ANNOUNCING The 2012 World Technology Award WINNERS
| Categories | Winners |
|---|---|
| ARTS | Mark Coniglio – Composer/Media Artist, Co-founder Troika Ranch |
| BIOTECHNOLOGY (INDIVIDUAL) | Donald Ingber – Director, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University; Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology, Harvard Medical School & Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children’s Hospital; Professor of Bioengineering, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences |
| BIOTECHNOLOGY (CORPORATE) | Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University |
| COMM. TECHNOLOGY (INDIVIDUAL) | Jun Murai – Professor, Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University (Japan) |
| COMM. TECHNOLOGY (CORPORATE) | |
| DESIGN | Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby – Founders, Barber Osgerby |
| EDUCATION | Cathy N. Davidson & David Theo Goldberg – Founders, HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition |
| ENERGY (INDIVIDUAL) | Laurence Kemball-Cook – Director, Pavegen Systems |
| ENERGY (CORPORATE) | Agilyx |
| ENTERTAINMENT | Olivier Bau & Ivan Poupyrev – REVEL technology developers and Researchers, Disney Research, Pittsburgh |
| ENVIRONMENT (INDIVIDUAL) | Derek Lam – DEHTLET & World Marketing Development Centre Ltd |
| ENVIRONMENT (CORPORATE) | Bug Agentes Biologicos |
| ETHICS | Anthony F. Beavers – Professor of Philosophy, University of Evansville |
| FINANCE (INDIVIDUAL) | Ben Horowitz – Co-founder, Andreessen Horowitz Co-founder & CEO, Opsware |
| FINANCE(CORPORATE) | New Enterprise Associates |
| HEALTH & MEDICINE (INDIVIDUAL) | Aydogan Ozcan – Professor, UCLA School of Engineering |
| HEALTH & MEDICINE (CORPORATE) | Ekso Bionics |
| IT HARDWARE (INDIVIDUAL) | Vijay Kumar – Professor of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania |
| IT HARDWARE (CORPORATE) | MakerBot |
| IT SOFTWARE (INDIVIDUAL) | Sean Gourley – Chief Technology Officer, Quid |
| IT SOFTWARE (CORPORATE) | Leap Motion |
| LAW | Tim Wu – Professor, Columbia Law School |
| MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS | Joan Casas Cervero – Founder & CEO, uWhisp |
| MATERIALS (INDIVIDUAL) | Amit Goyal – UT-Battelle / ORNL Corporate Fellow & Battelle Distinguished Inventor |
| MATERIALS (CORPORATE) | ThinFilm Electronics |
| MEDIA & JOURNALISM | David Weinberger – Author, Too Big to Know & Co-Direction of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab |
| POLICY | Vivek Wadhwa – Vice President of Academics and Innovation, Singularity University |
| SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP | Greg Van Kirk – Co-founder, Community Enterprise Solutions |
| SPACE (INDIVIDUAL) | Adam Steltzner – NASA Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| SPACE (CORPORATE) | SpaceX |
On October 22nd and 23rd, 2012, at the TIME Conference Center in New York City, many of the most innovative people and organizations in the science and technology world came together for an historic gathering – the 2012 World Technology Summit & Awards. Together, they explored what is imminent, possible, and important in and around emerging technologies; and created the kinds of serendipitous relationships that create the future.
To visit the 2012 World Technology Summit & Awards website, CLICK HERE .
Here is a list of the 2012 World Technology Award Finalists {WHO ARE NOW THE NEWEST FELLOWS (FOR INDIVIDUALS) OR CORPORATE MEMBERS (FOR ORGANIZATIONS) OF THE WORLD TECHNOLOGY NETWORK.} CLICK HERE to see the list.