Millennium Technology Prize

The modern society needs sustainable energy and producing renewable diesel is one of the key solutions for the growing need. Watch the Millennium Talks with innovation leaders video with Neste’s Senior Vice President, Innovation Lars Peter Lindfors to learn more about responding the pressure on reducing the effects of climate change!Read more ›

The first episode of the Millennium Talks with innovation leaders series is out! Check out great discussion between Outotec’s Mari Lindgren ja host Henkka Hyppönen.Read more ›

Together with Millennium Technology Prize Partners we proudly present Millennium Talks, with innovation leaders video series focusing on the extensive impact of science-based technological innovations on the well-being of the society and its citizens.Read more ›

Indoor air company Halton Group has begun cooperation with Technology Academy Finland (TAF) as a Millennium Technology Prize partner on 1 January 2020. The partnership gives Halton the opportunity to help support the development of human-centred innovation in a more and more urbanised world.Read more ›

Metsä Group, a Finnish forest industry group, a forerunner in sustainable bioeconomy, has started as a Millennium Technology Prize Partner on the 1st of January 2020.Read more ›

President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö is the Patron of the Millennium Technology Prize. In his message for the Prize he stresses the importance of science, technology and innovations for better life.Read more ›

Our story rises from the integration of human values and technological know-how. Technological innovations serve the common good, build bridges across cultural boundaries, and create a better, cleaner and more sustainable world in which everyone has room to live.Read more ›

Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement, has started as a Millennium Technology Prize Partner on the 1st of October 2019.Read more ›

Professor Jarl-Thure Eriksson is a TAF activist of long standing who has witnessed the evolution of the Millennium Technology Prize since its birth. We now offer a rare opportunity to take a peek behind the scenes of the Millennium Technology Prize. The “tour” is guided by professor Jarl-Thure Eriksson – read the article!Read more ›

Meet our new member of the Millennium Technology Prize’s International Selection Committee, Dr. Cecilia Tortajada. She works on impacts of global changes, water resources, environment, food and energy at National University of Singapore. “I expect this prize to stress the social value of technological development even further and how it has been used to improve the quality of life of human kind”, she says.Read more ›