4.9.2006
SHUJI NAKAMURA TO RECEIVE THE MILLENNIUM TECHNOLOGY PRIZE IN HELSINKI ON 8 SEPTEMBER
The 2006 Millennium Technology Prize will be awarded to Professor Shuji Nakamura on 8 September at a ceremony in Helsinki. The prize of one million euros and "Peak", the prize trophy, will be presented to Professor Nakamura by Tarja Halonen, President of the Republic of Finland.
The Millennium Technology Prize of one million euros being presented to Professor Nakamura for his invention of new sources of light is the world’s largest technology prize. The Award Ceremony celebrating Professor Nakamura and his winning innovation will take place on 8 September in association with an Ecofin meeting being held at the Helsinki Fair Centre.
The Millennium Technology Prize is awarded by Finland’s Millennium Prize Foundation for a technological innovation that significantly improves quality of human life and promotes sustainable development.
Professor Nakamura’s invention of new sources of light fulfils these criteria in a splendid manner. Applications that have already been developed using his innovation indicate that the technology can reduce global energy consumption, bring environmentally-sound and energy-efficient lighting to developing countries, sterilise water in more efficient and cheaper ways, and be used to store data much more efficiently.
