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A total of 75 innovations (invented by altogether 257 innovators) were nominated for the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize. The number of nominations was similar as in the previous round. The majority of the nominations were in the fields of life sciences, including health and food, as well as in information and communications technology and smart systems.Read more ›

Doctor of Technology Leni von Bonsdorff has been appointed as a member of the Board of the Technology Academy Finland (TAF). von Bonsdorff follows in footsteps of Jarl-Thuren Eriksson as a representative of The Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in Finland (STV). von Bonsdorff is the Chair of the Board of STV.Read more ›

Technology Academy Finland’s Chair of the Board, Prof Marja Makarow has been appointed to the European Innovation Council Advisory Board. The Board will provide strategic leadership to the European Innovation Council (EIC). It will oversee the roll out of the current pilot and lead the strategy and design of the EIC under Horizon Europe.Read more ›

Present your research project, business plan or social initiative – in just 3 minutes! And win a trip to Berlin. The Falling Walls Lab is an international forum for the next generation of outstanding innovators and creative thinkers. Its aim is to promote exceptional ideas and to connect promising scientists and entrepreneurs from all fields on a global level.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 ›

Paula Risikko, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, has given the innovation award for women to Professor Heli Jantunen for inventing a low-temperature method for producing ceramic components. Professor Jantunen works at the University of Oulu.Read more ›

Päivi Törmä, a professor at Aalto University and the Chair of the Millennium Technology Prize International Selection Committee, highlights the importance of the Prize. Törmä encourages all organizations around the world to nominate candidates for the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize. Watch the video!Read more ›

The Board of Technology Academy Finland TAF invited highly distinguished professionals from Aalto University to represent and promote the Millennium Technology Prize as MTP Fellows.Read more ›

The Global Young Scientists Summit once again unites Millennium Technology Prize and Nobel Prize winners with some of the best young scientists from all over the world in late January. Technology Academy Finland sends five Finnish scientists to this high-level summit taking place in Singapore.Read more ›

Doctor Tuomo Suntola has seen ALD develop from the first product demo in the 70s to crucial smartphone technology now found in everyone’s pockets.Read more ›