For the XV Edition, the International Technovisionary® Award recognizes Artificial Intelligence in female excellence.

The 2021 edition of the XV International Technovisionaries Award ceremony will be held on June 10th.

The prestigious Award, promoted by Women&Tech - Women and Technologies Association - this year dedicated to the theme "Artificial Intelligence, female excellences", aims to recognize the figures who are contributing the most to the development of this discipline.

As in past editions, the Award, created by Gianna Martinengo, founder and current President of Women&Tech, will be given to women who, in their professional activities, have demonstrated to possess “vision, prioritizing social impact, transparency in behavior, and ethics”.

Why look at Artificial Intelligence?

Among the many topics that are strongly debated even in times of pandemic - from sustainability to biotech, digital, circular economy - why focus attention on AI and the value that women can bring in this specific area of ​​research and industrial application? Gianna Martinengo responds: "AI represents the scientific study of individual and collective intelligence thanks to the use of computational models that can simulate it, but also the engineering of machines capable of behaviors that anyone qualifies as intelligent. Certainly requires, like few other disciplines, a great scientific and humanistic culture together, as well as a holistic approach: it is useless to repeat that women are naturally gifted in this and, as predictable, their role has always been prominent in the challenges related to AI ".

In the specific case of the International Technovisionary Award, there are particular connections with AI, in terms of vision, social impact, transparency, and ethics that women have been able to express best in recent years, giving life to projects not only based on high technology, but also carrying a strong human and social value. These four elements will be the common thread of the selection that the Jury has made in recent months, taking into account also the indications coming from the open 'call' for submissions.

The online mode of the award ceremony is consistent with the safety that is intended to ensure for people during this time, certain that the valuable contribution of the participation of decision-makers from the business, university, public administration, and personalities from the scientific, cultural, and media world qualifies the event.

All updates on the XV Edition are available on this website and it is also possible to find information on past editions of the Award here.

The award boasts a Jury composed of qualified representatives from the thematic areas of the different competition categories, from the world of culture and communication.