World Summit Awards Grand Jury, Dubai

In October 2003, I spent a long weekend working with Internet and multimedia experts from over 30 countries selecting the finalists for the World Summit Awards, the official competition of the UN World Summit on the Information Society. It was a challenging, but wonderful experience, working with so many creative people as we tried to identify the most inovative digital content from a pool of nearly 800 products from 136 countries.

Peter Bruck, founder of the awards, welcomes the jurors during our first meeting at Dubai Media City.
Introductions by our hosts at Dubai Media City.

Josie Cacdac of the Philippines, Merlyna Lim of Indonesia and Izzeldin Osman of Sudan during orientation.
Yuri Hohlov, chairman of Russia's Institute of the Information Society, talks about the awards.

Posing for a group photo after dinner one night.
Anastasia Konstantinova and Christian Bauer, two of the coordinators of the awards.

Louise van Rooyen of the Australian Interactive Multimedia Industry Association, left, with a staff member from Dubai Media City.
Left to right: Adriana Ticau, Romanian State Secretry for Information Technology; Andreas Hadjioannou, Managing Director of Virtual IT in Cyprus; and Waheed Al Balushi, IT columnist for Bahrain's Al Ayam newspaper.

Dave Kissoondoyal of Bowman International Sports Ltd in Mauritius.
Izzeldin Osman of Sudan and Suzanne Stein of Canada reviewing websites during the first round of the selection process.

Silvia Amici, head of Italy's Ars Media, Albert Song Lian Lim of Singapore's Nanyang Polytechnic and a DMC staffer reviewing projects.
Alexander Felsenberg of Germany gets comfortable while Charles Nduati of Kenya and Sona Makulova of Slovakia work in the background.

Elizabeth Quat of the Internet Professionals Association in Hong Kong.
Gabriel Deek, Secretary General of Lebanon's Professional Computer Association, discusses one of the projects in the e-culture category.

Suzanne Stein of Habitat in Canada.
Garegin Chugaszyan, Executive Director of Armendia's IT Foundation.

Members of the jury get ready to head out for dinner.
Andy posing with Md. "Zaman" AKteruzzaman of Bangladesh and Elizabeth Quat of Hong Kong during dinner at Dubai Internet City. It was so humid outside that the camera lens fogged up, causing a hazy photo.

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	Peter Bruck, founder of the awards, welcomes the jurors during our first meeting at Dubai Media City.		Introductions by our hosts at Dubai Media City.
	Josie Cacdac of the Philippines, Merlyna Lim of Indonesia and Izzeldin Osman of Sudan during orientation.		Yuri Hohlov, chairman of Russia's Institute of the Information Society, talks about the awards.
	Posing for a group photo after dinner one night.		Anastasia Konstantinova and Christian Bauer, two of the coordinators of the awards.
	Louise van Rooyen of the Australian Interactive Multimedia Industry Association, left, with a staff member from Dubai Media City.		Left to right: Adriana Ticau, Romanian State Secretry for Information Technology; Andreas Hadjioannou, Managing Director of Virtual IT in Cyprus; and Waheed Al Balushi, IT columnist for Bahrain's Al Ayam newspaper.
	Dave Kissoondoyal of Bowman International Sports Ltd in Mauritius.		Izzeldin Osman of Sudan and Suzanne Stein of Canada reviewing websites during the first round of the selection process.
	Silvia Amici, head of Italy's Ars Media, Albert Song Lian Lim of Singapore's Nanyang Polytechnic and a DMC staffer reviewing projects.		Alexander Felsenberg of Germany gets comfortable while Charles Nduati of Kenya and Sona Makulova of Slovakia work in the background.
	Elizabeth Quat of the Internet Professionals Association in Hong Kong.		Gabriel Deek, Secretary General of Lebanon's Professional Computer Association, discusses one of the projects in the e-culture category.
	Suzanne Stein of Habitat in Canada.		Garegin Chugaszyan, Executive Director of Armendia's IT Foundation.
	Members of the jury get ready to head out for dinner.		Andy posing with Md. "Zaman" AKteruzzaman of Bangladesh and Elizabeth Quat of Hong Kong during dinner at Dubai Internet City. It was so humid outside that the camera lens fogged up, causing a hazy photo.