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Jurors

To enable a democratic, reflective and transparent process in the selection of WSA winners, WSA office assigns independent Jury members for each jury process. Considering factors of balance in gender, origin and professional background, the WSA jury panels select the winners in a 2 step evaluation process.

 

 

 

Eileen Guo

Founder/Partner

Impassion Group

Afghanistan

Sachi Wickramage

Serial Entrepreneur

i4T Global

Australia

Mathias Haas

Founder and CEO

SuperSocial

Austria

Christian Rupp

Chief Innovation Officer

European Joint Innovation Lab

Austria

Franz Josef Allmayer

International Business Development Executive

Simgo

Austria & Guatemala

Nawaf M. Abdulrahman

Head of Information Technology

Mohammed bin Khalifa Cardiac Center

Bahrain

Rahat Hossain

Program Manager

AYAT

Bangladesh

Suny MD Ashraf Khan

CEO and Managing Director

Multimedia Content & Communications (MCC) Ltd.

Bangladesh

Thierry Bouffioux

Head of Partnerships

Belgium

Rudi Vansnick

President

Internet Society Belgium

Belgium

Hermann Aplogan

Founder, Senior e-Content & Mobile Apps Adviser

MobileTech Consulting

Benin

Renato Dornelas

Student Consultant

Skidmore-Saratoga Consulting Partnership (SSCP)

Brazil

Tore Haugland

CEO

Ouvi

Brazil

Marcos Oap

Co-Founder & CEO

AnnuitWalk Accessibilities

Brazil

Emily Schuler

Research Assistant

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Brazil

Cid Torquato

CEO

ICOM Libras

Brazil

George Sharkov

Director

ESI Center Eastern Europe

Bulgaria

Eileen Knowles

Sustainability Consultant

Columbia University in the City of New York

Canada

Catherine Warren

CEO

Innovate Edmonton

Canada

Alex Hung

CEO

Crossover International Co. Ltd.

China

Witman Hung

Principal Liaison Officer for Hong Kong

Shenzhen Qianhai Authority

China

Elizabeth Quat

Legislative Council Member | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, Founder | Internet Professional Association (iProA)

Legislative Council Member SAR Hong Kong

China

Sebastián Bustamante

co-Founder Verdéate.com / Entrepreneurship Consultant

Empréndelo

Colombia

Sergio Llano

Professor

Universidad del Norte

Colombia

Carlos A. Watson Carazo

Independent consultant and Founder and President of ISOC Costa Rica Chapter International Foundation

ISOC Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Ján Simkanič

CEO

Internet Info

Czech Republic

Morten Nybo

Senior Advisor at the Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces

Denmark

Amr Sobhy

CEO

PushBots, Inc.

Egypt

Ahmed Yahia Darwish

Head of ICT Industry Capacity Building Sector

Information Technology Industry Development Agency- ITIDA

Egypt

Dana Al Salem

Founder & CEO

FanFactory Ltd

France

Sébastien Bourdu

Web developer and UX designer

Freelance

France

Jean-Luc Scherer

Founder and CEO

Innoopolis

France

George Shubitidze

President

ICT Business Council of Georgia

Georgia

Alexander Felsenberg

Strategy & Alliances

Retresco

Germany

Anna Gauto

Germany

Carina Schmid

CEO / Co-Founder

The Global Experience / Easy Languages

Germany

Dorothy Gordon

Consultant

Technology for Development

Ghana

Alexander Ojo

Head of IT

The Royal Senchi Resort & Hotel

Ghana

Karla Ruiz Cofino

Co-Founder

MilknCookies

Guatemala

Analy Paz

Special Needs educator & Board member of Paz Joven

Paz Joven Guatemala

Guatemala

Jóhann Malmquist

Professor and serial entrepreneur

University of Iceland

Iceland

Maninder Bajwa

CEO & Founder

Espranza

India

Jithin Krishnan

Co-Founder

Spaceboat.in

India

Osama Manzar

Founder & Director

Digital Empowerment Foundation

India

Madanmohan Rao

SPECIAL AMBASSADOR FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT | Chief Researcher

Mobile Monday

India

Shaik Khasim Shareef

Founder & Chairman

Friends2Support.org

India

Anshul Tewari

Founder and Editor-in-Chief

Youth Ki Awaaz

India

Sanny Gaddafi

CEO

8villages

Indonesia

Ehssan Riazi Esfehani

IT Consultant

Hamsafar eSolutions

Iran

Alfredo Ronchi

General Secretary

MEDICI Framework

Italy

Ismail Wahdan

Head of E-government Section

Greater Amman Municipality

Jordan

Andrew Gakiria

National Coordinator

KENYA e-LEARNING CENTRE

Kenya

Nathan Masyuko

Head of Games and Co-founder

LudiqueWorks

Kenya

Manar Al Hashash

CEO

DotDesign

Kuwait

Ieva Žilionienė

Consulting Lead

NRD Companies

Lithuania

Latif Ladid

President

IPv6 Forum

Luxembourg

Rudy Laddaga

CEO and Founder

Gnius Club

Mexico

Slobodan Franeta

Founder

Lucha Science Institute

Montenegro

Dr Catherine Margaret (Maggy) Beukes-Amiss

Head of Department

University of Namibia

Namibia

Ananda Raj Khanal

Director and Acting Chief

Nepal Telecommunications Authority

Nepal

Jak Boumans

Managing Director

Electronic Media Reporting

Netherlands

Herman van Oorschot

Media enterpreneur

Fullmoon Interactive Solutions

Netherlands

Emmanuel Amos

Chief Software Architect / Ceo - Founder

mNCS, FIIM, Programos Software Group

Nigeria

Bardhyl Jashari

Director

Foundation Metamorphosis

North Macedonia

Marta A. Tomovska

Advisor to the Prime Minister of Serbia

Office of the Prime Minister

North Macedonia

Zawan Al-Sabti

Projects Specialist

Information Technology Authority (ITA)

Oman

Momal Mushtaq

Syndication Manager (C-user)

SAP

Pakistan

Rohayl Varind

CEO

Times of Youth & Share To Aware

Pakistan

Ashraf Al-Astal

Business Development Expert, Founder of 1plus1.business

1plus1.business

Palestine

Jakub Lebuda

Founder and CEO

CLIPATIZE

Poland

Mario Franco

Founder & Chairman

Millennium@EDU

Portugal

Dmitry Priemov

Head of Mobile

"Rossiya Segodnya" International Information Agency

Russian Federation

Anya Sverdlov

Senior Vice President

Wunderman Health

Russian Federation

Mustafa Khan

Advisor at the Saudi e-Government Program (Yesser)

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

Saudi Arabia

Christelle Scharff

Founder

MobileSenegal Hub

Senegal

Jasna Matić

Special Adviser for Competitiveness and Knowledge Economy

Ministry of Finance and Economy

Serbia

Ana Pantelić

Social Policy Manager

UNICEF Uganda

Serbia / Colombia

Felix Lee

Mentor, Connector

SCash Technologies

Singapore

Nishant Lalla

Entrepreneur

South Africa

Jason Muloongo

Co-Founder

LittPro

South Africa

Nadav Ossendryver

CEO

Latest Sightings Pty Ltd

South Africa

Rapelang Rabana

Founder & CEO

Rekindle Learning

South Africa

Jordi Pons

Founder of UniversalDoctor

UniversalDoctor

Spain

Andreu Vea

Founder and Director

WiWiW.org (Who is Who in the Internet World)

Spain

Reshan Dewapura

CEO

ICT Agency of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Chitranganie Mubarak

Consultant on Digitization for Social Good

Sri Lanka

Nibal Idlebi

Chief of Innovation Section

UN-ESCWA

Syrian Arab Republic

Sallyann Della Casa

Growing Leaders Foundation (GLF)

Trinidad and Tobago

Wiem Chamsi

Corporate Innovation Lead

Betacube

Tunisia

Faouzi Zaghbib

General Manager

R2i

Tunisia

Daniel Stern

Director

Mobile Monday Kampala

Uganda

Humaid Al Basti

TRA

United Arab Emirates

Suleman Bakhsh

Senior ICT Analyst

Telecommunication Regulation Authority (TRA)

United Arab Emirates

Badr Ward

CEO

LAMSA

United Arab Emirates

Andy Favell

Freelance consultant, web editor, journalist

Freelance

United Kingdom

Ralph Simon

CEO & Founder; Chairman Emeritus & Founder

Mobilium International; Mobile Entertainment Forum-Americas

United Kingdom

Carlos Abler

Board Of Directors

GiveMN

United States of America

Jon Mark Walls

Consultant

Consultant

United States of America

Janine Warner

Co-founder and executive director

SembraMedia

United States of America