Champion Projects

ITU announced 90 Champions of the prestigious WSIS Prizes contest while the 18 Winners, out of these 90 Champions, will be recognized at a ceremony at Geneva International Conference Centre on the 9th of April, as part of the annual WSIS Forum 2020.

The International Telecommunication Union has announced the top 90 ICT-related projects recognized for implementing the WSIS Action Lines, competing for the prestigious WSIS Prizes 2020. With participants emerging from across the globe, 72 champions will be honoured and 18 winners will be awarded for each of the 18 categories at the WSIS Prizes 2020 Ceremony, to be held during the WSIS Forum 2020 in Geneva. Since 2012, WSIS Prizes has been recognizing remarkable efforts made by entities and organizations from around the globe that focus on accelerating the socio-economic progress of the whole world as a community.

The submission phase, which began on 2 July 2018 to 5 December 2018, received a record number of 1,140 submissions, out of which 1,062 exceptional projects were nominated for WSIS Prizes 2020. This is a 216% increase since WSIS Prizes 2018, where we had 492 nominated projects. From 21 December 2018 to 10 February 2019, over 2 million votes were cast for these projects, and following a comprehensive review by the Expert Group, 90 extraordinary ICT-related projects and initiatives were selected for the eighth edition of the WSIS Prizes contest.

Project submission this year was distributed by region as follows: 16.9% from Africa, 29% from Asia and the Pacific, 6.5% from Eastern Europe, 19.4% from Latin America and the Caribbean, 27.7% from Western Europe, and 0.5% are international projects.

Projects in Figures

WSIS Prizes 2019 stats

Champion Projects

Category 14 — AL C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-science (5 Projects)

Noura Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Princess Nora bint AbdulRahman University — Saudi Arabia

Expected Outcomes. Holding training programs and seminars. 2. Preparing training bags. 3. Run my students. 4. Train the trainers. 5. Training of female students. 6. Establishing partnerships with external parties. 7. Holding conferences. 8. Holding exhib… more »

COVID-19 Vaccine Opinion Analysis: Monitoring the Vaccines through Twitter Analysis
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory - University of Udine — Italy

With the recent approval of COVID-19 vaccines, a large debate about safety has emerged on social media. Positions in favor and against the vaccines have fueled such a discussion with arguments that are often based on unreliable sources, when not on fake … more »

Flood Control System
Jakarta Smart City — Indonesia

The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has experienced difficulties in disseminating information about flood points as a preventive measure against disasters. Officers and stakeholders who carry out tasks related to disaster also experience difficulties i… more »

Improving brain proteostasis as a strategy to reduce the adverse effects of aging on the cognitive decline of the elderly.
Biomedical Neuroscience Institute (BNI), University of Chile — Chile

Prolonged exposure to stress may result in deleterious effects to brain function, reducing our cognitive functions, a central aspect required for our daily life. Exposure to stress has been implicated in the acceleration and/or exacerbation of cognitive … more »

Manufacturing 5G with 5G: Innovative Practice of ZTE's Global 5G Intelligent Manufacturing Base
ZTE Corporation — China

With the advent of Industry 4.0, the demand for flexible and intelligent production has become increasingly strong. At the same time, the breakthrough in reliability and latency of 5G communication technology has made it possible for wireless application… more »

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