live. surf. create
WHEN?
September 2007 – November 2007
WHAT IS WEB FEST?
Web Fest is the first regional fest in southeastern Europe organized to promote Internet usage to the widest audience.
Fest activities will take place in the next two months on four "fronts":
- Internet: Submitting and voting for the best sites, communication through the site, forum discussions…
- Lifestyle events: Fest opening, final event in the exclusive premises, awarding statuettes to the winners.
- Seminars and workshops: Addressing to the selected group of business professionals (seminars and workshops will be led by the Serbian and foreign experts).
- Media: Showcases and stories on TV stations, radio stations and press.
Film, theater, media, science, sport, music and fashion people will bring additional quality for all events as our fest friends.
Award ceremony for the best web sites and internet marketing in November 2007 will mark the end of the fest. Audience award will be determined by the votes collected via fest site while the main awards will be granted according to the votes of the jury.
WEB FEST GOALS
- tract greater number of Internet users for direct contribution to the economical growth and development of the entire society.
- Education of the widest audience about practical and creative use of the Internet in ordinary life activities and business. Popularization through the cultural and entertaining content.
- Engage responsible leaders from country establishment to release great potentials that reside in a society which uses new technologies to the full extent.
- Stimulate qualitative advancement for the Internet based projects (target audience: web designers and web production companies) and perception of the importance and role of these projects for a group that has objective need for them (businessmen, managers, leaders).
- Development of e-government by motivating population to use Internet services.
- Appoint Serbia as the central place in the region where the Internet is connected with business, culture, entertainment and art through this kind of events. Connecting creative people, artists, businessmen, managers and the widest population in an entirely new way will inevitably lead to the creation of new opportunities and ideas.
- Greater number of Internet end-users will result in the rise of investments in the IT area and more workplaces.
TARGET AUDIENCE
- Internet end-users (people who do not use the Internet or do not use it sufficiently) – we will explain them in fashionable way (through promo-parties, workshops, printouts and appearance in the media) the ease of use and all the benefits that can be achieved by Internet utilization.
- Companies and institutions – at seminars and workshops our expert lecturers will explain the new ways for communication, advertising and presentation of the information and documents.
- Web designers and programmers – the main idea of the contest is to increase competition which will produce higher quality of the web-related projects.
