WHAT
Microsoft’s 2016 Imagine Cup Pan-Arab Finals, hosted by The School of Business at The American University in Cairo (AUC). It is the first time for this event to be held in Egypt with participants from over 13 countries around the Arab World.
Microsoft Imagine Cup is an annual competition brings together young technologists worldwide to help resolve some of the world's toughest challenges. All Imagine Cup competitors create projects that address the Imagine Cup theme: "Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems."
The three final teams chosen will proceed with the Imagine Cup Finals in Seattle, Washington.
WHO
El Helali El Sherbini, minister of higher education; Ali Faramawy, corporate vice president, Microsoft Egypt; Khaled Abdel Kader, general manager, Microsoft Egypt; Sherif El Sanadily, developers marketing director, Microsoft Egypt and Karim Seghir, dean, AUC School of Business; Asmaa El Hosseiny, chief information officer, Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) as well as representatives from AUC School of Business and Microsoft Egypt.
WHERE
Conference and Visitors Center, AUC New Cairo
WHEN
Saturday, May 28, 2016; 10am-6pm
Sunday, May 29, 2016; 9am-4pm
*Press conference: Sunday, May 29, 2016; 3:30-4pm
