Technology Review Announces the 2002 World's Top 100 Young Innovators

Gathering From Nine Different Countries, TR100 to Connect With Global Business Leaders on May 23 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for Conference CAMBRIDGE, MA - May 15, 2002 -- Technology Review, MIT's award-winning magazine of innovation, today announced the 2002 TR100, a list of the World's Top 100 Young Innovators in technology and business. The complete TR100 list appears in the June 2002 issue of Technology Review, currently available at www.technologyreview.com and on newsstands May 28, 2002. Hailing from 9 different countries, nominees have been chosen for their contribution in transforming the nature of technology in industries such as biotechnology, computing, energy, medicine, manufacturing, nanotechnology, telecommunications and transportation. This year's TR100 includes innovators from well-known companies and institutions such as Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Lucent Technologies as well as emerging businesses such as Barcelona Design, MicroCHIPS, Scale Eight and SEVEN Networks. "Whether for business growth and opportunity, or strides in the fields of health and medicine, innovation continues to be a key cornerstone in identifying the developments of tomorrow," said Robert Buderi, editor of Technology Review. "As a publication that brings emerging technologies to the forefront of technology discussion, we're pleased to announce this year's TR100. We're confident their work in transforming technology will have great impact on businesses and societies of today and tomorrow." Judges for the TR100 nomination and selection process include: Dr. David Baltimore, President, California Institute of Technology Alfred Berkeley III, Vice Chairman, NASDAQ Richard Demillo, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Hewlett-Packard Dr. Philippe Janson, Vice President, IBM Academy of Technology Dr. Robert M. Metcalfe, Venture Partner, Polaris Venture Partners Dr. Cherry A. Murray, Senior Vice President of Physical Science Research, Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies Nicholas Negroponte, Director, MIT Media Laboratory Dr. Judith Rodin, President, University of Pennsylvania The TR100 will be publicly honored on May 23, 2002 during an all-day conference and symposium at Kresge Auditorium on the MIT campus. The event, themed "The Innovation Economy: How Technology is Transforming Existing Businesses and Creating New Ones", includes a full day of conference sessions and panel discussions between the TR100 and international business leaders from businesses and institutions such as the ACLU, Agilent Technologies, Ballard Power Systems, Harvard Business School, Intel, Kirkland & Ellis, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Microsoft, and RSA Security. A complete agenda can be found at www.technologyreview.com/tr100/agenda.asp. TR100 concludes with an awards ceremony and dinner honoring the World's Top 100 Young Innovators from the all over the United States as well as Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, India, Japan, and Singapore. The awards for the "2002 Innovator of the Year" and "Technology in the Service of Humanity" will be publicly announced for the first time during the awards ceremony. Media interested in attending the symposium should contact Kristen Collins (kristen@kmcpartners.com, 617-795-0800) to register. About Technology Review Technology Review, MIT's Magazine of Innovation, is the world's oldest technology magazine. The magazine, as well as its signature events and Internet businesses, delivers essential information on emerging technologies on the verge of commercialization. Since 1998, Technology Review's paid circulation has more than tripled, from 92,000 to 310,000 (as of January 2002). Several hundred thousand current MIT alumni, faculty and students, senior technology thinkers and influencers -- venture capitalists, chief scientists, researchers, senior corporate executives, investors, and innovators throughout the world -- constitute the Technology Review community.

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