Gala

Winners’ Celebrations and Gala

The WSA Winners' Celebrations and the Gala bring WSA winners together with international leaders and innovators, creators and designers, entrepreneurs and activists in the international e-Content and ICT industries. The Gala attracts high-level guests from all over the world, including Heads of State and government representatives, executives from UN agencies and private sector leaders who personally hand over the award trophies to the winners of the Global e-Content contest.

Dates and Venues

2011/2012 - Cairo, Egypt

The 40 World Summit Award (WSA) Winners 2011 were selected from 470 applications worldwide. They will be honoured and will present what is best in e-Content and innovative ICT Applictaions in Cairo, Egypt, in February 2012. News on the event will be announced here. For further information please contact: WSA@icnm.net.

2009 - Monterrey, Mexico

The World Summit Award Winners’ Gala was celebrated in Monterrey, Mexico, on September 2, 2009 in collaboration with the UN GAID’s Global Forum. In Monterrey, the winners were able to presented their award-winning products at the two day WSA Winners Conference and Exhibition.
Find out more about the Gala Celebration in Monterrey here.

Catch some insights of WSA 09 Winners about their experience at the Gala Celebrations here.

Gala event pictures can be viewed here and product videos on the projects on the WSA Channel.

Read remarks by Deputy Minister Dina Pule (Department of Communications) on South Africa' Digital Divide Initiatives at the World Summit Award Gala here.

2007 - Venice, Italy

The World Summit Award Gala in Venice celebrated the winners on November 5, 2007 at the annual conference on the Global Forum on Shaping the Future (November 5th-7th) at Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, Italy.

For more information on the WSA Gala in Venice read more here.

View the WSA 07 Gala Video from the Winner's Celebration in Venice here.

2005 - Tunis, Tunisia

The World Summit Award Gala was held in Tunis on November 16, 2005. It was the highlight of the UN World Summit on Information Society (WSIS). 500 high-level guests – among them UNESCO Director-General Ko?chiro Matsuura (in the picture) and UNIDO Director-General Kandeh Yumkella attended the World Summit Award Gala.
For more information on the WSA 2005 Gala in Tunis please find all details here.

A visual presentation of the WSA 2005 Gala event in Tunis can be viewed in the picture book with high representatives from government and private sectors. Get an idea about the event and view the WSA 05 Gala Video here.

2003 - Geneva, Switzerland

The United Nations decided to call for a World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) in 2003 in Geneva and 2005 in Tunis. It was a milestone in international cooperation for the development of the Information Society. Whithin this summit the World Summit Award Gala took place for the first time.

The World Summit Award is a flagship initiative of the United Nations and its Department of Economic and Social Affairs and its Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID).

For more information on the WSA 2003 Gala event in Geneva please find all the details here.

A visual presentation of the WSA 2003 Gala event in Geneva can be viewed in the picture book with high representatives from government and private sectors.

View the WSA2003-2007 Gala Highlights here.