Get to know the WSA Online Jury members
WSA World Summit Awards: Inclusive and Fair Selection of Global Digital Solutions
The World Summit Awards (WSA) promotes an inclusive and transparent selection process for the most innovative and impactful global digital solutions. These solutions aim to address pressing societal challenges using digital technologies. After WSA National Experts nominate each digital solution, it undergoes a comprehensive, multi-phase evaluation, ensuring fairness and objectivity throughout. This rigorous process offers participants a unique opportunity to become recognized as WSA Winners or even WSA Global Champions, providing them with global exposure and networking opportunities.
The WSA Jury Process Explained
1. Nomination and Application:
WSA National Experts from 182 UN member states nominate up to eight cutting-edge digital solutions across eight distinct categories, including government and citizen engagement, health, education, and more. Additionally, participants in the youth category have the chance to submit direct applications. Once nominees successfully complete their applications on the official WSA online platform, they officially enter the WSA Jury process, starting the evaluation journey.
2. The Online Jury:
A highly skilled international panel of digital experts meticulously reviews each eligible application. This stage, known as the Online Jury, is critical, as it narrows down the entries to the top 15 to 18 solutions in each category, thereby creating the Shortlist for the next phase of evaluation.
3. The Grand Jury:
The shortlisted entries then advance to the second phase, where an in-person Grand Jury convenes. This year, the WSA Grand Jury will gather in Vienna, Austria. Here, expert panels will re-evaluate the entries and select the five best solutions in each category, which are recognized as WSA Winners.
4. Announcement and WSA Global Congress:
After the jury process concludes, the WSA team publicly announces the winners and personally notifies them. The winners are invited to the WSA Global Congress, where they present their digital solutions to a prestigious international jury. This presentation determines the ultimate Global Champion for each category. The WSA will reveal the champions during the WSA Award Ceremony and Gala, held this year in Hyderabad, India.
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Get to know WSA's Decision Makers
Panayiotis Andreou
Assistant Professor in Computing
School of Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus
Cyprus
Irene Polycarpou
Professor of Technology and Innovation in Education, Head of the School of Sciences
University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus
Cyprus
Arsene Tungali
Co-founder and Executive Director
Rudi International
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Arturo López Valerio
Director
Cámara Dominicana de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación
Dominican Republic
Malte Feddersen
Digital Enabler | Agile Coach | Team-Facilitator | Moderator | WSA Juror
DB Systel GmbH
Germany
Jonas Herzing
Advisor
DTC Cambodia, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Germany
Lily Edinam Botsyoe
Adjunct Instructor, University of Cincinnati
Ghana Youth Internet Governance Forum
Ghana
Josué Reyes Mejía
Consultor en Innovación, Transformación Digital y Desarrollo de Ecosistemas de Emprendimiento
Impact Hub Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Anatoliy Kremenchutskiy
Academician ; Director
International Academy of Informatization ; India-Kazakhstan Centre of Excellence in ICT
Kazakhstan
Renuka Sena
Impact and Sustainability Advocate, Impact Investor, Scaleup Venture Capital, Ecosystem Builder, Accelerator Design, Angel Funds, Startup Coach, Speaker
PROFICEO
Malaysia
Andrei Postaru
Lecturer at the Software Engineering and Automatics Department
Technical University of Moldova
Moldova
Elma Hot Dervic
Postdoctoral Researcher MedUni Wien | CSH and ASCII | PhD, Data Science, Complexity Science
Complexity Science Hub Vienna
Montenegro
Hempal Shrestha
Consultant | Researcher | Educator | Lawyer
Nepal Telecommunications Authority
Nepal
Connor Sattely
Independent Consultant
Connor Sattely Consulting
Netherlands, United States of America
Arletty Pinel
Silver economy evangelist, social entrepreneur & angel investor. WBAF International Partner, Aging2.0 Ambassador.
Panama
Maria Moreno
Lawyer/Financial Inclusion, Banking and Insurance Regulation, Digital Payments in LAC
Peru
Marco Espinheira
Head of Public Affairs, Corporate Relations & Fundraising
Nova School of Business and Economics
Portugal
Neeti Virmani
Venture Partner: Loyal VC I Author I INSEAD I Mentor: Founder Institute I Global Expert: BFF I Global Expert: WSA I President: SKIBC, WICCI I Founding Member: Power Women
Global Start-up Lab
Republic of Korea
Chitranganie Mubarak
Consultant on Digitization for Social Good and Joint Coordinator for Women’s Research
CENWOR
Sri Lanka
Abdelrahman Noureldien
Dean
Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology at University of Science and Technology
Sudan
Gia Gaspard Taylor
President
Network of Rural Women Producers Trinidad and Tobago (NRWPTT)
Trinidad and Tobago
Peace Oliver Amuge
Africa Regional Strategy Lead at the Association for Progressive Communications
APC - Association for Progressive Communications
Uganda
Arvind Toorpu
Cloudops Manager, Oracle Certified Professional, AWS Certified Associate, Cloud Migration Specialist
Allspring Global Investments
United States of America
Laura Di Giovanni
Head of Cooperation Unit
National Research and Innovation Agency of Uruguay (ANII)
Uruguay