The Siemens Student Award 2011 is seeking the best answers to one of the world's toughest questions, "How can you build sustainable cities in the desert?" An encouraging 630 ideas were submitted by university students throughout the Middle East. 10 finalists have been selected from universities in the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Pakistan, and their ideas will be evaluated by a high-profile international jury panel.
Three winners will be announced at an award ceremony in Doha, Qatar on 1 November 2011. Winners will take home a share of USD 45,000 in prize money. Since last month, submissions from all across Middle East were evaluated by a council of Siemens Student Award experts along with the online community in order to select 10 finalists from the 630 ideas.
"It was definitely not an easy task for the involved experts and the online community to decide on the ten finalists," stated the patron of the Siemens Student Award 2011, Erich Kaeser, CEO, Siemens Middle East. "So many highly creative ideas made it challenging to decide on the ten candidates to join the final round.-PR
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