how to register in imagine cup bahrain 2017?

How to register in Imagine Cup Bahrain?

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Go towww.aka.ms/ImagineCup17

read more about the competition and click

Register Now>

1 Visit Imagine Cup

Website and Register 2 Edit your info to

create an IC Account 3 Know your dashboard

and manage IC team 4 Join Bahrain’ contest and

Submit your proposal

Sign inUsing your Hotmail or

Outlook email.

In case you have no email account,

Create an Outlook email account,

Sign in using it, and then continue the

registration process.

1 Visit Imagine Cup





Create your

Imagine account

Make sure to add correctly:

➢ Country

➢ School Level and Name

➢ Expected Graduation Date

1 Visit Imagine Cup





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Once ready, you will see your

Dashboard

Where you will be able to:

➢ Access Bahrain competition page Or open directly www.aka.ms/ICBahrain2017

➢ Submit project proposal.

➢ Activate your Azure pass.

➢ Create, join, or manage your team.

1 Visit Imagine Cup





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Create an Imagine Cup

New Team

➢ Team Name, Cover Photo (Logo)

➢ Country

➢ Team Info

➢ Project Info

➢ Team social media channels

➢ Team/Project photo gallery

1 Visit Imagine Cup





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Join an Imagine Cup

Existing team

➢ Only team admins can invite

members.

➢ Invited members will receive an email

invitations to join.

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Join the local contest

2017 Bahrain

National Finals

➢ Start the submission process.

➢ Submit your project before

March 19.

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2017 Bahrain National Finals

Download the

Project Proposal

template

Fill in the following:

➢ Solution concept and details

➢ Why users will consider this project

➢ Business feasibility

➢ Technologies used

➢ Project screenshots, if any.

1 Visit Imagine Cup



and manage IC team 4 Download and Submit

project submission form

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Download the

Project Proposal

template

Fill in the following:

➢ Solution concept and details

➢ Why users will consider this project

➢ Business feasibility

➢ Technologies used

➢ Project screenshots, if any.

1 Visit Imagine Cup





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What’s inside the Project Proposal template?

Team and

Members Info

Problem,

Need or

Opportunity

Definition

Solution Brief

Solution

features

Business

Feasibility

Architectural

Overview

Used

Technologies

(Azure Features)

Submit the

Project Proposal

➢ Click “Select” to browse your filled

proposal.

➢ Click “Upload to OneDrive”

➢ Follow the wizard to configure your

OneDrive subscription, if not already

done.

➢ Save the proposal in the “Documents”

folder.

➢ Click “Save” then “Submit”.

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Bahrain

Once submitted, you will see a

Submission

Confirmation

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Bahrain

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✔ You are all Set! Wait for the shortlisting announcement on

Social Media Channels on March 21st

1 Visit Imagine Cup





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✔Now, You are all Set! Wait for the shortlisting announcement on

Social Media Channels on March 21st

Important Note

BE READY to meet Microsoft team to discuss your project before March 21st

What’s Imagine Cup in brief?

Imagine Cup is the world’s premier year-round student experience and competition.

The Imagine Cup is the world’s premier student technology

competition.

Microsoft Imagine Cup

Reaching 3 million students In 190 countries


Imagine Cup celebrating

15 years of Awesome

10th Year in Bahrain

How the competition works?

Imagine Cup 2017 competition stages

National FinalsApril 15, 2017

Location: Bahrain

Pan MEA Semi-FinalsMay 2017

Location: TBA

Worldwide FinalsJuly 2017

Location: Seattle, USA

- As each country holds a National Finals competition.

- In Bahrain, 6 teams will beshortlisted to compete atthe National Finals stage.

- First team will qualify to the next round(Pan MEA Semi-Finals).

- All qualified teams from

MEA countries National

Finals will travel to

compete with each other.

- 6 teams from MEA will

qualify to round 3 (WW

Finals)

- World finalists will travel

to Seattle to compete

face-to-face to announce

the world champion

team.

Interested teams from

Bahrain submit their

project proposal to

have a chance to reach

the National Finals

Imagine Cup Bahrain 2017 National Finals

Online

Registration

Projects

ExecutionMarch

21

Registration

Deadline

Announcing Shortlisted teams

competing at the National Finals

April

15

March

19

Coaching

Sessions

IC Bahrain

National Finals

&

Who can register inImagine Cup Bahrain?


▪ Students from all Bahraini universities and high schools

of the age 16+ can participate in the competition.

▪ Fresh graduates who didn’t exceed 1 year of graduation.

University and High School Students& Fresh Graduates

What are the competition rules?

Competition Rules

• Teams should not exceed three (3) eligible students/members,

each team can also have (1) mentor can be part of team (optional).

• Projects eligibility:

1. Any innovative idea (application, device, game, product or solution)

built on/using any technology platform but must be integrating with

one or more Microsoft Azure cloud features.

2. Having clear business and feasibility plans behind this idea.

Read more about the official rules

https://iccms.blob.core.windows.net/library/IC17 Official Rules and Regulations-83e17fb3bcb9.pdf

What are the awards?

Awards

1st Place Winners

2,500 BHD

2nd Place Winners

1,500 BHD

3rd Place Winners

1,000 BHD

Bahrain

National Finals

Pan MEA

Semi-FinalsWorldwide

Finals (USA)

Best 6 teams

in Middle East and

Africa will be

announced

Best team will win

$100,000

Cash Prize

Free Tickets to

MEA Finals to

compete and

represent

Bahrain

Free Tickets to

WW Finals to

represent their

countries in

USA

+ More Prizes ☺

New Award for Imagine Cup Bahrain

Team incubation opportunities and consultancy

to startup a successful business.

✓ Incubation opportunities through Bahraini partners.

✓ Free software tools and licenses.

✓ Free cloud offerings and technical consultancy.

Eligibility is for one team among the 6 National Finalists.

Thank [email protected]

www.aka.ms/ICBarain2017

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.aka.ms/ICBarain2017

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