Kid Witness News Global Awards Ceremony 2016
Kid Witness News, KWN, is a global video education programsponsored by Panasonic. The KWN program uses video production to stimulatecreativity, build communication skills, and encourage teamwork among childrenin elementary and secondary schools.
This year the Global Awards Ceremony was held in Brazil, thefirst ever in Latin America and during the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. To ensurea smooth and successful event, Panasonic chose Empire Japan to serve asexecutive producer. Empire's role included venue selection, working with localproduction vendors and directing the overall look and feel of the AwardCeremony.
This year, there were seven finalist schools from sixdifferent countries including Brazil, Hong Kong, Germany, Thailand, the UnitedStates, and Vietnam. After a full day of exploring Rio de Janeiro (Sugar LoafMountain, Athlete Villages, & The Media Press Center) the main event would bethe Awards Ceremony.
To commemorate its collaboration with the InternationalParalympic Committee, the Awards Ceremony began with a greeting from itsspecial guest, Sir. Philip Craven, President of the International ParalympicCommittee. Other guests included Mr. Xavier Gonzalez, CEO of theInternational Paralympic Committee; Mr. Duane Kale, Governing Board Member ofthe International Paralympic Committee; Mr. Mark Wallace, the Chief ContentOfficer of the Olympic Broadcasting Services; Mr. Renato Ciuchini, ChiefCommercial Officer, Rio 2016; Mr. Yukihiko Nunomura, Vice Director General,Chief Operating Officer, Tokyo 2020; and Mr. Junich Kawai, Chairman of JapanParalympic Committee.
The Awards Ceremony included awards presented by the specialguests with Regional Head of Panasonic Latin America, Mr. Shigeo Suzuki, presenting the Grand Prix for the Primary Category to Kowloon Tong School inHong Kong for their work “the Bigger Picture", and special guest,President of the International Paralympic Committee, Sir. Philip Cravenpresenting the Grand Prix for the Secondary Category to Assumption SamutpkarnSchool in Thailand for their work "Missing Game".
The following day, the finalist schools had an exciting fullday of shopping and watching the Paralympic Games.
Empire Japan was thrilled to help Panasonic produce yetanother successful KWN Global Awards Ceremony.
For more information about Kid Witness News, please visit http://www.panasonic.com/global/corporate/kwn.html
Guests received their first taste of technological innovation at registration, where they were welcomed by name on a reactive LED screen installation covering the full width of the entry wall. A large lunch café was created with a décor scheme that incorporated custom-built, ceiling-high steel LED frames draped with foliage to create smaller, intimate restaurant-style spaces that displayed both technology and nature.
A series of breakout sessions presented content targeted to attendees’ varied interests, while imagery displayed throughout the venue showcased real-life applications of how products designed to empower developers help to unleash the power of data and reimagine possibilities that will improve our world.
Every element of Microsoft Connect(); from registration, breakfast and keynote, to lunch and evening cocktails, were custom-designed to communicate exacting brand messaging and to deliver a high-touch guest experience to this important audience. The keynote and breakout sessions were livestreamed through an onsite studio built for this purpose and content was watched online by millions around the world.
Empire is proud to collaborate with Microsoft on this annual, top-tier business communication event.
To view excerpts of Connect(); 2017, please visit https://www.microsoft.com/connectevent
