Future of Innovation Identified

Curious who will shape technological innovation in 21st century? Technology Review magazine has developed for the first time a list of the top 100 innovators under the age of 35.



The list, nicknamed the TR100, was compiled by a panel of 24 judges including 3 Nobel laureates, 2 university presidents, and representatives of scientific and research organizations, businesses, venture capitalists, and the media.



Apart from who the TR100 are and their expertise, the project led the panel judges and Technology Review writers to recognize two emerging themes: the increasing scale of technology collaborations and the growing ease with which innovators move between academia and the private sector. Both trends tie in closely with many of the activities or aspirations of state science and technology programs. In many cases for the TR 100, the traditional role of university-industry partnerships have evolved into more fluid and much more dynamic relationships than those of recent history. Creating environments within academic institutions, nonprofit research organizations, and federal laboratories that foster the relationships nurturing the TR100 is proving to be a worthwhile endeavor for all parties.



Short pieces describing each theme as well as profiles of each of the TR100 can be found on the Technology Review website: http://www.techreview.com/tr100/index.html