Student Benefits & Prizes

Why Participate?

As if the exciting chance to win a week's trip to the Sun JavaOne conference in San Francisco (and other prizes) is not enough, there are many other good reasons for students to enter this Challenge:  

• An excellent opportunity to apply your programming knowledge in a practical manner, gain professional skills and experience, and a great topic for your Curriculum Vitae!
• You will be in touch with various companies and could gain valuable contacts within the business world.
• Some students in previous contests have even been offered work placements or jobs at Sun, Ricoh and partner companies. Read more
• You will compete (and socialise!) with other University students across Europe. 

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Prizes

The first prize for the Ricoh & Java™ Developer Challenge - Innovating Technology, is a trip for the winning team to JavaOne 2009, held in San Francisco, USA! 

Prizes will also be awarded at each stage of the Challenge:

Stage 1 Winners

Each Team that makes it through to the National Finals (4 Teams per country) will receive: Ricoh Professional GR Digital II Camera

National Winners (1 Team per country):

• Sun SPOT Development Kit - An experimental platform created to inspire developers to build the next great toy, sensor, or communication device. Find out more
• Ricoh GelSprinter™ Model GX 2500 and consumable starter kit
• Sun Academic Initiative Certification Voucher 
• Free trip to the Grand Final in London (2-5 April 2009) which includes: Return Flights, 4 nights accommodation and meals, Tourist passes for the weekend (which you will have to yourselves!)
• Sun Microsystems' BackPacks and goodies

Grand Final Winner (1 team)

Free trip to the JavaOne Conference 2009 (May 2009) in San Francisco, USA which includes:

• Return Flights
• A week's accommodation
• Attending JavaOne 2009 Conference

Please note:  It will be your own responsibility to organise a VISA to take advantage of this fabulous prize so we recommend that you prepare as much documentation as you can in advance if you have been successful in the National Final. As teams can either consist of 1 or 2 students, all prizes will be made available (if applicable) to both team members.