AeroFarms' Chief Science Officer recognized

Dr. Edward Harwood is a finalist for the prestigious World Technology Award for the Environment.


Press Release

Published January 21, 2016

NEW YORK, NY – The World Technology Network (“The WTN,” www.wtn.net) announced today that Dr. Edward Harwood, AeroFarms Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer has been named a finalist for a prestigious World Technology Award for  the Environment, presented by the WTN in association with TIME, Fortune, CNN, Science/AAAS, and Technology Review, according to a press release. Dr. Harwood joins a roster of organizations and individuals from over 60 countries around the world deemed to be doing the most innovative and impactful work.

The World Technology Awards have been presented by the WTN since 2000, as a way to honor those in 20 different categories of science and technology and related fields doing “the innovative work of the greatest likely long-term significance.”

The Advisors for the WTN Awards are:
  • Ray Kurzweil, inventor/futurist/author
  • Albert Teich, Director, Science and Policy Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science/AAAS (retired, 2011)
  • Jason Pontin, Editor/Publisher, Technology Review
  • Lev Grossman, Senior Writer and book critic, TIME; co-author TIME.com blog “Techland”
  • Oliver Morton (pending), Energy & Environment Editor, The Economist; former Chief News and Features Editor, Nature; Former editor, WIRED (UK edition).
The WTN is a curated membership community comprised of the world’s most innovative individuals and organizations in science, technology, and related fields.  The WTN and its members – those creating the 21st century — are focused on exploring what is imminent, possible, and important in and around emerging technologies, according to the release. 
 
“This year we are more eager than ever to pay tribute to the talent and innovation of our individual and corporate honorees.” says James P. Clark, Founder and Chairman of the World Technology Network. “Through the peer-nomination and peer-review process, we uncover the best of the best of the best in science and technology. We discover whose work is going to have the greatest likely impact over time. The World Technology Awards give a snapshot of the amazing science and technology revolutions in process.”  
 
“The World Technology Awards program is not only a very inspiring way to identify and honor the most innovative people and organizations in the technology world, but it also is a truly disciplined way for the WTN membership to identify those who will formally join them, as individual WTN Fellows or Corporate Members, as part of our global community. By working to make useful connections among our members, we look forward to assisting [Dr. Harwood] in continuing to help create our collective future and change our world," Clark adds. 
 
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