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High-quality, dynamic 3-minute pitches by young researchers exploring innovations for a better life. This is what the Millennium Pitching Contest will offer to the participants of the Millennium Innovation Forum.…Read more ›

Do you want to learn what kind of technology will save the planet? What will we eat, how will he consume and how will we be cared for? Who will…Read more ›

The 2020 Millennium Technology Prize will be awarded on 18 May 2021. This year the Announcement and the Award Ceremony are organized as a virtual event that is open for…Read more ›

Robert Langer is an American professor credited with the development of delivery systems that allow the administration of drugs to a specific tissue or place in the body. His methods…Read more ›

Shūji Nakamura, an American professor born in Japan, received the Millennium Technology Prize in 2006 for his work in developing LED technology. Thanks to his work, many of the devices…Read more ›

The Millennium Youth Prize was held for the second time this year, and the top prize of EUR 5 000 went to Adam Yousfi from the science and technology stream of…Read more ›

Pekka Jylhä’s Milky Way artwork embodies the spirit of the global Millennium Technology Prize by focusing on the extensive impact of technology and innovation on the well-being of societies and…Read more ›

The media publisher Alma Talent has started cooperation with Technology Academy Finland (TAF) as a Millennium Technology Prize partner for 2020–2022. The partnership will boost dialogue and cooperation between the…Read more ›

Disparity hinders our understanding of why Bame communities suffer more from Covid-19, writes Professor Marja Makarow, Chair of Technology Academy Finland in The Financial Times.  One of the most shocking…Read more ›

The strategic leadership and global business expert will take the helm of the foundation behind the international Millennium Technology Prize next autumn. Dr Markku Ellilä will assume the duties of…Read more ›