Event Details
March
12thOnline registrations open
May
9thFinal Date for online registrations
June
13thAwards Ceremony for the Europe, Africa & Middle East Region e-Business Champions in London
18thAwards Ceremony for the American Region e-Business Champions in Chicago
20thAwards Ceremony for the Asia & Oceania Region e-Business Champions in Hong Kong
August
2ndThe AliFest Grand Awards Ceremony, Hangzhou, China
Who is eligible to enter?
The 2008 e-Business Champions competition is open to companies engaged in online B2B or C2C trading from all over the world.
Asia and Oceania Region:| Asia Afghanistan Azerbaijan Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Darussalam Cambodia Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands East Timor Georgia Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Korea Democratic People's Republic of Korea Republic of Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Macau |
Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan Province of China Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Vietnam Oceania Australia Norfolk Island American Samoa |
Cook Islands Fiji French Polynesia Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Federated States of Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Niue Northern Mariana Islands Palau Samoa Solomon Islands Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu United States Minor Outlying Islands Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna |
American Region:
| Caribbean Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Cayman Islands Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guadeloupe Haiti Jamaica Martinique Montserrat Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico |
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands Central & North America Belize Canada Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama Mexico Saint Pierre and Miquelon United States |
South America Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Equador Falkland Islands (Malvinas) French Guiana Guyana Paraguay Peru Pitcairn Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Uruguay Venezuela |
Europe, Africa and Middle East Region:
| Africa Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Congo Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Rwanda Comoros Cote D'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Reunion Saint Helena Sao Tome and Principe |
Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia United Republic of Uganda Western Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe Eastern Europe Albania Armenia Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Moldova Republic of Poland Romania Russian Federation Slovenia Ukraine Yugoslavia Denmark Faroe Islands Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden |
Western Europe Andorra Austria Belgium British Indian Ocean Territory France Metropolitan Germany Gibraltar Greece Holy See (Vatican City State) Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Portugal San Marino Serbia Spain Switzerland United Kingdom Middle East Bahrain Cyprus Iran Islamic Republic of Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestinian Territory Occupied Qatar Saudi Arabia Syrian Arab Republic Turkey United Arab Emirates Yemen |
The AliFest Grand Award
The International Top 15 e-Business Champions will proceed to the final round along with the top 10 candidates from each of the following groups.
1. Local Traders on http://china.alibaba.com
2. International Traders on http://china.alibaba.com
3. C2C Traders on http://www.taobao.com
4. B2C Traders on http://www.taobao.com
5. Trustworthy Payments on http://www.alipay.com
6. Life Services on http://www.koubei.com
7. SME Website Leaders on http://cn.yahoo.com
Prizes:
Regional top 5 e-Business Champions Award- the chance to travel to the Alifest Grand Awards Ceremony in Hangzhou, China
- an Alibaba.com Premium Service package
- a Unique Award
The Alifest Grand Award
Attend The AliFest in Hangzhou in August 2008 and network with the world's top e-business people.
Enhanced Brand Recognition and Awareness
Increase your brand recognition all over China! Attract and interact with other leading international e-Business peopleHuge Potential Increases in Your e-Business Volume and Market Share
Win the trust of potential customers around the world Strengthen your ties with your existing customer base Promote deals more easily