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Press release 26.5.2006
Winner of the next Millennium Technology
Prize will be announced on 15 June
The winner of the world's biggest technology award, the one-million-euro
Millennium Technology Prize, will be announced on 15 June.
The biennial award celebrates innovations that have a favourable
impact on the quality of our lives and human wellbeing both
now and in the future. The roots of the prize lie in Finland.
The aim of the Millennium Technology Prize is to bring technology
closer to people. It seeks to highlight innovations that assist
and enrich our everyday lives and also have the potential
for future development. The winner of the 2006 Millennium
Technology Prize will be announced in Finland on 15 June.
The award is Finland's recognition for life-improving innovations
and is made by the Millennium Prize Foundation, an independent
fund established by Finnish industry and the Finnish state
in partnership. Modern Finland is a welfare state at the forefront
of global competitiveness and high technology.
The award ceremony will be organized in association with
the ECOFIN meeting in September. The first-ever Millennium
Technology Prize in 2004 was awarded to Tim Berners-Lee for
the invention of the World Wide Web.
Information for the media
The ceremony to announce the Millennium Technology Prize
Winner 2006 will take place on 15 June at the Dipoli Congress
Centre, Espoo, Finland.
Programme (Finnish summer time, UTC+3):
11:30-13:00 Panel discussion: The Impact of Technological
Innovation on Society
13:00-13:45 Ceremony to announce the Millennium Technology
Prize Winner 2006
13:45-14:30 Press conference concerning the winner and the
rationale for selection
Further details of this event, including an accreditation
form, can be found at www.millenniumprize.fi
in the Media Corner.
Further information:
The Millennium Prize Foundation
Ms. Tanja Ikonen
Communications Manager
Mobile Phone: + 358-40-701 5757
tanja.ikonen@millenniumprize.fi
Ms. Kaisa-Riikka Salomaa
Communications Assistant
Mobile Phone: + 358-50-495 3488
kaisa-riikka.salomaa@millenniumprize.fi
www.millenniumprize.fi
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