The Pirelli Internetional Award was an international

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competition for the communication of science & technology conducted entirely on the

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, which was awarded from 1997 to 2007. Awards were granted to the best multimedia presentations focussing on themes involving the diffusion of science and technology. The multimedia presentations must deal with either

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, or the enabling

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that empower

itself. According to

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, President of the Pirelli Group, the award was established in the belief that the diffusion of social, economic and technological advances are as important as their discovery.

Judging

An international jury of notable people including

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laureates reviewed the top entries. With an overall budget prize of 105,000 euro (about

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130,000), awards were granted in the following major categories:

, and

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Award categories

Physics: This category rewarded the best multimedia works coming from the field of physics and amounted to an award of 15,000 euro. Chemistry: This category rewarded the best multimedia works coming from the field of chemistry and amounted to an award of 15,000 euro. Mathematics: This category rewarded the best multimedia work coming from the field of mathematics and amounted to an award of 15,000 euro. Life Sciences:This category rewarded the best multimedia work coming from the field of life sciences and amounted to an award of 15,000 euro. Information and Communications Technology: This special category prize rewarded those multimedia works which represented a relevant contribution to Information and Communications Technology by means of a product, process, or service, and was deemed to be of particular significance to the jury in that the Pirelli Internetional Award was predicated in large degree to contributions such as these. The Information and Communications Technology prize amounted to 15,000 euro. Top Pirelli Prize: The Top Pirelli Prize was awarded by the international jury to a multimedia work which best embodied the philosophy of the Pirelli International Award. It amounted to an additional 10,000 euro on top of the monetary award granted in any of the five regular categories. The Top Pirelli Prize was first awarded in 2001 (five years after the inception of the Pirelli Award) to

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for his work on the

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, a biologically inspired insect-like aerial robot.

Future

In a July 2, 2008 communique, author and manager of the Pirelli Internetional Award, Massimo Armeni, announced that Pirelli would no longer be conducting the award on an annual basis, however no indication was given as to when the next competition for the award would be announced.

References

External links

Official Pirelli Award web site
Describes the purpose, categories, history, and rules for winning the Pirelli Award. (Retrieved 25 June 2014)
The Video Of Pirelli Award on YouTube
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Judging

Award categories

Future

See also

References

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