The World Technology Awards have been presented annually since 2000 to the outstanding innovators from each sector within the science and technology arena for innovative work of the greatest likely long-term significance - both as a way to honor those innovators, and as a vetting mechanism to determine the newest WTN members. Nominations come from both current individual members of the WTN as well as through submissions made by nominees or representatives acting on their behalf. Individual WTN member then vote their preferences from among the nomination pool. The Awards are announced each year in a gala ceremony at the close of the annual World Technology Summit.

The 2010 World Technology Awards process is now open. Nominations are made both by current WTN individual members and by individuals and companies/organizations themselves. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER AS A DELEGATE.

At Time & Life Building in New York City in a gala ceremony on the evening of July 16th, the 2009 World Technology Award Winners were announced by World Technology Network founder, James P. Clark, and Ali Velshi, CNN's Chief Business Correspondent

Finalists are comprised of the top five individuals or corporations who received the most votes by the WTN judges (individual WTN members). In some cases, there are more than five nominees in categories where there were ties in voting.

All Winner and Finalists are automatically inducted into the World Technology Network (WTN) as new individual Fellows or as new Corporate Members. There are twenty possible categories in which individuals can be nominated; ten of which also include the opportunity for corporate nominations.

Member-nominated nominees who did NOT make the short list become WTN Associates and are also, of course, considered part of the WTN community.