Millennium Technology Prize 2024: Forum & Award Ceremony Highlights
Aalto University’s Dipoli welcomed hundreds of guests —leading figures from the technology and science sectors, as well as the business world — to celebrate the 2024 Millennium Technology Prize winner, professor Baliga, and to discuss technology’s impact on societies at the Millennium Technology Prize Forum on 30 October 2024. Join us in reliving the atmosphere of the day, and watch the film at the bottom of page!
The 2024 Millennium Technology Prize Forum addressed the theme Intelligence at a Crossroads: Machines or Humans?
Opening keynote by Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology
Orgalim’s director Malte Lohan discussing with AI called Aito
Dialogue keynote by Jason Palmer, The Economist’s technology journalist and host of the event, and Harri Junttila, editor-in-chief at Alma Media
Guests experienced a glimpse of the metaverse at Nokia’s event booth
Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University on stage during session two, Radical technologies
Panel discussion featuring Karl Deisseroth, Thierry Klein, President of Bell Labs Solutions Research at Nokia Bell Labs, and Sabrina Maniscalco, Professor and CEO of Algorithmiq
Bahar Mostafiz from the University of Turku, Nidia Obscura Acosta from the University of Helsinki, and Aysen Degerli Ahishali from VTT were awarded at the Millennium Young Scientist Contest
The Award Ceremony brought together more than 400 guests from academia, business, government, and diplomacy, as well as promising young researchers
Jukka Mäkelä, the mayor of Espoo, and Amel Gaily, host of the night
Professor Minna Palmroth, Chair of the Board of Technology Academy Finland
The patron of the Prize, the President of the Republic of Finland, Alexander Stubb, gave a speech via video
Professor Martin Green, the winner of 2022, and Professor Baliga, the winner of 2024
Professor Bantval Jayant Baliga, the winner of the 2024 Millennium Technology Prize
Markku Ellilä, CEO of Technology Academy Finland
Meta3 and the vocal ensemble Rajaton provided the musical entertainment for the evening
Thank you to everyone who joined us in person and online!
Watch the event film:
Recordings of the livestream are available here:
Millennium Technology Prize Forum: Utopia or dystopia?
Millennium Technology Prize Forum: Radical technologies
