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ABOUT WSA
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ABOUT WSA CONGRESS
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WSA UPCOMING
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WSA CONTEST 2020/21
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WSA WINNERS
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WSA GRAND JURY 2020
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WSA NATIONAL EXPERTS
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WSA YOUTH AMBASSADORS
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JOSEF UMDASCH RESEARCH PRIZE 2021
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WSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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SPONSORS & PARTNERS
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WSA Global Congress Vienna 2020 – Jury meeting – Gary Schwartz (Canada), Tanja Wehsely (Austria) , Ralph Simon (UK)(front to back) 2
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WELCOME C O N N E C T 4 I M P A C T – C O N T E N T D R I V E N D I G I TA L I N N O V AT I O N C L O S I N G D I V I D E S
WELCOME TO THE WSA GLOBAL CONGRESS 2021! WELCOME TO A JOURNEY AROUND THE GLOBE! LET´S CONNECT FOR IMPACT.
The global pandemic has broken many relations. Communications have been transferred to online, meetings turned virtual.
Thus, more than ever the challenge is to bridge digital divides. Be it new solutions for remote working, digital health and online education, or gender inequality, environmental challenges and the access to information and infrastructure. The global divides are manifold and affect us all. Reflecting the changes caused by the pandemic, with new economic challenges, or the case of climate crisis and global warming, we see that the divides grow nationally and worldwide. The WSA Global Congress 2021 invites you to act now, to connect4impact and to do so in a measurable manner in the context the UN SDGs and the UN World Summit on the Information Society process!
Questions are: In the face of the current societal challenges, how can digital solutions and interactive applications make a positive contribution? How can international collaboration and knowledge exchange disrupt current nefarious developments? And what benefits are hidden in the digital transformation? I welcome you to the WSA Global Congress. You will meet and join a unique community of purpose driven enthusiasts. They will not be stopped in their commitment to use ICT for the betterment of society. The purpose for most of us going to an event is networking. The serendipity that happens at events is the allure and magnetism that draws people back. Personal meetings and face2face interaction are WSA’s unique community’s
trademark. With Covid-19 outbreaks and travel restrictions across the world, WSA Global Congress will need to go digital and provide an all global journey from America to Oceania. I look forward to welcoming you from all over the world. Participation this year will be even more diverse as the Congress will serve all time zones and thus will break the barriers of international travel. The WSA21 program is full of intense discussion. Interactive sessions will guarantee the formation of like-minded communities, evoking positive change through digital innovation. It might even feel like a family – to Connect4Impact. 2021, we want to deliver proof that online can make us more inclusive and sustainable. The WSA Global Congress presents an exceptional mix of local projects from which we all learn globally.
You will meet 45 award-winning teams with their apps and solutions, carefully selected in a three-stage jury process by outstanding international experts. WSA awardees are impacting the daily lives of millions by meeting deeply rooted needs. They stand out in the ability to combine smart content, social aims, and digital innovation. WSA awardees are winners because they solve real problems: Ranging from a Chinese AI for distance medical screening, an air monitoring application from North Macedonia to a machine learning solution to combat maternal and infant mortality in Nigeria - the 45 winners from 29 countries, selected from over 400 nominations from 182 participating countries, showcase what
digital innovation around the world can do to improve society. During the past 18 years, WSA has established itself with a proven record of accomplishment within the framework of the United Nations’ World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), mandated by the government of Austria 2003 and implementing the 2005 WSIS Plan of Action. WSA is organised in collaboration with UN organisations such as UNESCO, UNIDO, UNCTAD, UNDESA and ITU. It would like to thank the unique global network of national and corporate experts and all the NGOs, governments, and professional associations who partner with WSA. This allows us to present quality content and digital innovation from over 180 UN-member states and supports a global movement for sustainable digital solutions. I invite you to open your mind, to engage and explore. The three-day program lets you become part of a global community of people committed to using digital technologies as innovative content drivers for the UN SDG’s.
Please join me in thanking speakers and presenters and also all the WSA Global Congress Partners for providing a unique stage to this year’s outstanding purpose driven digital entrepreneurs and creative teams. Engage in and share the power of smart, digital, and social solutions! Connect4Impact! Prof. Dr. Peter A. Bruck Chairperson, on behalf of the WSA Board of Directors and the WSA Team
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UNESCO
recognizes that future innovation requires knowledge-based societies and lifelong education ecosystems that nurture and reward imagination, creativity, critical thinking, and a culture of collaboration, empathy and inclusion. Innovation also will depend upon creating new economic livelihoods and opportunities aligned to a green and sustainable planet. Even as we close the global connectivity gap, education on digital skills will be needed, in every community across the world, to help address the spread of online disinformation, which acts in direct opposition to the right to universal access to information, as well as so many of the Sustainable Development Goals: including health, education, cultural diversity, peace building and the health of our climate.
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Guy Berger, Director for Strategy & Policy, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO
Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN SecretaryGeneral’s Envoy on Youth
year we saw how the multidimensional challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the resulting socioeconomic crisis, and the ongoing climate emergency have revealed how far we are from creating a truly equal and sustainable future. But these unprecedented crises have also revealed how integral innovation and technology are to the continuity of our lives. Connected to each other like never before, young people are at the center of this effort. Young people want to and already contribute to the resilience of their communities by proposing innovative solutions. Innovation in digital technology will only become more relevant as we look to recover better together, with youth-led innovation in particular playing a central role in ensuring we collectively deliver on the ambitions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
We
live in an ever-more digitalized and connected world with automated devices and algorithms influencing our daily lives in one way or another. This development is set to continue - whether we like it or not - but it is for us to decide how we shape it. Specifically this year the global pandemic demonstrated how much ween need digital tools and content to stay connected, collaborate or teach our children. Young inspiring innovators participating in the World Summit Awards teach us that digitalization can contribute to a more sustainable future; that it is possible to turn the digital revolution we are facing into climate action. They show us that digital transformation can be shaped to ensure it supports transitions towards more sustainable societies and towards taking climate action. What it takes is inventiveness and courage to walk off the beaten track. Qualities also decision makers sometimes need to be reminded of. I would like to thank WSA winners for this re minder – for showing us that digitalization offers countless opportunities helping to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, if we take the right steps – now.
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all of us, the Covid 19 Pandemic has drastically changed our way of life and work environment in an incredibly short amount of time. Digitalisation saw a tremendous boost and will continue to do so. Digital tools have become ever more valuable and indispensable. Moreover, it looks like many of these changes have come to stay and will shape our economic and social environments in the future. Digitalisation therefore constitutes a huge opportunity in this day and age.
tion with companies. A small number of institutions, such as the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), the Austrian Promotional Bank (aws) and the Christian Doppler Research Association (CDG) have been defined as core research promotion institutions by the Research Funding Act (Forschungsfinanzierungsgesetz). This Act was passed in July 2020 and improves planning reliability and predictability for research institutions and for the research community as a whole.
One of the core tasks of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs is to further advance digitalisation and digital transformation in Austria. Widespread mobile phone signature and other reliable authentication methods are of crucial importance in this regard. Furthermore, key technologies such as Artificial Intelligence or Biotechnology will contribute to the success of Austria as a business location, due to their broad field of application.
In parallel, we prepare individuals to adapt to new technologies, which should in turn benefit our economies in the future. The platform “Fit4Internet” is a good example of this.
In order to further push these key technologies, a number of tailor-made research promotion programmes have been set up. They support fundamental and applied research, partly in coopera-
I am convinced that we are thus well prepared to meet present and future challenges.
BIM,
VR, AR…These terms are not dreams of the future, but current technology trends that affect the way we as a company operate and act in our day-to-day business. The Covid-Pandemic is not stopping us, but has shown that global challenges are accelerating the use of innovative technologies. At Umdasch Group, with many different companies and branches under one umbrella, we are continuously involved with new technological trends. Therefore, we need stimulus from within the company, where the Umdasch Group is working on new technologies with numerous projects and initiatives. I believe that change also needs impulse from the outside and the WSA network is an excellent chance to reach a broad audience and open up to external ideas.
I am happy to support the WSA as Austrian initiative, selecting digital solutions for the UN SDGs and want to cordially congratulate the winners of this year.
I am particularly pleased that the youngest member of the Umdasch Group family, our innovation hub Umdasch Group Ventures, has developed this year's challenge and is awarding the Josef Umdasch Research Prize.
Margarete Schramböck, Federal Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs
Dr. Andreas J. Ludwig, Executive Chairman Umdasch Group
Leonore Gewessler, Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
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WSA 2020– 2030
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.
The UN SDGs are the metrics of success for digital content driven solutions and innovative applications The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a collection of 17 global goals designed to be a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all". [2] The SDGs, set in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and intended to be achieved by the year 2030, are part of UN Resolution 70/1, the 2030 Agenda.
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The SDGs build on decades of work by countries and the UN, including the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
The Goals and targets will stimulate action over the next fifteen years in areas of critical importance for humanity and the planet:
Preamble
People
Peace
Planet
Partnership
This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognise that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. All countries and all stakeholders, acting in collaborative partnership, will implement this plan. We are resolved to free the human race from the tyranny of poverty and want and to heal and secure our planet. We are determined to take the bold and transformative steps which are urgently needed to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path. As we embark on this collective journey, we pledge that no one will be left behind. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets which we are announcing today demonstrate the scale and ambition of this new universal Agenda. They seek to build on the Millennium Development Goals and complete what these did not achieve. They seek to realize the human rights of all and to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. They are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental.
We are determined to end poverty and hunger, in all their forms and dimensions, and to ensure that all human beings can fulfil their potential in dignity and equality and in a healthy environment.
We are determined to protect the planet from degradation, including through sustainable consumption and production, sustainably managing its natural resources and taking urgent action on climate change, so that it can support the needs of the present and future generations.
Prosperity
We are determined to ensure that all human beings can enjoy prosperous and fulfilling lives and that economic, social and technological progress occurs in harmony with nature.
We are determined to foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies which are free from fear and violence. There can be no sustainable development without peace and no peace without sustainable development.
We are determined to mobilize the means required to implement this Agenda through a revitalised Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, based on a spirit of strengthened global solidarity, focussed in particular on the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable and with the participation of all countries, all stakeholders and all people.
The interlinkages and integrated nature of the Sustainable Development Goals are of crucial importance in ensuring that the purpose of the new Agenda is realised. If we realize our ambitions across the full extent of the Agenda, the lives of all will be profoundly improved and our world will be transformed for the better.
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ABOUT WSA Digital
Innovation has brought about rapid advancement, transforming the way societies function. Especially during the global pandemic digital innovation offered support and new solutions.
More than ever, the challenge is and remains worldwide to bridge global divides and to work on reaching the UN SDGs. Be it the global pandemic and new solutions for remote working, digital health and online education, or gender inequality, environmental challenges and the access to information and infrastructure. The global divides are manifold and affect us all. Reflecting the changes caused by the pandemic, with new economic challenges, or the case of climate crisis and global warming, we see that the divides grow nationally and worldwide. It is high time to act now and connect4impact! In the face of such societal challenges, how can digital solutions and interactive applications make a positive contribution? How can international collaboration and knowledge exchange disrupt current nefarious developments? And what benefits are hidden in the digital transformation? With its worldwide, multi-stakeholder community of social entrepreneurs and digital innovation enthusiasts, WSA focusses on international knowledge exchange, collaboration, and the contribution to the UN SDGs. Founded in 2003 as part of the UN World Summit on Information Society, WSA awards yearly 45 outstanding best practice local digital content with a high societal value. WSA spans its community in over 185 countries, a network unique in its passion and reach, holding close cooperation with UN agencies, academia and the private sector alike.
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ABOUT WSA CONGRESS
WSA UPCOMING
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WSA CALL 2021
for the first time fully virtual event will feature international speakers to discuss pressing topics as climate change, digital health, and the gender gap. 45 best practice winners from 29 countries will pitch their digital solutions live, and a diverse workshop program will offer hands on skills enhancement.
Digital solutions have the power to narrow economic and social divides. Apply with your digital solution for WSA and demonstrate how digital innovation can deal with pressing challenges and contributes essentially to achieve the UN SDGs!
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WSA YOUNG INNOVATORS 2021 You are a young digital innovator under 26 years of age?
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Then apply now for the WSA Young Innovators and present to the world how your digital innovation is taking action on the UN SDGs. Showcase your solution worldwide and join a global, multi-stakeholder community!
OPEN CALL FOR YOUTH TAKING ACTION IN THE UN SDG’S
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WSA CONTEST 2020/21 Government & Citizen Engagement 44
Start-up
Health & Well Being 50
NGO
Learning & Education 52
Social enterprise
Environment & Green energy 34
University
Culture & Tourism 36
Corporate
Smart Settlements & Urbanization 32
SME
Business & Commerce 48
Individual
Inclusion & Empowerment 46
Government
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Nominees/Region
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Asia
Europe
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Arab countries & Middle East
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Africa
12 27 16
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Africa
48
North America & Oceania
Belgium
Germany
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3
3
2
2
Chile
Israel
Mexcio
Brazil
China
1
1
1
1
1
Australia
Austria
Canada
Estonia
Finland
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Ghana
Lebanon
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Portugal
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1
1
1
1
1
Qatar
Singapore
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Thailand
United Kingdom
Vanuatu
Europe
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North America & Oceania
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Winners/Region
Asia
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Other
Arab countries & Middle East
WINNERS /COUNTRY TOTAL 40 WINNERS | 26 COUNTRIES
Nominees Type of organization
78 countries Nominees/ Category 342 nominees
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Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean
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YOUNG INNOVATORS 2020 76 countries 296 applications
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Asia 47
Europe Latin America & Caribbean North America & Oceania
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Arab countries & Middle East
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Arab countries & Middle East
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Asia
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Pakistan
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Canada
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Winners 2020
GOVERNMENT & CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT
HEALTH & WELL BEING
SERVICES | OPEN DATA | DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION
MEDICAL CARE | SPORT | LIFESTYLE
LEARNING & EDUCATION
ENVIRONMENT & GREEN ENERGY
KNOWLEDGE | SCIENCE | SKILLS
CLIMATE | SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES | AGRICULTURE
CULTURE & TOURISM
SMART SETTLEMENTS & URBANIZATION
HERITAGE | ENTERTAINMENT | SUBCULTURES
MOBILITY |PRODUCTIVE WORK | SUSTAINABLE LIVING
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
INCLUSION & EMPOWERMENT
INNOVATIVE SERVICES | SECURITY | FINANCE | MARKETING
DIVERSITY | GENDER | JUSTICE | HUMAN RIGHTS
WSA YOUNG INNOVATORS
YOUTH TAKING ACTION ON THE SDG'S | STRICTLY FOR PEOPLE UNDER 26
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Government & Citizen Engagement GOVERNMENT & CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT
Improving the quality of public administration & democratic processes, while integrating state of the art technology with content rich solutions to increase transparency and facilitate citizen participation. Demonstration against the Criminal Code Law and the KPK Revision, at Singaraja, Bali - 2019 © Photo by Fajar Grinanda 18
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WINNERS
GOVERNMENT & CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT OS CITY GOVSTORE PLATFORM
JUDY
Jesus Cepeda, Lucas Jolias, Alejandro Garza
Charles Thompson, Sadiq Okocha, Bright Oleka
Mexico
Ghana
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judy.legal
Govstore is a Mexican software framework for public institutions using cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and blockchain. With up to 5 billion people in cities by 2030 worldwide, local governments face an institutional crisis seen in missing revenues, low constituent trust and environmental degradation. The Govstore ecosystem offers access to knowledge and partners, facilitates innovation and safer modernization, distributes development costs and eases technology adoption. Govstore is turning governments across Latin America into integrated platforms of digital services.
JUDY is a platform for lawyers, judges, law students and anyone interested in the law seeking digitized legal materials including statutes and case law in Ghana and Nigeria going back to the 1930s. In addition to its user-friendly interface, the system uses AI to facilitate searches and upgrade content. A team of lawyers edits language, formats judgments and annotates principles established in a case. JUDY’s mission is to support the legal profession and the administration of justice. When lawyers work better, it is easier for people to find justice.
MINING & MINERAL PRODUCTION (mmPro) MONITORING SOLUTION Sajjana de Silva, Sampath Kokila, Roshan Dayaratne Sri Lanka mmpro.aasait.com/app
HOPLR Jennick Scheerlinck, Jonas Heirwegh , Arnaud De Groote Belgium hoplr.com
Activating citizens is a challenge for local governments. Hoplr from Belgium offers citizens a free digital network encouraging offline encounters to get involved. Citizens use Hoplr to share goods and services, help each other, organise neighbourhood activities, participate in local topics and policymaking, find lost pets, and co-create their neighbourhood. Hoplr also offers a paid service dashboard to local governments, so they engage with local communities, moving together towards a caring and sustainable smart city.
mmPro from Sri Lanka is a digital solution for the management of mining licenses. Over-extraction in illegal locations, transport to unauthorized destinations, misuse of mining and transport licenses and bribing of law enforcement officers are common practices of a ‘mafia’ with political backing. The mmPro solution is a mobile app, web & SMS interface with portable printer digitizing operations for the license issuing officer, license owner, transporter, police, enforcement officers and management. mmPro enables the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau to end mining corruption in Sri Lanka. EASY LAWS Eddy Sader, Patricia Sader, Eliane Keyrouz Lebanon easylaws.me/
EASY LAWS is a free mobile app and website in Lebanon that explains laws in everyday language, giving ordinary people access to legislation from a citizen’s rather than a legalistic perspective. With easy searches via a simplified database covering 380 legal topics, over 6000 questions and answers, explanatory notes, real life examples, a glossary of terms, and extensive legal references, EASYLAWS gives people equal opportunities and leads to the elimination of discriminatory policies and laws by empowering citizens in their quest for justice.
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HEALTH & WELL BEING
High-level technology combined with smart content to meet professional and private healthcare needs. Supporting professionals in client-centred care & private users in emergencies and during illness with reliable information about health. Doctor in PPE suit during Covid-19 outbreak, enduring the emotional stress. – Thailand – 2020 © Photo by theskaman306 22
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WINNERS HEALTH & WELL-BEING
PHELCOM EYER
CORONAI
ICOLUNG
José Augusto Stuchi, Diego Lencione, Flávio Pascoal Vieira Brazil
Anushka Purohit, Anupam Tiwari, Neel Desai
icometrix, VUB/UZBrussel, KULeuven
China
Belgium
phelcom.com.br/en
youtube.com/watch?v=TvKnGL0Nr6w&feature=youtu.be
icometrix.com/services/icolung
The Phelcom Eyer from Brazil is a high-resolution, non- mydriatic, portable and cloud-connected retinal camera. While access to well-equipped ocular clinics is commonly available only in urban centres, exams are often unaffordable. With the Eyer, health professionals can diagnose challenging eye disorders in remote field campaigns, bedside exams, as well as via telehealth. Primary care exams can be done anywhere, in drug stores, basic health units or in a small general clinic, resulting in better diagnostics and savings for the health sector.
CoronAI from China is designed for real-time medical screening during the Corona pandemic, so as to monitor patients without having to interact with them. Using electrode frequencies tomographic images are formed providing real-time footage of organs to be examined, while maintaining physical distancing. CoronAI reduces diagnostic time and allows patients to conduct scans themselves, as well as share data later.
icolung, an AI-based tool from Belgium, has been developed to analyse chest CT scans for the diagnosis, triaging, and prediction of COVID-19. Fast and accurate diagnosis of COVID-19 is key to appropriate quarantine and therapeutic measures. Standard COVID-19 tests are limited in availability, give positive/negative outcomes with no insight into disease severity, and results are delayed, often delivering false negative results. With icolung, physicians can take faster reliable and more informed treatment decisions, enabling optimal healthcare resource allocation.
CUREOSITY MOBILE Thomas Saur, Stefan Arand, Marco Faulhammer. Germany cureosity.de/products
DIGITAL SOLUTION FOR MONITORING LUNG CONDITION DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC Digitaalinen ratkaisu keuhkojen tilan seurantaan koronaviruspandemian aikana Seppo Salorinne, Yrjö Salorinne, Petri Louhelainen Finland kamuhealth.com/kamu-releases-free-app-for-asthmatics/
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KAMU Asthma is a free digital self-management service from Finland to monitor lungs, modified for users in 18 European countries, as a result of the pandemic. Both former COVID-19 patients, as well as people with chronic respiratory conditions benefit from regular lung monitoring resulting in a better balance of treatments and collaboration with professionals. The app allows daily tracking of medication, symptoms and external triggers, results are easily logged and summarized in trend reports. By predicting symptoms or declining lung performance, prompt action can be taken.
CUREosity is a mobile therapy system from Germany using VR technology to activate the neuroplasticity of the brain and restore a patient’s lost abilities. Over 700 million people worldwide need therapy caused by accidents, neurodegenerative factors or depression. Through gamefication, the patient’s motivation for high-frequency training is sustainably increased. CUREosity addresses the increasing need for affordable therapy and improves the quality of care. It is available face to face and around the world using remote technology.
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Learning & Education
LEARNING & EDUCATION
Using state of the art technology and focusing on learner needs in a complex and globalizing world, innovative educational content makes education, professional training, as well as science, accessible to everyone. The new era of learning – Young girl practicing coding on an iPad – Boston, US – 2020 © Photo by Kelly Sikkema 26
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WINNERS LEARNING & EDUCATION
ParentTV
MaGrid
Sam Jockel
Tahereh Pazouki, Veronique Cornu
Australia
Luxembourg
parenttv.com
magrid.lu
ParentTV is a digital library of on-demand videos, courses, and educational resources from Australia, to support the care of children from birth to teens. Experts are there at any time to provide evidence-based parenting advice in understandable language. As pandemic lockdown measures such as home office conflict for many parents with home schooling, the ParentTV video library offers mental health, anxiety, and suicide-related guidance, answering parents’ and educators’ concerns about physical wellbeing, social competence, emotional maturity or cognitive, language and communication skills.
Magrid is a language-independent pedagogical program in Luxembourg for the development of children’s early visual-spatial and mathematical abilities. 63.5% of young pupils in Luxembourg do not have access to education in their home language and are thus likely to miss out on learning opportunities. Magrid helps overcome language barriers or hearing difficulties by providing children with learning-by-doing tasks to visualize mathematical concepts and ideas. Magrid teaches maths skills to preschoolers intuitively, turning multilingualism into opportunity.
ANNOTO Kirill Slavkin, Hen Eytan, Genadi Sokolov Israel annoto.net Annoto from Israel provides an on-line solution to virtual classrooms by engaging students in a way critical to their motivation. Annoto bridges the gap created by the transition from the physical classroom to the online world by addressing decreased attention span encountered in online teaching. To keep students engaged, Annoto shifts video-watching from a passive, lean-back free ride to an active, lean-in, personalized experience, enabling young people to connect with each other, share knowledge and learn together digitally.
MYSKILLCAMP Kevin Tillier, Amandine Coutant, Mathieu Van Belle Belgium myskillcamp.com/en Myskillcamp is an all-in-one digital platform from Belgium for companies to centralize learning. By integrating platforms like Linkedin Learning, Goodhabitz, or Bookboon, businesses benefit from a single sign-on, single interface and enriched learning capabilities. Trainers take ownership of the platform both by creating their own trainings and by using existing resources purchased by the company, creating in-depth courses with video, quizzes, follow-ups, and editing onsite. With Myskillcamp, employers can better guide their workforce to meet upskilling and reskilling challenges. 28
HPI SCHUL CLOUD HPI Schul-Cloud - Deine digitale Lernumgebung Christoph Meinel, Matthias Luderich, Jan Renz Germany hpi-schul-cloud.de
HPI Schul Cloud is an easy-to-use learning management system from Germany, enabling students and teachers to create digital media for all grades and school subjects. With HPI Schul-Cloud, users engage in collaborative and individual teaching/learning whether synchronically or asynchronically, via messaging, video conferences, file sharing, and intelligent tutoring systems. During school lockdown, all pupils using the platform reached their learning goals. User-friendly and didactically flexible, HPI Schul Cloud is finding acceptance in school boards and schools.
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ENVIRONMENT & GREEN ENERGY
Smart content addresses the climate crisis. It combines environmental goals with clientcentred models, providing solutions for environ mental engagement and supporting sustainable agriculture in developmental areas. Green Energy – Wind Turbines in Biedesheim, Germany – 2020 © Photo by Karsten Würth 30
WINNERS ENVIRONMENT & GREEN ENERGY
GREENPLAT | PlataformaVerde Chicko Sousa, Anauyla Batista, Raphael Guiguer Brazil plataformaverde.com.br The Green Platform traceability software monitors the extraction of raw materials, production processes and waste disposal across the entire supply chain. In Brazil, only 53% of waste is properly disposed of. Besides controlling production losses, waste creation and disposal, Greenplat also informs companies of municipal, state and federal environmental legislation and certified technical standards. With more transparency, cleaner production and responsible waste disposal, Greenplat contributes to environmental protection.
RICULT Aukrit Unahalekhaka, Gabriel Torres, Usman Javaid Thailand ricult.com
Ricult is a mobile app for farmers in Thailand leveraging machine learning and satellite imagery to help farmers increase productivity, access affordable loans, and lift them out of poverty. Plagued by climate unpredictability, low yields, lack of technology and know-how, as well as financial exclusion, farmers benefit from the app’s recommendations to make optimal decisions regarding seeds, fertilizers or planting, while connecting with consumer markets. Ricult aims to increase the overall food supply and food security in the region.
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THE CAPTURE APP Capture - The Fitbit for your Carbon Footprint Abdul Aziz, Josie Stoker, Bilal Shahid Singapore play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.thecapture.tracker
The GPS-based Capture app from Singapore enables users to track, reduce and remove CO² emissions from everyday life. Caring about climate change is not enough, individual habits need to be changed. With Capture, users become aware of the emissions created by their travel or food choices and begin to reduce emissions by making planet-friendly life choices or invest in verified carbon offsetting projects. Empowering people to get active, Capture has been dubbed ‘the Fitbit for your carbon footprint’.
Yossi Sorin, Boaz Peterzil, Eliyah Radzyner Israel beewise.ag Beewise from Israel is an AI-based robotic beehive that monitors bees 24/7 using computer vision, precision robotics and AI. Bees are crucial to the world’s food supply, pollinating 75% of crops. Diseases, climate change, pesticides and more are decimating bees at a scary rate: every year about 35% of all beehives die. Using advanced deep technology, Beewise identifies and meets the needs of bees in real time, while reversing the trend to bee colony collapse. Beewise saves bees and secures food supplies worldwide.
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AIRCARE - KNOW WHAT YOU BREATHE! МОЈВОЗДУХ Gorjan Jovanovski, Dragan Gelevski, Elena Andreeva North Macedonia getaircare.com/index.html AirCare is an app from North Macedonia using air pollution data from government and volunteer measuring stations. Though North Macedonia has air pollution 20 times over EU limits, official data is too complex to be useful. Aimed at both adults and kids, AirCare explains air quality simply and clearly, empowering users to take action against a silent killer by connecting them to local eco organizations. Pressure from AirCare has led to mandatory use of industrial filters, cleaner heating solutions in households or shut down of big polluters.
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CULTURE & TOURISM
Exceptional content combined with best technology connects travellers with locals, preserves and reanimates valuable cultural heritage, and supports sustainable tourism for people to discover cultural gems worldwide. Woman from Surmi tribe, with flower decorations. Kibish, Ethiopia – 2018 © Photo by luisapuccini 34
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LOOP Mirrors of time LRCT Live Remote Creation Theatre | LOOP espejos del tiempo TCRV Teatro de creación remota en vivo Vivian Cruz Juárez, Héctor Cruz Juárez, Flor Velasco Prado Mexico landscape.com.mx LRCT, Live Remote Creation Theatre, developed in Mexico, is the first integrated platform for creative digital scenic arts. Using an open-source software to synchronize, monitor, link and organize video and audio across different online media, it provides producers and directors with a seamless dramaturgical experience. Faced with the closing of entertainment venues during the Corona pandemic, LRCT enables valuable cultural assets to be streamed, while providing performance artists and producers all over the world with digital technology to transcend frontiers.
WHEEL THE WORLD Alvaro Silberstein, Camilo Navarro Chile gowheeltheworld.com
TRAVAXY ACCESSIBLE TRAVEL SOLUTIONS
NAVICUP AUDIO GUIDE Navicup audiogiid – kaardirakenduse platvorm Asko Berens, Janek Mander, Einari Kipper
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FLIGHT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC Skrydis per Atlantą Erika Kisieliūtė, Tomas Blažauskas, Andrius Paulauskas Lithuania
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Travaxy is a travel app from Israel for seniors and travellers with disabilities seeking to book a worry-free holiday. Using a disability certificate with over 60 special needs parameters, Travaxy enables offline and online travel agencies and flight wholesalers to find the right accommodation in minutes, turning conventional travel agents into accessibility problem-solvers. Travaxy gives those with disability issues -- often excluded from cultural life -- a chance to engage with the world, while encouraging solutions from the tourism industry. 36
Flight Across the Atlantic is an interactive educational game about two heroic Lithuanian pilots who crossed the Atlantic in a legendary uninterrupted flight from New York to Kaunas in 1933. Historical facts are presented in an interactive, immersive form, engaging players at every stage of the story from preparation to crossing on the airplane Lituanica. Flight Across the Atlantic allows children and adults to relive an iconic event in Lithuania’s history, firing the imagination while preserving cultural heritage.
Wheel the World is an accessibility travel platform from Chile for people with special needs. Lack of accurate information about accessibility holds back more than 500 million potential travellers with disabilities. Users detail their needs in profiles, then search for destinations and travel products with specific accessibility information. Using automated emails and system integration, the Wheel the World service provides users, as well as hotel and tour operators, with all the information required to satisfy traveller needs.
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Navicup Audio Guide from Estonia is a map application platform making cultural map and tour-making simple and affordable. As tourism is challenged by the global pandemic, traditional guided group tours are being replaced by safer individual digital tours. Navicup offers a platform where anyone can create their own automatic and multilingual location-based audio tour. Text to Speech technology turns multilingual texts into speech, while the app tells the user’s story like a real guide. Tourism innovation and living heritage stories are the result. 37
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SMART SETTLEMENTS & URBANIZATION
Georgie Midgley, Devin Govindasamy, Angela McCann
HAWA DAWA - AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT Luftqualitätsmanagement Karim Tarraf, Matt Fullerton, Birgit Fullerton
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Germany
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M4Jam is a technology company in South Africa connecting businesses to people seeking work via a mobile app. Through gig work M4Jam links jobbers with organisations needing micro-tasks completed. Armed with smartphones, the people most in need can earn all or additional income by taking on micro-jobs ranging from surveys, education and mystery shopping to product and concept testing and more. The M4JAM platform enables start-ups, SMEs or big business, as well as NGOs and governments, to connect directly with rural and peri-urban communities.
Hawa Dawa Air Quality Management from Germany is an air monitoring device using AI, machine learning, and modern Iot and sensor technology to gather air pollution data in real time. Hawa Dawa, Arabic for “good air,” correlates data with information from weather, traffic, land use, and public health to generate deeper insights, analyse correlations and simulate scenarios for upfront evaluation of urban planning measures. Hawa Dawa helps integrate environment data into the decision-making processes of cities, companies and citizens to ensure clean air. ROMWARE Evert Bulcke, Kimball Felix, Nico Janssens Belgium
FLUIDTIME: Giving customers, employees and citizens new options to travel Michael Kieslinger, Stefanie Pichler, Stefanie Wappel Austria fluidtime.com/en/fluidhub
Fluidtime is an Austrian data platform and app with tailor-made technology to give commuters and employees green choices for daily travel. A feature-rich, open platform for the integration of public transport and service-sharing, coupled with a multimodal mobility app with route planner, booking and payment features, ensures that every company can quickly realize its mobility plans. Fluidtime partners with private companies, cities and regions wanting to change the way people travel, while individuals benefit from environmentally friendly urban mobility.
rombit.be/worker-safety-solutions/ Romware from Belgium uses plug-and-play IoT technology to make industrial sites safe. Accidents at work have significant human and economic consequences. Romware wearables prevent man-machine collisions, notify emergency response teams in man down scenarios, and support evacuation procedures. The Romware scale-up adapted the industrial safety wearable into a bracelet for social distancing at work. Romware Covid prevents the spread of the coronavirus among employees, by com bining physical distancing alerts with follow-up contact tracing.
CITYSENSE Antonio Garcia Chile citysense.co Citysense is a shared infrastructure to deploy and scale solutions for smart cities. The cloud-based service platform from Chile connects a network of urban satellites that provide the tools needed to develop IoT solutions. Each urban satellite is loaded with environmental and digital sensors, and a complete set of IoT communication systems which connect with other network nodes in cities around the world. Citysense enables the community to be part of a new universe of solutions, making their cities a better place to live.
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Smart and innovative content drives economic development and process-optimization by providing secure commerce solutions, data mining tools and much needed ways of job creation
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MODATTA
ÜBANK
Rodrigo Moretti, Eduardo Pinto Basto
Fernando Reyes, Mijael Feldman
Portugal
Chile
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Modatta from Portugal is a marketplace for consented personal data empowered solutions. Today, personal data is collected and monetised by big tech companies with harmful consequences for both citizens and brand names. Modatta allows companies to pay users directly for their data, while users keep control and are free to interact or not. Instead of random profiles and intrusive cold contacts, Modatta gives companies a way to establish meaningful relationships that are compliant with General Data Protection Regulation while promoting the UN SDGs.
JUNI | Pngme
OPERAIZE – Cognitive Operations
IPIFICATION
Cate Rung, Brendan Playford, Adeola Olasewere
Christoph Lieth, Hossam Alzamly, Alexander Kouril
Harry Cheung; Stefan Kostic, Aleksandar Brankovic
Nigeria
Germany
China
lay.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pngme
operaize.com
ipification.com
Juni from Nigeria is a unified data and banking platform for financial institutions and developers in Sub-Saharan Africa providing best-in-class financial data infrastructure. In difficult emerging markets where data is often fragmented, unreliable and incomplete, Juni provides tools to create innovative products for the under/unbanked. Offering a user-permitted, single source of verification for the customer’s complete financial profile, Juni is an innovative simple technical solution to lending at scale.
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Übank from Chile is a digital savings solution that helps people to save. Contrary to the ubiquitous pressure to spend, Übank promotes habits of incremental saving to improve financial resilience regardless of economic status. Using saving rules, people can turn everyday activities like buying coffee or cheering on their favourite team, into micro-savings to pay debts or create reserve funds. Übank’s solution is a white label API that can be integrated directly into the mobile apps of banks, giving over 200 million people in Latin America access to a new culture of saving.
Operaize – Cognitive Operations is a software from Germany aimed at production companies and combining mathematical optimization methods with next gen AI learning methods. In situations where plants may see up to 1.200 alarms daily, Operaize offers an optimal trans parent overview of production, autonomous quick problem-solving and adaptive learning by which learned data is converted into decision rules for optimal production control. With Operaize resources are saved, while business process and environmental optimizations are the result.
IPification is a Chinese mobile authentication solution revolutionizing authentication and enhancing user experience without compromising security and privacy. IPification verifies phone numbers, SIM and other devices via IP addresses using a seamless auth technology based on secure protocol in which sensitive data is not shared with third parties. SMS one-time passwords and biometrics verification belong to the past. IPification‘s fraud preventing patented technology is trusted by leading technology, payment and OTT companies.
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Inclusion & Empowerment INCLUSION & EMPOWERMENT
Digital innovation and creative content help to reduce digital divides by supporting integration and self-help, strengthening social cohesion and enabling active participation.
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DIVERSIO Laura McGee, Anya Klimbovskaia, Maxi Heidenblut Canada diversio.com Diversio is a Canadian people intelligence platform that measures and improves diversity and inclusion within organizations. Despite the clear business case against bias, women and minorities are still chronically missing in many sectors and at executive levels. Diversio collects employee data through a short survey, creates an inclusion score and report card, adding advanced analytics to create a tactical Action Plan. Diversio tracks impact over time, helps business leaders to learn and quickly move to sustainable inclusive action in their organizations.
CONEXIÓN MIGRANTE Paticia Mercado Sánchez, Andrea Ornelas Negrete Mexico conexionmigrante.com/
Conexión Migrante is an independent digital information hub for Mexican and Latino immigrants in the US, of whom some 12 million are undocumented. The media outlet offers journalism, a call centre and chatbot giving migrants personalized information and advice on procedures. It offers WikiMigrante, a powerful search engine with hundreds of fact sheets, and free membership to create a formerly invisible migrant community and to find lost people. Conexión Migrante is an example of information technologies helping a vulnerable population.
BONOCLE Abdelrazek Aly, Ramy Soliman
WELCOME WelcoMe - Inclusive Customer Service Platform Gavin Neate, Allan Hutcheon United Kingdom Neatebox.com/welcome WelcoMe is a low-cost web-based service enabling any person with a disability to forewarn participating businesses of their visit and special needs. 70% of disabled people report experiencing poor customer service. Using WelcoMe, businesses can ensure that staff are aware of their responsibilities and possible best practices. By connecting the arrival of the person with disabilities to their smartphone and using location-aware technology, WelcoMe trains staff to expect, welcome, and know exactly how to help the client. Everyone wins.
Qatar bonocle.co Bonocle is an affordable portable braille platform from Qatar offering productivity, gaming, and education apps. Most braille products are too limited and expensive to change braille illiteracy, a barrier to studying at university or finding a job. Bonocle apps provide visual and tactile feedback, so users can pass on content to sighted and blind family members, friends, and colleagues. Bonocle aims for an unsegregated world of braille literacy where the blind and sighted share classrooms and workplaces.
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UNBLOCKED CASH: Piloting Accelerated Cash Transfer Delivery in Vanuatu Sandra Uwantege Hart Vanuatu policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/unblocked-cash-piloting-accelerated-cash-transfer-delivery-in-vanuatu-620926
UnBlocked Cash from Vanuatu is a blockchain payment platform featuring community inclusion, transparent finance, and blended service delivery. While suited to distribution of humanitarian aid, UnBlocked Cash is an open-ended, opensource payment solution for local communities to shape technology according to their own needs, as well as independently operate the process of delivering payments. UnBlocked Cash integrates digital financial inclusion with decentralized networks for a more collaborative economy at the community level.
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WSA Young Innovators WSA YOUNG INNOVATORS
The WSA Young Innovators Award gives special recognition to young social entrepreneurs under 26 years of age who take action on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with smart digital content and solutions. Human and technology concept. - 2020 – © Creator metamorworks 50
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WSA YOUNG INNOVATORS
NATAL CARES
DOC TRACKER
Uche Kenneth Udekwe, Joy Chioma
Kasyap Chakravadhanula, Ritvik Warrier
Nigeria
United States
natalcares.com/service.php
opencureai.org/doc-tracker.html
Natal Cares combines mobile technology, machine learning and low-cost innovation to combat maternal and infant mortality in Nigeria. Due to a lack of health care information in under-served communities, superstition rather than medically approved information is widespread. Natal Cares reaches out to women via their mobile phones in rural areas and Internally Displaced Persons Camps, providing mental healthcare support, affordable delivery kits, medical monitoring and emergency services to at-risk pregnant women and nursing mothers.
DOC Tracker from the USA is a convenient, inexpensive, and safe mobile device for improved monitoring of diabetes and its ocular and cardiovascular complications. Diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma are serious threats to millions of people worldwide. The DOC Tracker consists of a smartphone and two small attachments: an acetone sensor and a retinal fundus imaging attachment. DOC Tracker enables rapid, continuous monitoring of diabetes and its important complications to improve early intervention before irreversible damage happens.
ARBOR Abdullah Choudhry, Ben Grande, Danny Grande Canada CONNECTHEAR Arhum Ishtiaq, Azima Dhanjee Pakistan connecthear.org ConnectHear offers a VRS application with interpretation services for the deaf in Pakistan. Global stats on deafness indicate over 900 million people will have disabling hearing loss by 2050. ConnectHear also addresses the need for sign language interpretation by working with local governments to standardize the profession with private certification programs. ConnectHear is Pakistan’s largest sign language content producer, giving the deaf a voice by normalizing sign language literacy.
yourarbor.com/your-browser-extension Arbor is a shopping platform and mobile app developed in Canada for consumers with ethical buying preferences. 80% of consumers want to know which companies are environmentally and socially responsible. By providing reliable and unbiased data on corporations across the globe regarding resource use, fair labour practices, diversity hiring, environmental impact and more, Arbor empowers consumers to align their everyday purchases with their personal values and influence global change.
FUTURE LABY Taher Hassan, Hasan Dayoub Syrian Arab Republic futurelaby.com Future LabY from Syria is a virtual lab bringing e-learning to those who do not have access to proper laboratories and equipment. While e-learning has made strides in university studies such as civil engineering, other specializations like dentistry or medicine lag far behind. Future LabY has created the Operative Dentistry Lab, augmented with information necessary to dentistry students shown interactively. Learning is made possible anywhere, at any time with digital technology.
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WSA GRAND JURY 2020 Dec 7-11 2020
The WSA
Grand Jury meeting 2020 took place as Online Meeting, gathering international experts from all relevant stakeholders and world regions – guaranteeing a fair, democratic and transparent process. The jury members dig deep into each shortlisted solution, understanding the local value and circumstances, comparing the technology and innovation grade, as well as the local impact and the value add for the achievement of the UN SDGs. A truly tough and job – the result speaks for itself – a diverse and inspiring list of WSA Winners 2020.
The jury members Sachi Wickramage, Serial Entrepreneur | Australia Christian Rupp, Chief Innovation Officer | European Joint Innovation Lab | Austria Rahat Hossain, Digital Health Specialist | Ayat | Bangladesh Carolina Rossi, Senior Partner | Moon Advisors | Chile Witman Hung, Principal Liaison Officer for Hong Kong | Shenzhen Qianhai Authority | China Liisi Org, | Startup Estonia | Estonia Jan Schwaab, Head Digital Transformation in Africa | GIZ | Germany Dorothy Gordon, Consultant | Ghana Maria Zaghi, Operations Director | Ergocom | Guatemala Shinta Dhanuwardoyo, CEO | Bubu,com | Indonesia Omri Boral, Co-Founder | Tech for Good | Israel Michael Madara Ogot, Deputy Vice-Chancellor | University of Nairobi | Kenya Manar AlHashash, Founder | Dot Design | Kuwait Gabriel Deek, General Manager | OmniSystems | Lebanon Ieva Žilionienė, Director of Strategy | Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania | Lithuania 54
Zikry Kholil, Chief Inciter | The Incitement | Malaysia Rudy Laddaga, Founder | Gnius Club | Mexico Zouheir Lakhdissi, CEO and Co-Founder | Dial Technologies | Morocco Marta Tomovska, Consultant | North Macedonia Agha Hamza, Country Head and Ambassador | Hello Tomorrow Pakistan Hub | Pakistan Ashraf Al Astal, Founder | 1plus1.business | Palestine Sandra Fazenda Almeida, Executive Director | APDC | Portugal Christelle Scharff, Founder | MobileSenegal Hub | Senegal Neeti Virmani, Start-Up Coach and Mentor | Global Startup Campus | South Korea Chitranganie Mubarak, ICT4D Consultant | Sri Lanka Fadwa Murad, Director, ICT Incubator | Syrian Computer Society, Syria | Syria Houda Ghozzi, Co-founder and Program Director | Open Startup Competition | Tunisia Ralph Simon, Chief Executive & Founder | Mobilium International | UK Carlos Abler, Consultant and Content Marketing Specialist | USA
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Mr Mezini Dritan Albania
Mr Font Joan Andorra
Mr Adrian Argentina Carballo Argentina
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Mr Rupp Christian Austria
Director DM Consulting Services Managing Director Government of Andorra Head of the Audiovisuals & Comunications Department
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Global Opportunities
Simon Nelson Antigua and Barbuda
Networking Systems Solutions
Cavalli Olga Argentina
Government of Argentina
Wickramage Sachi Australia
i4Tradies
Fassl Lisa-Marie Austria
Female Founders
Gulusoy Shanay Azerbaijan
E-Gov Development Center Public Entity
Abdulrahman Nawaf Bahrain
Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Salman Cardiac Center
Abir Ashraf Bangladesh
MCC Ltd.
Enin Sergei Belarus
NGO "Information Society"
Tibau Frederik Belgium
Agoria
Lawani Abdelaziz Benin
Benin Flying Labs
Ponce Daniel Bolivia
CityHeroes Inc.
K. Diltlhogo Agang Botswana
The Clicking Generation
Torquato Cid Brazil
Torquato.org
Sharkov George Bulgaria
European Software Institute – Center Eastern Europe
Ouedraogo Sylvestre Burkina Faso
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Thimpu Tech Park
Madžarević Tanja Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Canadian Lenders Association President Socialab Co-Founder LeaP CEO
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Qianhai International Liaison Services Ltd
Llano Sergio Colombia
Universidad del Norte
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Kruger Ernesto Ecuador
Ms Rossi Carolina Chile
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ACT Group
Pérez Pérez Lissette Cuba
Ministry of Communications
Andreou Panayiotis Cyprus
University of Nicosia
Bach Per Denmark
Sociale Entreprenører i Danmark (SED)
Valerio Arturo Dominican Republic
Cámara Dominicana de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (CámaraTic) Director
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Information Technology Industry Development Agency- ITIDA ITIDA VP for ICT Markets Development
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Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas
Lemma Dagmawi Ethiopia
Addis Ababa University
Kurkela Ilkka Finland
Laurea University of Applied Sciences
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ICT Business Council of Georgia
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Balthazar Tricia Haiti
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Hungarian Association of Content Industry
Manzar Osama India
Digital Empowerment Foundation
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Lorenzen Ian Kenya
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Co-founder and Executive Director
Brown Saffrey Jamaica
Ms
Ms
Coordinator
CEO
Ronchi Alfredo Italy
Mr
Mr Dengkayaphichith Vorasone Mahosot Consulting Company Ltd. / Jhai Foundation Lao Peoples Democratic Republic General Manager / Country Coordinator
Mr
bubu.com
Tech for good
Ms
Manager of Projects and Communications
Founder & Director
Boral Omri Israel
Ms
Mr
Development Manager
EU Project Director
Five One Labs
Ms Muratbekova Begaim KG Labs Public Foundation Kyrgyzstan
Mr
Service Development Manager
Bosley Alice Iraq
Ms
President of the South Pacific Computer Society (SPaCS) President
eContent Alchemist & Activist
IT Manager
Mr
Start-up Advisor, Coach and Mentor
CEO
Manager of Projects and Communications
Executive Director
Coordinator
Founder & CEO
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Ms Arazafindrakoto Raft Madagascar Ms Lee Grace Malaysia
Acting Deputy Director ISOC Madagascar President Multimedia Development Corporation Stakeholder Engagement Division
Shunan Yusuf Maldives
Maldicore Group Pvt Ltd
Bone Kenneth Malta
Seasus New Media
Mr
Mr
Ms Schembri Mark Malta
Baya Ahmed Mauritania
Mr
Mr Laddaga López Rudy Mexico
Managing Director
Managing Director Malta Communications Authority Project Coordinator Information Society Mauritel CEO Gnius Club Entrepreneur
Poștaru Andrei Moldova
MUUME
Gardi Badruun Mongolia
GerHub
Kerdoudi Ilhem Morocco
MNC
Abneusa Stefania Mozambique
Mozdev
Peters Anicia Namibia
Namibia University
Mr
Mr
Mr
Ms
Ms
Ms Tamanikaiwaimaro Salanieta Nauru
Oorschot Herman Netherlands
Mr
Mr Wilson Alfredo Nicaragua
CTO
Co-Founder and Chairman
CEO
President
Dean: Faculty of Computing and Informatics South Pacific Computer Society (SPaCS) President Fullmoon Interactive Solutions Partner & CEO Guegue Communications Director
Iro Adamou Niger
Technologies Informatique & Télécoms
Lazarovska Natasha North Macedonia
Startup Macedonia
Al Sabti Zawan Oman
eOman Portal
Mr
Ms
Ms
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Expert Juriste-Manager
Co-Founder and Executive Board Member
Director
Baxevani Pelagia Luxembourg
Nyuko
Lakudzala Derek Malawi
BUMAS International
Ong Kian Yew Malaysia
Multimedia Development Corporation Head, Enterprise Global Development/APICTA Technopreneur Development Division/Manager
Ms
Simbara Mariko Mali
Agance des technologies de l'information et de la communication (AGETIC) Training manager
Mr
Attard Marcelle Malta
Malta Communications Authority
Mr
Mr
Mr
Ms
Ms
Ms
Ms Tamanikaiwaimaro Salanieta Marshall Islands Mr Kissoondoyal Dave Mauritius
Project Manager
Partner
Project Coordinator Information Society South Pacific Computer Society (SPaCS) President Internet Society of Mauritius President
Agha Hamza Pakistan
Hello Tomorrow Pakistan
Al-Astal Ashraf Palestine*
1plus1 Business
Kevin Priscilla Papua New Guinea
PNG Digital ICT Cluster and WiSTEM
Jaime Jorge Peru
Red CientÃfica Peruana
Lebuda Jakub Poland
Clipatize
Mr
Mr
Ms Tazenda Almeida Sandra Portugal
Oo Thein Myanmar
Mr
Myanmar Computer Federation President
Mr
Kostic Ivana Serbia
Health Tech Lab
Mr
Tan Alaric Singapore
The creative Alliance
Jerman Blazic Borka Slovenia
Jožef Stefan Institute
Rabana Rapelang South Africa
Rekindle Learning
Vea Andreu Spain
European Commission
Aleman Mario Nicaragua
ICANN
Ms
Amos Emmanuel Nigeria
Programos Foundation
Bruarøy Kristian Norway
Bridj
Ara Jehan Pakistan
The Nest I/O Technology Incubator & Accelerator
Mr
Ms
Founder & President
Founder & Consultant
Founder
ICT Chamber, Rwanda Private Sector Federation
Pace University Chairperson of Computer Science / Associate Professor / Computer Scientist
Ms
Mr
Ntale Alex Rwanda
Scharff Christelle Senegal
Ms
Auckland University of Technology, School of Engineering, Computer & Mathematical Sciences Director of Women in Technology, Senior Lecturer
Member of Technical Staff
SIVECO Romania
Digital Design srl
Mr
Mr
Bujor Ana Maria Romania
Capello Luciano San Marino
Mr
Government of Nepal (Ministry of Information and communication) News Reporter/Broadcast Journalist
Mr Mohaghegh Mahsa New Zealand
Fundação Escola Portuguesa de Macau
ICT4dev and Internet Governance
Raj Khanal Ananda Nepal
Mr
Carneiro Roberto Portugal
Mr
Daniel Rudolph Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Mr
Mr
HOD and Senior Lecture
MOST Foundation
Ministry of Technology
Beukes-Amiss Maggy Namibia University Namibia Ms
Klimek Katarzyna Poland
Ms
Wharton Wesley Saint Kitts and Nevis
BeeAnd.me
CEO and Co-Founder
TRACE College
Mr
Hot Dervic Elma Montenegro
Dial Technologies
Executive Director
Tinio Eloisa Philippines
Ms
Rossiya Segodnya | International information agency
Mr
Mr Lakhdissi Zouheir Morocco
APDC
Kiyo Group Organización
Priemov Dmitry Russian Federation
GerHub
Founder and CEO
CEO
Pedersen Marina Paraguay
Ms
Ms
Batjargal Enkhjin Mongolia Mr
Co-Founder
Mr
Mubarak Chitranganie Sri Lanka
Director of Mobile Projects Department
Director, Technology
Independent Consultant
Chairman
Co-Founder
Founder
Head of Laboratory for Open Systems and network
Founder & Chair
Digital Champion for Spain
Ms
Balthazar Tricia Suriname Ms
Digital Society Development Consultant CANTO Service Development Manager
President Ingeniería Informática S.A.
Ministry of Transport and Communications Assistant Undersecretary for Digital Society Sector Development
Mr
CEO and Co-Founder
Founder & Managing Director
South Pacific Computer Society (SPaCS)
Prado Amaya Matias Panama
Mr
Al Mansoori Reem Qatar
Ms
Ms South Pacific Computer Society (SPaCS) Tamanikaiwaimaro Salanieta Micronesia, Federated States Of President Ms
Country Head
Ms Tamanikaiwaimaro Salanieta Palau
Balthazar Tricia Saint Lucia
Ms
CEO
CEO
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Advisory
Presidente do Conselho de Administração
Educational content project manager
Executive Director CANTO Service Development Manager
Ms Tamanikaiwaimaro Salanieta Samoa
President of the South Pacific Computer Society (SPaCS) President
Almaimuni Hana Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
Ms
Manager, Awards & Intern.Competitiveness at E-Government
Damnjanović Damjan Health Tech Lab Serbia Co-Founder
Ibrahim Mohamed Sierra Leone Burcik Vladimir Slovakia
Mr
Ms Tamanikaiwaimaro Salanieta Solomon Islands
Ochuodho Shem J. South Sudan
Mr
Kodikara Indumini Sri Lanka
Ms
Mr Abdelrahman Noureldien Sudan
Gustafsson Micael Sweden Mr
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SEIF - Driving Social Innovation
Murad Fadwa Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian Computer Society, Syria
Ms
Ms
Program Lead
Director, ICT Incubator
van der Wolde Aimée Switzerland
Ms
Ms Suleymanova Mahinakhon Tajikistan
Ms Kinu Innovations Barretto Catherinerose Tanzania, United Republic Co-Founder
Mr
Shelters David Thailand
Digital Innovation & Corporate Startup Engagement (CSE) Advisor
Mr
Kouami Olévié Togo
INTIC4DEV
Mr
Mr
Mr
Ms Tamanikaiwaimaro Salanieta Tonga
Consultant & Formateur South Pacific Computer Society (SPaCS) President
Zaghbib Faouzi Tunisia
R2i
Kambur Duygu Turkey
imece
Mr
Ms
Ms Tamanikaiwaimaro Salanieta Tuvalu
South Pacific Computer Society (SPaCS) President
Sugdagroserv Consulting Director MagilaTech Company Limited
Wang Chulee Thailand
RISE IMPACT
Amekudji Cyriaque Togo
INTIC4DEV
Gaspard Taylor Gia Trinidad and Tobago
Network of Rural Women Producers Trinidad and Tobago (NRWPTT) President
Saidane Amel Tunisia
Tunisian Startups
Karryev Batyr Turkmenistan
Center of Information Technologies "SIBIS"
Ndyaguma Brian Uganda
Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL)
Ms
Mr
Head of business development and strategy
Managing Partner
Magila Godfrey Tanzania, United Republic of
Ms
General Manager
SEIF - Driving Social Innovation
Mr
CEO & Co-Founder
Co-founder
Consultant & Formateur
President
Main IT expert
Business Development Manager
Mr Stern Daniel Uganda
Mr Perohanych Yuri Ukraine
Uconnect Director Association of IT Enterprises of Ukraine (AITEU) General Director
Popova Tatiana Ukraine
Ms
Association Telecommunication chamber of Ukraine Chairman of the Board
E-Government Operations Departmen Ali Tariq United Arab Emirates
Mr
Internet Governance Specialist
Ms Telecommunication Regulation Authority (TRA) Al Jallaf Hind United Arab Emirates
Mr
Abler Carlos United States
Myhre Joel United States
Pacific Disaster Center
Di Giovanni Laura Uruguay
Plan Ceibal
Temar Mathew Vanuatu
Vanuatu Government
Lam Long Viet Nam
Quang Trung Software City Development Co., Ltd.
Makayi Mbuyu Zambia
BongoHive
Mbira Tatenda Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Youth Council
Senior ICT Analyst
Mr
Walls Jon Mark United States
Ms
Mr Yusupov Alisher Uzbekistan
Tschernig Peter Venezuela
Mr
Mr Alsheikh Abubakr Abubakr Yemen
Favell Andy United Kingdom
Ms
Digital transformation leader UNCTAD Consultant, Technology Innovation and Logistics brand.uz CEO CAVEDATOS / ISOC / WordOnTech.com Executive Vice President Hadramout University of Science and Technology Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems
Ms
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Freelance consultant, web editor & journalist
Senior Disaster Management Specialist
Head of Content
Chief Technical Officer for IT Assist.
CEO
Developer
Information and Communication Technology Officer
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WSA Global Congress Cascais 2019 – Audience participation
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WSA YOUTH AMBASSADORS
Banushi Alda
Polytechnic University in Tirana
Mohamed Medani
Go Platform
Allmayer Franz Josef
Simgo
Hossain Rahat
AYAT
Albania
Student
Algeria
Project Manager
Austria, Guatemala
International Business Development Executive
Bangladesh
Digital Health Specialist
Atoyan Arman
X-TECH, CityBugs, ARLOOPA
Aghajanyan Hovhannes
CityBugs
Mujkić Amila
University of Pennsylvania
Vasiljevic Branko
DVC Solutions
Armenia
Co-Founder & Product Manager
Armenia
Co-Founder
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Student
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Business developer
Weiss David
Kenne deine Rechte
Steinfelder Georg
City of Graz Department for Economic and Tourism Development
Selimović Dženana
University of Sarajevo
Brljak Ema
Youth Press Association of BiH
Austria
Project Coordinator
Austria
Founding, Start-Ups, N4
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Electrical Engineering Student
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Board of Directors
Camillo Poveda Juan
Dialoghi in Architettura - New Humanity NGO
Kambis Kohansal Vajargah
Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
Hadžić Leila
NGO “Laboratorium” Tuzla
Carvalho Camila
Tem Açúcar
Austria
Communication manager
Austria
Head of Startup-Services
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Co-founder
Brazil
Founder & CEO
Bizolm Mehdi
UniCredit Bak Austria AG
Alois Paul Spiesberger Höckner
Woody
Schuler Emily
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
Oap Marcos
AnnuitWalk Accessibilities
Austria
Senior Software Engineer
Austria
Software Developer
Brazil
Research Assistant
Brazil
Co-Founder & CEO
Cancar Sanja
Blogger and Information Specialist
Polovenko Tetyana
ks actuaries
Ashumanyi Ako Agbor
GiftedMom
Knowles Eileen
Columbia University in the City of New York
Austria
Research Industrial Systems Engineering
Austria / Ukraine
Actuary
Cameroon
Co-founder and Medical Director
Canada
Sustainability Consultant
Hamberger Stephan
Red Bull Media House
Elashkr Taghrid
SimCorp
Corriero Jennifer
TakingITGlobal
Almarza Juan Jose
Austria / USA
Head of Digital Platforms
Austria, Egypt
Scrum Master
Canada
Co-founder and Executive Director
Chile
Student
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WSA YOUTH AMBASSADORS Fung Jordan
Pedosa Group
Bustamente Sebastian
Empréndelo
Dreyer Charlotte
Hasso Plattner Institute
Gürtner Hans Peter
Boxwise
China
Founder and CEO
Colombia (US, Spain)
co-Founder Verdéate.com / Entrepreneurship Consultant
Germany
Project Development, HPI School of Design Thinking
Germany
Project Lead
Pantelic Ana
UNICEF Uganda
Azhar Bacar
CbonBusiness
Consonni Matteo
EIT Urban Mobility
Ojo Alexander
The Royal Senchi Resort & Hotel
Colombia / Serbia
Social Policy Manager
Comoros
CEO
Italy
Business Creation Manager
Ghana
Head of IT
Drača Ljubica
Court interpreter and translator & private language tutor
Schubert Lucie
inovátoři.cz
Barley Ivy
Developers in Vogue
Acquah Moses
Afrolynk
Czech Republic
Freelance Trainer and Facilitator, Team Member
Ghana
Co-Founder
Ghana
Founder / Brainchild
Xulu Sakhile
Qisimah (Audio Insights)
Appier-Sign Solomon
NextNerds
Croatia
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Hauerslev Jensen Alexander
Be My Eyes
Hoffmann- Schröder Anne Sofie
Denmark
Product, Partnerships and Business Developement
Denmark
Independent Journalist
Ghana
Co-Founder and CEO
Ghana
Founder
Bonea Paul
Bonea Creative Studio
Adel Abbas
smava GmbH
Atmatzidou Avgi-Maria
Mykonos Multimedia Festival
Tewari Anshul
Youth Ki Awaaz
Denmark
CEO
Egypt
Technical Project Owner
Greece
Founder & President
India
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Mosaad Abdullah
What´s Up Youth Professional Services
El Kattan Alia
O-MUN
Pasricha Japleen
Feminism in India
Krishnan Jithin
Spaceboat.in
Egypt
Founder & CEO
Egypt
Assistant Director
India
Founder & Editor-in-chief
India
Co-Founder
Adly Noran
Active Artist Egypt
Hatem Shady
Advicenode
Bajwa Maninder
Espranza
Shaik Khasim Shareef
Friends2Support.org
Egypt
Founder
Egypt
Founder and CEO
India
CEO & Founder
India
Founder & Chairman
Sobhy Amr
PushBots, Inc.
Viik Joosep
Sirkel & Mall OÜ
Siddharth Kumar Sah
BioP
Gaddafi Sanny
8villages
Egypt, UK
CEO
Estonia
3D Modeller
India
Founder
Indonesia
CEO
Puikkonen Arto
Build | Gofore Ltd.
Rostedt Pihla
Rostedt & Co
Berg Aviram
Eyelight
Battaglia Giulia
Learning Solutions
Finland
Business Manager
Finland
First Lady
Israel
Co-founder
Italy
eLearning Specialist
Rostedt Timo
GOFORE
Bourdu Sébastien
Carrai Luca
Ethicjobs
Najjar Saleem
Sharqi Shop
Finland
Lead Designer
France
Web developer and UX designer Freelance
Italy
CEO
Jordan
Co-founder
Mazmishvili Ana
State Audit Office of Georgia (SAOG)
Bestavashvili Giorgi
Sign and Sound
Gakuu Derrick
Ifarm360
Cakaj Arbnore
Dots Studio
Georgia
Senior Budget Analyst
Georgia
Co-Founder
Kenya
Co-founder
Kosovo
Architect & Co-Founder
Chakvetadze Giorgi
State Audit office of Georgia
Kakhidze Mariam
State Audit Office of Georgia (SAOG)
Uka Fidan
Blood Donor
Nushi Valon
UNICEF Sierra Leone Country Office
Georgia
Head of State Budget Analysis unit
Georgia
Senior Analyst of State Budget and Strategic Analysis Department
Kosovo
CEO
Kosovo
Youth Innovation Specialist
Rahman AlAshraf Abdul
FreeCom
Wegener Adrian
Chairman of the Board | gamesAHEAD e.V.
Xhafce Zejd
Turkish Embassy
Habib Patrick
Drosbox
Germany
Software Engineer and Consultant, MHP-A | Founder, Freecom
Germany
Founder | Eye Build It
Kosovo
Local Expert
Lebanon
Co-Founder
Haufschild Alexander
Socialbnb
Schmid Carina
The Global Experience and Co-Founder at Easy Languages
Beylouni Yorgui
Drosbox
Iseviciute Odeta
Dealoyal
Germany
Chief Marketing Officer and Co-Founder
Germany
CEO
Lebanon
Co-Founder
Lithuania
Co-Founder & CEO
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BeeAnd.me
Bentaleb Yassine
CitizenUp
Muloongo Jason
TelliGram
Ossendryver Nadav
Latest Sightings Pty Ltd
Montenegro
Founder
Morocco
Entrepreneur and Consultant
South Africa
Founder
South Africa
CEO
Sattely Connor
SEMA - East Africa public feedback system
Bozhinoski Darko
Cognitive Robotics, 3mE | Delft University of Technology
Rodrigo Peumi
CodeGen
Elbadwi Mahmoud
WisdomBox FZ LLE
Netherlands
Co-Founder and CTO
Netherlands
Postdoctoral researcher
Sri Lanka
Assistant Manager Marketing & Communications
Sudan
Founder
Iweka Kingsley
Africa on the Rise
Kumbaroska Bistra
Social Impact Award gGmbH
Mohammadi Allen Ali
Hippogriff AB
Abu Taleb Deyaa
Sales Training Project Management
Nigeria
Founder
North Macedonia
Scaling and Partnership Manager
Sweden
Co-Founder & CEO
Switzerland/Jordan
Mushe Eda
Makedonski Telekom AD
Cebova Elizabeta
University of Geneva
Atoline Rebecca
Zürich Council
Hawasly Sana
Daraty
North Macedonia
Senior Associate For Digital Experience and Innovation
North Macedonia
Master Student
Switzerland
Immigrants Representative
Syrian Arab Republic
Co-founder
Zdravkovikj Jovana
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics
Dimitrievska Simona
WSA
Muhammad Ali AlHasan
Daraty
Khattab Joud
Yarmouk Private University
North Macedonia
Student
North Macedonia
Project assistant
Syrian Arab Republic
Co-founder
Syrian Arab Republic
Business and Data Analyst, Instructor
Ilieva Viktorija
University of SS. Cyril and Methodius
Silas Mangi Gloria
African Queens Project
Jemni Khaled
Microsoft Ireland
Zdravkovski Teo North Macedonia
Student
North Macedonia
Assistant Professor
Tanzania
Founder and President
Tunisia
Cloud Specialist
Sawyer Taylor
SammTalk
Mushtaq Momal
SAP
Taghouti Mohamed
Smart Logger
Holovachenko Anton
UniExo
Norway
Co-founder
Pakistan
Syndication Manager (C-user)
Tunisia
Founder
Ukraine
Founder
Varind Rohayl
Times of Youth & Share To Aware
Gersava Ryan
Virtualahan
Carmouche Ayesha
The Care Quality Commission
Whiteman Geena
Cardiff University
Pakistan
CEO
Philippines
Founder
United Kingdom
Senior Parliamentary Adviser
United Kingdom
PhD
Paciência Diogo
European Travel Commission / Visit Europe
Costa Ricardo André
Würth Portugal
Carmona Luna
Achieve More! Scotland
Shah Shwetal
MediaCom
Portugal
Online Marketeer
Portugal
Graphic Designer and Web Specialist
United Kingdom
Marketing Officer
United Kingdom
Technology Partnership Manager
Pop Tiron Cristina
Babeș-Bolyai University
Birovljević Dušica
Nomcentar
Williams Timothy
Bundeswehr University Munich
Itzkowitz Adam
Better World Club
Romania
PhD Researcher
Serbia
Founder & Owner
United Kingdom
Junior professor of insecurity and social order
USA
Vice President of Marketing and Communications
Janković Marko
MEF Faculty
Petrović Nađa
MEF faculty
Samples Tori
Leaf Global Fintech
Machirori Fungai
Her Zimbabwe
Serbia
Marketing assistant
Serbia
President of Student Parliament and member of Career Guidance
USA
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Zimbabwe
Researcher and Media Consultant / Founder & Director
Zivkovic Sandra
Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade
Sivaramakrishnan Sharmishta
Young Global Leaders Asia
Singapore
Community Manager
Serbia
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JOSEF UMDASCH RESEARCH PRIZE 2021! In retail and construction, a new era has started: digitalisation transforms these business areas fundamentally! Already, planning of huge construction sites is achieved completely digitally and augmented reality technology supports workers on site. In addition, retail stores use digital solutions to promote their products and their brands and create an unforgettable shopping experience for consumers. We, Umdasch Group Ventures, want to lead this trend of digitalisation in retail and construction! We are the youngest subsidiary and innovation hub of the Umdasch Group. We are incubator, accelerator, company creator, startup investor and above all, a solution provider, focusing exclusively on innovations along the entire building value chain (construction) as well as consumer buying processes (retail). This year, Umdasch Group Ventures is looking for new ideas, technologies or innovative use cases for artificial intelligence and computer vision. About the Josef Umdasch Research Prize: The Josef Umdasch Research Prize was created by the company’s present owners, Hilde Umdasch and Alfred Umdasch, who named the prize after their father - Josef Umdasch. The award was originally initiated in 1990 to support outstanding achievements in research and development.
Since the cooperation with World Summit Awards (WSA) has started in 2018, the Josef Umdasch Research Prize is increasingly aimed at start-ups, entrepreneurs and future-oriented thinkers around the globe who can inspire enthusiasm with an innovative and unique idea.
OUTCOME 87 registrations from 41 different countries ...17 shortlisted ideas ...and 5 finalists
OUR JURY Consisting of members of Umdasch Group, experts from Umdasch Group Ventures and experienced WSA experts
THE PRIZE The winner gets the opportunity to realise the idea with Umdasch Group Ventures
MORE INFORMATION ONLINE www.umdaschgroup.com/ researchprize
Josef Umdasch Research Pitching Sessions at the WSA Global Congress Vienna 2020
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WSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2020 Prof.Dr. Peter Bruck Prof. Dr. Peter A. Bruck, Chairman of the WSA Board of Directors
WSA GLOBAL COUNCIL
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Christian Rupp CIO European Joint Innovation Lab eGovernment | Austria Thomas Stelzer Former UN Assistant Secretary General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs | Austria Ubaydli Ubaydli Chairman Arab ICT Union | Bahrain Rodrigo Assumpcao eGovernment and Telco Consultant | Brazil George Sharkov Adviser to the Minister of Defense, National Cybersecurity | Bulgaria Witman Hung Managing Director Qianhai International Liaison Services Ltd | China Adam Montandon, Lecturer and Event Organizer | Denmark Maria Flachsbarth , Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation& Development | Germany Paul Hughes, Ten Meters of Thinking | Ireland Matteo Landi, Managing Partner Allmende | Italy Anne Githuku-Shongwe, UN Women | Kenya/South Afria Manar Alhashash, eContent Alchemist and Founder Dot Design | Kuwait Adama Samassekou, President African Academy of Languages | Mali Tomi Davies, President African Business Angels Network | Nigeria Miguel Pinto Luz, Deputy Mayor of Cascais and Deputy Chairman of the Regional Tourism Entity of Lisbon | Portugal Paula Ingabire, Minister of ICT and Innovation | Rwanda Chitranganie Mubarak, Consultant | Sri Lanka Marcus East, Technical Director, Office of the CTO Google | UK/USA Ralph Simon, CEO Mobilium | United Kingdom Janine Warner, Founder SembraMedia | USA
WSA MANAGEMENT BOARD
Tanja Wehsely, CEO Volkshilfe | Austria Tore Haugland, CEO Ouvi | Brazil Catherine Warren, CEO Innovate Edmontoni | Canada Carolina Rossi, Senior Partner Moon Advisors | Chile Jakob Detering, Managing Director Social Impact Award | Germany Jan Schwaab, Head of Digital Transformation Africa, GIZ | Germany Dorothy K. Gordon, ICT for Development Consultant | Ghana Moses Acquah, Founder Afrolynk | Ghana Osama Manzar, CEO and Founder Digital Empowerment Foundation | India Shinta Dhanuwardoyo, Founder and CEO bubu.com | Indonesia Omri Boral, Co-Founder Tech for Good | Israel Gabriel Deek, General Manager OmniSystems | Lebanon Rudy Laddaga Lopez, Founder and CEO Gnius Club | Mexico Zouheir Lakhdissi, CEO Dial Technologies | Morocco Marta Tomovska, Digital Innovation Expert | North Macedonia Agha Hamza, Hello Tomorrow Pakistan Hub | Pakistan Sandra Almeida Fazenda, Executive Director APDC | Portugal Jon Mark Walls, Consultant UNCTAD | USA Carlos Abler, Digital transformation leader | USA
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WSA SPONSORS & PARTNERS
MEET THE WSA TEAM
Sponsoring partners
Nora Wolloch WSA Executive Manager nora@wsa-global.org
Manuela Wagner Global Community Manager manuela@wsa-global.org
Matthias Kandler WSA Partnerships, Events matthias@wsa-global.org
Peter A. Bruck WSA Chairman and ICNM president
Pia Frizberg WSA Event ManagementYouth for Innovation pia@wsa-global.org
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Strategic partners
Liene Ulmane Youth CommunitySocial Media, Design liene@wsa-global.org
Media partners Simona Dimitrievska WSA Project Assistant European Yolunteer simona@wsa-global.org
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