Palm, Incorporated is sponsoring a tech talk and ACM Student Showcase at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during the ACM Reflections | Projections Conference October 15 – 17, 2010. Learn more about developing on Palm webOS and take advantage of the opportunity to win an HP netbook.

ACM Student Showcase

Students will be given the opportunity to show their webOS application. The audience will vote for their favorite student application after the demonstrations.

Prizes

Each member of the winning team will receive an HP dm1z netbook . All participants will receive t-shirts.

Showcase Rules

The rules to participate are simple.

1. You must be an actively enrolled college or university student.
2. You can register as an individual or a team by sending an email to ACMStudentShowcase@palm.com. Include your name and the name of the college or university you are attending. If you are registering as a team, include the names of every team member. Each team can have up to 3 members.
3. The deadline to register is October 14.
4. A Palm webOS device will be available to use for the demo as well as a laptop with the Palm webOS emulator connected to a projector. If you wish to use Palm-provided equipment you must email the app to ACMStudentShowcase@palm.com two hours prior to the start of the event. Otherwise, you may bring a laptop or device of your own with the app. If you bring your own laptop we cannot guarantee that it will be compatible with the projector.
5. You must be present to win.
6. The winners will be chosen by the audience attending the showcase.

What Next

1. Sign-up – Send an email to ACMStudentShowcase@palm.com.
2. Download the SDK – Sign-up at developer.palm.com, download the SDK and begin working on your application.
3. Build an app, win the crowd, and compete to win a netbook!

¹ Taxes: ALL TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECEIPT OR USE OF THE PRIZES ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNERS. Winners will be required to supply appropriate documentation and information to permit Palm to comply with all applicable United States, state, provincial, local, and foreign tax reporting and withholding requirements.