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Digital Frontiers Award
Recognizes pioneering and forward-looking initiatives that responsibly leverage emerging technologies — including artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, space technologies, and other frontier innovations — to address global challenges and shape a more inclusive digital future. It includes both the development of cutting-edge technologies and leadership in advancing their ethical, safe, and responsible development and use — demonstrating strong governance, future readiness, measurable impact, and potential to scale.
Digital Frontiers
To be announced.
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Civil Society / NGOAI BRIDGE – AI Bias Reduction and Inclusive Data Generation Engine
AfriLabs — Nigeria
International OrgCAFEIN – Federated Privacy-Preserving AI Platform
CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research) — International
Government / PublicCyberE71: The UAE’s National Platform for Trusted Cybersecurity and AI Innovation
UAE Cyber Security Council — United Arab Emirates
Private SectorEcoBioNet: A Spatio-Temporal Hybrid Fuzzy MCDA Framework for Environmental Assessment
Ecooconsult SRL — Republic of Moldova
Civil Society / NGOEnergy Access Explorer The World’s First Digital Public Good for People‑Centric, Climate‑Compliant Energy Transitions
World Resources Institute — United States of America
Government / PublicGeospatial solutions for Sustainable Urban Environments
Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan — Azerbaijan
Start-upMaadi AI & Discover Sénégal — Africa’s First Sovereign Cultural Heritage Artificial Intelligence
Discover Sénégal — Senegal
Government / PublicMCMC’S AGRINXT OIL PALM CHAPTER (OPC)
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) — Malaysia
Academia / ResearchNational Quantum-Safe Network (NQSN) Testbed
National University of Singapore — Singapore
Academia / ResearchObservatório Obstétrico Brasileiro (OOBr – Brazilian Obstetric Observatory): Open Data Platform for Maternal and Child Health
Observatório Obstétrico Brasileiro (OOBr) — Brazil
Private SectorRahat: Smart-Contract triggered cash assistance and early warnings before disasters
Rumsan — Nepal (Republic of)
Start-upSAARIA
SDM — Saudi Arabia
Private SectorSalesforce Accelerator – Agents for Impact: Using AI to Connect Critical Resources with Communities in Need
Salesforce — United States of America
Government / PublicSudaPass: A Trusted Digital Identity for Every Sudanese Building the Foundation of Sudan’s Digital Public Infrastructure
Ministry Of Digital Transformation and Telecommunications — Sudan
Start-upSwaasa® — AI-Powered, People-Centred Respiratory Screening for TB, COPD, and Asthma in Andhra Pradesh
Salcit Technologies — India
Jury Members
Preetam Maloor
Head, Emerging Technologies Division, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Yasemin Derebasi
Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Analyst, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Dalila Hamou
Director, External Relations Division, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Hoda Al Khzaimi
Research Assistant Professor & Director, Center of Cyber Security, NYU Abu Dhabi