Kay Family Foundation and Living in Digital Times Announce Call for Entries for Second Annual App-reneur Scholarship Awards
Two Students to be Honored for Outstanding Achievement in App Creation During Mobile Apps Showdown at 2015 International CES®
NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kay Family Foundation, a grant-making foundation, and Living in Digital Times is proud to announce the call for entries for the second annual App-reneur Awards, honoring students who have been creating cutting edge mobile apps. The award provides two winners a $5,000 scholarship fund to help them pursue studies to refine their app and continue bringing new apps to market. Entries from around the world are now being accepted for the App-reneur Awards through November 24, 2014 until 11:59pm EST.
The App-reneur Awards will recognize the creative efforts of student-built applications running on any of the current mobile app devices including iOS, Android, Windows 8, as well as smartwatches/wristwear, Google Glass and other emerging platforms. The winning entries will be showcased by the students at the 2015 International CES® during the Mobile Apps Showdown hosted by Living in Digital Times. The live competition, won by audience applause, will take place on Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 12:30 p.m. PT in the Las Vegas Convention and World Trade Center (LVCC), North Hall, Room N257. The 2015 International CES takes place in Las Vegas, January 6-9.
"As a foundation, we work to support ambitious and promising youth to help them become tomorrow's leaders of industry," said Elim Kay, president of the Kay Family Foundation. "With the rapid growth of the technology industry, our partnership with Living in Digital Times is an aligned and timely one as we work together to recognize and enable future leaders in tech."
"We are always looking to the next generation of thinkers and doers to see how they will continue to transform and develop the tech industry, so we are excited to be working with the Kay Family Foundation for a second year to identify up-and-coming app builders," said Robin Raskin, creator of the Mobile Apps Showdown and founder of Living in Digital Times. "We love that we can bring current app developers and the student app developers together by presenting the scholarship award at the Mobile Apps Showdown at CES."
High school, college and graduate school students from all over the world are invited to submit their apps by visiting www.appreneurscholars.com to access the 2015 entry form. The free application requires a brief bio, name and description of the app, clarification of platforms it's available for download and its URL. The judges, including journalists, engineers and developers from the mobile community, will rate the apps based on their impact, scalability, originality, user interface and user retention.
Students will be notified of their status by December 15th and will be invited to travel to Las Vegas to present live in person or via Skype during the Showdown. The award nominees will be showcased on the Mobile Apps Showdown website.
About Kay Family Foundation
Kay Family Foundation is a U.S. private grant-making foundation. The Foundation's mission is to promote new models and systems that produce 21st century global leaders primarily across four thematic pillars: faith, education, medical and the arts. For more information, visit http://www.kayff.org/.
About Living in Digital Times
Founded by veteran technology journalist Robin Raskin, Living in Digital Times brings together the most knowledgeable leaders and the latest innovations impacting both technology and lifestyle. It helps companies identify and act on emerging trends, create compelling company narratives, and do better business through strong network connections. Living in Digital Times produces technology conferences, exhibits and events at the International CES and other locations throughout the year by lifestyle verticals. Core brands include Digital Health Summit, Fitness Tech Summit, Lifelong Tech, Kids@Play Summit, Family Tech Summit, TransformingEDU, MommyTech TV, Wearables and FashionWare runway show, Mobile Apps Showdown, Last Gadget Standing, Battle of the Bands, and the KAPi Awards. The company also works with various foundations and manages the Appreneur Scholar awards program for budding mobile entrepreneurs. For more information, visit www.LivinginDigitalTimes.com and keep up with our latest news on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
About CES
The International CES is the world's gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for more than 40 years -- the global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace. As the largest hands-on event of its kind, CES features all aspects of the industry. And because it is owned and produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the technology trade association representing the $203 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry, it attracts the world's business leaders and pioneering thinkers to a forum where the industry's most relevant issues are addressed. Follow CES online at http://www.cesweb.org and through social media: cesweb.org/social.
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