The finalists 2017

The 2017 European Inventor Award ceremony took place in Venice, Italy on 15 June.  

Industry

• Lars Liljeryd (Sweden)
  Digital audio compression

• Giuseppe Remuzzi, Ariela Benigni, Carlamaria Zoja (Italy)
  Treatments for chronic kidney disease

• Jan van den Boogaart and Oliver Hayden (Netherlands, Austria)
  Rapid blood test for malaria

Research

• Hans Clevers (Netherlands)
  Lab-grown human organs (organoids)

• Laurent Lestarquit, José Ángel
  Ávila Rodríguez  and team (France, Spain)
  Radio signals for better satellite navigation

• Sylviane Muller (France)
  Treating lupus by targeting T-cells

Non-EPO countries

• James G. Fujimoto, Eric A. Swanson and Robert Huber (USA, Germany)
  High resolution medical imaging (OCT)

• Waleed Hassanein (USA)
  Sustaining transplant organs

• Adnane Remmal (Morocco)
  Boosting antibiotics with essential oils

Small and medium-sized enterprises

• Gert-Jan Gruter (Netherlands)
  Plant-based plastic bottles

• Günter Hufschmid (Germany)
  Super-sponge for oil spills

• Steve Lindsey (United Kingdom)
  Energy-saving rotary air compressor

Lifetime achievement

• Elmar Mock (Switzerland)
  Swatch, ultrasound welding and more

• Rino Rappuoli (Italy)
  Novel vaccines by gene analysis

• Axel Ullrich (Germany)
  Stopping cancer at the root