Event Report:: WSA-mobile Global Congress 2015, Abu Dhabi Feb 1-3

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CONTENT Connecting Smart Minds: Mobile Content with knowledge impact

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Opening Words by WSA Chairman Prof. Bruck and H.E. Rashed Al Mansoori, DG ADSIC

World Summit Award Mobile Global Congress 2015 Overview Mobile Innovation Exhibition Innovation Shots, Keynote Speakers Innovation Pitches by WSA Winners WSA-mobile Grand Jury Members 2015 WSA-mobile Winners WSA-mobile Global Champions 2015 and Award Ceremony Reverse Pitching by Corporates Interactive Workshops Ibtikari 3.0 Social Networking

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What do others say about WSA-mobile Global Congress

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Statistics, Social Media and Outreach Print Publications Videos Eventapp and Eventhomepage Social Media Facebook Twitter

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PR & News Newsletters

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WSA Board of Directors

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WSA-mobile Partners and Sponsors

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Connecting smart minds: Mobile Content with knowledge impact Mobile content developers and producers create exciting content and innovative applications that do more than just meet basic needs of communication. They impact the daily lives of millions with mobile content and apps that connect minds.

Smart applications track earthquakes, facilitate banking everywhere for everyone, make governments more transparent and accountable, and save lives.

Mobile content and innovative applications empower people to read or visualise colours when they are blind, find each other where there are no street numbers, overcome motoric and cognitive limitations.

They change the entire experience of tourists be it in Italy, Saudi Arabia, Mexico or Denmark. They alter the radio experience in Latvia, local news availability in India, or citizen reporting in the Russian Federation.

Prof. Dr. Peter A. Bruck WSA Chairman

Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (ADSIC) is proud to host the WSA-mobile Global Congress for the third consecutive time and to welcome all those who actively contribute to the UN WSIS Agenda.

As the main strategic partner for WSA-mobile, ADSIC is ready to provide all the support needed to develop and increase global participation to achieve the UN MDGS. Locally, ADSIC is responsible for the Abu Dhabi IT agenda and plays a very important role in supervising the e-Government program implementation, sponsoring initiatives and competencies that are of critical importance to the H.E. Rashed Lahej Al Manproject and to the overall Abu Dhabi e-Government strategy, which, in soori, Director General accordance with the Abu Dhabi 2030 Vision, supports initiatives for ADSIC sustainable innovation of technology, nationally and internationally, and the use of innovative applications for developing and improving content production locally.

Our strategy reflects the international standards of WSA, especially in relation to utilizing ICT as the means for the welfare and well-being of mankind. Such approach builds on the widely strong belief that investing in human capital will prove to be the empowering tool for community transformation towards knowledge-based economy, thereby realizing the vision of our wise leadership to boost the rank of the Abu Dhabi Government among the best in the world.

Let us all make the most out of this event, which gives us a unique opportunity to share knowledge, showcase solutions and discuss the latest trends in innovative mobile content creation – many of which will guide us towards true transformational and sustainable development.

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WORLD SUMMIT AWARD MOBILE GLOBAL CONGRESS 2015 Connecting Smart Minds The WSA mobile Global Congress turned Abu Dhabi into a hub for mobile innovation and creative applications.

The congress provided a unique platform for knowledge exchange between creative minds, young entrepreneurs, international thought-leaders and industry experts.

The WSA-mobile Global Congress featured:  Mobile Innovation Exhibition  Innovation Shots by international keynote speakers  Innovation Pitches by WSA winners  Interactive workshops and knowledge transfer sessions  Reverse Pitching by Corporates  Award Ceremony and Gala  Social Networking Events  Ibtikari 3.0

MOBILE INNOVATION EXHIBITION The core of the WSA-mobile Global Congress are the 40 winning applications, demonstrating how mobile innovation can have an impact on our society and support. The winners´exhibition was a showcase of all solutions, demonstrating the richness and diversity of creative solutions world-wide.

A great opportunity for hands-on demonstrations and interaction with the winners.

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INNOVATION SHOTS Keynotes by international thought-leaders, discussing Internet of Things vs. Internet of Thoughts and insights on smart content building smart societies.

H.E. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary General UNCTAD Mobile Innovation supporting the UN SDGs H.E. Abdullah Saeed Al Darmaki, CEO Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, UAE Encouraging Emirati Entrepreneurship

Tarek Kamel, Sr. Advisor to ICANN President, Egypt/Switzerlands The Socio-Economic Benefitsof an Open, Global & Interoperable Internet

Eng. Mohammed Al Zarouni, Executive Director, Policies and Programs Department TRA, UAE Smart Content for a Smart Nation Paul Hughes, Director of Ten Meters of Thinking, Netherlands Inspiration Performance on Smart Design Gary Schwartz, President & CEO, Impact Mobile, Canada Internet of Things | If Things Could Speak Rich Radka, Claro Partners, Spain Internet of Everything | Navigating disruptive change Ana Serrano, Chief Digital Officer, Canadian Film Centre, Canada Holodeck anywhere | Intersection of the Internet, mobile & VR Ralph Simon, Founder Mobile Entertainment Forum Americas and “Founder of the Ringtone�, UK Internet for All |Mobile living Janine Warner, Founder Digitalfamily, USA Content for smart minds | Disruptive Design for Mobile Education Dana Al Salem, Founder FanFactory and Co-Founder Yahoo Europe, UK Smart engagement: Multimedia, Mobile, Music and Fan Intelligence

Tomi Ahonen, Author and Mobile Thoughtleader, Finland, Singapore, Hong Kong SAR Mobile for smart societies | Society evolvement through and beyond technology Rapelang Rabana, Founder ReKindle Learning, South Africa 5

INNOVATION PITCHES BY WSA WINNERS : MOBILE INNOVATION AT ITS BEST The 40 WSA-mobile Winners already proved that their products are the most innovative solutions selected in a unique and tough filtering process.

Each winner had first succeeded in a local competition and proved their product to be the most promising from their country in the respective category. Each UN member state is eligible to nominate 1 product per WSA category. This year WSA received more than 500 submissions from over 100 countries. 67 international jurors selected the 5 best, creative and most innovative apps per category—the WSA-mobile Winners.

In Abu Dhabi the winners pitched their products in front of a specially appointed experts jury. Each team had 7 minutes to convince the jury that their team is the most committed, their solution has the strongest impact and their pitch is the most entertaining.

After the last pitch, the jury selected 1 Abu Dhabi Global Champion in each of the categories.

The winners this year demonstrate the richness and diversity of local content, and prove that mobile solutions are a key enabler for development.

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WSA-MOBILE GRAND JURY MEMBERS 2015 Name

Surname

Position

Company

Country

Gregor Niki Anar Kamran Nawaf

Cholewa Ernst Huseynov Agasi Abdulrahman

CTO Founder Information Provision Department Director IT Director

KnowledgeFox My School of Talks Innovations Center Azerbaijan Innovations Center Azerbaijan Bahrain Olympic Committee

Austria Austria Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Bahrain

Thierry

Bouffioux

Erasmus Center for Entrepreneurship

Hermann

Aplogan

Mobile Apps Adviser

Rodrigo

Assumpcao

CEO

Dataprev

Brazil

Ana Catherine Gary

Serrano Warren Schwartz

Chief Digital Officer President CEO

Canadian Film Centre Fan Trust Impact Mobile

Canada Canada Canada

Suzanne Alex Witman

Stein Hung Hung Montandon

Juan Carlos Tarek Pihla Timo

Solines Kamel Rostedt Rostedt

DMRII’s Super Ordinary Crossover iProA Lillebaelt Academy of Professional Higher Learning Solines & Asociados ICANN Rostedt & Co Nordkapp

Canada China China

Adam

Lab Director CEO President Associate Professor Innovation and Entrepreneurship Partner Advisor to the President Designer Senior Designer

Tomi Alexander Rainer

Ahonen Felsenberg Babiel

Author CEO CEO

Dorothy

Gordon

DG

Ehssan Niall Alfredo Anne Manar

Riazi Esfehani Austin Ronchi Shongwe Alhashash

IT Consultant Founder Secretary General CEO and founder Secretary General

Finland Felsenberg Consulting Germany Babiel GmBH Germany Ghana India Kofi Annan Center Ghana for Excellence in ICT Hamsafar eSolutions Iran Omnimotions Ireland Medici Framework Italy Afroes Kenya Kuwait eAward Kuwait

Bardhyl

Jashari

Director

Marta

Tomovska

Deputy Minister

Wafaa

Alami

Head of Center ISPCR

Foundation Metamorphosis Macedonia Ministry of Information Society Macedonia and Administration ISESCO Morocco

Paul

Hughes

Director

Ten Meters of Thinking

Emmanuel Juan Josie Jakub Mario

Amos Urrazza Cacdac Lebuda Franco

CEO Senior Analyst Vice President for Academic Affairs CEO Founder and CEO

Dmitry

Priemov

Naguib Zuhair Christelle Alaric Felix Marcus Rapelang Andreu Rich Hala Jean-Luc Mohamed Peter

Chowdhury A. Azhar Scharff Tan Lee Dang Rabana Vea Radka Alturki Scherer Hamdy Lyons

Rima

Shaban

Sallyann Dana Ralph

Della Casa Al Salem Simon

Carlos

Abler

Janine

Warner

Belgium Benin

Programos Software Personal TRACE College Clipatize Millennium@EDU Foundation Rossiya Segodnya InternatioDirector, Mobile Projects Department nal Information Agency Innovation Specialist, KMID Islamic Development Bank Founder and CEO DLT President Mobile Monday Senegal Managing Director Creative Alliance Advisor, Mentor, Consultant The Creative Alliance Founder ReKindle Learning Internet Pioneer and Entrepreneur Partner Claro Partners CEO Themar Academy Head of Service Line Revenue Growth Ericsson Managing Director TURN8 Accelerator Director MEA GSMA Manager Innovation and EntrepreAbu Dhabi University neurship Center Dreamer in Chief Founder Fanshake Founder and CEO Mobilium Leader - Online Content Strategy, 3M Global eTransformation Creator DigitalFamily

Denmark Ecuador Egypt Finland Finland

Netherlands Nigeria Paraguay Philippines Poland Portugal Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Senegal Singapore Singapore Singapore South Africa Spain Spain UAE UAE UAE UAE UAE UAE UK UK USA USA

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40 INNOVATIONS FROM 30 COUNTRIES The 40 WSA-mobile Winners, invited to pitch their projects and innovative solutions in Abu Dhabi were: m-Business m-Business m-Business m-Business m-Business

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Commerce Commerce Commerce Commerce Commerce

Clip MOBIZY UBANK MobilePay Talabat

Mexico Portugal Russian Federation Denmark Kuwait

m-Government & Participation

Dubai Police App

United Arab Emirates

m-Government & Participation

Football-“Pass to get a better result!”

Latvia

m-Government & Participation

Electronic Consumer Guide

Oman

m-Government & Participation

Colab.re

Brazil

m-Government & Participation

U-report

Uganda

m-Learning&Education

Austria

m-Learning&Education m-Learning&Education m-Learning&Education m-Entertainment&Lifestyle m-Entertainment&Lifestyle m-Entertainment&Lifestyle m-Entertainment&Lifestyle m-Entertainment&Lifestyle m-Tourism&Culture m-Tourism&Culture m-Tourism&Culture m-Tourism&Culture m-Tourism&Culture m-Media&News m-Media&News m-Media&News m-Media&News m-Media&News m-Environment&Health m-Environment&Health m-Environment&Health m-Environment&Health m-Environment&Health m-Inclusion&Empowerment m-Inclusion&Empowerment

CURE Runners Lifesaver: A New Way To Learn CPR iChemist – Titration Simulator Life in the Womb myBlee Math CREATERRIA Wattpad SPLYCE Sherlock:The Network Hero from the past Nezahualcoyotl Ancient Aquileia 3D App Touch Van Gogh Makkah Window World Heritage Denmark NewsHunt FIVE Hiru TV-Sri Lanka Hyperboloid News Reporter NOW Altibbi Universal Doctor Speaker App Sistema Ambiental Paulista BetterDoctor Your Health ColorADD Arko

m-Inclusion&Empowerment

BrailleBoard

Palestine

m-Inclusion&Empowerment

SnooCode

Ghana

m-Inclusion&Empowerment

LIVOX

Brazil

m-Learning&Education

United Kingdom Sri Lanka Ireland France Poland Canada Spain United Kingdom Tunisia Mexico Italy Netherlands Saudi Arabia Denmark India Latvia Sri Lanka Russian Federation Lebanon Jordan Spain Brazil Finland Morocco Portugal Philippines

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WSA MOBILE GLOBAL CHAMPIONS 2015 The WSA-mobile Grand Jury selected one Global Champion in each of the WSA categories.

The WSA-mobile Global Champions were announced at the WSA-mobile Gala and Award Ceremony 2015. The winners received their awards from high level laudators such as: Abdulkarim Al Raesi, Director Strategy and Planning, ADSIC, Dorothy Gordon, Director-General Ghana India Kofi Annan Center for Excellence in ICT, Mario Franco, Founder Millennium@EDU, Ralph Simon, Chairman Mobile Entertainment Forum, Zuhair Azhar, Founder DLT, Wafaa Alami, ISESCO, Mukhisa Kituyi, SG UNCTAD

m-Business & Commerce MOBIZY | PORTUGAL m-Government & Participation DUBAI POLICE APP | UAE

m-Learning & Education LIFESAVER: A NEW WAY TO LEARN CPR | UK

m-Entertainment & Lifestyle CREATERRIA | POLAND

m-Tourism & Culture ANCIENT AQUILEA 3D | ITALY

m-Media & News Hyperboloid NEWS Reporter| RUSSIAN FEDERATION

m-Environment & Health UNIVERSAL DOCTOR SPEAKER | SPAIN

m-Inclusion & Empowerment LIVOX | BRAZIL

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REVERSE PITCHING BY CORPORATES INNOVATING THE INNOVATION FRAMEWORK Large corporations are struggling to keep up with the fast pace of the technological evolution, the smartest ones have realized that they need to cooperate with young innovators and start-ups to keep track.

At the WSA-mobile Congress in Abu Dhabi the first Reverse Pitching session took place in the MENA region, and corporates shared what they have to offer, but also what they need from start-ups, with the audience.

Moderation: Thierry Bouffioux, Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship, Business Angel and Start-Up mentor With Pitches from: 

Yehia Hassan, Senior Solutions Engineer, Esri

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Raihana Alhashmi, Audience Marketing Manager- Academia and Startups at Microsoft

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Jean-Luc Scherer, Director Core Networks, Ericsson

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Selim J. Eddé, Vice President Government Relations, SAP MEA

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Arkin Kol, Regional Manager, Dolby

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Kamal Hassan, CEO, i360 Innovation

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INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER SESSIONS At the WSA-mobile Global Congress 2015 the audience worked in an interactive manner, in order to guarantee a knowledge transfer between all stake-holders.

Hands-on workshops for creative working, mentoring sessions or interactive discussions on the development agenda of the United Nations, there was something for each person to contribute and benefit from.

LEARN FROM FAILURES – LIVE YOUR DREAMS BUSINESS MATCHING WORLD CAFÉ A speed-matching session, where young entrepreneurs and start-ups met and learned from international experts and mentors that failures are part of success.

SOCIAL MEDIA WORKSHOP by Mathias Haas, CEO Supersocial, Austria Hands-on demonstration how to optimize your reach towards your community and fans through social media.

INFOGRAPHICS ROCK by Jakub Lebuda, CEO Clipatize, Poland ICT Enabled Education by Mario Franco and Millennium@EDU THE FUTURE OF MOBILES , Scenario building and Visioning exercise by: Suzanne Stein, Canada and Adam Montandon, UK & Denmark ARABIC CONTENT CREATION IN EDUCATION, Workshop by DLT and ISESCO MOBILE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTING THE POST-2015 AGENDA Thought Leadership discussion how ICTs can support the development of an inclusive knowledge society, supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

With Prof. Peter A. Bruck, WSA Chairman, H.E. Mukhisa Kituyi, SG UNCTAD, Tarek Kamel, Sr. Advisor to ICANN President, Anne Shongwe, CEO Afroes, Wafaa Alami, ISESCO, Rodrigo Assumpcao, Dataprev, Zuhair Azhar DLT and many more

UAE STUDENT CAMP with Abu Dhabi University, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship The Abu Dhabi university students took actively part in the WSA-mobile Global Congress, by preparing case analysis on the business models of the winning projects. In 2 interactive workshops they presented their learnings and recommendations to the winners.

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IBTIKARI 3.0 ‫ابتكاري‬ Transform your innovative idea into a start-up @WSA-mobile IBTIKARI 3.0 is a tailored program to help cultivate entrepreneurial culture among UAE nationals and encourage innovation.

The Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development conducted Ibtikari for the 3rd time in Abu Dhabi, but for the first time within the WSA-mobile Global Congress. A great opportunity to match Emirati entrepreneurs with international mentors and start-ups.

To guarantee sustainable partnerships and mentoring for the Emirati entrepreneurs, WSA and Khalifa Fund conducted a mentoring workshop for the 6 winning Start-Ups from Ibtikari 2.

WSA mentors: Janine Warner, Creator Digital Family, USA, Rich Radka, Partner at Claro Partners, Spain; Niall Austin, Ceo Omni Motions, Ireland, Rainer Babiel, CEO Babiel GmbH, Germany, Zouheir Lakhdissi, Sehatuk, Morocco, Morten Nybo, Danish Ministry of Culture, Denmark, Carlos Abler, 3M, USA, Manar AlHashash, SG Kuwait e Award, Kuwait

IBTIKARI EXHIBITION The Ibtikari 2.0 winners showcased their incubated projects at the WSA-mobile exhibition.

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SOCIAL GET2GETHER AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES WSA is all about building new relationships, friendships and partnerships.

Networking works best, in a nice and relaxed atmosphere.

The WSA-mobile Global Congress audience had the opportunity for exchange, fun and informal discussions at two networking receptions.

Get2Gether at the Austrian Embassy to Abu Dhabi, hosted by H.E. Ambassador Peter ElsnerMackay.

DINNER UNDER THE SKY Fresh minds need fresh air. After a long conference and workshop day, all guests were invited to a cultural dinner at the beautiful beach at Abu Dhabi Corniche.

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WHAT DO OTHERS SAY ABOUT WSA-mobile GLOBAL CONGRESS? “One of the best informative conferences WSA 2015“ Mustafa Abdulla Almusawa, Abu Dhabi City Municipality, UAE The program was really great. It combines all elements of engaging the participants - thought leaders and experts sharing their knowledge and providing inspiration, participants from various countries/continents sharing their unique ideas, the hosts sharing the rich heritage of their country.

Anonymus, Attendee

WSA-mobile Global Congress was a great event, well organized and with a great quality in startups and their respective pitches were often moving and passionate.

I was really impressed by some of the startups that presented.

Participating as a juror was also a good experience and I saw a lot of innovations that are very relevant for the Networked Society vision that Ericsson is driving.

Jean-Luc Scherer, Head of Service Line Revenue Growth, Ericsson

It was a wonderful experience, in personal, professional and networking side. I’m sure came back being a better professional and person, because all the exchange I had with all of you. I hope we can meet again in the near future, to keep growing together.

Juan Urrazza, Paraguay

I got really amazed by the amazing diversity that I could see during the event. So many people from so many different places! This has opened my eyes to reach a broader audience with my solutions. The WSA was an amazing event to meet new people from all over, make new friends and possibly new business opportunities.

Attendee

Great things will continue to emerge from the garden WSA is nurturing.

It was amazing how many times a discussion would start among randomly assembled people, and the brilliance of those in the discussion would contribute an idea, an insight, or a help connection.

I would like to warmly congratulate all the winners and all participants in the 2014-15 World Summit Awards.

The expanding use of mobile phones is creating new domestic demand for mobile applications and services geared towards improving access to a variety of content. Locally developed apps for local markets are emerging fast in developing countries, offering news, practical information and content that supports social and community development.

We have a shared responsibility to ensure that advancements in the area of information and communications technologies make a difference for sustainable development. The content developed by the winners illustrates precisely this potential.

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WSA-MOBILE GLOBAL CONGRESS STATISTICS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUTREACH

420 attendees total from 67 countries 59% visitors from the UAE TOP 5 COUNTRIES IN TERMS OF ATTENDEES United Arab Emirates Austria Brazil Philippines Benin

WSA-MOBILE STATISTICS:: INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS WITH SOCIAL IMPACT REGIONS

NOMINATIONS

Nominating countries WINNERS

Africa

85

19

2

Arab Countries and Middle East

92

17

9

Asia Europe Latin America and Carribean North America and Oceania

87

16

4

169

33

19

53

12

5

27 513

4 101

1 40

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WSA-mobile Publications featuring partners, start-ups and industry trends

Catalogue

The WSA-mobile catalogue features the 40 winners, articles by industry leaders and provides an excellent overview about how ICTs can have an impact on society.

Print run: 3000 Language English Enriched with augmented reality content!

Program

The WSA-mobile Global Congress program provided an excellent overview about all activities, including background information about parnters and speakers.

Print run: 3000 Language: English

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WSA-mobile Video Productions Youtube Channel: wsamobile Total Views: 170.000 Views February 2015: 2700

WSA-mobile Global Congress Teaser Video

WSA produced for each winning project a demovideo, presenting the unique value of the applications.

WSA-mobile Global Congress Post Show Video, capturing the highlights.

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WSA-mobile Global Congress Eventapp eventmobi.com/wsam15 WSA-mobile Eventapp provided all schedule updates, featured speakers, winners and partners, and was also a great tool to interact with other delegates.

WSA-mobile Event App was a webbased application and therefore accesible on all devices.

3985 Pageviews

WSA-mobile Global Congress Eventwebpage All updates, registration, program features and news were also featured on the WSA-mobile Global Congress event webpage: events.wsa-mobile.org Pageviews: 5.600 38% Pageviews from UAE

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WSA-mobile Global Congress: Global Reach through Social Media #WSA15 In order to spread the word about all ongoing activities, sessions and meetings, WSA-mobile used Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn to reach its online communities.

For WSA-mobile Global Congress we created a Social Media Wall, showing all activies with #WSA15 https://walls.io/wsamobile

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GLOBAL REACH:: SOCIAL MEDIA #WSA15 FACEBOOK WSA-mobile promoted the Global Congress speakers, partners, topics and winners continuously on Facebook.

Current Facebook Likes: 4.334 (March 2015) | www.facebook.com/worldsummitaward

FACEBOOK REACH

Great content shows great results.

The reach on Facebook had clear peaks during the weeks before the WSAmobile Global congress and the days during the congress in Abu Dhabi.

NEW LIKES ON FACEBOOK

During the WSA-mobile Global Congress the WSA Facebook page got many new likes.

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The post about the WSA-mobile Global Champions and the Award ceremony reached 16.243 people and got 210 likes.

To guarantee interaction between our community, WSA created also a Facebookgroup, to share pictures, post news and keep each other updated.

The WSA Facebookgroup has currently 175 active members.

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GLOBAL REACH: TWITTER #WSA15 WSA official hashtag #WSA15 has been used 1125 times in 30 days. From the graphics below, you can notice a peak on the Congress days. Twitter.com/WSAoffice

In detail: January 31st 143 (pre-conference day) February 1st 345 February 2nd: 363 February 3rd: 126 In average, the hashtag covered the 3 days of the event with 278 tweets per

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PR and NEWS Mediapartners 2015

Coverage by Region Europe

Africa

Asia

America

Oceania

Arab Countries and ME

UAE Coverage

12%

UAE 20%

19%

38% 26% 3%

2% Others 80%

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WSA-mobile Clippings (Selection)  Innovation and Entrepreneurship integrated in Abu Dhabi University’s academic curriculum (Albawaba BUSINESS, February 25, 2015)

 PH mobile app wins award in Abu Dhabi (ABS-CBNnews.com, February 17, 2015)  MOBILE APP INGENUITY - 8 Global Winners in App development Best Awarded in Abu Dhabi (Almasalla Travel News, February 9, 2015)

 Sri Lanka's Hiru TV Wins 'Best Mobile App' Award at the World Summit Awards 2014 in Abu Dhabi (Hero News, February 6, 2015)

 MOBILE APP INGENUITY – the World’s 8 Best Awarded in Abu Dhabi (GeoConnexion, February 5, 2015)  WSA event winners honoured at Abu Dhabi event (Trade Arabia, February 4, 2015)  Manar Al-Hashash first Kuwaiti on judging panel of WSA-mobile (Kuwait News Agency - KUNA, February 3, 2015)

 Pioneers of mobile development to attend WSA Mobile Content (Al Bayan - Businness, January 29, 2015)  ABU DHABI SISTEMS AND INFORMATION CENTRE HOSTS THE UN's 2015 WORLD SUMMIT... (Al Watan - Businnes, January 29, 2015)

 Abu Dhabi Retirement Pensions & Benefits Found ADRPBF joins unified communications (Amarat Al Youm, January 29, 2015)

 Khalifa Found sponsor UN's 2015 WORLD SUMMIT AWARD MOBILE CONTENT... (Al Watan - Businnes, January 29, 2015)

 Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre Hosts the UNs 2015 World Summit Award - Mobile...

(MENAFN.COM, January 29, 2015)

 ADSIC and Oracle to empower Emirati Youth (Zawya.com; alitthad.ae; alfajr-news.net, January 27-28 2015)  Project NOAH's Arko finalist in international app competition (Rappler.com, January 25, 2015)  WSA-Mobile Global Congress, Abu Dhabi, Feb 1-3 2015. Connecting Smart Minds (GeoConnexion, January 19, 2015)

 Altibbi raises funds from strategic regional investors and wins the WSA-mobile Award for 2014 (AME Info, December, 17 2014)

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UAE taking lead for mobile excellence in global mobile content Award (AME Info, November 23, 2014) Life in the Womb app receives 2014 World Summit Award (Businness & Leadership, November 19, 2014) Talabat.com recognized by the United Nation's World Summit Award Mobile (ZAWYA, November 19, 2014) DOST’s Project NOAH bags int’l award (InterAksyon.com, November 14, 2014) Saudi app a WSA-mobile winner (Saudi Gazzette, November 12, 2014) Hiru TV wins Best Mobile App at the UN based World Summit Awards 2014 (Hiru News, November 11, 2014) Talabat.com recognized by the United Nation's World Summit Award (ZAWYA, November 10, 2014) Smart minds connected: UN-based World Summit Award announces 40 winners in mobile... (Inforeview Magazine, November 2014)

 Danish history-app selected for coveted award (The Copenaghen Post, October 31, 2014)  UN-Based World Summit Award Announces 40 Winners In Mobile Content Best Practice (PCTech Magazine, October 30, 2014)

 WSA Initiative Announces Most Outstanding African m-Content and Apps 2014 (pctechmag.com, September 30, 2014)

 Africa: WSA - MDG Game Wins Best Mobile APP Africa 2014 (allAfrica.com, Septmeber, 24 2014)  ‘See Muscat’ to represent Oman at World Summit (Oman Daily Observer, August 26 2014)  TRA now open to submissions from UAE entities for the WSA Mobile Contest 2014 (emirates247.com, March 7, 2014)

 Ministry of Information & Communications Technology Calls for Entries for WSA-Mobile 2014 (zawya.com, March 18, 2014)

 Qatar govt invites app developers to WSA-mobile (telcompaper.com, March, 20, 2014  Nigerian Economic Summit Group invites Osun over Opon Imo (WorldStage News, March 17, 2014)  APP-solutely Smart! WSA mobile opens call! (InfoReview, March 17, 2014) 25

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WSA-mobile NEWSLETTERS WSA-mobile shared 5 newsshots, announcing the WSA-mobile Global Congress 2015, informing the global network about recent news and developments.

Each WSA newsletter was sent to 6000 contacts world-wide.

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WSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Peter A. Bruck Chairman, World Summit Award CEO and Chief Researcher, Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaft AUSTRIA

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS Christian Rupp Federal Executive Secretary, eGovernment, Chancellery Office AUSTRIA Rudi Vansnick President, Internet Society Belgium BELGIUM Catherine Warren President, FanTrust Entertainment Strategies CANADA Elizabeth Quat Founder and Immediate Past President, Internet Professional Association (iProA) CHINA Alexander Felsenberg CEOFelsenberg Consulting, D端sseldorf / Berlin GERMANY

Osama Manzar Founder & Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation INDIA Manar Alhashash Secretary General, Kuwait e-Award; e-Leader, UN GAID KUWAIT Latif Ladid President, IPv6 Forum LUXEMBOURG Reshan Dewapura Chief Executive Officer, ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) SRI LANKA Ralph Simon CEO & Founder, Mobilium International, Chairman Emeritus & Founder, Mobile Entertainment ForumAmericas UNITED KINGDOM

Dorothy K. Gordon Director-General, Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT GHANA

NON EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS George Sharkov Director ESI Center Eastern Europe BULGARIA

Anya Sverdlov Managing Director, Actis Wunderman RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Adam Montandon Associate Professor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship DENMARK

Jasna Matic Special Adviser for Competitveness and Knowledge Economy | Ministry of Finance and Economy SERBIA

Effat El Shooky Director of Online Distance Learning Program, Cairo Regional Center for Training on Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping in Africa -CCCPA- Cairo, EGYPT Madanmohan Rao Chief Researcher Mobile Monday INDIA

Maya Makanjee Chief Officer Corporate Affairs | Vodacom Group Limited SOUTH AFRICA Janine Warner Creator DigitalFamily.com USA

Anne Githuku-Shongwe CEO and Founder Afroes KENYA, SOUTH AFRICA Rudy Laddaga Lopez CEO and Co-Founder, U-TOUR MEXICO Jak Boumans Managing Director, Electronic Media Reporting NETHERLANDS

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WSA-mobile Global Congress was brought to you by the WSA mobile volunteer network and the WSA Partners:

CONTACT: Prof. Dr. Peter A. Bruck, Chairman World Summit Award Ms. Nora Wolloch, WSA Project Manager wolloch@icnm,net | +43 660 630408 3 Ms. Manuela Wagner, WSA Community Developer wagner@icnm.net

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