Updates on Imagine Cup Mashup Competition
I’m going to blog about some updates on my Imagine Cup 2009 – Mashup Team, PlanetKY; one of the only two teams (besides NTU team) from Singapore which make it to Round 2 (Ranked Top 15 in the World!).
First thing first, for those whom don’t know what is Imagine Cup 2009, it is actually a student competition held by Microsoft Corporation, people who knows about IT or computers should know this brand inside out 
Imagine Cup competition is open to the whole world, encouraging students to think and “imagine” how to make use of different tools to change the world.
For this years’ theme, our mission is to research, brainstorm, design, and develop potential solutions that address the toughest problems facing our world (earth) today. Featuring the 8 United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (UN’s MDG). Here are they:
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Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty
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Achieve universal primary education |
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Promote gender equality and empower women |
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Reduce child mortality |
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Improve maternal health |
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Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases |
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Ensure environmental sustainability |
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Develop a global partnership for development |
Basically, one of the round two’s requirements is for us to publicise our “end product”, and proof evidence of us doing so; For example, have a press release, or have it hosted on NGOs websites & etc. It’s quite interesting in the sense that we have to market and publicise it by ourselves!
I have never done anything like that before. I plan to use my blog as a platform to do the publicity. Other than that, we should have other plans in spreading the message.
People, do stay tune to my blog if you are interested in how we, Team PlanetKY, is going to publicise and market our mashup program that is going to change the world!
Cheers!
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