Salzburg, August 1, 2014
App brilliance galore: 454 mobile app gems compete at UN-based World Summit Award Mobile
Team Action Zone’s ActionTrack representing Finland in the global World Summit Award Mobile
WSA mobile jury of top IT experts evaluates the world’s best mobile content.
ActionTrack was nominated as best mobile application in m-Learning&Education from Finland.
“WSA-mobile’s goal is to find out what works in different markets and in different parts of the world and what really makes a difference for the people in remote villages and global megacities”, explains Peter A. Bruck, Chairman of the WSA-mobile. The World Summit Award mobile is an UN-based initiative that selects and showcases the world’s best mobile content to bridge the digital gap and put UN-WSIS targets into action.
Starting today, an international jury of renowned IT experts and industry leaders will evaluate this year’s nominated products. Jury members come from all continents and have backgrounds in the creative industries, telecommunication, advertising, journalism and research, as well as in teaching. The jury also includes representatives of international organisations in the ICT-for-development field.
“Consequently, it is not a product’s commercial success that matters most for the jury”, emphasizes Peter A. Bruck, Chairman of the WSA Board. According to Bruck, the jury will judge the value of the content as well as the product’s design and its technical realisation. Furthermore, each nominee’s contribution to bridging the digital divide will play a central role for the jury.
Shining in the mobile hub
For the contest’s winners, WSA-mobile is a chance to raise global awareness for their products and to enter the international stage. Those projects that will come out on top of the Jury’s decision will be invited to the WSA-mobile Winner’s Event taking place from February 1st to 3rd 2015 in Abu Dhabi. The event will host an exhibition, offering WSA-Winners a platform to present their services and projects to potential partners and investors. Furthermore, the events will include keynotes from renowned experts as well as conferences, summits, forums, roundtables, vision panels, and strategy workshops, turning Abu Dhabi into the hot spot of the mobile world.
About the WSA-mobile
Organised by the International Center for New Media (ICNM) in Salzburg, the World Summit Award Mobile is a global initiative within the framework of, and in cooperation with, the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), in collaboration with UNESCO, UNIDO and UN GAID. Abu Dhabi, as the city of the award’s key partner ADSIC (Abu Dhabi Systems & Information Centre), will be the host for the WSA-mobile Award.
For enquiries or Media Partnerships, please contact:
Wagner Manuela, wagner@icnm.net, +43 660 630408 7