The WSA Young Innovators is a special call within the framework of WSA, that promotes and awards young social entrepreneurs. The WSA Young Innovators is a special recognition for young people under 30 years of age, using ICTs to take action on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals(UN SDGs).

Benefits

The World Summit Awards are a non-monetary award system with a focus on sustainable knowledge transfer through a worldwide network. This means that winners benefit not from a one time financial reward, but a lifelong partnership and integration.

A nomination for the World Summit Award is already a win – these are the rewards

• More coverage on your product. WSA provides nominees with press templates to help them to gain the attention of national media with support of the WSA national experts
• World Summit Award nominee seal to use on websites, social media channels and publications
• Opportunity to receive feedback from the jurors.
• Being nominated for the World Summit Award means to be the best in the respective country in one of our 8 categories. Our experience has shown that this qualification can immensely improve outreach.

Winners receive the following:

•  Invitation to the WSA Global Congress including:
  • Pitching seminars
  • 5 minute pitch session in front of an international audience during the Congress
  • A program of especially crafted workshops for the winners
  • Invitation to the prestigious award ceremony and Gala night
  • Board and lodging for the durance of the Congress
  • Eye to eye exchange with speakers, jurors and international guests
• Integration into a network of internationally recognized digital content developers
• Access to the WSA community of global experts and industry leaders in over 180 countries
• Interaction with world-renowned sponsors and partners of the WSA community
• Workshops specially shaped for the winners needs
• A videoclip highlighting the winners projects
• Special placement on WSA website, youtube channel and social media promotion
• Long-term coverage within WSA editorial channels

Eligibility

• Are developed by young innovators under the age of 30
• Offer digital solutions to any of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
• Deliver content-rich digital solutions to the user including individuals, businesses, and organisations
• have a strong digital component: websites, apps, SMS based solutions, IoT, wearables etc.
• are market ready or already launched on the market – no ideas or concepts are eligible.
• Eligible for young citizens of all UN member states, WSA Young Innovators is open to every start-up, social entrepreneur, NGO, student or individual.

Participation & Submission

• Submissions for the WSA Young Innovators can contain all mobile and web-based projects, such as: apps, web pages, applications for wearables, kiosk installations, SMS based products, games and interactive productions. There is no limitation regarding the platforms or channels the projects work with.
• All submissions have to be launched products. No drafts, ideas or unfinished projects can be accepted.
• Taking part in the WSA Young Innovators contest is eligible through submission of a project with a clear digital component to the WSA Database.
• Only submitted and fully filled in applications will be considered by the WSA Young Innovators Jury.
• All information entered in the application form of the WSA Database must be in English.
• Main team members of the projects submitted must be under 30 years of age (born on or after January 1, 1988).
• The timeline is the same as the WSA Global.
• An especially assembled Jury will evaluate all entries.