WSA GRAND JURY BAHRAIN 2005

Kingdom of Bahrain invites international ICT & creativity experts

 

Bahrain, September, 3 - 10, 2005

 

35 international experts evaluated 753 new media products from 168 countries to find the best 40 from around the world. The judging took place in the Kingdom of Bahrain and was part of the World Summit Award (WSA) and the preparation for the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), taking place November 2005 in Tunis.

 

“Bahrain was taking all possible steps to be a leader in the product innovation, and the e-Content Award was a glaring example to encourage the private sector,” noted the Undersecretary at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Abdullah Mansour.

 

 

“The opportunity to spend a week with creative, academic and business people to discuss innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship in the use of digital media is very special. I already know I will return home refreshed, inspired, renewed and motivated to apply all that I have learnt to my business and general interests in the field of digital media,“ said Martin Casey, WSA Jury Member from Ireland.

 

The hosts in Bahrain arranged business matching forums and meetings and made connections with WSA experts to start new business co-operations to foster the Bahrain e-Content market.

 

 

 

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WSA GRAND JURY MEMBERS 2005

 

These are the Grand Jurors of the WSA Grand Jury 2005!

 

Jak Boumans

Managing Director

Electronic Media Reporting

Netherlands

Anya Sverdlov

Senior Vice President

Wunderman Health

Russian Federation

Rudy Laddaga Lopez

Chief Content Officer

Citizens Company

Mexico

Osama Manzar

Founder & Director

Digital Empowerment Foundation

India

Peter A. Bruck

WSA Chairperson

World Summit Awards

Austria

Alfredo Ronchi

General Secretary

MEDICI Framework

Italy

Martin Casey

Managing Director

Arekibo Communications

Ireland

Alexander Felsenberg

Head of Innovation, Development and CSR

Circet Deutschland GmbH

Germany

Rudi Vansnick

President

Internet Society Belgium

Belgium

Peter Tschernig

Director

CAVEDATOS / ISOC / WordOnTech.com

Venezuela

Gabriel Deek

Ex-President

Professional Computer Association (PCA)

Lebanon

Manar Al Hashash

CEO

DotDesign

Kuwait

Cid Torquato

CEO

ICOM Libras

Brazil

Faouzi Zaghbib

General Manager

R2i

Tunisia

Ana Serrano

Director

CFC Media Lab

Canada