The Tech Awards Gala

The Tech Museum, along with its partners and sponsors, celebrated the technological innovations of twenty-five remarkable Laureates from 9 countries: Brazil, Canada, Cuba, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, South Africa, United Kingdom, and the United States. And while the Laureates are headquartered in these countries, the impact from their projects extends to 43 countries around the world.

2005 Awards Gala - November 9, 2005

2005 Laureates	The Tech Award Trophy	Laureate Projects
Emcee Steve Young	Tech Award Leaders	Laureates
San Jose Taiko	Gala Stage	Laureates

Global Humanitarian Award

The Global Humanitarian Award recognizes an individual, corporation, or organization that has been a distinguished leader in promoting solutions for the most serious issues facing humanity and our environment, as outlined by the Millennium Report of the United Nations. The recipient is selected by the Tech Museum.

Kristine Pearson, Executive Director of Freeplay Foundation, the 2005 recipient, was recognized for her inspirational leadership in creating an organization that distributes Lifeline radios to orphans and refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa. These radios connect displaced peoples with vital health, education, political information and bring encouragement to over 2 million listeners.

Category Awards

Each Awards category was sponsored by a leading corporation, which was represented by a high-level executive.

Intel Environment Award Craig R. Barrett CEO, Intel Katherine Kirbo, Todd Barber and Doug Hollingsworth Reefball Foundation	Accenture Economic Development Award David B. Rich Managing Partner, Accenture Frank Daller Malnutrition Matters	Microsoft Education Award Dan'l Lewin Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Firoze Manji and Becky Faith Fahamu - Networks for Social Justice
Agilent Technologies Health Award Ned Barnholt Chairman, President and CEO (ret.), Agilent Technologies Hamish Fraser Partners in Health	Knight Ridder Equality Award Gordon Yamati Vice President Sharon Hom and Shirley Hao Human Rights in China	Global Humanitarian Award Michael Splinter President and CEO, Applied Materials, Inc. Kristine Pearson Freeplay Foundation

This year marked the fifth year of The Tech Awards. The Awards Program has now honored 125 innovators from around the world and has awarded a total of $1,250,000 in cash prizes to encourage continued innovations and to honor the contributions Laureates are making in applying technology to solve global challenges.