2008 Winners

Bioscience: Sir Martin Evans, Director of the School of Biosciences and Professor of Mammalian Genetics, Cardiff University, for his work on stem-cell research, “knockout” mice, and gene targeting.
Energy and the Environment: Arthur Rosenfeld, Commissioner, California Energy Commission, for his work as an energy efficiency pioneer.
Social and Economic: Bill Gates and Melinda Gates, Co-chairs and Trustees, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, for their development of a philanthropic support platform, including support for immunisation and literacy projects.
Computing and Telecommunications: Matti Makonen, Telecommunications Consultant, former Executive Vice-president, Sonera, for his work on Short Message Service (SMS) text messaging.
Consumer Products and Services: Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, Co-founders, YouTube, for their work developing Multi-media content sharing.
Business Process: Jimmy Wales, Founder, Wikipedia for public collaboration as a form of product and content development.
“No Boundaries”: Sumio Iijima, Professor, Meijo University, Senior Research Fellow, NEC, for his development of carbon nanotube.
Corporate use of innovation: Nokia, in recognition of its innovative culture and rapid response to new consumer trends.
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