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FCA: WSA Grand Jury Meeting 2024-2025

International Center for New Media (ICNM)

The World Summit Awards (WSA) Grand Jury meeting is one of the most important events during the yearly WSA cycle. Around 20 high level experts, representing different stakeholders (government, private sector, academia, startups, civil society) are invited to India to compare, discuss and evaluate the WSA nominations of best practices in digital innovation for the UN SDGs, in a democratic and moderated process. They compare the submissions regarding their local impact, the appropriate use of technology in the local context and select a group of 40 digital solutions, that prove that ICT applications can improve society, promote diversity, human rights and contribute to the achievement of the UN SDGs. 

WSA Grand Jury Meeting Hyderabad

The WSA Global Congress 2025 will take place in Hyderabad, India from April 6-9, 2025.

The congress brings together the 45 WSA Global Winners (Digital Impact Entrepreneurs selected from 182 countries – digital solutions with a strong local impact) speakers, mentors, innovation ecosystem representatives from academia, civil society and private sector and will provide a platform for knowledge exchange, mututal learning and sharing of best practices around Ethical AI, Data Sovereignty, Impact Entrepreneurship, Citizen Engagement and Sustainable Development.

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