2023 WITSA Global Innovation and Tech Excellence Awards – NOMINEES
The following are a list of nominees received by for consideration by the WITSA Awards Committee. All information below is confidential and not to be shared with the public. For detailed award category descriptions and award judging criteria, see our awards program.
Awards Call: September 4th 2023 @10:00AM EDT (All Votes Due Sept. 1st!)
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1. DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY/INCLUSION AWARD (PRIVATE SECTOR/NGO)
- Marcilene Scamtamburlo [Nomination document]
Nominated by: ASSESPRO, Brazil - FORSOFT by Assespro Rio de Janeiro [Nomination document]
Nominated by: ASSESPRO, Brazil - Dameg – Digital Accessibility Widget [Nomination Form; EITESAL email; Supporting Documentation]
Nominated by: EITESAL, Egypt - Prosvasis GO [Nomination Form; Presentation; Media plan; Marketing plan]
Nominated by: SEPE, Greece - The digital Museum of Byzantine Culture: from the picture to the experience. Upgrade actions of the interaction and experience of visiting the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki, Greece (SPACE HELLAS) [Nomination Form]
Nominated by: SEPE, Greece - Ms. Suvasini Shrestha [Nomination document; Email]
Nominated by: CAN Federation, Nepal - Worldlink Communications [Nomination document; Email]
Nominated by: CAN Federation, Nepal - Accredify Pte. Ltd [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - Tictag [Nomination Form; SGTech email; Official Social Impact Deck; Social Impact Report]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - Institute for Information Industry (An agile hybrid simulator of human machine collaboration for multi-workers) [Nomination document; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan
2. DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY/INCLUSION AWARD (PUBLIC SECTOR)
- “Widows and orphans” by The Royal Humanitarian Foundation [Nomination Form; BTech email; Supporting Documentation; Additional info]
Nominated by: BTech, Bahrain - Aspire to Innovate – a2i, ICT Division, Cabinet Division & UNDP Bangladesh (Initiative: “National Intelligence for Skills, Education, Employment & Entrepreneurship – NISE“) [Nomination Form; Website; Presentation; Email]
Nominated by: BCS, Bangladesh - Multimedia Talking Book by Aspire to Innovate (a2i) Programme, ICT Division and Cabinet Division [Nomination Form; Email]
Nominated by: BCS, Bangladesh - Digital Service and Web Designing Guideline for Inclusive Accessibility 2022 (by Aspire to Innovate (a2i) Programme, ICT Division and Cabinet Division) [Nomination Form; Email]
Nominated by: BCS, Bangladesh - General Secretariat for Information Systems & Digital Governance / Ministry of Digital Governance) [Nomination Form; MYDESKLIVE_LINKS_EN; MYDESKLIVE_PRESENTATION_EN; MYDESKLIVE_PRESS_RELEASES_EN; MYDESKLIVE-BOOKING-en subtitles (VIDEO); MYKEPLIVE-BOOKING-en subtitles (VIDEO), MYKEPLIVE-OFFICER VIEW-en subtitles (VIDEO)]
Nominated by: SEPE, Greece - GovCash – a practical and inclusive way to pay citizens Government Grants by Central Provident Fund Board [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - Kaohsiung City Government (Kaohsiung Health 3.0 Program) [Nomination document; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan
3. SMART CITIES AWARD (PRIVATE SECTOR/NGO)
- “B4BHCOM” by OPERATING WEBSITES [Nomination Form; BTech email; Supporting Documentation; Additional info]
Nominated by: BTech, Bahrain - City.Lab (by Pleiades IoT Innovation Cluster) [Nomination Form; City.Lab_PLeiades; Pleiades_leaflet]
Nominated by: SEPE, Greece - Cyberview [Nomination Form]
Nominated by: PIKOM, Malaysia - Viriya Community Services [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - CapitaLand [Nomination Form; SGTech email; Presentation (PPT, PDF)]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - Neighbourhood Pte. Ltd. (NextBlock app) [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - HSC Pipeline Engineering [Nomination Form; SGTech email; Supporting document]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - PSA Singapore (for OptETruck – A cloud-based transport management solution) [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - Scantist (for exceptional contributions to enhancing cybersecurity for software developers and their relevance to the smart city ecosystem) [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - VFlowTech Pte. Ltd. [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - Accredify Pte. Ltd. (Driving Digital Inclusion Amidst a Pandemic) [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - SIMPPLE (an advanced technology solution provider in the emerging property-technology (PropTech) space) [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - Skenario Labs (a Machine Learning business, offering insights into residential and commercial building portfolios on the journey to net zero) [Nomination document; techUK email]
Nominated by: techUK, U.K.
4. SMART CITIES AWARD (PUBLIC SECTOR)
- “Benayat” by Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture [Nomination Form; BTech email; Supporting Documentation; Additional info]
Nominated by: BTech, Bahrain - “Netmetering” by Electricity and Water Affairs -EWA [Nomination Form; BTech email; Supporting Documentation; Additional info]
Nominated by: BTech, Bahrain - Fire Services Department, HKSAR (“Striving for professionalism and continuous improvement – A revolutionary technological approach in Mountain Search and Rescue Operations“) [Nomination Form]
Nominated by: HKITF, Hong Kong - Urban Renewal Authority, HKSAR for: Centralized Smart Building Monitoring System (CSBMS) [Nomination Form; URA_Annexes_Smart Cities]
Nominated by: HKITF, Hong Kong - HOYO TECH [Nomination Form; Supporting document]
Nominated by: MASIT, Republic of North Macedonia - Parking@HDB by Housing & Development Board [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - Information Management Center, New Taipei City Government (Building Advanced Infrastructure in New Taipei Smart City-5G Smart Poles)
[Nomination document; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan
5. SUSTAINABLE GROWTH / CIRCULAR ECONOMY (PRIVATE SECTOR/NGO)
- IoT consumer electronics (by CardoO) [Nomination Form; EITESAL email; Supporting Documentation]
Nominated by: EITESAL, Egypt - SPACE HELLAS (for: Installation of Meteorological Stations & Development of Web Portal Infrastructure for the Hellenic National Meteorological Service) [Nomination Form]
Nominated by: SEPE, Greece - NEU Battery Materials Pte Ltd [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - CapitaLand (Sustainability at the Core of Everything We Do) [Nomination Form; SGTech email; Presentation (PPT, PDF)]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - Flint (revolutionizing the energy storage landscape) [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - HSC Pipeline Engineering Pte Ltd [Nomination Form; SGTech email; Supporting document]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - VFlowTech Pte Ltd (for the innovative project, “Scalable Vanadium Redox Flow Battery for Round-the-clock renewable solution) [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - Tulika Raj – CEO and CO- Founder of SunGreenH2 [Nomination Form; SunGreenH2 email; Pitch Deck]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore
6. SUSTAINABLE GROWTH / CIRCULAR ECONOMY (PUBLIC SECTOR)
- Greenairy (a groundbreaking solution that revolutionizes air purification through the use of IoT plant towers) [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - Kaohsiung City Government (Kaohsiung City Government Transportation Bureau – The New Generation Intelligent Transportation System) [Nomination document; Videos; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan
7. INNOVATIVE EHEALTH SOLUTIONS AWARD (PUBLIC SECTOR)
- “Be-Aware” by Information & e-Government Authority [iGA] [Nomination Form; BTech email; Website; Supporting Documentation; Additional info]
Nominated by: BTech, Bahrain - IDIKA SA (e-Government Center for Social Security Services) [Nomination Form; IDIKA SA_mini presentation; HDIKA_company_presentation_2023_ENGVER; Electronic Application for diagnostic tests & examination against Breast Cancer Prevention; promo_campaign_social_media; Promo video1; Promo video2; Promo video3; Promo video4; Promo video5; Campaign poster1; Campaign poster2; Campaign poster3; Campaign poster4; Campaign poster5; Campaign poster6; Photo1; Photo2; Photo3; Photo4; Photo5; Photo6; Photo7; Photo8; Photo9; Photo10; Photo11; Photo12; Photo13; Photo14; Press release1; Press release2; IDIKA logo1; IDIKA logo2; Ministry logo1; Ministry logo2]
Nominated by: SEPE, Greece - Customs and Excise Department, HKSAR [Solution: “Build with Speed, Serve People in Need: Community Isolation Facilities Collaboration and Operation Platform (Co-op)“] [Nomination Form; CED_Annex_Reasons for Nomination (Co-Op for WITSA)]
Nominated by: HKITF, Hong Kong - Operational Medical Networks Informatics Integrator (OMNII) [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - St John’s Home for Elderly Persons [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan National Health and Epidemic Prevention Digital Platform) [Nomination document; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan - NHS England’s Learning From Patient Safety Events (LFPSE) Team and Informed Solutions [Nomination document; techUK email]
Nominated by: techUK, U.K.
8. INNOVATIVE EHEALTH SOLUTIONS AWARD (PRIVATE SECTOR/NGO)
- Dai3mimi Health-Tech Ltd [Nomination Form]
Nominated by: HKITF, Hong Kong - Sorsix International (for the Deployment of Moe Zdravje, a national Patient Electronic Health Records (PHR) mobile application as an integrated solution to the National Electronic Health Records System, MojTermin) [Nomination Form; Supporting document]
Nominated by: MASIT, Republic of North Macedonia - Frontier Management Consulting SRL [Nomination document; Email]
Nominated by: ATIC, Romania - Viriya Community Services [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - Industrial Technology Research Institute (ICT Innovation for Transformative Healthcare: iMAS (Intelligent Medical Assistant Solution))
[Industrial Technology Research Institute (ICT Innovation for Transformative Healthcare iMAS)
; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan
9. PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AWARD (PRIVATE SECTOR/NGO)
- “AWS framework agreement between Government of Bahrain and Computer World” Computer World W.L.L. [Nomination Form; BTech email; Supporting Documentation; Additional info]
Nominated by: BTech, Bahrain - “eKYC” The Benefit Company [Nomination Form; BTech email; Supporting Documentation; Additional info]
Nominated by: BTech, Bahrain - Institute for Information Industry (iPole4VRU:AI Smart Pole for Vulnerable Road Users(VRU) Protection)
[Nomination document; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan - BT Virtual Wards Programme [Nomination document; techUK email]
Nominated by: techUK, U.K. - Informed Solutions (NatureScot – First of its kind AI-Based Decision Support Platform to Transform Environmental Decision Making) [Nomination document; techUK email]
Nominated by: techUK, U.K. - Consumer Technology Association (CTA) [Nomination document; CTA email]
Nominated by: CTA, USA
10. PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AWARD (PUBLIC SECTOR)
- “e-traffic app” General Directorate of Traffic- Ministry of Interior [Nomination Form; BTech email; Supporting Documentation: Website; App Store preview; Additional info]
Nominated by: BTech, Bahrain - Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) [Nomination Form]
Nominated by: PIKOM, Malaysia - Taichung City Economic Development Bureau in Taiwan (Taichung Shopping Festival Platform)
[Nomination document; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan - Geotechnical Engineering Office, Public Works Department, Taipei City Government (Digitalized slope management boosts the safe of the city)[Nomination document; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan - NHS England’s Learning From Patient Safety Events (LFPSE) Team and Informed Solutions (Improving patient care across the NHS by learning and acting on patient safety events) [Nomination document; techUK email]
Nominated by: techUK, U.K. - U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) [Nomination document; CTA email]
Nominated by: CTA, USA
11. E-EDUCATION & LEARNING AWARD (PRIVATE SECTOR/NGO)
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- ZiSoft – Awareness Management System [Nomination Form; EITESAL email; Supporting Documentation]
Nominated by: EITESAL, Egypt - Lumière (smertege) [Nomination Form; EITESAL email; Presentation; Smertege- SMACRS Profile WITSA – Rasha Ali; SMACRS Content Digitization Profile; WITSA_EducationV2]
Nominated by: EITESAL, Egypt - Smart Industrial Training System (by Trefle & Co. Ltd) [Nomination Form]
Nominated by: HKITF, Hong Kong - “Tekwill in Every School” Program [Nomination email; Supporting document]
Nominated by: ATIC, Moldova - Broadway Infosys – E- education & Learning Award [Nomination document; Email]
Nominated by: CAN Federation, Nepal - Mondly VR [Nomination document; Email]
Nominated by: ATIC, Romania - Lithan Academy Pte Ltd (“Virtual Mentor” AI application to support blended learning delivery to students) [Nomination Form; SGTech email; Supporting document]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore
- ZiSoft – Awareness Management System [Nomination Form; EITESAL email; Supporting Documentation]
12. E-EDUCATION & LEARNING AWARD (PUBLIC SECTOR)
- MuktoPaath: Ensuring e-Learning for All (by Aspire to Innovate a2i Programme, Bangladesh) [Nomination Form; Email]
Nominated by: BCS, Bangladesh - HRD Corp [Nomination Form]
Nominated by: PIKOM, Malaysia - The Department of Education of Taipei City Government (Empowering every child to learn better – Intelligent learning assistant “AI Teacher”)
[Nomination document; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan - Information Management Center, New Taipei City Government (Shorten the Digital gap and Improve Civic Education Program: New Taipei EZ-Learn Network) [Nomination document; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan
13. EMERGING DIGITAL SOLUTIONS AWARD (PRIVATE SECTOR/NGO)
- Daffodil Computers Ltd. [Nomination Form & Supporting Information]
Nominated by: BCS, Bangladesh - Prosvasis GO [Nomination Form; Marketing plan; Media Plan; Prosvasis GO_Presentation]
Nominated by: SEPE, Greece - EPSILON SMART ERGANI: The Smart Cloud Solution for the Digital Work Card [Nomination Form; Emerging Digital Solutions Award_EPSILON_NET]
Nominated by: SEPE, Greece - CropUp (by AgroApps) [Nomination Form; CropUp_flyer]
Nominated by: SEPE, Greece - XenseSpace BIM-MR for Construction (by XenseTech Ltd) [Nomination Form]
Nominated by: HKITF, Hong Kong - 4k2k AR/VR Compatible Head-Mounted Display (HMD) with Sensing [by Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Ltd (ASTRI)] [Nomination Form]
Nominated by: HKITF, Hong Kong - Dynamic Technosoft Nepal [Nomination document; Email]
Nominated by: CAN Federation, Nepal - REAKTIV DOO (Digital solution: BIFIDEX platform) [Nomination Form; Supporting document]
Nominated by: MASIT, Republic of North Macedonia - Viriya Community Services (for the adoption of Viriya IntelliBot system) [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - CDL Homes Sales (CHS) [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - St John’s Home for Elderly Persons [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - LEO SYSTEMS, INC (SMART INCPCECTION SYSYTEM FOR HIGH RISK AREA LEO SMART NAVI)
[Nomination document; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan - The Joint Air Quality Unit (JAQU) – a joint unit between the Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Department for Transport (DfT) and Informed Solutions (Improving the UK’s Air Quality: Delivering a Digital Service to Support Clean Air Zone Management) [Nomination document; techUK email]
Nominated by: techUK, U.K.
14. AI EXCELLENCE AWARD (PRIVATE SECTOR)
- “CLIP (by MINIMAX) [Nomination Form; EITESAL email; Supporting Documentation]
Nominated by: EITESAL, Egypt - SIMPPLE [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - Institute for Information Industry (Intelligent Predictive and Analysis System (IPAS) for supply chain resilience for EMS)
[Nomination document; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan - Industrial Technology Research Institute [AI-Based Warehousing and Transportation Decision Management Platform(AiWT-DMP)]
[Nomination document; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan
15. BEST TECH PLACE TO WORK AWARD (PRIVATE SECTOR)
- Riseup Labs [Nomination Form & Supporting Information]
Nominated by: BCS, Bangladesh - Epsilon Net: Transforming the Workplace into a Tech Haven [Nomination Form; Supporting Information]
Nominated by: SEPE, Greece - OTS (Open Technology Services) [Nomination Form]
Nominated by: SEPE, Greece - Huawei Technologies Nepal Co., Pvt. Ltd. [Nomination document; Email]
Nominated by: CAN Federation, Nepal - VFlowTech Pte Ltd [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - Tatung System Technologies Inc. [Nomination document; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan
16. DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE YEAR AWARD (PRIVATE SECTOR)
- “Benefit Pay “ by The Benefit Company [Nomination Form; BTech email; Supporting Documentation; Additional info]
Nominated by: BTech, Bahrain - [i2.d] technologies [Nomination Form; Certified Copy petranna; petranna.db.commercial; petranna.db.Whats.july2021 (VIDEO); Press Release.20200216]
Nominated by: SEPE, Greece - SPACE HELLAS: For Ministry of Justice: Teleconferencing services in courts and penitentiaries and provision of information services on the course of court registers and displays [Nomination Form]
Nominated by: SEPE, Greece - C-Smart All-in-one Smart Construction Integrated Platform (by China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Ltd) (by Airport Authority Hong Kong) [Nomination Form; CSHK_C-SMART Intro-PowerPoint]
Nominated by: HKITF, Hong Kong - Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad [Nomination Form; Email; Supporting document]
Nominated by: PIKOM, Malaysia - CDL Homes Sales (CHS) [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - PSA Singapore [Name of Product/Solution: OptETruck – A cloud-based transport management solution] [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - Scantist Pte Ltd [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - SIMPPLE (an advanced technology solution provider in the emerging property-technology (PropTech) space) [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - TPIsoftware Corporation (TPIsoftware: Empowering Digital Transformation with API Ecosystem Strategy) [Nomination document; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan - eCloudvalley Digital Technology Co.,Ltd. [Nomination document; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan
17. DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE YEAR AWARD (PUBLIC SECTOR)
- General Secretariat for Information Systems & Digital Governance / Ministry of Digital Governance (GSISDG) [Nomination Form; INTEROPERABILITY CENTER_PRESENTATION__2_EN; INTEROPERABILITY CENTER_PRESENTATION_EN; INTEROPERABILITY CENTER_PRESS RELEASES_EN]
Nominated by: SEPE, Greece - HKIA Cargo Data Platform (by Airport Authority Hong Kong) [Nomination Form; AAHK_Supp Info]
Nominated by: HKITF, Hong Kong - Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC) [Nomination Form]
Nominated by: PIKOM, Malaysia - Foxit doo Skopje [Nomination Form; Supporting document]
Nominated by: MASIT, Republic of North Macedonia - Parking@HDB by Housing & Development Board [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - Real Time Locating System (RTLS) [Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH)] [Nomination Form; SGTech email]
Nominated by: SGTech, Singapore - Kaohsiung City Government (Kaohsiung Health 3.0 Program) [Nomination document; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan - Directorate General of Highways (Motor vehicle & driver information service APP (MVDIS APP)) [Nomination document; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan
18. WOMEN IN TECH AWARD (PRIVATE SECTOR)
- Women and e-Commerce (WE) [Nomination Form & Supporting Information]
Nominated by: BCS, Bangladesh - Rasha Aly Solayman [Nomination Form; EITESAL email; Presentation; SMACRS Profile WITSA – Rasha Ali]
Nominated by: EITESAL, Egypt - Epsilon Net: Empowering Women in the Tech Industry with a Woman-Led Leadership Ms. Vasiliki Anagnostou, General Manager and Deputy CEO of Epsilon Net Group [Nomination Form; Women_in_Tech_EPSILON_NET]
Nominated by: SEPE, Greece - Mrs Ioanna Kotsogianni, General Manger of Prosvasis [Nomination Form]
Nominated by: SEPE, Greece - Catherine Lian, IBM [Nomination Form]
Nominated by: PIKOM, Malaysia - Ms. Suvasini Shrestha [Nomination document; Email]
Nominated by: CAN Federation, Nepal - Flaviana Rotaru (Founding Member and President at ROHEALTH – Cluster for Health and Bioeconomy and General Manager at Frontier Consulting SRL)
[Nomination document; Email]
Nominated by: ATIC, Romania - SANDY CHOU, CEO, AEB (Acer E-Enabling Service Business Inc.)
[Nomination document; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan
19. WOMEN IN TECH AWARD (PUBLIC SECTOR)
- Maria Bogomolova [Nomination]
Nominated by: APKIT, Russia - Hui-Ming Chen, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Information Technology, Taipei City Government [Nomination document; Video; CISA list of nominees]
Nominated by: CISA, Taiwan