"What the papers say.."
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media channels said about our Award winners
icWales-Welsh
women celebrate their ingenuity
BBC News-The
mother of invention
British High Commission,Ottawa
UK Magazine: Morag
Hutcheon has won the British Female Inventor
Ideas21 -
Try
before you Buy' Inventor
Physicsweb -Finalists
Set To Inspire The Nation
Centralinnovation -
Female
Inventor of the Year
Cranfield University -
British
Female Inventors and Innovators Awards 2006
WDA - Welsh
success at British Female Inventor of the Year Awards
BBC News- Woman
invents new aid for police
BBC News- Honour
for canine coat inventor
Start-up News- Invention
awards commend female entrepreneurs
The Times- From
Nasa boxer shorts to inflatable travel cots
The Times -
BFIIN Award Nominees 2006
EngineeringTalk -Development
team produces award-winning shovel.
For more news and interviews please visit GWIIN
Press Room
PRESS RELEASE: 14 NOVEMBER
2007
THE SEARCH BEGINS FOR UK'S BRIGHTEST & CREATIVE
IDEAS IN FEMALE INVENTOR & INNOVATOR AWARDS
Women across the nation have the chance to be recognised
as the British Female Inventor and Innovator of
the Year 2008 with the latest competition by the
Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network
(GWIIN) taking place in the vibrant city of Cardiff,
Wales for the first time.
The awards event organised to celebrate and promote
the creative, inventive and innovative products
and inventions by women, includes categories such
as awards for environmentally friendly products
or services, awards for technology and communication,
another for innovative businesses, awards for Higher
Education & Learning Institutions such as universities
and colleges. The awards is full of various categories
including the main award which goes to the most
inventive and innovative woman- The British Female
Inventor of the Year 2008.
Now about to celebrate its 10th year Anniversary,
this event is the most extensive platform for the
recognition of women's inventive and innovative
ideas developed in scientific laboratory to the
ideas developed at home in the humble kitchen or
garden shed. Founder, Bola Olabisi who has since
launched the competition in Asia, Africa, Latin
America and most recently Europe, says that the
UK event is moving from strength to strength.
'The 2008 event will reflect the diversity of innovations
that we receive in the competition. We welcome ideas
from women of all backgrounds - scientists and engineers
working on patented inventions to women with no
previous research and development experience who
have come up with an excellent gadget. The only
crucial criteria is that they have a valid contribution
to providing a better quality of life for people.'
says Bola.
Previous winners of the awards include Dr Maire
McLoone, inventor of a product that enhances security
mechanisms to protect the public from cyber criminals,
such as hackers and identifies thieves, Morag Hutcheon
with her invention, Pre.vu, a music sampling device
built into a standard CD jewel case, Jayne Lawton
for Grobox, Deborah Leary, the inventor of Forensic
Anti-Contamination Stepping Plates for crime scenes,
Mandy Haberman, the inventor of the Anywayup Cup
to prevent toddlers spilling their drinks and Dr
Diana Hodgins with her nanotechnology innovation,
the small-scale Solid State Gyroscope which detects
angular spin in moving objects.
With the premier support and assistance of Wales
Innovators Network funded by the Welsh Assembly
Government, the theme of this year's two day event
is 'Accelerating Innovation with Knowledge Transfer
and Technology' and will include several high profile
industry speakers from various backgrounds. The
closing date for award nominations is 25 January
2007.
This British Female Inventors & Innovators Network
event is being held in collaboration with the 'Innovation
into Action' event and are both taking place on
the 10-11 March 2008
For further information about the award categories
and entry forms visit www.gwiin.com
2008 AWARD CATEGORIES INCLUDE
Overall Innovator
Exceptionally Creative
Product & Development
Higher Education & Learning
Best Innovative Overseas Trade & Investment
Best Product design and packaging
Best Environmentally Friendly
Best Innovative Business Idea
Innovative Capacity Building Initiatives
Best Information & Technology
Best Electronics & Communications
Best Baglady Innovative on-line service
Peoples Award - Best eco-friendly Fashion
Young Female Inventors & Innovative Award Category
for under 18 year olds
Chairman's Discretionary Award
For further press information, please contact us
on:
+44 (0) 2077494834 or email office@gwiin.com
or visit www.gwiin.com
Notes to editors
Global Women Inventors and Innovators Network
GWIIN was established in 1998 and has created a
global platform highlighting and promoting the achievements
of many inventive and innovative women. Working
with Government departments, leading industry experts,
voluntary organisations, private sector enterprises
and educational institutions, GWIIN continues to
find effective ways of bringing information and
support to assist inventive and innovative women
to achieve significant growth in their businesses
and careers. www.gwiin.com
Wales Innovators Network funded by the Welsh Assembly
Government, the all Wales Innovators Network
was established with funding by the Assembly. The
overall aim is to encourage and support innovation
individuals in Wales and help turn good ideas into
commercial propositions. It has 1200 members, and
registration forms have been sent out to an additional
490 people. Over the past year 450 individuals have
been helped with the development of their ideas.
Four Innovation Technology Counselors work fulltime
for the network and the expertise of a further 16
IT's is available. An Innovation Credit programme
provides financial help for initial development
and prototyping. A research and evaluation programme
into the Network carried out by The Innovation Partnership
revealed it is the only network in the world providing
funding for early development and the support of
dedicated ITCs. They hold four meetings a month
and these are held in the regions with Key note
speakers who address the meetings on a range of
relevant subjects. www.win4wales.com
Innovation Into Action 2008 is a unique event for
professionals looking for new products, new ideas
or new technologies to meet and discuss commercial
opportunities direct with the developer. This exciting
two-day innovation brokerage event combines an innovation
partnering event of pre-arranged one-to-one meetings
to discuss potential deals with a showcase exhibition
and networking lounge. It is the FIRST and ONLY
event to bring these two groups together to discuss
collaborations, explore partnerships and make deals.
www.innovationintoaction.co.uk
PRESS RELEASE APRIL 24TH
2007
THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH SPEED
SECURITY HARDWARE ARCHITECTURES MAKES BELFAST WOMAN
FEMALE INVENTOR OF THE YEAR 2007
Dr Maire McLoone, inventor of a product
that enhances security mechanisms to protect the
public from cyber criminals, such as hackers and
identifies thieves, beat off strong competition
from other contenders to win the top prize in the
British Female Inventors & Innovators Awards 2007
on Tuesday 24 April 2007.In the event at the Café
Royal, London, the inventor triumphed with her innovation
from Institute of electronics, communications and
information technology (ECIT), Queen’s University,
Belfast. The research work into high speed security
architectures was conducted solely by Dr McLoone,
who holds a prestigious UK Royal Academy of Engineering
research fellowship at ECIT. Her product required
thorough background research which demonstrated
the need for real-time data security. Dr McLoone
succeeded in developing high-speed security architectures
providing a potential solution of real-security.
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West Yorkshire, innovator Emily Cummins was named
the Innovator of the Year 2007 for her Solar Evaporation
Refrigerator. The refrigerator provides an opportunity
to improve life for people in the 3rd world as they
will be in a position to store food for much longer
than they can now. 19 year old, Emily Cummins who
is currently a student of Leeds University explained
that developing a product for a real life situation
has provided her with an opportunity that many will
never have and as she had the chance to visit South
Africa she decided to take it and keep trying to
develop her product until she reaches her goal of
commercial production.The event, now in its ninth
successful year, is organised by the Global Women
Inventors & Innovators Network (GWIIN) with support
from Equalitec – an european part-funded project
by the European Social Fund, the Department of Trade
and Industry (DTI), London Metropolitan University,
UK Trade & Investment, National Physics Laboratory,
London Remade and Business Link London and many
more organisations.
See the list of winners below:
The British Female Inventor
2007 - Dr. Maire McLoone - Institute
of electronics, communications and information technology
(ECIT)
Female Innovator of the Year
-Emily Cummins Solar Evaporation
Inventor/Innovation Diamond
Winner - Elaine Stephen Walkodile
Inventor/Innovation Gold
Winner - Rachel Jones Totseat
Inventor/Innovation Silver
Winner - Elizabeth Paul Menitest -
Meningitis Home Testing Kit
Exceptional Creativity Diamond
Winner - Emily Cummins Solar Evaporation
Exceptional Creativity Gold
Winner - Kate Pullinger Digital
Fiction
Exceptional Creativity Silver
Winner - Marriane Forrest Transformations
ITEC Platinum Winner
- Dr. Maire McLoone Institute of electronics,
communications and information technology (ECIT)
ITEC Diamond Winner -
Kathryn Bullock Villas For Travel
ITEC Gold Winner - Christina
Domecq Spinvox Voice
ITEC Silver Winner -
Eleanor Ford LikeCube ltd
Higher Education Diamond Winner
- Dr Liping Zhang Lost Caronate
Sintering Process for Manufacturing Porous Metals
Higher Education Gold Winner
- Kate Pullinger Digital Fiction
Product Development Diamond
Winner - Elaine Stephen Walkodile
Product Development Gold Winner
Cintra - Jaggan-Vince Dressing
Strap
Environment Diamond Winner
- Gayle Blanchflower OutABox®
Environment Gold Winner
-Michelle Brand Flowerfall Design
Environment Silver Winner -
Zawadi Seas The Evolution of Naturual
Talent (TENT)
Capacity Building Diamond
Winner - Susan Williams Vision
On
Capacity Building Gold Winner
- Brigitte Francois SignVideo
Innovative Business Diamond
Winner - Brigitte Francois SignVideo
Innovative Business Gold Winner
- Pauline Ryder Farm Fresh Express
Best Business Idea Diamond
Winner - Christina Domecq Spinvox
Voice
Best Business Idea Gold Winner
-Lucky Dissanayake Dakini Books
Chairman’s Award –
presented to Frank Landamore for Inventique
Editor’s Notes
Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network (GWIIN)
is a global network which aims to increase the number
of innovative women embracing enterprise. The organisation
works with Government departments, leading industry
experts, voluntary organisations, enterprises and
educational institutions in finding effective ways
of bringing the support, assistance, tools, advice
and information that assist women in achieving significant
growth in their businesses.
Bola Olabisi, Chief Executive, is available for
interview on +44 (0) 20 7749 4834 or bola@gwiin.com
or visit www.gwiin.com
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BFIIN AWARDS 2007 :Press Invitation
GWIIN invites you to meet
the incredible women short-listed for Awards from
right across the United Kingdom.
Find out more about their determination to contribute
to sustainable development, a better quality of
life, the manufacturing industry, social and economic
growth.
Short-listed Nominees for the BFIIN Awards 2007
(click here)
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