UN-based World Summit Award (WSA) presents its master list on digital innovation with impact on society from 24 countries

October 12, 2015 by The Sting's Team Leave a Comment

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The map of winners of WSA Awards 2015. The European Sting is official media partner of the UN-based World Summit Awards.

Salzburg | October 12^th, 2015.

Imagine an easy to use, non-invasive and affordable detection of cancer. Imagine further that it is done by an app. MIROCULUS from Mexico delivers just that: a microRNA detection platform that can accurately diagnose and monitor diseases at a molecular level, without the need of a specialized technician or expensive lab machinery, making microRNA detection more affordable and scalable than ever before. IoT 2.0 – imagine innovation for tomorrow.
According to the global competition of WSA, Mexico is the country for innovative start-ups. 4 out of the WSA winners 2015 come from Mexico and convinced the international Grand Jury.

Making impact on society starts with the youngest. Teaching children robotics to make digital innovation graspable, for example. SNOWBALL from KUWAIT has the potential to solve the lack of motivation in the traditional classroom in primary schools. This flagship project encourages young people to innovate and enter the world of industry and entices them to be productive with a simplified robotics unit they program.

40 Winners from 24 countries, selected from 386 nominations. WSA 2015 once more presents a diameter of innovation from Indonesia to Argentina, from Iceland to New Zealand. Be it a tool for accurate diagnostics of wounds, a webpage to organize international meetings for you or a political think tank, the WSA Winners 2015 offer a vast spectre of digital innovation.

WSA promotes and recognizes the uniqueness of digital innovation with impact on society.

The WSA winners 2015 will receive their awards at the WSA Global Congress in Shenzhen, China in February 2016. The event will deliver a best practice exhibition of the best digital innovation projects worldwide. The agenda of the WSA Congress will be a compilation of interaction and inspiration, assembling workshops, business blind-dates and infamous keynotes, bringing together UN and governmental representatives, privates sector and innovators.

“To drive meaningful and relevant digital innovation, you have to connect people. With the WSA we recognize innovation of tomorrow already today. This year’s winners are an excellent selection of this momentum, matching local solutions to local needs. Shenzhen will offer the special stage to highlight these masters of innovation”, WSA Chairman Peter A. Bruck states.

About the WSA

The World Summit Award 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. WSA is the only ICT event worldwide, that reaches the mobile community in over 178 countries.

Visit us on www.worldsummitawards.org, facebook.com/WorldSummitAward and twitter.com/WSAoffice, #WSA15

Media Contact World Summit Award:

Manuela Wagner

Network Development & Communications,

World Summit Awards (WSA, WSA-mobile, World Summit Youth Award)

manuela@worldsummitawards.org

+43.660.630408.7

WSA Winners 2015

Government & Open Data Lithuania Business Gateway http://www.businessgateway.lt/
Government & Open Data Austria Open Spending Austria https://www.offenerhaushalt.at/
Government & Open Data France Parliament and Citizens http://www.parlement-et-citoyens.fr
Government & Open Data Ireland Local Authority Finances http://localauthorityfinances.com/
Government & Open Data Mexico CRICKET http://grillo.mx/

Health & Environment Bangladesh CriticaLink https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ionicframework.criticalink453552
Health & Environment Mexico Miroculus http://miroculus.com/
Health & Environment Bulgaria Bee Smart Technologies http://www.beesmarttechnologies.com/
Health & Environment New Zealand ARANZ Medical http://www.aranzmedical.com/
Health & Environment Brazil CleverCare http://www.CleverCare.com.br

Learning & Science Lithuania Bliu Bliu http://www.bliubliu.com
Learning & Science Namibia The case for NAMCOL: Online Open Educational Resources (OERs) http://namibia.notesmaster.com/
Learning & Science Spain SCIENCE-BITS http://www.science-bits.com
Learning & Science Kuwait Snowball master control unit http://www.kuwaiteaward.org.kw
Learning & Science Ireland CoderDojo https://coderdojo.com/

Entertainment & Lifestyle Mexico Kerbal Space Program https://kerbalspaceprogram.com/en/
Entertainment & Lifestyle Ireland Pledge Sport http://www.pledgesports.org
Entertainment & Lifestyle United Kingdom Our World War Interactive http://bbc.in/1EYefr9
Entertainment & Lifestyle Sri Lanka FlipBeats www.AppSpace.hSenidOutsourcing.com/FlipBeats
Entertainment & Lifestyle Argentina Creators http://creatorstv.com

Culture & Tourism Estonia Teleport Flock https://flock.teleport.org/
Culture & Tourism Austria Vienna State Opera live https://www.staatsoperlive.com/en/
Culture & Tourism South Africa Latest Sightings http://www.latestsightings.com/content/latest-sightings-app
Culture & Tourism United Kingdom First Life VR http://www.alchemyvr.com/first-life-vr-launches-at-the-natural-history-museum-in-london/
Culture & Tourism Germany Digital Collection https://digitalesammlung.staedelmuseum.de

Media & News Senegal Scocial Net Link www.socialnetlink.org
Media & News Philippines Rappler http://www.rappler.com
Media & News Bulgaria imagga http://imagga.com/
Media & News United Kingdom Your Story http://yourstory.pilots.bbcconnectedstudio.co.uk
Media & News Bosnia And Herzegovina Center for Investigative Reporting http://www.cin.ba

Business & Commerce Austria DARVIN live video collaboration http://www.spintower.eu/
Business & Commerce New Zealand Wipster http://wipster.io
Business & Commerce Singapore Micepad www.micepadapp.com
Business & Commerce Iceland Meniga http://meniga.com/
Business & Commerce Estonia Testlio http://www.testlio.com

Inclusion & Empowerment Spain The Social Coin http://thesocialcoin.org/en/home_30/
Inclusion & Empowerment Mexico ERAS http://www.pare360.mx
Inclusion & Empowerment New Zealand AttitudeLive www.AttitudeLive.com
Inclusion & Empowerment Indonesia LISA, Information Services for Villages http://8villages.com/petani
Inclusion & Empowerment Germany The Social Swipe http://de.adforum.com/creative-work/ad/player/34497333

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