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WSIS WORKSHOP DIGITAL INNOVATION LEADING TO

SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION

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AWARD SYSTEM RECOGNIZING DIGITAL INNOVATION & INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS WITH IMPACT ON SOCIETY WORLDWIDE - WSA NATIONAL EXPERTS REACHING OUT IN 178 UN MEMBER STATES ORGANIZED IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY (UN WSIS) ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTING TO THE UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS UNIQUE GLOBAL NETWORK OF START-UPS, ENTREPRENEURS, SMES, MENTORS, JURORS, IT EXPERTS, GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS DIVERSIVE, DEMOCRATIC, INCLUSIVE AND HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AWARD SYSTEM FOLLOWING THE UN MODEL - 1 NOMINATION / COUNTRY / CATEGORY RECOGNIZING THE WORLD´S TOP INNOVATIVE DIGITAL SOLUTIONS WITH A STRONG IMPACT ON SOCIETY ENCOURAGING YOUNG ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DIGITAL CREATIVITY

20+ LOCAL, REGIONAL AND GLOBAL EVENTS, WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS PER YEAR

COMMUNICATION LOCAL - REGIONAL - GLOBAL

ABOUT WORLD SUMMIT AWARDS


WORLD SUMMIT AWARD AIMS

WSA - a global multi-stakeholder activity

turning the UN WSIS targets on local content & SDGs into action

digital divide narrowing the

globally through innovation for development • Emphasizing Smart Content • Knowledge Transfer • Social Impact Focus • Access to Local Innovation • pipeline of successful entrepreneurs

bridging the content gap

through a global contest selecting the best in digital innovation and interactive applications


FROM LOCAL TOWARDS GLOBAL

FROM LOCAL TOWARDS GLOBAL – Digital Innovation with impact on society

National events in 178 countries reaching more than 100.000 developers worldwide

Regional Awards

African Content Award Arab eContent Award Latin American Award South East Asian Award

Over 500 national Winners from 120 countries submitted to WSA Global

WSA Global

WSA Global Congress

40 Winners

WSA INNOVATION PIPELINE RECOGNIZING UNIQUELY SMART CONTENT AND INNOVATION FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Linking innovation and unique start-ups with

cooperations

Over 500 innovations per year entering the pipeline

International Jury selecting 40 winners

WSA GLOBAL NEWORK IN 178 UN MEMBER STATES

10.000 global tech start-Ups / social entrepreneurs/ SMEs

.) that already proved their entrepreneurial skills

.) that succeeded locally with their solutions

.) that have built the right teams to drive their business

80 global mentors /jurors / role models

.) multi stakeholder

.) highly experiencend and well connected

.) diverse in gender, origin, profession

International organisations & governments

.) sponsors

.) strategic partners

.) event hosting partners

WSA representatives in 178 countries .) forming local multi-stakeholder committees

.) conducting national contests to select national applications with local impact

.) volunteers

Inspirational speakers and workshop leaders .) Talks on innovation, entrepreneurship, future of technology, ICT for social good

.) enabling knowledge transfer, interactivity

.) providing knowhow


FACTS & FIGURES

Individual networks 178 Country Experts

10.000

start-ups

80 Jury

Members

500 Nominees

40 Winners

80 global

Speakers

60 Network Partners

Individual networks

WSA EVENTS

30 Mentors

Governmental

partners

15 Media

Partners

16 Board

members

400 Event

Attendees

WORLD SUMMIT AWARD PARTNER NETWORK IN 178 UN MEMBER STATES


GLOBAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS 2016/17

WORLD SUMMIT AWARD GLOBAL EVENTS 2016

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4 WSA SDG Impact Award with Millennium@EDU New York, USA, Sept 2016

5 WSA Innovation Forum Puebla, Mexico, Oct 2016

6 European Youth Award Festival Graz, Austria, Nov 2016

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PARTNERSHIP OPTIONS @ WSA EVENTS

Address a keynote and present your vision how ICTs can have a sustainable impact on our society and share where you see the future of technology. Announce a special challenge, where start-ups are coming up with new innovative ideas and solutions for your business. Hand over an award and get associated with innovation and entrepreneurship or introduce a special award. Nominate a Grand Jury meeting for the winners innovation pitches Branding and Promotion

1 WSA@ ITU WSIS Forum Geneva, Switzerland, 2-6 May 2016

2 WSA @YO!Fest European Youth Forum Strasbourg, 20-21 May 2016

3 WSA Social Innovation Congress Making Sustainable Impact through Digital Innovation Singapore, 29.6.-1.7. 2016

4 WSA SDG Impact Award with Millennium@EDU New York, USA, Sept 2016

5 WSA Innovation Forum Puebla, Mexico, Oct 2016

6 European Youth Award Festival Graz, Austria, Nov 2016

7 WSA mobile Global Congress Mobile Innovation supporting the SDGs Abu Dhabi, UAE, 6-8 February 2017

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WSA CATEGORIES…

…REFLECTING THE UN WSIS ACTION LINES ON ICT APPLICATIONS


BEST PRACTICE: INNOVATION FOR SDGs

• free mobile application that provides a unique geo location based code

• uses GPS enabled phone avoiding costly bureaucracy, even where there is no telephone infrastructure

www.snoocode.com

Inclusion & Empowerment

ARKO | Philippines Inclusion & Empowerment

SnooCode| Ghana

• Arko addresses the need of every Filipino to more information during times of major rains and flooding

• By accessing extensive databases the user is up-to-the-minute updates on rainfall and other weather conditions

http://www.noah.dost.gov.ph

http://www.noah.dost.gov.ph/



• MOTECH uses mobile phones to improve maternal and child health in rural Ghana.

• MOTECH delivers vital health information to women in local language voice messages delivered on the mobile phone that are timed to the pregnancy.

http://ghsmotech.org/

Inclusion & Empowerment

Livox | Brazil Health & Well Being

MOTECH Ghana| Ghana

• Livox is an alternative and augmentative communication software.

• It helps people with disabilities to speak, to learn how to read, to learn how to write and complex concepts like Math, for example.

http://www.livox.com.br



http://www.livox.com.br/



• Hand Talk is an app for mobile devices that receives data and translates it to Libras, the sign language of the deaf communities of urban Brazil.

• users can copy a message received from a local carrier or a website, paste it into the app and have it translated to Libras.

http://www.handtalk.com.br/

Active Citizenship

The Slum Challenge| Denmark Inclusion & Empowerment

Hand Talk| Brazil

• The Slum Challenge (TSC) is a documentary project about life in slum areas, home to more than one billion people worldwide.

• Using gamification, the viewer decides what will happen next by selecting from the options placed at the end of each sequence.

www.slumchallenge.dk

http://www.handtalk.com.br/

http://www.slumchallenge.dk/


WSA PARTNERS & SPONSORS 2013-16

Government and Hosting Partners

UN and International Organisations

Sponsoring Partners

Media Partners


CONTACT:

World Summit Award Chairman: Prof. Dr. Peter A. Bruck WSA Manager: Nora Wolloch | [email protected] | +43 660 630408 3

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