Thanks to the generous invitation of our Mexican partner under the leadership of Mr. Ramón Alberto Garza of Indigo Brainmedia, WSA will hold its Gala events to promote the world's best e-Content in the city of Monterrey. The Gala Celebration is the highlight of the entire WSA process 2008-2009 and a unique ceremony to honour excellence in multimedia and e-Content creation. Up to 40 winning teams in 8 categories from all over the world will be present and handed out the awards by highest level international dignities. The Winners’ teams will be invited to personally receive their certificate and trophy from dignitaries of government, the private sector and the United Nations.

The Gala will be highlight of three days of celebrations, and will provide a unique opportunity to meet and connect with WSA winners, ICT experts, business leaders, multimedia producers and creatives as well as government and business leaders who will be giving their recognition to the showcased best practice examples. In addition, the World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) will focus on the use of the Internet and mobile applications to put the UN’s Millennium Development Goals into Action.

The WSA Celebration and Winners Conference will be held in close cooperation with the UN GAID’s Global Forum, which responds to the demand for an inclusive platform for cross-sectoral policy dialogue on the use of ICTs for enhancing the achievement of internationally agreed development goals. All WSA participants are invited to take part in public sessions of the Forum (and vise versa) and a joint program for WSA and GAID Events in Mexico will be developed and distributed.

By bringing together highest government leaders, business executives, civil society and world’s best and most creative content producers, the Event creates a unique atmosphere of networking, experience exchange and serves as an international hub for those who stand for quality and innovation.

The Award is held in eight categories and five winners have been selected per category. Forty winners from all over the world are invited to be present at the Gala and awards will be handed out by high-level dignities.

The events surrounding the WSA Gala will include:

WSA WINNERS CONFERENCE: For three days, the 40 World Summit Award (WSA) Winners teams selected from around 20.000 applications from all over the world, will take stage to present their awarded projects, meet each other in a panel discussion, share their visions on ICT, Creativity and Innovation, speak about their experience and ask and answer questions. Each session will be thematically dedicated to one of the WSA categories and moderated by a member pf the Grand Jury.

The WSA Winners Conference will be a unique opportunity and an invitation not only see the best examples of taking the main challenges of the new Information Society, but also to personally meet those behind the Best in the Content industry, from e-Learning to e-Health and from e-Entertainment to e-Inclusion.

WSA WINNERS EXHIBITION - CONTENT CAVES: The Content Caves will offer a platform for a truly outstanding experience for everyone interested in e-Content and the creative use of ICTs and who is ready to explore and discover the industry’s latest trends and innovations. The world’s best content producers will be given the showcase they deserve and presented in 40 “content caves”, a new media exhibition of its own class. The displays will be hosted in the basement floor of the Pabellon Planta Electrica at the Parque Fundidora in Monterrey.

WSYA (YOUTH AWARD) GLOBAL HUDDLE: At the WSYA Global Huddle the 15 Winners of the World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) and 10 Runner Ups will discuss and talk about how they use internet and mobile content to create global awareness of the UN MDGs. Young people will have to act on MDGs if the earth should become a better place and if human kind should have a chance to survive without major catastrophes and cataclysms. The WSYA winners will focus their debates – together with two experts working in the e-Content sector – on e-Content creation and necessary strategies to address the MDGs. WSYA Fellows are invited to join and have a hand in presenting their ideas on action.

WSYA AMPHITHEATRE: Young people use ICT contents for millennium issues. The WSYA Amphitheatre shall provide an opportunity for world best and most creative young producers to discuss the UN MDGs, Motivations, Strategies and Visions with three prominent High-level Officials, e.g. from the United Nations or UN GAID. After input statements by the high-level dignities and an inner circle discussion between those prominent supporters of the MDGs and the young creators, also WSYA Fellows and the general public are invited to join in.

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General Coordinator: Gloria Bonder

Center of training, creation and dissemination of knowledge on participation, contribution and demands of women in Science and Technology. Created in 2001 with the support of UNESCO, it is located in the Latin American School of Social Sciences (FLACSO).

Through a network of academic institutions, multilateral organisms and Latin American governmental and civil society organizations, it develops the REGIONAL PROGRAM “GENDER EQUITY IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY.”

This Program includes various activities: research, training, incidence on regional and national policies, dissemination and production of training multimedia materials, virtual mentoring and creation and management of virtual communities of practice.

Their main research lines approach, from the gender perspective, the field of learning technologies, access, uses and appropriation of ICT by youth and gender mainstreaming policies and programs related to Information Society.

It develops workshops and virtual courses on gender, science and technology with large participation of educators in Latin America and Spain.

It offers consultancy service in this field for various regional and international organizations.

It carries out an active role in organizations and events devoted to formulation, implementation and evaluation of policies related to the Information Society in Latin America and worldwide.

It represented Latin America in the Gender Caucus of the Information Society World Summit.

It acts as specialized partner in Gender and ICT of the Observatory of the Latin American Information Society ECLAC and of the Science and Technology Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS).

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