Autodesk Inc. announced the launch of the ASEAN leg of its Asia Pacific Design Competition 2005, a new platform for Asian designers, engineers and students to showcase their talents and be recognized for their creativity, innovative thinking, and design expertise.

Filipino students, working professionals and companies are invited to join the competition and encouraged to submit  their entries now.  Deadline of entry submissions is on October 30, 2005.

The competition, sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific, will be conducted both at the country and Asia Pacific levels, with two segments.

The industry segment of the competition is open to working professionals, amateur groups, companies and individuals, and will accept submissions for any of the three separate categories – Manufacturing Design; Civil Design; and Building Design. Contestants will be judged on design and technical excellence, creativity and innovation, and business impact.

The education segment is open to the individual tertiary student or groups of students for participation. Students can get entry-forms from their respective universities, colleges or from the competition website at www.autodesk-apac.com/design_competition.

Registration for the Autodesk Asia Pacific Design Competition is free at www.autodesk-apac.com/design_competition. No purchase of Autodesk products is necessary for entry.

All entries will be judged on their use of Autodesk Inventor®, Autodesk® Civil 3D™, or Autodesk® Revit® Building software in problem-solving, and the aesthetic appeal of their entry designs.

Interested contestants may request for free trial software of Autodesk’s latest family of cutting-edge 3D design solutions - Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Civil 3D, or Autodesk Revit Building - from their Autodesk reseller or email [email protected]. All contestants will enjoy hardware promotions from major sponsor Hewlett-Packard.

From ASEAN to the Asia Pacific Finals

The competition will be conducted at two stages – the regional level and  pan Asia-Pacific level.

The regional level will see a competition in each of 5 geographies – ASEAN, ANZ, Japan, Korea and China. Finalists  from each geography will automatically qualify for the pan Asia-Pacific competition. At each stage, Autodesk will give away five awards in each of the three Industry categories, and another five awards for the Education category.

Country-Level Competition:

Industry Segment (same set of awards for each category):
1st Prize: US$ 2000 (PhP110,000)  worth of prizes
2nd Prize: US$1000  (PhP55,000) worth of prizes
3rd Prize: US$ 800   (PhP44,000)  worth of prizes
Consolation Prizes (x2): US$ 500  (PhP27,500)   worth of prizes each

Education Segment
1st Prize: U$ 1000 (PhP55,000)  worth of prizes
2nd Prize: US$ 500  (PhP27,500)  worth of prizes
3rd Prize: US$ 300   (PhP16,500)  worth of prizes
Consolation Prizes (x2): US$ 200  (PhP11,000)  worth of prizes each

Asia Pacific-Level Competition:

Industry Segment (same set of awards for each category):
1st Prize: US$ 3000  (PhP165,000)   worth of prizes
2nd Prize: US$ 2000 (PhP110,000)  worth of prizes
3rd Prize: US$ 1000   (PhP55,000)   worth of prizes

Education Segment
1st Prize: US$ 1500 (PhP82,500)  worth of prizes
2nd Prize: US$ 1000  (PhP55,000)   worth of prizes
3rd Prize: US$ 500 (PhP27,500)  worth of prizes