Innovation for Humanity Prize The main purpose for the Innovation for Humanity Prize is recognizing the innovating minds that, with their creativity and initiative, have made valuable contributions to humanity. After carefully studying the speakers’ trajectory, this recognition will be given every year to a person who appears among La Ciudad de las Ideas (Ideas City)’s participants. The one deserving this prize will be chosen amongst approximately forty international speakers, who will present those ideas they consider their most valuable according to their own criteria. The jury will be conformed by all participating speakers at La Ciudad de las Ideas, who will have a single vote in favor of a speaker who, with the exposition of his/her ideas, has contributed to knowledge for the innovation of humanity. The winner will receive the quantity of 125 000 USD to the standard of a prize, which will be distributed in the following way: 1. 100 000 USD will be destined to create a scholarship in the name of the winner. Through this scholarship, outstanding students will benefit with tickets without cost to assist La Ciudad de las Ideas (Ideas City) 2009. This event entails the objective of sharing the winning speaker’s ideas, mainly in generations of future scholarship holders, as well as all those people interested in human present and future. 2. The prize beneficiary will assign 12 500 USD in favor of an altruistic cause through which his/her innovating ideas can develop with the purpose of supporting one or several of the following fields: education, energy, technology, the environment, economic development, human rights and communication. 3. 12 500 USD will be for the winner’s personal use. 2008 Prize Following the arduous vote, in November 2008 an unexpected tie occurred, in which the winners were:
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