Working Group 9.2 of IFIP-TC9 concerned with Computers and Society has created the IFIP-WG9.2 NAMUR AWARD. This award, biennial, is to be accorded for an outstanding contribution to the awareness of social implications of information and communication technology. The purpose of the award is to draw attention to the need for an holistic approach in the use of information technology in which the social implications have been taken into account. The contribution can be in the form of a publication, design, lecture, project or achievement of any kind within the spirit of the NAMUR AWARD.
Official reports, as well as all the necessary information, including the Nomination Form, may be found here.
Nominations for the 11th IFIP-WG9.2 Namur Award (to be awarded in 2012) must be sent before December 1st, 2010.
The winners:
1991: Prof. Joseph Weizenbaum, MIT, Cambridge, Massachussets (USA)
1993: Dr. Riccardo Petrella, Head of the FAST Programme, European Commission
1996: Dr. Carlos-Alberto Afonso, IBASE, Community of people AlterNex, Brazil
1998: Prof. Gunilla Bradley, Royal Institute of Technology, Kista, Sweden
2000: Prof. Simon Rogerson, CCSR, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
2002: Dr Deborah Hurley, Harvard Information Infrastructure Project, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. USA.
2004: Prof. Ian H. Witten, New Zealand Digital Library Project, University of Waikato, New Zealand
2006: Nigel Williams, Founder of Childnet International and Northern Ireland Commissioner for children and young people, UK
2008: Prof. Daniel Pimienta, Founder of FUNREDES, ICT4D, Santo Domingo
2010 Prof. Jeroen Van den Hoven
We are waiting for your nominations. Many thanks for your cooperation.
Download the nomination form here.
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