The Global Congress, featuring fascinating fruit from the tree that is the Internet, is getting closer and closer. It is time to celebrate the World Summit Award (WSA) and the World Summit Youth Award (WSYA)! On the 23rd of this month we jump right into the program, so we hope that our winners, experts and special guests already planned what to put in their suitcase: once we start the Congress in the tropics and begin to harvest the best e-content fruits, there will be long, but equally fascinating days for everyone who joins the journey to the island.
As a little
appetizer, check out some of the highlights of the program of the Global
Congress.
Wednesday, October 23: Young insiders and VIPs
Starting off with a
bang: after a city tour through Colombo, provided by young Sri Lankans
who know every inch of the town, we head for the Presidential Secretariat!
His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa, The President of the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, will open the event.
Thursday, October 24: Start your Harvest, Work and Win
The Global Congress
is nothing for late risers: the harvest starts at 8 in the morning, when we
begin with workshops for the 40
winners of the World Summit Award and the 18 winners of the Youth Award. Guided by experts like TEDx Ambassador Niki Ernst and "Father of the mobile ringtone" Ralph Simon, the winners will learn how to sell their e-content fruits in the most
efficient way. Later on the same day: WSA winners present their
products, Innovation sessions with ICT professionals, and a Business
Matching World Café, moderated by the WSA Chairman Prof. Peter A. Bruck.
Friday, October 25: Innovation, Innovation! Learn what
e-content fruit the Internet-Tree will produce in the future
Want to learn
something about Social Entrepreneurship, the Knowledge Society
and the future in ICT? In three more Innovation sessions, experts
like Financial Advisor and Blogger David Shelters, Rita O'Sullivan, Country Director of the Asian Development Bank, and
Tiit Paananen, Entrepeneur and former head of Skype speak about
topics that really matter in this year and beyond 2013.
Saturday, October 26: Saving the best for the end
After mobile
content conferences, a fishbowl session with young social
entrepreneurs and a visit to Infotel Sri Lanka, it's time for the
highlight of the Global Congress and the WSA-year 2013: the Winners Ceremony
and Gala Dinner. After entering the special Gala Train, the guests will
arrive at the Mount Lavinia Beach, celebrating on a stage built into the
ocean. In the presence of national and international VIPs, the WSA and the WSYA
winners will receive their awards, handed to them by high-level
dignities. Also, the WSA will announce the 8 Global Champions of 2013 -
the best of the best.
We surely are. Only
a few days to go until the big harvest starts. Find out more about the event here!
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