[Lac] FYI: Finalists for World Summit Awards Published (fwd)

[Lady Murrugarra]

> Current topic: Issue of Access and Barriers: 
>  The following blurb will run in our next edition of Benton's
> Communications-Related Headlines... -ac
> 
> FINALISTS FOR WORLD SUMMIT AWARDS PUBLISHED
> Organizers of the World Summit Awards, an international competition
> celebrating creative digital content products from around the world, have
> published the awards finalists on their website. Over 800 products from more
> than 130 countries were nominated for the award, which were reviewed by an
> international jury in Dubai last month. For each of the eight categories
> (e-learning, e-culture, e-government, e-entertainment, e-science, e-health,
> e-business and e-inclusion), jurors selected five finalists, totaling 40
> projects in all. The finalists will be showcased at a special event at the
> World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva. Among the projects
> selected: the Splendid Chinese Culture portal (http://chiculture.net),
> Tropical America (http://www.tropicalamerica.com), Public Library of Science
> (http://www.plos.org), Romania's e-government portal
> (http://www.e-guvernare.ro), Living Heritage
> (http://www.livingheritage.org.nz), WougNet (http://www.wougnet.org) and
> Time to Market (http://www.manobi.net). Additionally, other nominees will be
> selected to participate in a showcase in which digital content is organized
> by geographic region.
> SOURCE: World Summit Award
> http://www.europrix.org/wsis-award/nominees/index.htm
> 
> Andy Carvin
> Benton Foundation
>

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