Media Release: Youth Challenge 2008 launch

THE hunt has begun to find the best young innovators in the Highlands and Islands.

The ICT Youth Challenge 2008 is looking for young people with bright ideas.

The annual challenge, launched this week, is supported by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), BT Scotland and Microsoft, and invites teams of young people to submit their ideas for information and communications technology and of the future.

The most promising ideas are then selected and teams invited to pitch their ideas to a panel of experts.

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Contact: Mairi Gillies
Phone: 01463 244235
Email: Mairi.Gillies@hient.co.uk
Website: http://www.hie.co.uk