This international award recognizes the courage and efforts of those who try to innovate all over the world, applying technology for the benefit of humanity.

The planet’s most critical and pressing problems hardly ever find a solution in profitable business or highly lucrative initiatives. What’s more, they demand new ideas and technologies which require an effort in researching and hard, tireless work to develop and implement them.

The objective of the Tech Awards is precisely to support all those who are improving living conditions through the use of technology in areas such as education, equality, the environment, health and economic development. In fact, these are the categories for prize nominations.

Individuals, organizations or companies, be they profit-oriented or not, can all apply for the award. Participation for the award is through nomination, but self-nomination is allowed. Although the deadline for the 2009 edition of the award has passed, nominations for the 2010 edition can be submitted.

The Tech Awards program began in 2000, and was inspired in the Millennium Objectives published by United Nations, a document which also defines the award’s five categories.

Among the prize-winners for the 2008 edition are the Cheetah Conservation Fund, Marc Koska, Star Syringe or DESI Power: Decentralised Energy Systems India.

Winners receive a 50,000 dollar cash prize, and one winner is named from each of the five categories for a total of $250,000 in cash prizes to support their initiatives and a trophy is given at the Gala in the Tech Museum at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, in San Jose, California in november 19th, 2009.

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