Technology Blossoming in the Heat of MAHOROBA
Introduction
In the 16th NAPROCK International Programming Contest (NAPROCK PROCON 2024), attending students will make use of the results of their daily studies to compete in ideas for information and communication technologies and in abilities to realize those ideas. This year’s competition will be divided into three divisions: “Themed Section,” “Original Section,” and “Competition Section”. This is an excellent opportunity for students to show their abilities to the world. We encourage them to develop original ideas that students can come up with, and to take challenge in creating works that make full use of information and communication technology, which has been developing remarkably in recent years. The contest consists of a preliminary round and a final round. In the preliminary selection process, we evaluate the originality of the idea. The work may be incomplete when entering for the preliminary selection, but it must be feasible.
The contest has been highly acclaimed by various circles for the flexibility and the high level of the ideas that are submitted to the contest. It has also been widely covered by the mass media and has attracted attention as a project for creativity education. Furthermore, the contest can be considered as a venue for international exchange with Japanese KOSEN students in the competition of information processing techniques.
This contest is supported by many co-sponsoring and supporting organizations including the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), and sponsoring companies.
Date and Venue
- Application Period May 20,2024, 8:30am(JST) to May 27, 2024,5:00pm(JST)
- Preliminary Rounds (document screening): June 22, 2024
- Qualification Results:The results will be announced in MS Teams and/or by e-mail in late June.
- Final Rounds (details will be sent separately to those who pass the preliminary round) :
- Date: October 19 to 20, 2024
- Venue: Nara Centennial Hall (7-1 Sanjo-Miyamae-cho, Nara City)