#WsaGuatemala 2016 Activities and events

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CATEGORIES 2016

The United Nations agenda on the MDGs ended in 2015 and the General Assembly decided on the Sustainable Development Goals. WSA therefore also adapted its categories and aligned them more with the SDGs.The UN WSIS process will continue and will focus on ICTs enabling the fulfilment of these new goals.

The WSA Board of Directors decided on the 8 new categories 2016++ (for WSA and WSA-mobile).

  1. Government & Citizen Engagement
    | services | open data | democratic participation
    2.        Health & Well Being
    | medical care | sport | lifestyle
    3.        Learning & Education
    | knowledge | science | skills
    4.        Environment & Green Energy
    | climate | sustainable resources | agriculture
    5.        Culture & Tourism

    |  heritage | entertainment | subcultures
    6.        Smart Settlements & Urbanization
    | mobility |productive work | sustainable living
    7.        Business & Commerce
    | innovative services | security | finance | marketing
    8.        Inclusion & Empowerment
    | diversity | gender | justice | human rights |

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2016

We will open the database for your submissions from Feb-end of June 2016.
WSA is in 2016 opend for all mobile services and applications, be it sms based solutions,
native apps or wearable solutions.

WSA GLOBAL CONGRESS 2015/16 and WINNERS EVENT 2015

As all of you know, the WSA Global Congress 2015 and the celebrations of our winners 2015 were planned for Feb 2016 in China, Shenzhen. We are working there with extremely committed partners around the Internet Professional Association in Hong Kong,
who already hosted 2 WSA events successfully in the past.
As we wanted to provide the winners with the best networking and business opportunities we agreed to organize the event this time in Shenzhen, a regional hub for innovation and IT.
WSA EVENTS 2016
There are again several exciting events in the pipeline for 2016.

May 2016               WSA workshops and sessions on Innovation and ICT enabled education from Africa @e-Learning Africa
                             Cairo, Egypt (tbc)

29.6.-1.7. 2016     WSA Innovation Forum on Social Entrepreneurship
Singapore

September            WSA Innovation Forum and Grand Jury Meeting
Abu Dhabi, UAE

October/Nov         WSA Innovation Forum and Youth Event
Mexico – tbc but built on the successful experience with the WSA Innovation Forum in Puebla this year

Nov                       WSA African Content Award @ African Entrepreneurship Week
Pretoria, South Africa (tbc)

Nov/Dec                WSA Global Congress within UAE Innovation Week
Abu Dhabi, UAE

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