Hello all, EURALO's Bulgarian ALS ISOC BG attended WEBIT this year. We had suggested it in past outreach strategic plans, but due to the local presence of an At-Large Structure, plus the clash with ICANN Panama taking place simultaneously, we did not file any kind of travel request for this. Kindest regards, Olivier -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Shah Rukh Khan - the King of Bollywood, Mariya Gabriel, Novak Djokovic Foundation and more Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 05:42:24 +0000 From: Plamen Russev <updates@news.webit.foundation> Reply-To: Plamen Russev <updates@news.webit.foundation> To: ocl@gih.com Shah Rukh Khan - the King of Bollywood, Mariya Gabriel, Novak Djokovic Foundation and more See who are the winners of the Global Webit Awards and the Foundes Games Trophy winner + 200'000 EUR cheque Aniela Russeva and Dr. Plamen Russev opening the Global Webit Awards Ceremony 2018 The Chairman's Dinner followed the glamorous Annual Global Webit Awards Ceremony. See the winners! Over 10'000 attendees from 111 countries visited the Webit City of Webit.Festival Europe 2018 <https://design.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10b02e112ca0db3806c3cdfd4&...> in Sofia - the Digital Capital. During the Black Tie dinner on the first night of the Festival the Global Webit.Awards winners were announced. See the *SPECIAL* Webit.Foundation AWARD winners: - Special Award for Overal Commitment to the development of the Digital Economy - *Mrs. Mariya Gabriel* - the EU Commissioner for Digital Agenda and Society for her commitment to the development of the - Special Award for Empowering the future through education - *Jelena Djokovic, Novak Djokovic Foundation* - Special Award for Digital Innovations in Health - *Prof. Shafi Ahmed* - Special Award for Commitment and Impact in empowering women - *Shah Rukh Khan - actor, philanthropist, The King of Bollywood* See all categories and award winners here <https://design.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10b02e112ca0db3806c3cdfd4&...>. On the second day the Founders Games €200'000 cheque has been awarded to BIOO startup from Portugal For 10th year in a row only 150 out of 3000 applicants made it to the semi-finalists of Webit.Festival. After 4 months of judging rounds by over 300 jury members, investors and enterprise leaders - the best startups and scaleups of Europe were selected. The top 4 of them finally made it to the Main Stage of Webit to pitch for the 200'000 EUR cheque and the Webit's Founders Games Trophy. The winner BIOO - was selected by the final jury of investors and some of the most successful entrepreneurs of Bulgaria including: * Vassil Terziev - co-founder of Telerik (260 milo exit) * Ivaylo Penchev - founder of Walltopia - world's largest climbing wall equipment company * Stefan Gugushev, lawer, founder Gugushev & partners * Peter Mitev, founder Chaos Group, Academy Award Oscar Trophy Winner * Plamen Russev, investor, Executive Chairman Webit.Foundation See more info on the Founders Games and the winners here <https://design.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10b02e112ca0db3806c3cdfd4&...>. Book your Super Earlibird ticket (2 for 1) to Webit.Fetsival Europe 2019 now! <https://design.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10b02e112ca0db3806c3cdfd4&...> <https://design.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10b02e112ca0db3806c3cdfd4&...> <https://design.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10b02e112ca0db3806c3cdfd4&...> <https://design.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10b02e112ca0db3806c3cdfd4&...> /Copyright © 2018 Webit.Foundation, All rights reserved./ *Our mailing address is:* 44, Cherni Vrah Blvd, 1st floor, Sofia 1407, Bulgaria