event report:: wsa-mobile global congress 2015, abu dhabi feb 1-3
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Connecting Smart Minds: Mobile Content with knowledge impact 3
Opening Words by WSA Chairman Prof. Bruck and H.E. Rashed Al Mansoori, DG ADSIC
World Summit Award Mobile Global Congress 2015 Overview 4
Mobile Innovation Exhibition
Innovation Shots, Keynote Speakers 5
Innovation Pitches by WSA Winners 6
WSA-mobile Grand Jury Members 2015 7
WSA-mobile Winners 8
WSA-mobile Global Champions 2015 and Award Ceremony 9
Reverse Pitching by Corporates 10
Interactive Workshops 11
Ibtikari 3.0 12
Social Networking 13
What do others say about WSA-mobile Global Congress 14
Statistics, Social Media and Outreach 15
Print Publications 16
Videos 17
Eventapp and Eventhomepage 18
Social Media 19
Facebook 20
Twitter 22
PR & News 24
Newsletters 27
WSA Board of Directors 28
WSA-mobile Partners and Sponsors 29
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Connecting smart minds: Mobile Content with knowledge impact Mobile content developers and producers create exciting content and innovative
applications that do more than just meet basic needs of communication. They
impact the daily lives of millions with mobile content and apps that connect
minds.
Smart applications track earthquakes, facilitate banking everywhere for everyone,
make governments more transparent and accountable, and save lives.
Mobile content and innovative applications empower people to read or visualise
colours when they are blind, find each other where there are no street numbers,
overcome motoric and cognitive limitations.
They change the entire experience of tourists be it in Italy, Saudi Arabia, Mexico
or Denmark. They alter the radio experience in Latvia, local news availability in
India, or citizen reporting in the Russian Federation.
Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (ADSIC) is proud to host the
WSA-mobile Global Congress for the third consecutive time and to welcome
all those who actively contribute to the UN WSIS Agenda.
As the main strategic partner for WSA-mobile, ADSIC is ready to provide all
the support needed to develop and increase global participation to achieve
the UN MDGS.
Locally, ADSIC is responsible for the Abu Dhabi IT agenda and plays a very
important role in supervising the e-Government program implementation,
sponsoring initiatives and competencies that are of critical importance to the
project and to the overall Abu Dhabi e-Government strategy, which, in
accordance with the Abu Dhabi 2030 Vision, supports initiatives for
sustainable innovation of technology, nationally and internationally, and the
use of innovative applications for developing and improving content production locally.
Our strategy reflects the international standards of WSA, especially in relation to utilizing ICT as
the means for the welfare and well-being of mankind. Such approach builds on the widely strong
belief that investing in human capital will prove to be the empowering tool for community
transformation towards knowledge-based economy, thereby realizing the vision of our wise
leadership to boost the rank of the Abu Dhabi Government among the best in the world.
Let us all make the most out of this event, which gives us a unique opportunity to share
knowledge, showcase solutions and discuss the latest trends in innovative mobile content creation
– many of which will guide us towards true transformational and
sustainable development.
Prof. Dr. Peter A. Bruck WSA Chairman
H.E. Rashed Lahej Al Man-soori, Director General ADSIC
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WORLD SUMMIT AWARD MOBILE GLOBAL CONGRESS 2015 Connecting Smart Minds The WSA mobile Global Congress turned Abu Dhabi into a hub for mobile innovation and creative
applications.
The congress provided a unique platform for knowledge exchange between creative minds, young
entrepreneurs, international thought-leaders and industry experts.
The WSA-mobile Global Congress featured:
Mobile Innovation Exhibition
Innovation Shots by international keynote speakers
Innovation Pitches by WSA winners
Interactive workshops and knowledge transfer sessions
Reverse Pitching by Corporates
Award Ceremony and Gala
Social Networking Events
Ibtikari 3.0
MOBILE INNOVATION EXHIBITION
The core of the WSA-mobile Global Congress are the 40 winning applications, demonstrating how
mobile innovation can have an impact on our society and support. The winners´exhibition was a
showcase of all solutions, demonstrating the richness and diversity of creative solutions world-wide.
A great opportunity for hands-on demonstrations and interaction with the winners.
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INNOVATION SHOTS
Keynotes by international thought-leaders, discussing Internet of Things vs. Internet of Thoughts and
insights on smart content building smart societies.
H.E. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary General UNCTAD
Mobile Innovation supporting the UN SDGs
H.E. Abdullah Saeed Al Darmaki, CEO Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, UAE
Encouraging Emirati Entrepreneurship
Tarek Kamel, Sr. Advisor to ICANN President, Egypt/Switzerlands
The Socio-Economic Benefitsof an Open, Global & Interoperable Internet
Eng. Mohammed Al Zarouni, Executive Director, Policies and Programs Department
TRA, UAE
Smart Content for a Smart Nation
Paul Hughes, Director of Ten Meters of Thinking, Netherlands
Inspiration Performance on Smart Design
Gary Schwartz, President & CEO, Impact Mobile, Canada
Internet of Things | If Things Could Speak
Rich Radka, Claro Partners, Spain
Internet of Everything | Navigating disruptive change
Ana Serrano, Chief Digital Officer, Canadian Film Centre, Canada
Holodeck anywhere | Intersection of the Internet, mobile & VR
Ralph Simon, Founder Mobile Entertainment Forum Americas and “Founder of the
Ringtone”, UK
Internet for All |Mobile living
Janine Warner, Founder Digitalfamily, USA
Content for smart minds | Disruptive Design for Mobile Education
Dana Al Salem, Founder FanFactory and Co-Founder Yahoo Europe, UK
Smart engagement: Multimedia, Mobile, Music and Fan Intelligence
Tomi Ahonen, Author and Mobile Thoughtleader, Finland, Singapore, Hong Kong SAR
Mobile for smart societies | Society evolvement through and
beyond technology
Rapelang Rabana, Founder ReKindle Learning, South Africa
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INNOVATION PITCHES BY WSA WINNERS :
MOBILE INNOVATION AT ITS BEST
The 40 WSA-mobile Winners already proved that their products are the most innovative solutions
selected in a unique and tough filtering process.
Each winner had first succeeded in a local competition and proved their product to be the most
promising from their country in the respective category. Each UN member state is eligible to
nominate 1 product per WSA category. This year WSA received more than 500 submissions from
over 100 countries. 67 international jurors selected the 5 best, creative and most innovative apps
per category—the WSA-mobile Winners.
In Abu Dhabi the winners pitched their products in front of a specially appointed experts
jury. Each team had 7 minutes to convince the jury that their team is the most committed, their
solution has the strongest impact and their pitch is the most entertaining.
After the last pitch, the jury selected 1 Abu Dhabi Global Champion in each of the categories.
The winners this year demonstrate the richness and diversity of local content, and prove that mobile
solutions are a key enabler for development.
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WSA-MOBILE GRAND JURY MEMBERS 2015
Name Surname Position Company Country
Gregor Cholewa CTO KnowledgeFox Austria
Niki Ernst Founder My School of Talks Austria
Anar Huseynov Information Provision Department Innovations Center Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Kamran Agasi Director Innovations Center Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Nawaf Abdulrahman IT Director Bahrain Olympic Committee Bahrain
Thierry Bouffioux Erasmus Center for Entrepreneurship Belgium
Hermann Aplogan Mobile Apps Adviser Benin
Rodrigo Assumpcao CEO Dataprev Brazil
Ana Serrano Chief Digital Officer Canadian Film Centre Canada
Catherine Warren President Fan Trust Canada
Gary Schwartz CEO Impact Mobile Canada
Suzanne Stein Lab Director DMRII’s Super Ordinary Canada
Alex Hung CEO Crossover China
Witman Hung President iProA China
Adam Montandon Associate Professor Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Lillebaelt Academy of Professional Higher Learning
Denmark
Juan Carlos Solines Partner Solines & Asociados Ecuador
Tarek Kamel Advisor to the President ICANN Egypt
Pihla Rostedt Designer Rostedt & Co Finland
Timo Rostedt Senior Designer Nordkapp Finland
Tomi Ahonen Author Finland
Alexander Felsenberg CEO Felsenberg Consulting Germany
Rainer Babiel CEO Babiel GmBH Germany
Dorothy Gordon DG Ghana India Kofi Annan Center for Excellence in ICT
Ghana
Ehssan Riazi Esfehani IT Consultant Hamsafar eSolutions Iran
Niall Austin Founder Omnimotions Ireland
Alfredo Ronchi Secretary General Medici Framework Italy
Anne Shongwe CEO and founder Afroes Kenya
Manar Alhashash Secretary General Kuwait eAward Kuwait
Bardhyl Jashari Director Foundation Metamorphosis Macedonia
Marta Tomovska Deputy Minister Ministry of Information Society and Administration
Macedonia
Wafaa Alami Head of Center ISPCR ISESCO Morocco
Paul Hughes Director Ten Meters of Thinking Netherlands
Emmanuel Amos CEO Programos Software Nigeria
Juan Urrazza Senior Analyst Personal Paraguay
Josie Cacdac Vice President for Academic Affairs TRACE College Philippines
Jakub Lebuda CEO Clipatize Poland
Mario Franco Founder and CEO Millennium@EDU Foundation Portugal
Dmitry Priemov Director, Mobile Projects Department Rossiya Segodnya Internatio-nal Information Agency
Russian Federation
Naguib Chowdhury Innovation Specialist, KMID Islamic Development Bank Saudi Arabia
Zuhair A. Azhar Founder and CEO DLT Saudi Arabia
Christelle Scharff President Mobile Monday Senegal Senegal
Alaric Tan Managing Director Creative Alliance Singapore
Felix Lee Advisor, Mentor, Consultant Singapore
Marcus Dang The Creative Alliance Singapore
Rapelang Rabana Founder ReKindle Learning South Africa
Andreu Vea Internet Pioneer and Entrepreneur Spain
Rich Radka Partner Claro Partners Spain
Hala Alturki CEO Themar Academy UAE
Jean-Luc Scherer Head of Service Line Revenue Growth Ericsson UAE
Mohamed Hamdy Managing Director TURN8 Accelerator UAE
Peter Lyons Director MEA GSMA UAE
Rima Shaban Manager Innovation and Entrepre-neurship Center
Abu Dhabi University UAE
Sallyann Della Casa Dreamer in Chief UAE
Dana Al Salem Founder Fanshake UK
Ralph Simon Founder and CEO Mobilium UK
Carlos Abler Leader - Online Content Strategy, Global eTransformation
3M USA
Janine Warner Creator DigitalFamily USA
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40 INNOVATIONS FROM 30 COUNTRIES
The 40 WSA-mobile Winners, invited to pitch their projects and innovative solutions in Abu Dhabi
were:
m-Business & Commerce Clip Mexico
m-Business & Commerce MOBIZY Portugal
m-Business & Commerce UBANK Russian Federation
m-Business & Commerce MobilePay Denmark
m-Business & Commerce Talabat Kuwait
m-Government & Participation Dubai Police App United Arab Emirates
m-Government & Participation Football-“Pass to get a better
result!” Latvia
m-Government & Participation Electronic Consumer Guide Oman
m-Government & Participation Colab.re Brazil
m-Government & Participation U-report Uganda
m-Learning&Education CURE Runners Austria
m-Learning&Education Lifesaver: A New Way To Learn
CPR United Kingdom
m-Learning&Education iChemist – Titration Simulator Sri Lanka
m-Learning&Education Life in the Womb Ireland
m-Learning&Education myBlee Math France
m-Entertainment&Lifestyle CREATERRIA Poland
m-Entertainment&Lifestyle Wattpad Canada
m-Entertainment&Lifestyle SPLYCE Spain
m-Entertainment&Lifestyle Sherlock:The Network United Kingdom
m-Entertainment&Lifestyle Hero from the past Tunisia
m-Tourism&Culture Nezahualcoyotl Mexico
m-Tourism&Culture Ancient Aquileia 3D App Italy
m-Tourism&Culture Touch Van Gogh Netherlands
m-Tourism&Culture Makkah Window Saudi Arabia
m-Tourism&Culture World Heritage Denmark Denmark
m-Media&News NewsHunt India
m-Media&News FIVE Latvia
m-Media&News Hiru TV-Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
m-Media&News Hyperboloid News Reporter Russian Federation
m-Media&News NOW Lebanon
m-Environment&Health Altibbi Jordan
m-Environment&Health Universal Doctor Speaker Spain
m-Environment&Health App Sistema Ambiental Paulista Brazil
m-Environment&Health BetterDoctor Finland
m-Environment&Health Your Health Morocco
m-Inclusion&Empowerment ColorADD Portugal
m-Inclusion&Empowerment Arko Philippines
m-Inclusion&Empowerment BrailleBoard Palestine
m-Inclusion&Empowerment SnooCode Ghana
m-Inclusion&Empowerment LIVOX Brazil
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m-Business & Commerce MOBIZY | PORTUGAL
m-Government & Participation DUBAI POLICE APP | UAE
m-Learning & Education LIFESAVER: A NEW WAY TO LEARN CPR | UK
m-Entertainment & Lifestyle CREATERRIA | POLAND
m-Tourism & Culture ANCIENT AQUILEA 3D | ITALY
m-Media & News Hyperboloid NEWS Reporter| RUSSIAN FEDERATION
m-Environment & Health UNIVERSAL DOCTOR SPEAKER | SPAIN
m-Inclusion & Empowerment LIVOX | BRAZIL
WSA MOBILE GLOBAL CHAMPIONS 2015
The WSA-mobile Grand Jury selected one Global Champion in each of the WSA categories.
The WSA-mobile Global Champions were announced at the WSA-mobile Gala and Award Ceremony
2015. The winners received their awards from high level laudators such as:
Abdulkarim Al Raesi, Director Strategy and Planning, ADSIC, Dorothy Gordon, Director-General
Ghana India Kofi Annan Center for Excellence in ICT, Mario Franco, Founder Millennium@EDU,
Ralph Simon, Chairman Mobile Entertainment Forum, Zuhair Azhar, Founder DLT, Wafaa Alami,
ISESCO, Mukhisa Kituyi, SG UNCTAD
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REVERSE PITCHING BY CORPORATES
INNOVATING THE INNOVATION FRAMEWORK
Large corporations are struggling to keep up with the fast pace of the technological evolution, the
smartest ones have realized that they need to cooperate with young innovators and start-ups to
keep track.
At the WSA-mobile Congress in Abu Dhabi the first Reverse Pitching session took place in the MENA
region, and corporates shared what they have to offer, but also what they need from start-ups, with
the audience.
Moderation:
Thierry Bouffioux, Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship, Business Angel and Start-Up mentor
With Pitches from:
Yehia Hassan, Senior Solutions Engineer, Esri
Raihana Alhashmi, Audience Marketing Manager- Academia and Startups at Microsoft
Jean-Luc Scherer, Director Core Networks, Ericsson
Selim J. Eddé, Vice President Government Relations, SAP MEA
Arkin Kol, Regional Manager, Dolby
Kamal Hassan, CEO, i360 Innovation
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INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER SESSIONS
At the WSA-mobile Global Congress 2015 the audience worked in an interactive manner, in order to
guarantee a knowledge transfer between all stake-holders.
Hands-on workshops for creative working, mentoring sessions or interactive discussions on the
development agenda of the United Nations, there was something for each person to contribute and
benefit from.
LEARN FROM FAILURES – LIVE YOUR DREAMS BUSINESS MATCHING WORLD CAFÉ
A speed-matching session, where young
entrepreneurs and start-ups met and learned
from international experts and mentors that
failures are part of success.
SOCIAL MEDIA WORKSHOP by Mathias Haas,
CEO Supersocial, Austria
Hands-on demonstration how to optimize your
reach towards your community and fans through
social media.
INFOGRAPHICS ROCK by Jakub Lebuda, CEO
Clipatize, Poland
ICT Enabled Education by Mario Franco and Millennium@EDU
THE FUTURE OF MOBILES , Scenario building and Visioning exercise
by: Suzanne Stein, Canada and Adam Montandon, UK & Denmark
ARABIC CONTENT CREATION IN EDUCATION, Workshop by
DLT and ISESCO
MOBILE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTING THE POST-2015 AGENDA
Thought Leadership discussion how ICTs can
support the development of an inclusive
knowledge society, supporting the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals.
With Prof. Peter A. Bruck, WSA Chairman, H.E.
Mukhisa Kituyi, SG UNCTAD, Tarek Kamel, Sr.
Advisor to ICANN President, Anne Shongwe, CEO Afroes, Wafaa Alami, ISESCO, Rodrigo
Assumpcao, Dataprev, Zuhair Azhar DLT and many more
UAE STUDENT CAMP with Abu Dhabi
University, Centre for Innovation and
Entrepreneurship
The Abu Dhabi university students took actively
part in the WSA-mobile Global Congress, by preparing case analysis on the business models of the
winning projects. In 2 interactive workshops they presented their learnings and recommendations to
the winners.
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IBTIKARI 3.0 ابتكاري
Transform your innovative idea into a start-up @WSA-mobile
IBTIKARI 3.0 is a tailored program to help cultivate entrepreneurial culture among UAE
nationals and encourage innovation.
The Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development conducted Ibtikari for the 3rd time in Abu Dhabi, but
for the first time within the WSA-mobile Global Congress. A great opportunity to match Emirati
entrepreneurs with international mentors and start-ups.
To guarantee sustainable partnerships and mentoring for the Emirati
entrepreneurs, WSA and Khalifa Fund conducted a mentoring
workshop for the 6 winning Start-Ups from Ibtikari 2.
WSA mentors: Janine Warner, Creator Digital Family, USA,
Rich Radka, Partner at Claro Partners, Spain; Niall Austin, Ceo Omni
Motions, Ireland, Rainer Babiel, CEO Babiel GmbH, Germany,
Zouheir Lakhdissi, Sehatuk, Morocco, Morten Nybo, Danish Ministry
of Culture, Denmark, Carlos Abler, 3M, USA, Manar AlHashash, SG
Kuwait e Award, Kuwait
IBTIKARI EXHIBITION
The Ibtikari 2.0 winners showcased their incubated projects at the WSA-mobile exhibition.
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SOCIAL GET2GETHER AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
WSA is all about building new relationships, friendships and partnerships.
Networking works best, in a nice and relaxed atmosphere.
The WSA-mobile Global Congress audience had the opportunity for exchange, fun and informal
discussions at two networking receptions.
Get2Gether at the Austrian Embassy to Abu Dhabi, hosted by H.E. Ambassador Peter Elsner-
Mackay.
DINNER UNDER THE SKY
Fresh minds need fresh air. After a long conference and workshop day, all guests were invited
to a cultural dinner at the beautiful beach at Abu Dhabi Corniche.
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WHAT DO OTHERS SAY ABOUT WSA-mobile GLOBAL CONGRESS?
“One of the best informative conferences WSA 2015“
Mustafa Abdulla Almusawa, Abu Dhabi City Municipality, UAE
WSA-mobile Global Congress was a
great event, well organized and with a
great quality in startups and their re-
spective pitches were often moving and
passionate.
I was really impressed by some of the
startups that presented.
Participating as a juror was also a good experience and I
saw a lot of innovations that are very relevant for
the Networked Society vision that Ericsson is driv-
ing.
Jean-Luc Scherer, Head of Service Line Revenue Growth,
Ericsson
It was a wonderful experience, in personal,
professional and networking side. I’m sure
came back being a better professional and
person, because all the exchange I had with
all of you. I hope we can meet again in the
near future, to keep growing together.
Juan Urrazza, Paraguay
Great things will continue to emerge from
the garden WSA is nurturing.
It was amazing how many times a discus-
sion would start among randomly as-
sembled people, and the brilliance of tho-
se in the discussion would contribute an
idea, an insight, or a help connection.
The program was really great. It
combines all elements of engaging
the
participants - thought leaders and
experts sharing their knowledge and
providing
inspiration, participants from various
countries/continents sharing their
unique
ideas, the hosts sharing the rich heri-
tage of their country.
Anonymus, Attendee
I got really amazed by the amazing diversity that I could see
during the event. So many people from so many different
places! This has opened my eyes to reach a broader audience
with my solutions. The WSA was an amazing event to meet
new people from all over, make new friends and possibly new
business opportunities.
Attendee
I would like to
warmly congratu-
late all the win-
ners and all par-
ticipants in the
2014-15 World
Summit Awards.
The expanding
use of mobile phones is creating
new domestic demand for mobile
applications and services geared
towards improving access to a
variety of content. Locally deve-
loped apps for local markets are
emerging fast in developing
countries, offering news, practi-
cal information and content that
supports social and community
development.
We have a shared responsibility
to ensure that advancements in
the area of information and com-
munications technologies make a
difference for sustainable deve-
lopment. The content developed
by the winners illustrates preci-
sely this potential.
Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-
General, UNCTAD
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WSA-MOBILE GLOBAL CONGRESS
STATISTICS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUTREACH
420 attendees total from
67 countries
59% visitors from the UAE
TOP 5 COUNTRIES IN TERMS OF ATTENDEES United Arab Emirates
Austria
Brazil
Philippines
Benin
WSA-MOBILE STATISTICS:: INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS WITH SOCIAL IMPACT
REGIONS NOMINATIONS Nominating countries WINNERS
Africa 85 19 2
Arab Countries and Middle East 92 17 9
Asia 87 16 4
Europe 169 33 19
Latin America and Carribean 53 12 5
North America and Oceania 27 4 1
513 101 40
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WSA-mobile Publications featuring partners, start-ups and industry trends
Catalogue
Program
The WSA-mobile catalogue features the 40
winners, articles by industry leaders and
provides an excellent overview about how
ICTs can have an impact on society.
Print run: 3000
Language English
Enriched with augmented reality content!
The WSA-mobile Global Congress
program provided an excellent over-
view about all activities, including
background information about parn-
ters and speakers.
Print run: 3000
Language: English
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WSA-mobile Video Productions
Youtube Channel: wsamobile
Total Views: 170.000
Views February 2015: 2700
WSA-mobile Global Congress Teaser Video
WSA produced for each winning project a demovideo, presenting the unique value of the applications.
WSA-mobile Global Congress Post Show Video, capturing
the highlights.
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WSA-mobile Global Congress Eventapp
eventmobi.com/wsam15
WSA-mobile Eventapp provided all schedule updates, featured speakers, winners and partners, and
was also a great tool to interact with other delegates.
WSA-mobile Event App was a webbased application and therefore accesible on all devices.
3985 Pageviews
WSA-mobile Global Congress Eventwebpage
All updates, registration, program features and news were also featured on the WSA-mobile Global
Congress event webpage: events.wsa-mobile.org
Pageviews: 5.600
38% Pageviews from UAE
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WSA-mobile Global Congress: Global Reach through Social Media #WSA15
In order to spread the word about all ongoing activities, sessions and meetings, WSA-mobile used
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn to reach its online communities.
For WSA-mobile Global Congress we created a Social Media Wall, showing all activies with #WSA15
https://walls.io/wsamobile
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GLOBAL REACH:: SOCIAL MEDIA #WSA15
WSA-mobile promoted the Global Congress speakers, partners, topics and winners continuously on
Facebook.
Current Facebook Likes: 4.334 (March 2015) | www.facebook.com/worldsummitaward
During the WSA-mobile Global Congress the WSA Facebook page got many new likes.
Great content shows great results.
The reach on Facebook had clear peaks
during the weeks before the WSA-
mobile Global congress and the days
during the congress in Abu Dhabi.
NEW LIKES ON FACEBOOK
FACEBOOK REACH
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The post about the WSA-mobile Global Champions and the Award ceremony reached 16.243 people
and got 210 likes.
To guarantee interaction between our community, WSA created also a Facebookgroup, to share
pictures, post news and keep each other updated.
The WSA Facebookgroup has currently 175 active members.
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GLOBAL REACH: TWITTER #WSA15
WSA official hashtag #WSA15 has been used 1125 times in 30 days. From the graphics below,
you can notice a peak on the Congress days. Twitter.com/WSAoffice
In detail:
January 31st 143 (pre-conference day)
February 1st 345
February 2nd: 363
February 3rd: 126
In average, the hashtag covered the 3 days of the event with 278 tweets per
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PR and NEWS
Mediapartners 2015
12%
19%
26%
2%3%
38%
Coverage by Region
Europe Africa
Asia America
Oceania Arab Countries and ME
UAE20%
Others80%
UAE Coverage
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WSA-mobile Clippings (Selection)
Innovation and Entrepreneurship integrated in Abu Dhabi University’s academic curriculum (Albawaba BUSI-
NESS, February 25, 2015)
PH mobile app wins award in Abu Dhabi (ABS-CBNnews.com, February 17, 2015)
MOBILE APP INGENUITY - 8 Global Winners in App development Best Awarded in Abu Dhabi (Almasalla Travel
News, February 9, 2015)
Sri Lanka's Hiru TV Wins 'Best Mobile App' Award at the World Summit Awards 2014 in Abu Dhabi (Hero
News, February 6, 2015)
MOBILE APP INGENUITY – the World’s 8 Best Awarded in Abu Dhabi (GeoConnexion, February 5, 2015)
WSA event winners honoured at Abu Dhabi event (Trade Arabia, February 4, 2015)
Manar Al-Hashash first Kuwaiti on judging panel of WSA-mobile (Kuwait News Agency - KUNA, February 3,
2015)
Pioneers of mobile development to attend WSA Mobile Content (Al Bayan - Businness, January 29, 2015)
ABU DHABI SISTEMS AND INFORMATION CENTRE HOSTS THE UN's 2015 WORLD SUMMIT... (Al Watan - Bu-
sinnes, January 29, 2015)
Abu Dhabi Retirement Pensions & Benefits Found ADRPBF joins unified communications (Amarat Al Youm, Ja-
nuary 29, 2015)
Khalifa Found sponsor UN's 2015 WORLD SUMMIT AWARD MOBILE CONTENT... (Al Watan - Businnes, January
29, 2015)
Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre Hosts the UNs 2015 World Summit Award - Mobile...
(MENAFN.COM, January 29, 2015)
ADSIC and Oracle to empower Emirati Youth (Zawya.com; alitthad.ae; alfajr-news.net, January 27-28 2015)
Project NOAH's Arko finalist in international app competition (Rappler.com, January 25, 2015)
WSA-Mobile Global Congress, Abu Dhabi, Feb 1-3 2015. Connecting Smart Minds (GeoConnexion, January 19,
2015)
Altibbi raises funds from strategic regional investors and wins the WSA-mobile Award for 2014 (AME Info, De-
cember, 17 2014)
UAE taking lead for mobile excellence in global mobile content Award (AME Info, November 23, 2014)
Life in the Womb app receives 2014 World Summit Award (Businness & Leadership, November 19, 2014)
Talabat.com recognized by the United Nation's World Summit Award Mobile (ZAWYA, November 19, 2014)
DOST’s Project NOAH bags int’l award (InterAksyon.com, November 14, 2014)
Saudi app a WSA-mobile winner (Saudi Gazzette, November 12, 2014)
Hiru TV wins Best Mobile App at the UN based World Summit Awards 2014 (Hiru News, November 11, 2014)
Talabat.com recognized by the United Nation's World Summit Award (ZAWYA, November 10, 2014)
Smart minds connected: UN-based World Summit Award announces 40 winners in mobile... (Inforeview Maga-
zine, November 2014)
Danish history-app selected for coveted award (The Copenaghen Post, October 31, 2014)
UN-Based World Summit Award Announces 40 Winners In Mobile Content Best Practice (PCTech Magazine,
October 30, 2014)
WSA Initiative Announces Most Outstanding African m-Content and Apps 2014 (pctechmag.com, September
30, 2014)
Africa: WSA - MDG Game Wins Best Mobile APP Africa 2014 (allAfrica.com, Septmeber, 24 2014)
‘See Muscat’ to represent Oman at World Summit (Oman Daily Observer, August 26 2014)
TRA now open to submissions from UAE entities for the WSA Mobile Contest 2014 (emirates247.com, March
7, 2014)
Ministry of Information & Communications Technology Calls for Entries for WSA-Mobile 2014 (zawya.com,
March 18, 2014)
Qatar govt invites app developers to WSA-mobile (telcompaper.com, March, 20, 2014
Nigerian Economic Summit Group invites Osun over Opon Imo (WorldStage News, March 17, 2014)
APP-solutely Smart! WSA mobile opens call! (InfoReview, March 17, 2014)
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WSA-mobile NEWSLETTERS
WSA-mobile shared 5 newsshots, announcing the WSA-mobile Global Congress 2015, informing
the global network about recent news and developments.
Each WSA newsletter was sent to 6000 contacts world-wide.
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WSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Peter A. Bruck Chairman, World Summit Award CEO and Chief Researcher, Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaft AUSTRIA
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS Christian Rupp Federal Executive Secretary, eGovernment, Chancellery Office AUSTRIA
Rudi Vansnick President, Internet Society Belgium BELGIUM
Catherine Warren President, FanTrust Entertainment Strategies CANADA
Elizabeth Quat Founder and Immediate Past President, Internet Professional Association (iProA) CHINA
Alexander Felsenberg CEOFelsenberg Consulting, Düsseldorf / Berlin GERMANY
Dorothy K. Gordon Director-General, Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT GHANA
NON EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS George Sharkov Director ESI Center Eastern Europe BULGARIA
Adam Montandon Associate Professor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship DENMARK
Effat El Shooky Director of Online Distance Learning Program, Cairo Regional Center for Training on Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping in Africa -CCCPA- Cairo,
EGYPT
Madanmohan Rao Chief Researcher Mobile Monday INDIA
Anne Githuku-Shongwe
CEO and Founder Afroes KENYA, SOUTH AFRICA
Rudy Laddaga Lopez CEO and Co-Founder, U-TOUR MEXICO
Jak Boumans Managing Director, Electronic Media Reporting NETHERLANDS
Osama Manzar Founder & Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation INDIA
Manar Alhashash Secretary General, Kuwait e-Award; e-Leader, UN GAID KUWAIT
Latif Ladid President, IPv6 Forum LUXEMBOURG
Reshan Dewapura Chief Executive Officer, ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) SRI LANKA
Ralph Simon CEO & Founder, Mobilium International, Chairman Emeritus & Founder, Mobile Entertainment Forum-Americas UNITED KINGDOM
Anya Sverdlov Managing Director, Actis Wunderman RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Jasna Matic Special Adviser for Competitveness and Knowledge Economy | Ministry of Finance and Economy
SERBIA
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