2012 Themes
“Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems facing us today.”
The Imagine Cup continues to encourage students around the globe to imagine a better world in which people are empowered by technology. The United Nations has identified some of the hardest challenges in the world today in its Millennium Development Goals — ranging from reducing poverty and halting the spread of HIV/AIDS to providing universal primary education. The Imagine Cup is calling on programmers, designers, and technologists to rise to this challenge and use these Development Goals as their inspiration.
The Imagine Cup inspires students to use their creativity to help change the world for the better by discovering new ways to use technology to address some of the world’s toughest challenges. Some of the greatest innovations and companies of tomorrow will be created by today’s students.
The Eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals were agreed upon by 189 nations around the world more than nine years ago. They encompass universally accepted human rights such as freedom from hunger, the right to basic education, the right to health, and a responsibility to future generations. We are now more than halfway toward the target date – 2015 – by which the Millennium Development Goals are to be achieved.
Imagine a world with less poverty, hunger and disease, greater survival prospects for mothers and their infants, better educated children, equal opportunities for women, and a healthier environment; a world in which developed and developing countries work in partnership for the betterment of all. Now imagine that you are part of the solution.
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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 |
