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 societal impact of technology at the Millennium Technology Prize Forum.
The Award Ceremony brought together more than 400 guests from academia, business, government, and diplomacy, as well as promising young researchers.
Aalto University’s Dipoli welcomed hundreds of guests 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.
Three young talents were recognized at the Millennium Young Scientist Contest
Bahar Mostafiz (University of Turku), Nidia Obscura Acosta (University of Helsinki), and Aysen Degerli Ahishali (VTT) were recognized at the 2024 Millennium Young Scientist Contest.
The Millennium Young Scientist Contest offers emerging researchers a platform to present their work and make new connections. Participants representing Millennium Technology Prize partners have three minutes to give a pitch on how their research helps to solve a contemporary problem, promoting technological innovations for a better life. The contest is open for participants selected by our partners and stakeholders from the Millennium Technology Prize partner companies, partnering universities, and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.
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.
Watch video greetings from President Alexander Stubb and more
Hear from the President of the Republic of Finland, Alexander Stubb and past Millennium Technology Prize winners as they congratulate Professor Baliga on his groundbreaking achievement and reflect on the transformative power of technology: Watch the video
The President of the Republic of Finland, Alexander Stubb congratulate Professor Baliga on his groundbreaking achievement.
Recordings of the livestream are available here:
Millennium Technology Prize Forum: Utopia or dystopia?
Millennium Technology Prize Forum: Radical technologies
Millennium Technology Prize Forum: Humans in charge
Millennium Technology Prize Award Ceremony 2024
All the text and photos are from the Newsletter from Technology Academy Finland (TAF) and the Millennium Technology Prize.