The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS) is an organization that was founded in 1998 in New York City to recognize and acknowledge excellence in interactive content across emerging technologies.

An article in Huffington Post described IADAS's perspective on the five challenges stating that the organization believed that the next five years had to see improvements in privacy protection, copyright law, net neutrality, the open web and Internet security.

Associate members include Sara Ackerman, Matthew Ball, Brian Edelman, Andrew Jackson, James Naleski,[12] Mirko Pallera, among many others.

The Lovie Awards recognizes the unique and resonant nature of the European Internet community – from Europe's top web and creative networks and content publishers to cultural and political organizations and individual creators.

The jury accepts work in many languages, including English, French, Spanish, Italian and German [16] The Lovie award winners get press coverage from leading media such as the Huffington Post, BBC, The Sunday Times among many others.