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 8, 2008
Embedded Development, First Place: Singapore – Team Trail Blazers. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 8, 2008
Game Development, First Place: Brazil – Team Mother Gaia Studio. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 8, 2008
Project Hoshimi, First Place: Russia – Team Red Devils. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 8, 2008
IT Challenge, First Place: France – Jean-Benoit Paux. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 8, 2008
Algorithm, First Place: Ukraine – Roman Koshlyak. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 8, 2008
Photography, First Place: United States – Team Provisio. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 8, 2008
Interface Design, First Place: United States – Team Franklin. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 8, 2008
Short Film, First Place: Korea – Team NEIP. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 8, 2008
Rural Innovation Achievement Award, First Place: Indonesia – Antarmuka, presented by Anoop Gupta, Corporate Vice President, Unlimited Potential Group, Education Product Group, Technology Policy and Strategy, Microsoft. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 8, 2008
Accessible Technology Achievement Award, United States – Project WebAnywhere, and France – Team JivAd. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 8, 2008
Interoperability Achievement Award, First Place: India – Team SKAN. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 8, 2008
Windows Live Achievement Award, First Place: Spain – Windows Drive. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 8, 2008
Engineering Excellence Achievement Award, Winners: Bulgaria – Team Atlas, United States – Team Sparx, Russia – Team Ignition. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 8, 2008
Imagine Cup Innovation Accelerator Winners: Australia – Team SOAK, France – Team Well K’Home, Germany – Team PoinT-Power in Time, Hungary – Team Digital Mania, Slovakia – Team Housekeepers, and South Africa – Team Smile. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 8, 2008
The Women in IT event at Imagine Cup brought together a panel of experts, students and competitors to discuss challenges and opportunities for women looking to enter the field. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 7, 2008
Students had an opportunity to ask questions in a comfortable environment, discussing future opportunities for women looking to enter the technology field as a career. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 7, 2008
Team Trailblaze from Singapore presented their project, Environmental Monitoring System, in the finals competition for Embedded Design. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 7, 2008
Team Drunk Puppy Studios from Belgium presented their project, Future Flow, in the finals competition for Game Development. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 7, 2008
Team GOMZ from Korea presented their project, CleanUp, in the finals competition for Game Development. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 7, 2008
Team Uniquestudio from China presented their project, CooTrading, in the finals competition for Software Design. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 7, 2008
Team Digital Mania from Hungary presented their project, Green Watering, in the finals competition for Software Design. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 7, 2008
Team SOAK from Australia presented their project, Smart Operational Agriculture toolkit (SOAK), in the finals competition for Software Design. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 7, 2008
Michael Aldridge, Microsoft Unlimited Potential Group; Paul Polak, International Development Enterprises; Edward Granger-Happ, Save the Children; Netika Raval; and Kentaro Toyama, Microsoft Research India, participated in a panel discussion regarding the Rural Innovation Award, sponsored by the Microsoft Unlimited Potential Group and new to Imagine Cup for 2008. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 7, 2008
Joe Wilson, Senior Director, Microsoft, congratulates the teams that have advanced to the final round of competition for Software Design, Embedded Development and Game Development. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 6, 2008
Embedded Design finalist teams: China – Wings, Ireland – Acid Rain, Korea – Here Rose, Poland – Aero@PUT, Singapore – Trailblazers, and Ukraine – Sun Around Sky Around. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 6, 2008
Software Design finalist team: Australia – SOAK (Smart Operational Agricultural toolKit). Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 6, 2008
Software Design finalist team: Brazil – Ecologix. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 6, 2008
Software Design finalist team: China – UniqueStudio. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 6, 2008
Software Design finalist team: Digital Mania – Hungary. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 6, 2008
Software Design finalist team: Portugal – (void*). Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 6, 2008
Software Design finalist team: Slovakia – Housekeepers. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 6, 2008
Game Development finalist team: Belgium – Drunk Puppy Productions. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 6, 2008
Game Development finalist team: Brazil – Mother Gaia Studio. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 6, 2008
Game Development finalist team: Korea – Gomz. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 6, 2008
The Software Design, Embedded Development and Game Development teams celebrate their advancement into the final round of competition, to be hosted at the Musee du Louvre. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 6, 2008
Joe Wilson, Senior Director, Microsoft, congratulates competitors on their amazing projects and commitment to excellence during the student showcase at the Novotel Hotel. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 5, 2008
Team Acid Rain from Ireland displays their project, Voila — Vegetable Oil Automobile, which was selected as a worldwide finalist in the Embedded Design contest. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 5, 2008
The announcement of the Software Design semifinalists and the Embedded Development finalists was full of tension and excitement as each team was selected for the next round of competition. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 5, 2008
Team Ecologix celebrates their advancement into the worldwide semifinals in the Software Design category for their project, Ecologger. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 5, 2008
The student showcase provided an exceptional opportunity for competitors to demonstrate their projects, interact with fellow students, and share their experiences with more than 370 finalists entered in this year’s Imagine Cup. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 5, 2008
Team Housekeepers from Slovakia rejoice with excitement after being selected to the worldwide semifinals in the Software Design category for their project, Energy Consumption Manager. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 5, 2008
Rogerio Panigassi, Imagine Cup Project Lead, Microsoft, briefs the students about the upcoming event and provides insight on the preeminent technology competition in the world. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 4, 2008
Students make final adjustments to their projects, focused on environmental sustainability, before the opening round of competition. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 4, 2008
Team Areo@PUT from Poland, assembles their Embedded Design project, Ecopteron, an unmanned electric helicopter designed to monitor dynamic environmental processes. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 4, 2008
Laura Foy, competition expert for Short Film, explains to students the process and assignment of the 36-hour competition to story-board, write scripts, direct, film, and edit their movies for final presentation to a panel of judges. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 4, 2008
Students in the Short Film competition take inventory of their resources over lunch, preparing to tell stories about the theme of environmental sustainability. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 4, 2008
Competition experts discuss the unique aspects and challenges students will face during the comprehensive technology competition — from software design and deploying IT systems to game development and short films. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 4, 2008
Jason Parlour from the United Kingdom plans out his photo essay, armed with a computer, a street map of Paris, and his trusty Canon for the Photography competition. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 4, 2008
Students from Brazil rehearse their strategy and go over the last-minute details before the opening round of competition. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 4, 2008
Finalists present their project, Gaurdian of Eden, to a panel of judges during the opening round of competition. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 4, 2008
More than 370 students traveled to Paris to participate in the Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals. The opening ceremony was hosted at the Hotel de Ville. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 3, 2008
Jean-Philippe Courtois, President, Microsoft, discusses the importance of the Imagine Cup with former winners Vincent Bellet, Carlos Rodrigues and Valy Greavu. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 3, 2008
Student competitors eagerly await the kickoff of the 2008 Worldwide Finals. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 3, 2008
Jean-Louis Missika, Deputy Mayor, Paris, welcomes students from more than 60 countries to experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 3, 2008
Jean-Philippe Courtois, President, Microsoft, congratulates all worldwide finalists and encourages the 2008 competitors to follow their dreams. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 3, 2008
Joe Wilson, Senior Director, Microsoft, inspires students to give their best effort at the preeminent technology competition in the world. Imagine Cup 2008, Worldwide Finals. Paris, France, July 3, 2008
