Nominees and winners 2008

The 2008 European Inventor Award ceremony took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 6/7 May.  

Industry

• Winners: Norbert Enning, Ulrich Klages, Heinrich Timm, Gundolf Kreis, Alois Feldschmid, Christian Dornberg, Karl Reiter (Germany)
  Aluminium automotive body frame
• Alain Porte, André Robert, Hervé Batard (France)
  Sound insulation for aeroplane engines
• Sven Havelund, John Broberg Halstrom, Ib Jonassen, Asser Sloth Andersen, Jan Markussen (Denmark) Slow-releasing insulin

SMEs/research

• Winners: Douglas Anderson, Robert Henderson, Roger Lucas (UK)
  Scanning laser ophthalmoscope
• Bertrand Séraphin, Guillaume Rigaut (France)
  Method for purifying biomolecule or protein complexes
• Sönke Siegfriedsen (Germany)
  Preventing corrosion in offshore wind energy facilities

Non-European countries

• Winner: Philip S. Green (US)
  Teleoperator System and Method with Telepresence
• Van L. Phillips (US)
  Prosthetic low ankle device
• Stephen R. Quake, Marc A. Unger, Hou-Pu Chu, Todd A. Thorsen, Axel Scherer (all US)
  Microfabricated elastomeric valve and pump systems

Lifetime achievement

• Erik De Clercq (Belgium)
  Contributions to antiviral therapy
• Leonardo Chiariglione (Italy)
  Contributions to digital video technology
• Stefan Hell (Germany)
  STED microscope