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Sanaz Zarabi wins first place in Millennium Graduate Student Contest
Sanaz Zarabi from Aalto University has won Millennium Graduate Student Contest 2022 with her pitch Inkjet printing, the savior of renewable energy technologies. She was awarded a grant of 10,000€…Read more ›
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Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the 2022 Millennium Technology Prize Award Ceremony on 25 October 2022
Esteemed Professor Martin Green, ladies and gentlemen, For the tenth time we are paying tribute through Millennium Technology Prize to global breakthrough innovations. Innovations, which improve the quality of life…Read more ›
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Q/A with Scientia Professor Martin Green of the UNSW Sydney, Australia Winner of the 2022 Millennium Technology Prize
1. What is PERC and how does it work? Solar cells convert the energy from sunlight into electricity, with my research team holding the record for how efficiently silicon solar…Read more ›
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From Microalgae to Satellite Connectivity – Doctoral Researchers Pitch Their Most Innovative Ideas in Millennium Graduate Student Contest
Based on the online pre-selection round, the jury of Millennium Graduate Student Contest 2022 has decided on the candidates to continue into the contest’s Grand Final, to be held on…Read more ›
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Q/A With NATO Cyber Defence Centre’s New Director Mart Noorma
NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence’s new director, Mart Noorma, who has been actively engaged with NATO, EU, and international cooperation organisations on innovation and novel technology development, talks…Read more ›
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Marissa Mayer on How Technology has Changed the World Fundamentally and Forever
Marissa Mayer, Co-Founder of Sunshine Contacts, ex-CEO of Yahoo and Google’s 20th employee, is indomitably optimistic about the power of technology in dismantling barriers and ensuring equity. Ahead of the…Read more ›
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Virtual Reality Explained
Long before the excitement around the Metaverse started, technologies such as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) had already gathered a lot of hype. Over time, other terms such…Read more ›
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From Connectivity to Togetherness – Nokia’s Nishant Batra Envisions a Digital Revolution
Nishant Batra, Chief Strategy and Technology Officer (CSTO) at Nokia, believes that we are on the cusp of a new digital era. Ahead of the Millennium Innovation Forum, he spoke…Read more ›
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Professor Frances Arnold: Reinventing Evolution
The 2016 Millennium Technology Prize winner, Frances Arnold, reflects on her extraordinary work in the field of directed evolution In 1859, Charles Darwin published the theory of natural selection, exploring…Read more ›
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How Big Companies Like Metsä Are Leading The Way on Innovation
Believe it or not, it’s not just small firms and start-ups who can dream up truly disruptive products or ways of working. Finnish forest industry organisation Metsä Group has set…Read more ›
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