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Hi UBCers,

Imagine Cup 2009 Egypt is upon us; I would like to invite you to a quick overview session I will be holding.

This challenge is open to everyone, undergraduate and graduate students.

What is Imagine Cup?

Imagine Cup is a worldwide competition held by Microsoft to give students a simple way to exercise the skills they have acquired through school. Every year, the competition is given a new theme for new set of problem to be tackled.

What is it about this year?

Every day we hear somewhere in our world, people are in dire need of help. People are starving, diseases ravage communities. Basic education is out of reach for too many people. Dangerous shifts in the environment affect millions as countries struggle to develop in sustainable ways. It seems overwhelming—but we can’t throw up our hands and give up. The answers are all around us in thousands of ideas that happen every day. Solutions might be in the next few lines of code, a compelling photo or even a simple video game that can teach the world a lesson.

These small sparks set the world’s imagination on fire and lead to change that really matters. Technology can be the force that transforms these great ideas into real world solutions. And that’s the point of the Imagine Cup every year—to use technology to make a difference.

We need everyone—software programmers, hardware developers, artists and dreamers—to imagine a better world, then make it happen. The Imagine Cup brings together more than 200,000 students from over 100 countries around the world where they compete to help find the answers.

What are the different ways I could be challenged?

The Imagine Cup is a global student technology competition focused on finding solutions to real-world issues in these 9 categories:

• Software Design
• Embedded Development
• Game Development
• Robotics and Algorithm
• IT Challenge
• MashUp
• Photography
• Short Film
• Design

Alright I want in, where do I sign up?

http://imaginecup.com/

This site is where you sign up and find out more details about the competition.

When:

Friday, November 21, 2008 - 12:10 to 13:00

Where:

DMP 201

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Wondering where else your degree can take you? Are you eager to gain valuable networks with other inspired individuals, or are you just interested in learning more about business?

If any of these questions appeal to you, then ticket sales to an exciting event for you have just opened! The Enterprize Entrepreneurship conference takes place in the Hyatt Regency Hotel from February 6-8th 2009. It is a 3 day conference in downtown Vancouver with 2 keynote presentations, 20 speaker seminars, an entrepreneurship expo, innovation challenges, business plan finalist presentations, 2 night events, a gala dinner and amazing networking opportunity with 450 delegates, business professionals and entrepreneurs from across Canada.

As a Science student, you are eligible to apply for a subsidy covering up to 80% of your ticket price! Check out our website at www.enterprizecanada.org or email [email protected] for more information!

Have a great idea?

Enterprize is also hosting a National Business Plan Competition. With an unparalleled prize pool worth over $100,000, the 2009 competition will showcase some of the best and brightest business plans from across Canada. Transform your ideas into reality as you compete against over 100 teams for a chance at cash prizes, mentorship opportunities, or even an opportunity to audition in front of a panel of venture capitalist investors on CBC’s Dragons’ Den! The competition is opened to undergraduate and graduate students. Business plan’s are due November 30. There are regional competitions culminating in the national competition that will take place in Vancouver in February 2009."

When:

Friday, February 6, 2009 (All day) to Sunday, February 8, 2009 (All day)

Where:

Downtown Vancouver

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iBU is the largest student-run non-profit bookstore that dedicates to lead a fair secondhand textbook market in UBC.

We are young, energetic and have a dream to break UBC bookstore’s monopoly power and give students a fair secondhand textbook market. We are currently operating in a thousand textbooks every semester with a revenue of more than 10 thousand dollars.

Currently, we are looking for a volunteer position of IT manager who has strong web-building skills and can quickly adapt new team.

Some the most important tasks of IT manager will be to build a on-line communication platform (website). and help iBU to update its operation system.

The time commitment of this volunteer position is about 2–3 hrs/week.

Everyone who is interested in this volunteer opporunity is welcome!

And I am looking forward to see you.

Contact info:
Ken, email: [email protected]

Ken D. Wu
iBU General Manager

Come by the Cube on Hallowe’en in your Hallowe’en Costume. One of the awesome Cube execs will take a photo of you. Fill out your info on the provided sheet, and voilà! You’ve entered for a chance to win 1 of 3 $20 gift certificates for Future Shop!

Prizes will be awarded for:

• Most unique
• Scariest
• Most comp. sci. oriented

Additionally, all contestants will receive a free Google notebook! Thanks to Google for providing these notebooks.

When:

Friday, October 31, 2008 - 01:00

Where:

ICICS X139 (Cube Office)

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