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Dr Ainomaija Haarla

Dr Ainomaija Haarla

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Dr Ainomaija Haarla MBA is the president and CEO of Technology Academy Finland.
 She has 30 years' experience working in the paper and metal
industries both in Finland and abroad. Dr Haarla is the chairman of 
the board of Korona Invest Oy (health care) and a member of the boards 
of Neste Oil Oyj (oil refining and biofuels), Biohit Oyj 
(biotechnology) and Altia Oyj (alcoholic beverages). Her research 
interests include paper manufacturing technology, innovation
 management and competitiveness. Every second year, the Technology Academy awards the Millennium Technology Prize, an international recognition of technological innovation that improves the quality of human life and promotes sustainable development.

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Criticisms and Defences of Science and Technology Prizes

(1) Comments | Posted 22 October 2012 | (17:46)

Technology Academy Finland were delighted this month that the Nobel committee chose to award the Nobel Prize for medicine to Dr Shinya Yamanaka, who earlier this year also won the Millennium Technology Prize - which is run by Technology Academy Finland - for his revolutionary work on stem cells.

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The Challenges of Running an International Science and Technology Prize

(0) Comments | Posted 14 September 2012 | (16:23)

The inaugural nominations for the UK's flagship technology prize, the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPE) closed on Friday. Setting up a new global engineering prize to reward and raise the profile of ground breaking engineers whose innovations are of global benefit to humanity has an additional potential benefit: it...

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