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Press release, 23 October 2007
Almost one hundred candidates for the 2008
Millennium Technology Prize
A total of 99 individuals have been nominated for the
2008 Millennium Technology Prize, with candidates being proposed
by 88 organisations in 27 countries. The world's biggest technology
award will be presented by Tarja Halonen, President of Finland,
in June 2008.
The nomination period for the 2008 Millennium Technology
Prize, Finland's tribute to life-enhancing technological innovation,
closed on 1 October 2007. "The quality of the nominated
candidates and their innovations is high. The task of the
Selection Committee will not be easy," said Dr. Tapio
Alvesalo, Secretary General of the Millennium Prize Foundation.
Both distinguished innovators and new, emerging researchers
feature among the candidates. "Criteria for awarding
the prize do not focus on lifetime achievements or purely
academic work. The primary criterion is an innovation's impact
on the quality of human life and sustainable development.
This is how the Millennium Technology Prize differs from many
other awards for scientific endeavour," said Dr. Alvesalo.
The number of nominations received was at the same level
as in 2006, the last prize round. In terms of individual countries,
the largest numbers of nominations came from the USA (20),
Germany (7) and France (7). "Professors Tim Berners-Lee
and Shuji Nakamura, winners of the two first rounds,
have set a very high standard," said Dr Alvesalo.
Selection process has now started
The nominations received are now being evaluated by a team
of science and technology experts. This pre-selection group
prepares a list of candidates recommended for further consideration.
In the next phase, the results of the pre-selection process
are passed to the eight members of the International Selection
Committee. Chaired by Professor Marja Makarow, Chief
Executive of the European Science Foundation, this committee
then prepares a recommendation for finalists and presents
this to the board of the Millennium Prize Foundation. The
names of the three or four finalist candidates will be announced
on 8 April 2008.
The name of the winner of the 2008 Millennium Technology
Prize will be announced on 11 June 2008 at an award ceremony
in Helsinki. The winner is awarded the Millennium Technology
Prize of one million euros, the other finalists are each awarded
sums of EUR 50,000.
Millennium Technology Prize
The Millennium Technology Prize is Finland's tribute to
life-enhancing technological innovation. The prize is awarded
every second year for a technological innovation that is significantly
improving the quality of human life today and in the future.
The world's biggest technology prize is awarded by the Millennium
Prize Foundation, an independent fund established by Finnish
industry and the Finnish state in partnership.
Further information
Dr. Tapio Alvesalo
Secretary General of the Foundation
Secretary to the International Selection Committee
Tel: +358-400-341 497
E-mail: tapio.alvesalo@millenniumprize.fi
www.millenniumprize.fi
Nominations
for the 2008 prize by country and continent (PDF file)
Members
of the International Selection Committee
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