IO's week: The tenth Gerard & Anton Awards - and more
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Published on July 7, 2024
Bart, co-founder of Media52 and Professor of Journalism oversees IO+, events, and Laio. A journalist at heart, he keeps writing as many stories as possible.
This week, a cyber security story caught Albert Jan’s eye. In the “Cracked by Jordens” series, we look at the cyber security of consumers and businesses in the Netherlands. This time, it’s about online criminals' cracking tools. But while Albert Jan concentrated on brute force and (true story!), we were mainly occupied by our tenth Gerard & Anton Awards ceremony.
First things first, the new winners. In this review by Innovation Origins, you can read the jury reports (including all the arguments that led to their selection) and see the photos from the awards ceremony. But first, the list:
And finally, won the Golden Lightbulb ().
Links to all winners’ websites in this article.
Videos
This video gives you a first impression of the atmosphere during the event.
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The whole celebration was recorded, so if you understand Dutch, this is the Youtube Playlist to go to.
In another video, we explained the way the awards were produced:
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Obviously, each G&A winner also gets the exposure they deserve. On Innovation Origins, you will find a portrait of a winner every day for ten days. So, if you want to know exactly why they were on stage, read those interviews. The first four have already appeared in recent days:
G&A winner VitalFluid protects crops with lightning
G&A winner Sirius Medical aims to help millions of cancer patients with a magnetic seed
G&A winner UPyTher aims to make peritoneal cancer treatable with a chemogel
G&A winner SCIL-Nano: ‘We enable mass production of nanostructures’
Also, read the other stories about the awards:
Ten years of Gerard & Anton Awards: 100 winners who make the world a whole lot nicer
The Brainport ecosystem paved the way for each Gerard & Anton winner
The Gerard & Anton Magazine
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You can read the rest of the articles we wrote last week here. Have a great weekend!