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ARMENIAN COMPANY NOMINATED FOR WORLD SUMMIT AWARD
18:17 06/08/2013 " SOCIETY
The Grand Jury of the World Summit Award (WSA) examines almost 500
of the world's best e-Content Websites and ICT projects from August
29 to 31, WSA says in a news release.
CityBugs.am project of X-TECH Armenian company is nominated for the
World Summit Award.
"We hope we will win. This is very important for us," Hovhannes
Aghajanyan, head of CityBugs.am project, representative of X-TECH
company, told Panorama.am.
CityBugs.am is a website on challenges faced by Yerevan. Its motto is
"Let us make our city a better place to live in."
In the first round of the international competition, an online jury
will now valuate the ventures, creating a shortlist of 15-20 projects
in each of the eight categories.
After this, in a three-day process in late August, the WSA Grand Jury,
consisting of international renowned ICT experts and industry leaders,
will meet in Tallinn/Estonia to evaluate the submissions from the
remaining nominees and select the 40 best products. The jury members
of the Grand Jury come from all continents and have backgrounds in
the creative industries, telecommunication, advertising, journalism
and research, as well as in teaching. The jury will be hosted by
national partners such as the Estonian ICT Cluster.
Finally, the 40 world's best e-Content applications (5 products in
each of the WSA categories) are selected to present their products in
front of an international audience in Colombo/Sri Lanka from Oct. 23
to Oct. 25.
After the selection in Estonia, the 40 WSA winners will get the chance
to present their products at the WSA World Congress in Sri Lanka, Oct.
23 to Oct. 25. The event will offer a platform for high level experts,
industry leaders and government representatives to discuss innovation
in mobile content. At the event, an on sight jury will again evaluate
the products to select eight overall winners: The WSA Global Champions
2013.
The World Summit Award (WSA) is the global follow-up initiative of the
United Nations World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) organised by
the International Center for New Media (ICNM), Salzburg, Austria. It
partners with the key UN organisations and agencies in the framework
of the UN Geneva Agenda and the Tunis Action Plan and selects and
promotes the world's best e-Content and innovative ICT applications;
to date more than 160 countries are actively involved. Through national
pre-selections and contests together with a global jury process, WSA
demonstrates the local diversity and rich creativity of ICT use. WSA
is a global hub for everyone who values the crucial importance of
local content to make today's information society more inclusive.
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/08/06/world-summit-award/
18:17 06/08/2013 " SOCIETY
The Grand Jury of the World Summit Award (WSA) examines almost 500
of the world's best e-Content Websites and ICT projects from August
29 to 31, WSA says in a news release.
CityBugs.am project of X-TECH Armenian company is nominated for the
World Summit Award.
"We hope we will win. This is very important for us," Hovhannes
Aghajanyan, head of CityBugs.am project, representative of X-TECH
company, told Panorama.am.
CityBugs.am is a website on challenges faced by Yerevan. Its motto is
"Let us make our city a better place to live in."
In the first round of the international competition, an online jury
will now valuate the ventures, creating a shortlist of 15-20 projects
in each of the eight categories.
After this, in a three-day process in late August, the WSA Grand Jury,
consisting of international renowned ICT experts and industry leaders,
will meet in Tallinn/Estonia to evaluate the submissions from the
remaining nominees and select the 40 best products. The jury members
of the Grand Jury come from all continents and have backgrounds in
the creative industries, telecommunication, advertising, journalism
and research, as well as in teaching. The jury will be hosted by
national partners such as the Estonian ICT Cluster.
Finally, the 40 world's best e-Content applications (5 products in
each of the WSA categories) are selected to present their products in
front of an international audience in Colombo/Sri Lanka from Oct. 23
to Oct. 25.
After the selection in Estonia, the 40 WSA winners will get the chance
to present their products at the WSA World Congress in Sri Lanka, Oct.
23 to Oct. 25. The event will offer a platform for high level experts,
industry leaders and government representatives to discuss innovation
in mobile content. At the event, an on sight jury will again evaluate
the products to select eight overall winners: The WSA Global Champions
2013.
The World Summit Award (WSA) is the global follow-up initiative of the
United Nations World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) organised by
the International Center for New Media (ICNM), Salzburg, Austria. It
partners with the key UN organisations and agencies in the framework
of the UN Geneva Agenda and the Tunis Action Plan and selects and
promotes the world's best e-Content and innovative ICT applications;
to date more than 160 countries are actively involved. Through national
pre-selections and contests together with a global jury process, WSA
demonstrates the local diversity and rich creativity of ICT use. WSA
is a global hub for everyone who values the crucial importance of
local content to make today's information society more inclusive.
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/08/06/world-summit-award/