XI Edition Technovisionary Award® 2017
"Not just technologies, but thought"
A Pisa, in occasione del primo Festival Internazionale della Robotica,
Women&Tech-Associazione Donne e Tecnologie riconosce il valore dell’innovazione e della creatività al femminile con il Premio Internazionale Tecnovisionarie
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International Robotics Festival
Pisa, Republican Arsenals
September 13, 2017, 7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Milan, September 5, 2017 - The International Technovisionary Award values female skills and is awarded every year to women who, in their professional activities, have demonstrated to possess vision, prioritizing social impact, transparency in behavior and ethics. They are the "Technovisionaries" in the fields of research, innovation, business, art, and culture. ®
Attributed over the years to 89 Italian and foreign women, the Award is promoted by Women&Tech - Association of Women and Technologies, founded by Gianna Martinengo, to enhance female talent in technology, innovation, and scientific research, to promote projects and actions aimed at combating stereotypes and gender discrimination, and to contribute to guiding young people towards future professions and sustainable entrepreneurial models.
"Creativity and Innovation: not just technologies, but thinking" is the title of the 11th edition of the Award, which, on the evening of September 13th in Pisa at the Arsenali Repubblicani, during the closing ceremony of the first International Robotics Festival , will be awarded to women who possess an innovative, sustainable, and ethical vision of their profession.
"A circle is closing -" precise Franca Melfi, director of the Multidisciplinary Robotic Surgery Center at the University Hospital of Pisa, president of the Jury of the Prize and Technovisionary 2011 in the category BioWomenTech - which actually only expands its scope. From here, in fact, we start again, to tell with even more force the solidarity, commitment, the desire to enhance female talent in all its personal and professional expressions."
During the 11th edition, hosted by RAI journalist and writer Vittoriana Abate and journalist Roberto Messina, the Technovisionaries will be awarded.
- for the category WomenHealth, aimed at researchers and scientists in the field of Life Sciences, Paola Ricciardi Castagnoli, scientific director of the TLS Toscana Life Science Foundation;
- for the category WomenCEO , dedicated to women who have reached the top positions of important companies thanks to their entrepreneurial and managerial skills, Gina Giani , CEO and general manager of Toscana Aeroporti SpA;
- for the category WomenInnovation , aimed at researchers and scientists in the field of biomedical and surgical robotics, Arianna Menciassi , full professor of Industrial Bioengineering and Biomedical Robotics and team leader of the SurgicalRobotics & Allied Technologies area at the BioRobotics Institute of the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa (SSSA);
- for the category WomenSustainability , aimed at women who dedicate their work to the themes of social, cultural, and environmental sustainability, Giovanna Ambrosoli , president of the Dr. Ambrosoli Foundation;
- for the category WomenTerritory , aimed at women who have promoted new managerial models in the research sector aimed at enhancing the territory on which they operate, Annalisa Bonfiglio , full professor of Bioengineering
- Electronics at the University of Cagliari - Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and president of CRS4 - Research Center, Development, Higher Studies in Sardinia;
- for the category Special World Prize , dedicated to women who internationally have contributed to the development of innovative technologies applied to robotics, AmyKerdok , senior Engineering manager for Clinical Development at IntuitiveSurgical;
- for the category Special Mention , dedicated to young women who have excelled in the field of educational robotics, Valeria Cagnina , maker and Roboticsteacher.
The Technovisionaries will receive a canvas from the ancient collection, specially created, and will be awarded by the members of the Prize Jury, qualified representatives of the thematic areas of the different competition categories, the world of culture and communication: Franco Mosca , emeritus professor at the University of Pisa; Paolo Dario , professor and director of the BioRobotics Institute at the Sant'Anna School in Pisa; Franca Melfi , Jury President and director of the Multidisciplinary Robotic Surgery Center at the University Hospital of Pisa; Gianna Martinengo , entrepreneur, founder of Women & Tech - Women and Technologies Association and creator of the Prize; Daniela Aleggiani , communication 3M Italy and general secretary of the 3M Foundation.
Together with them, also Stefania Saccardi, councilor for health rights, welfare, and socio-health integration of the Tuscany Region, and Hubert Stein, global clinical development director at Intuitive Surgical Inc.
Revelations of talent, ingenuity, genius, intelligence, creativity, resourcefulness, flair, imagination, intuition, inspiration, inventiveness.
It is women who invent the future.
Contact:
Women&Tech-Association Women and Technologies
segreteria@donnetecnologie.org - T. 0230516019 - www.womentech.eu
Video presentation of the Technovisionary Award in Pisa: https://youtu.be/JiLyQc0yJbs
