27 Internet and Media Companies in Nine Categories Nominated for SIME Awards 2006

Press release For immediate release The jury for SIME Awards has now selected three participants in each of the competition’s nine categories. The winners are announced on November 23rd during Scandinavian Interactive Media Event (SIME), northern Europe’s largest Internet conference that is being held in Stockholm, Sweden on November 22 and 23. SIME was first held ten years ago. It has become Northern Europe’s largest annual conference on Internet, telecom, entertainment and media with approx. 60 speakers and close to 1000 guests. SIME is held in Stockholm, Sweden on November 22 and 23. This year SIME will focus on e.g. global blogging, European successful companies and entrepreneurs, the media convergence, and the video revolution. Two days of intensive dialogue and networking are rounded off with a gala dinner and SIME Awards in nine different categories plus he prestigious SIME Grand Prize that last year was won by Skype. The jury has selected three nominees in each of the nine categories. They are: Best Online Campaign: Ottoboni Group: Design Competition – McDonald’s Forsman&Bodenfors: IKEA, Come into the closet Forsman&Bodenfors: Webbradio for anyone! Best Creative Agency: Doberman Ottoboni Group Forsman&Bodenfors Best Online Entertainment: DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation): The MGP Website Stardoll: stardoll.com Sulake: Habbo Hotel Best Internet Strategy: Satama Interactive: Finnmatkat Google: Google AdWords/AdSense E24: E24 Best e-Commerce Caompany: Tailor Store Sweden: TailorShirts GI Weight Club: GI Viktkoll 24HR: HemOnline Best Media Agency: Mediaedge:cia Initiative Universal Media Mediacom Best Systems Supplier: Polopoly: Polopoly Content Manager Google: Google Enterprise Solutions Labs2: BRIKKS Best Mobile Solution: Kamera: Mobile TV Platform 3 (Hi3G Access AB): MSN Messenger in the 3Mobile Sveriges Television: SVT Mobil Best Technical Innovation: Edgeware: Orbit 2x Google: Google Custom Search, AJAX API Polar Rose: Polar Rose No nominations are requested for the SIME Grand Prize. The SIME Awards jury consists of: • Pontus Schultz, Chief Editor, Veckans Affärer and Attention • Kare Casals, MD, Electronic Commerce Association in Finland • Otto Neubert, Sales Director, Krak • Jan-Eric Ramberg, Chairman of the Board, Easit • Janne Waltonen, Account Director, Draft • Katja Haglund, Design Director, Dwarf • Daniele Palmucci, Business Developer, Ericsson Mobility World SIME’s complete program now official The complete program for SIME’s two days of conferencing has now been set. The agenda for day 1 can be found at http://www.sime.nu/module.asp?XModuleId=17811 and for day 2 at http://www.sime.nu/module.asp?XModuleId=17812. SIME has become an important meeting place for Nordic - and non-Nordic – companies, an opportunity for small entrepreneurs to meet the industry giants, and where investors can find the Skypes of tomorrow. During two days, Stockholm is in focus for the global Internet industry. About SIME: SIME was founded in 1996 and has grown to become northern Europe’s largest Internet conference. SIME is arranged by SIME AB with support from Internet strategy company Result, Incordia, MSN, Web Power, Agent25, openBC, Advertising.com, Mannheimer Swartling, Google, TradeDoubler, Safemind, Tasteline, SvD, SvD.se, Näringsliv24, Jobb24 and the International Herald Tribune. The audience consists of approx. 1000 guests in managerial positions from large corporations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland as well as people from the media, internet, advertising and IT industries. SIME is being held on November 22 and 23 at Berns and Chinateatern in Stockholm, Sweden. See www.sime.nu Press accreditation: Press accreditation is done via www.sime.nu/registration. Register and mark ”Only conference”. In the Register Code field write: ”Free Only Conference ticket, journalist”. Please also describe briefly your ambitions with SIME in the Message field so that we can contact you well ahead of the conference to assist you with interviews etc. For additional information and booking of interviews with speakers contact: Urban Pettersson Press Contact, SIME Phone: +46 708 55 34 20 Email: urban@result.com or Christoffer Granfelt CEO, SIME Phone: +46 733 436 035 Email: christoffer@sime.nu