Organiser WAN-Ifra has named the 27 projects and other digital work in line for a prize in the Asian Digital Media Awards.

Which means everyone named below is in line for either a gold, silver or bronze award, when prizes are handed out in Singapore on November 9.

The presentations - during a cocktail reception at Singapore's Hard Rock Cafe - are a highlight of the Digital Media Asia event being held in the city from November 8-10.

Among speakers named for the event are two from the UK - community editor of The Economist Denise Law and Nick Petrie who is deputy head of digital at News International's The Times and Sunday Times - and from Korea, Hyo-Seop Shin, the head of Chosun Ilbo's digital news division.

Law oversees social media innovation at The Economist, leading a team of nine writers in London, Hong Kong and Washington responsible for expanding readership across social media, chat apps and emerging platforms.

Shin joined Hankook Ilbo in 1988, and took charge of the digital news division last October where a VR project has been underway since February.

DMA finalists are:

Best Data Visualisation Project- Animals Crossing (Singapore Press Holdings); The Day the Mountain Shook (Singapore Press Holdings); and Formula One season (Thomson Reuters Asia).

Best Digital Advertising Campaign- OHI - Obviously Harith Iskandar (Astro Awani Network); Go Around Japan with Kit Kat (Next Mobile); Brand Insider/SPH Razor: Canon - From a Mother to a Mother (Singapore Press Holdings).

Best in Tablet Publishing- A Gallery of Old and New (Singapore Press Holdings); The Age tablet app (The Age Company); ZIP (Zon Interaktif Pesona) (The New Straits Times Press).

Best News Mobile Service- Inquirer Chat Apps (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Megamobile); Stomp's WhatsApp Service (Singapore Press Holdings); and SCMP Mobile Edition (South China Morning Post Publishers).

Best News Website- Bloomberg.com/asia (Bloomberg Media); Fleeing to Survive (Singapore Press Holdings); Straitstimes.com (Singapore Press Holdings).

Best Lifestyle Website- OHI (Obviously Harith Iskandar) (Astro Awani Network); AsiaTatler.com (Edipresse Media Asia); and A Gallery of Old and New (Singapore Press Holdings).

Best New Product- Today's Mobile App (Mediacorp Press); Today askST (Singapore Press Holdings); and R.AGE TV (Star Media Group).

Best Reader Engagement- 2015 District Council Election Minisite (Apple Daily); Inquirer Guyito Stickers Campaign (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Megamobile); and Stomp (Singapore Press Holdings).

Best Use of Online Video- Left-behind Children: Orphans with Parents, the Tragedies of 70 Million (Apple Daily); Kupu-kupu Malam: Indonesia's Night Butterflies (Mediacorp, Channel NewsAsia Digital News); and Rwanda's Madame Poulet from Singapore (Mediacorp, Channel NewsAsia Digital News).

Pictured: The Obviously Harith Iskandar lifestyle website