THURSDAY, March 28, 2024
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Student contest to focus on regional problems

Student contest to focus on regional problems

Students nationwide have been invited to compete in a mobile application design contest focusing on three development challenges in the Southeast Asia region: human trafficking, disaster resilience and response, and deforestation and forest degradation.

 

USAID, the United States Agency for International Development Regional Development Mission for Asia, and King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), announced the first-ever contest at the KMUTT campus yesterday. 
“The Students with Solutions 2012 mobile application contest is an opportunity for Thailand’s talented university students to apply their creativity and compassion to developing innovative, mobile technology solutions to development challenges,” said Kristie A. Kenney, American ambassador to Thailand. “It’s exciting to bring together US and Thai organisations, businesses and universities, connecting the energy of youth with technology as a tool. That’s what makes Students with Solutions a key activity for our Thai-US creative partnership,” she said. 
Some 200 students talked with USAID Asia implementing partners—MTV EXIT, the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC), and Lowering Emissions in Asia’s Forest (LEAF) Asia—to get inspiration for putting their skills into a mobile app addressing development challenges in Thailand and the region. 
Representatives from other universities in Bangkok joined the event. 
The Students with Solutions 2012 mobile app design contest will focus on: human trafficking, disaster resilience and response, and deforestation and forest degradation in the region. 
All university students in Thailand are eligible to enter. Teams will submit a concept paper outlining problems to be addressed and their proposed mobile application, along with a mock-up of their mobile application interface and functions by July 23, 2012. 
Five finalist teams will participate in a mentoring event in Bangkok on August 18 to work with software and programme experts on their projects. The Students with Solutions 2012 contest will culminate with teams presenting a functioning prototype of their mobile application to a panel of judges in October 2012. The winning team will receive a cash award of Bt50,000, along with tablet computers.
For more information about Students for Solutions 2012 mobile application contest, visit www.facebook/USAIDAsia. 
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