The finalists 2015

The 2015 European Inventor Award ceremony took place in Paris, France on 11 June.  

Industry

• Jean-Christophe Giron (France)
  Electronically tintable glass

• Gunnar Asplund (Sweden)
  High-voltage power grid connection

• Franz Amtmann, Philippe Maugars (Netherlands, Austria, France)
  Near Field Communication (NFC) technology

Research

• Luke Alphey (United Kingdom)
  Genetically-modified mosquitoes to control dengue fever

• Hendrik Marius Jonkers (Netherlands)
  Self-healing concrete containing bacteria

• Ludwik Leibler (France)
  Vitrimers – a new class of polymers

Small and medium-sized enterprises

• Laura van 't Veer, et al. (Netherlands)
  Gene-based breast cancer test

• Michel Lescanne (France)
  Nutritional paste that combats malnutrition

• John Elvesjö and Mårten Skogö (Sweden)
  Eye-tracking device

Non-European countries

• Ian Frazer (Australia), Jian Zhou† (China)
  Vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV)

• Sumio Iijima, Akira Koshio & Masako Yudasaka (Japan)
  Carbon nanotubes

• Elizabeth Holmes (United States)
  Simplified blood-testing system

Lifetime achievement

• Ivars Kalvins (Latvia)
  Mildronate heart medication and others

• Kornelis A. Schouhamer Immink (Netherlands)
  Coding method for CD, DVD and Blu-Ray

• Andreas Manz (Switzerland)
  Microchip-sized analysis system