Geneva and Tianjin, 26th September 2008 - WISekey announced that the World Economic Forum (WEF) has selected it as a 2008 New Champion. WISekey is of the companies from around the globe to receive this prestigious honor as nominated by leading technology experts from the academia, media,venture capital, and corporate technology communities. WISekey has been invited to participate along with fellow 2008 New Champions at the WEF's annual meeting of the New Champions that will be held in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, September 25-27, 2008. This is the second consecutive year WISekey was selected by the WEF for the Annual Meeting of the New Champions.
The Annual Meeting of the New Champions provides a unique platform for those seeking new opportunities to come together to shape and define an agenda of growth with fresh ideas, innovative business models and new technologies, regardless of prevailing macroeconomic conditions.
At the forefront of this next wave of growth will be the Forum’s Community of Global Growth Companies, a new breed of high-growth enterprises that are by definition global in outlook. A survey of CEOs from these companies, conducted jointly with the Harvard Business Review, revealed that they are focusing more attention overseas than on their domestic market.
“This second consecutive nomination of WISekey by the WEF rewards our commitment to engage with the most dynamic projects, innovations and technologies that are transforming the business landscape. Joining again this WEF community in Tianjin will allow us to share our vision with a selected group of mayors and governors, technology pioneers, CEOs, scientists and policy-makers from countries with outstanding growth potential” said Carlos Moreira Founder and CEO of WISekey.
WISekey is emerging as the global leader on Digital Identification and Trusted Secure Transactions over the Internet. WISekey disruptive technology and business model excel at knowing the digital identification and transaction market, staying close to customers, and having a mechanism in place to make an impact on the broader world, acting as a disruptive technology that improves all kinds of trusted data exchanges what will be able to contribute to the Web and Internet infrastructures over the long term.