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2014

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13San Jose McEnery Convention Center Grand Ballroom

GALA EVENING PROGRAM

Applied Materialspresents

TECHNOLOGY BENEFITING HUMANITY

A Signature Program of The Tech Museum of Innovation

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© Photo by Erin Lubin

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Table of Contents

Tonight’s Program ......................................................................................................................................... 4

Menu ................................................................................................................................................................ 6

About The Tech Awards .............................................................................................................................. 7

About The Tech Museum of Innovation ................................................................................................. 8

Presenting Sponsor Applied Materials .................................................................................................... 9

James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award ......................................................................................10

Laureate Impact Award ...............................................................................................................................11

Intel Environment Award ............................................................................................................................12

Microsoft Education Award ........................................................................................................................14

Katherine M. Swanson Young Innovator Award ...................................................................................16

Nokia Health Award .....................................................................................................................................18

Flextronics Economic Development Award ...........................................................................................20

Laureate Selection .......................................................................................................................................22

The Tech Awards Convergence .................................................................................................................24

Photography ..................................................................................................................................................26

Filmmakers .....................................................................................................................................................28

Special Thanks ...............................................................................................................................................28

The Tech Awards Sponsors and Partners ..............................................................................................30

Gift Book .........................................................................................................................................................32

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Film Overture A cinematic preview of tonight’s event

WelcomeSimran Sethi, Gala host

The Tech Awards 2014 laureates

Photography and MusicKaren Mullarkey, Photography Director

Photography courtesy of Karine Aigner, Greg Beals, Renée C. Byer, Robbie George, Frans Lanting, Claudio Majorana, Peter Menzel, Sherb Naulty, Roger Ressmeyer, John Stanmeyer, George Steinmetz, Babak Tafreshi, Raul Touzon, VII Photo Agency, NASA/NOAA, NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team, National Geographic Creative, and Panoramic Images.

Resounding Achord Kristina Nakagawa, Artistic Director

Silicon Valley community chorus whose members work at various schools, The Tech Museum of Innovation, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Space Systems Loral, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Boehringer Ingelheim, FileMaker, Quark Games, Proofpoint, Communications & Power Industries, Apple, SocialEars

Light of a Clear Blue Morning by Dolly Parton, arranged by Craig Hella Johnson, Ruth Palm, soloist

James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian AwardMike Splinter, Applied Materials

Ted Turner, Global Humanitarian

“Serving with Ted Turner on the Board of the United Nations Foundation, we have seen firsthand his tireless commitment to addressing humanity’s greatest challenges. He has set a powerful example of how we can be effective agents of global change.”

—Queen Rania Al Abdullah, N. R. Narayana Murthy and Muhammad Yunus, past recipients

Laureate Impact Award 2014Frank Quattrone, Board of Directors, The Tech

Salman Khan, Khan Academy

Overview and Acknowledgments

Social Innovation Workshops Radha Basu, Santa Clara University

The Tech and the Frugal Innovation Lab, Santa Clara University. Sponsored by NASDAQ OMX and Accenture. Photography by Santa Clara University students Ashley Cabrera, Grace Ogihara, and Malu Veltze.

Tim Ritchie The Tech Museum of Innovation

Resounding Achord Kristina Nakagawa, Artistic Director

Peace Train by Cat Stevens, arranged by Galt Johnson. Jason Brittsan, Genevieve Tep, Jerry-Michael Hernandez and Christina O’Guinn, vocal soloists. Galt Johnson, piano

AWARDS CEREMONY

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PledgingD. J. Patil, RelateIQ

During this brief presentation, you can help The Tech by texting a pledge:

1. Text to: 565122. Enter: Tech (space)

Pledge amount (space) Your first name

3. Send

You may pay your pledge tonight at the reception after the awards ceremony or by phone when we call. Thank you!

Intel Environment Award Richard Taylor, Intel

Inventive Power, Nydia Godoy and Angel Mejia

Source International, Flaviano Bianchini

Microsoft Education Award Dan’l Lewin, Microsoft

Gooru, Prasad Ram and Amara Humphrey

Worldreader, Brian Gougherty and Danielle Zacarias

Katherine M. Swanson Young Innovator AwardErica Swanson, Swanson Foundation

Nanoly, Balaji Sridhar and Nanxi Liu

PAK-Energy Solution, Ali Raza Randhawa

Nokia Health AwardHenry Tirri, Nokia

Gradian Health Systems, Stephen Rudy, Erica Frenkel and Paul Fenton

Operation ASHA, Sandeep Ahuja

Flextronics Economic Development AwardErik Volkerink, Flextronics

myAgro, Aisha Kigongo

Sanergy, Nathan Cooke

FinaleAwarding five additional cash prizes of $50,000

Intel Environment Award

Microsoft Education Award

Katherine M. Swanson Young Innovator Award

Nokia Health Award

Flextronics Economic Development Award

Post-ceremony reception Grand Ballroom Foyer

Meet the laureates and photojournalist Doug Menuez. Be sure to get your copy of Fearless Genius: The Digital Revolution in Silicon Valley 1985–2000 by Doug Menuez (Atria Books, 2014), a gift made possible by Micron Technology, Inc.

All net proceeds from The Tech Awards Gala benefit education programs at The Tech.

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Hors d’oeuvresEggplant crostini with oven-roasted cherry tomatoes, cheese, and herb splash

Petite lobster club in brioche with arugula, caviar essence, and chervil

Dungeness crab cake with fine peppers, corn, cilantro, and sweet-and-sour sauce

Spicy beef in pastry with ratatouille and crumbled feta

Bay shrimp tartlets with fennel and artichoke slaw

DinnerSmall Plate

Goat cheese ravioli and heirloom beet salad with gourmet lettuces and grain-mustard vinaigrette

Main CourseDuet of seared filet of grass-fed beef with Cabernet reduction and wild sea bass with citrus butter, risotto with Chanterelle mushrooms, and braised Asian greens

Vegan OptionMushroom vegetable strudel with quinoa pilaf and smoked tomato sauce

DessertChocolate hazelnut torte layered with raspberries and ganache,

whipped mascarpone essence, and mint

Wines

Iron Horse 2012 Native Yeast Chardonnay, Green Valley of Russian River Valley, Sonoma County

J. Lohr 2011 Hilltop Cabernet Sauvignon, Paso Robles

Provided byJ. Lohr Vineyards and Wines, Iron Horse Vineyards

Curated bySignatureWines.com

Gilbert Hitzler, Executive Chef

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ABOUT THE TECH AWARDS

The Tech Awards, presented by Applied Materials, is a signature program of The Tech Museum of Innovation. The program honors individuals, non-profit organizations, and for-profit companies who are using technology to confront humanity’s most urgent challenges in five award categories. The technology can be a new invention or an innovative use of an existing technology.

Independent judging panels select ten laureates from among hundreds of applicants worldwide in the categories of Environment, Education, Young Innovator, Health, and Economic Development. Since the inception of The Tech Awards program in 2001, we have honored 277 laureates and 11 Global Humanitarians. This year, the James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award will be presented to Ted Turner.

Each November, The Tech brings the new laureates to Silicon Valley, where they are given access to resources and mentoring to aid them in scaling their organizations’ impact. During The Tech Awards Convergence, the laureates experience five days of intensive activities designed to connect them to Silicon Valley networking, funding, and media opportunities. The honorees become part of our global community, meeting past laureates who share their experience and wisdom.

The week culminates in The Tech Awards Gala, where 1,400 attendees and online viewers celebrate the laureates. Unrestricted cash awards of $25,000 and $75,000 are presented in each category; $4.35 million has been awarded since 2001.

Applications for 2015

Know of a worthy project? Applications for The Tech Awards 2015 must be submitted by Tuesday, April 28. For more information or to apply, visit thetechawards.thetech.org

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ABOUT THE TECH MUSEUM OF INNOVATION

The Tech Awards program occupies a special place in helping The Tech Museum of Innovation fulfill its mission to inspire the innovator in everyone and breathe life into its vision, which is that we will become a resource for innovation locally, nationally and globally.

The Tech Awards plays the critical role of reminding us why technology is important. It unites us with people around the globe who are trying to use technology to overcome enormous challenges. It shines a light on the fragility of our planet. It shows the power of people to create a better future. It gives us hope.

The Tech is committed to becoming a meaningful part of Silicon Valley’s innovation ecosystem. Exhibit areas that pose open-ended design challenges help visitors experience the process of innovation and explore their own ability to innovate. Other areas focus on the impact of innovation, inspiring visitors with the power of technology to help us solve our biggest problems.

We invite you to engage with The Tech and discover how it can become your resource for innovation. Use our innovation spaces to work on the problems that matter to you. Discover your own power to innovate. Be inspired by the example of others who use technology to improve the world. If you do, you will likely leave a good deal more hopeful about the human capacity — about your own capacity — to build a better future.

Net proceeds from The Tech Awards Gala benefit education programs at The Tech.

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PRESENTING SPONSOR

“The laureates’ innovative use of technology combined with unrelenting passion and determination create solutions for a better world.”

Mike Splinter, Executive Chairman Applied Materials

Applied Materials is the proud presenting and founding sponsor of The Tech Awards. Since the program’s inception, Applied has joined with The Tech Museum of Innovation each year to celebrate the amazing work of the laureates and raise visibility of their solutions to some of the world’s most critical problems.

Applied Materials is the global leader in precision materials engineering solutions for the semiconductor, flat-panel display and solar photovoltaic industries. Their technologies help make innovations like smartphones, flat-screen TVs and solar panels more affordable and accessible to consumers and businesses around the globe.

With more than 45 years of facilitating positive change through technological innovation, Applied Materials has improved the way people live, work and learn. Our guiding principles of operating sustainably, adhering to the highest ethical standards, and making a positive social contribution in the community are aligned with the values of The Tech laureates who are using technology to create a brighter, cleaner future.

Applied Materials also proudly sponsors the annual James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award, whose recipients include James C. Morgan, Kristine Pearson, Bill Gates, Gordon Moore, Muhammad Yunus, Al Gore, Queen Rania Al Abdullah, Jeff Skoll, N. R. Narayana Murthy, Dean Kamen, and this year’s honoree Ted Turner.

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The James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award honors individuals whose broad vision and leadership are helping to confront humanity’s greatest challenges. The award was inspired by Applied Materials Chairman Emeritus Jim Morgan. In his work and philanthropy, Morgan demonstrates that technology unleashes the potential in all of us and turns our ideas into solutions for a better world. This award underscores the value held by Jim Morgan and Applied Materials that corporations can and should play a vital role in helping identify and extend the benefits of technology to those who need them most.

This evening we honor Ted Turner, the 11th recipient of the James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award.

Turner is best known for doing what had previously been considered impossible – creating CNN, the first all-news television network, and pioneering the live broadcast of breaking news from around the globe. His leadership in the world of philanthropy has been just as path-breaking. The Turner Foundation, established in 1990, has contributed almost $370 million and supported more than 3,000 groups in an effort to improve air and water quality, develop a sustainable energy future for our planet, safeguard environmental health, maintain wildlife habitat protection, and develop practices and policies to curb the population growth rate.

In 1997, his pledge of $1 billion to the United Nations resulted in the creation of the United Nations Foundation, which supports people, ideas and resources globally to further the U.N.’s work. UNF advocates policy changes, mobilizes resources, and builds partnerships alongside businesses and non-governmental organizations to tackle climate change, global health, poverty eradication, and energy access.

Global Humanitarians

2014: Ted Turner

2013: Dean Kamen

2012: N. R. Narayana Murthy

2011: Jeff Skoll

2010: Queen Rania Al Abdullah

2009: Al Gore

2008: Muhammad Yunus

2007: Gordon Moore

2006: Bill Gates

2005: Kristine Pearson

2004: James C. Morgan

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2006: Bill Gates

2005: Kristine Pearson

2004: James C. Morgan

THE TECH AWARDS 2014 LAUREATE IMPACT AWARD

The Tech Museum of Innovation is proud to present the inaugural Laureate Impact Award to Sal Khan and Khan Academy.

Ten years ago, Sal Khan began remotely tutoring his young cousin, Nadia, who was struggling with math. Since Nadia was in New Orleans and Sal was in Boston, he started tutoring her via telephone and Yahoo Doodle.

As Nadia improved in math class, Sal began tutoring her brothers Arman and Ali. Scheduling became a real issue, so Sal started recording videos and posting them on YouTube so everyone could watch on their own schedules. Soon, other people beyond Sal’s family began to watch. As they say, the rest is history.

The Tech Awards honored Sal Khan with the 2009 Microsoft Education Award. It was Khan Academy’s first international recognition. Now, five years later, Khan Academy has delivered more than 400 million lessons, and learners have completed more than 2 billion exercise problems. That’s around 4 million per day. In addition they have 350,000 registered teachers around the world who use Khan Academy in their classrooms.

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Presenter: Richard Taylor, Senior Vice President and Director of Human Resources

Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products, and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. We are committed to environmental leadership in our own operations, in our products, and across our supply chain.

Using technology to better the planet.

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THE TECH AWARDS 2014 INTEL ENVIRONMENT AWARD

Inventive Powerwatch the film

Problem: Many industries need thermal energy provided by hot water or steam for their processes. Natural gas is the most common fuel source for generating industrial thermal energy, but many Latin American countries don’t have widespread natural gas distribution systems. Both natural gas and a common alternative, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), are fossil fuels whose combustion generates CO2, contributing to global climate change.

Solution: Inventive Power stripped down the parabolic trough solar thermal energy collector design used to generate high-temperature steam for electrical power production. Their streamlined system is smaller and lighter, but generates water and steam temperatures of 180-400oF, which is more than adequate for most industrial thermal processes. The system can fit on the roof of most industrial facilities and reduces fossil fuel consumption by up to 80%.

Impact: Inventive Power systems have been installed at numerous sites throughout Mexico. For the average customer, an installed system will reduce LPG consumption by more than 50,000 tons over the next five years — saving millions of dollars — and reduce CO2 emissions by over 130,000 tons over the same time period.

Source Internationalwatch the film

Problem: Extractive industries such as mining and drilling have greatly increased activities in low-income countries in recent decades. Communities and indigenous peoples living near these sites often suffer severely from pollution, but they may have limited tools to demonstrate that contaminants such as heavy metals are present in their water, air, and soil and are responsible for their health problems. Without such evidence, they have little or no ability to hold polluters accountable and seek solutions or compensation.

Solution: Source International offers poor communities a suite of scientifically-validated testing technologies to examine their water, air, and soil for a variety of chemical contaminants. It provides training in sampling and data analysis that helps citizens seek justice from polluters.

Impact: To date, Source International has worked with 15 communities in Mexico and Latin America. Successes have included changes to mining laws in Honduras, implementation of cleanup plans in the Peruvian Amazon, and millions of dollars in compensation, water treatment systems, and health insurance for community members in Carrizalillo, Mexico.

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Presenter: Dan’l Lewin, Corporate Vice President, Technology and Civic Engagement

Microsoft is honored to sponsor the Education category of The Tech Awards. Education is the foundation for sustainable social and economic growth and individual success. We believe it is the most important investment we can make in the future of individuals, communities, the nation, and the world.

When young people are granted access to the right tools, resources, and support, they can accomplish amazing things. Microsoft helps individuals, communities, and nations access those resources, allowing them to develop the technological skills they need to realize their full potential in all aspects of life. We are hard at work making software and hardware more accessible and easier to use, promoting digital literacy, and accelerating global economic opportunity through technology.

We are proud to partner with The Tech Museum of Innovation, as we have for more than a decade, to honor these laureates and their innovative work in overcoming barriers to education.

De Marillac Academy in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district provides a full spectrum of support for its students and their parents.

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MICROSOFT EDUCATION AWARD

Gooruwatch the film

Problem: There is no single pedagogical approach or tool that can cater to all learners across all subjects, but K-12 teachers often have little flexibility in addressing each student’s needs and are forced to adjust their instruction to the “average” student in their classroom. Technology makes it possible for teachers to personalize learning tools, but finding the right tools from the vast number of online resources can be intimidating or overwhelming.

Solution: Gooru provides a free learning facilitator for teachers to easily customize instructional content using digital collections from a catalog of educator-vetted, standards-aligned content. Students are more engaged by personalized learning experiences, and teachers are able to track their progress through data analytics.

Impact: Gooru has been adopted by educators in all 50 states in the U.S. and over 140 countries. Half a million users worldwide have created more than 70,000 K-12 collections, and use continues to grow. Three major school districts in California are now partnering with Gooru to adopt the platform district-wide.

Worldreaderwatch the film

Problem: 775 million people in the world are illiterate, and as the population grows, the problem is worsening. In sub-Saharan Africa alone, more than 200 million children live in locations where printed books are non-existent or prohibitively expensive, and 50% of schools have few or no books at all.

Solution: Worldreader uses inexpensive e-readers with extended battery life to provide books to children and young people. The program provides extensive training and capacity-building for teachers, facilitators, and librarians, and features fun activity plans that are designed to nurture a love for reading. Worldreader rigorously monitors and evaluates the project for literacy outcomes.

Impact: Worldreader has documented significant improvements in literacy in schools using the e-readers, particularly with girls. To date the project has reached more than 200,000 people in 27 countries (principally Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and India), providing them with more than 5,000 book titles in 23 languages, including Swahili, Twi, and Igbo.

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Presenter: Erica Swanson, Director, The Swanson Foundation

The Young Innovator Award honors Katherine M. Swanson, a shining star whose life was tragically cut short at the age of 22. Katie’s father, Robert A. Swanson, believed it was everyone’s responsibility to contribute to making people’s lives better. Bob laid the cornerstone of The Swanson Foundation, and now Judy and Erica Swanson continue to build on his philosophy. Bob was only 28 when he co-founded Genentech in 1976 and, together with his partner Herb Boyer, transformed the biotech revolution into an industry. He was an active supporter of The Tech.

Katie Swanson was passionate in life, took ideas to a new level, brought new experiences, and made sure everyone had a chance to play in the game. She was loving, generous, and inclusive. She believed in equality and that anyone, at any age, could have an “A-ha!” moment that becomes a game changer in the lives of others. It is the hope of The Swanson Foundation to empower a new generation of innovators to create a world in which people plus technology truly make a difference. TOHL, Katherine M. Swanson Young Innovator Award 2013

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KATHERINE M. SWANSON YOUNG INNOVATOR AWARD

Nanolywatch the film

Problem: Last year, nearly 20 million children did not receive immunizations, and close to 2 million people died from diseases that are preventable by vaccine. One factor is the need to refrigerate most vaccines, which is not only expensive but difficult to maintain in remote rural areas. This “cold chain” accounts for 23% of the total vaccine cost in the developing world and 14% in the developed world.

Solution: Nanoly — a team of materials scientists at the University of Colorado — is developing a photodegradable polyethylene glycol (PEG) hydrogel biomaterial that encapsulates and protects thermally-sensitive biologics during storage. To release the encapsulated payload for vaccine delivery, controlled exposure to light disassembles the hydrogel.

Impact: Nanoly’s primary customers will include pharmaceutical companies and non-profit vaccine distributors such as UNICEF. The hydrogel product is expected to go on the market in 2017.

PAK-Energy Solutionwatch the film

Problem: More than 16 million rural families in Pakistan do not have access to clean-burning fuels for cooking and heating, which results in environmental degradation, increased poverty, and health problems for women and infants.

Solution: PAK-Energy, headed by Ali Raza in Lahore, Pakistan, has developed a small, sustainable domestic biogas unit that can be installed in one day at a cost of $350. This solution is cheaper and easier to install than other biogas solutions in the region. PAK-Energy’s insulated fiberglass construction results in a unit with longer life and consistently superior performance, particularly in winter when production from conventional units drops dramatically.

Impact: PAK-Energy has installed seven pilot projects in Lahore and plans to scale to more than 25,000 units in five years. Each unit generates sufficient biogas to satisfy a family’s cooking and heating needs while reducing or eliminating fuel purchases (thus saving money), reducing waste production, and producing non-toxic organic residues that can be sold as fertilizer.

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Presenter: Henry Tirri, Executive Vice President

Nokia is honored to be associated with The Tech Awards again this year. The Tech Awards, particularly the Nokia Health Award and its laureates, represent the values Nokia employs across its business activities. As a global organization with sales in more than 160 countries and territories, Nokia has the potential to bring enormous social and economic benefits to its customers, boosting societal development and improving quality of life.

The exceptional solutions submitted by the laureates this year will improve the human condition in marked ways. Knowing we are supporting such worthy endeavors is a validation of our activities across the globe as we work to extend access to mobile communications.

As a business that affects the lives of billions around the world, Nokia is in a key position to offer solutions to a wide array of communications challenges faced in emerging economies and to do so in ways that reflect our values and our responsibilities.

Operating in more than 160 countries and territories, Nokia strives to connect ideas, cultures, and people.

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NOKIA HEALTH AWARD

Gradian Health Systemswatch the film

Problem: More than 2 billion people in low- to middle-income countries have limited access to safe surgical services. Unreliable electrical power, poor equipment maintenance, and a lack of compressed oxygen can render the safe delivery of anesthesia impossible using equipment designed for wealthier countries.

Solution: The Universal Anesthesia Machine (UAM) is a robust delivery system able to operate when necessary without compressed oxygen or continuous grid power. The UAM is easier to use and much less expensive than conventional anesthesia delivery systems, and it has been rigorously validated in healthcare settings from the United Kingdom to Sierra Leone.

Impact: More than 80 UAMs are currently used in hospitals and clinics in 18 countries, with 400 clinicians and technicians trained in their use. At least 50,000 patients to date have undergone surgical procedures supported by a UAM, most of whom would not have been able to undergo such procedures in its absence or would have been subjected to less effective or riskier alternatives.

Operation ASHA watch the film

Problem: Tuberculosis is a global health problem affecting the poorest people of the world. TB is difficult to treat effectively in this population, given limited access to healthcare and the long course of antibiotics necessary to cure the infection. Inadequate treatment exacerbates the problem of drug-resistant TB, creating a vicious cycle that leads to mutant strains that are even more difficult to eliminate — and more lethal.

Solution: Operation ASHA created the eCompliance project to combine biometric technology, deployed by community health workers, and ensure continuous and effective delivery of antibiotics to TB patients in India. Fingerprint log-ins allow healthcare workers to accurately identify every patient and record their ongoing compliance with treatment. The system also notifies healthcare workers on a daily basis of patients who did not receive medications, allowing active outreach. These features allow program managers to monitor remote teams to ensure data integrity and programmatic fidelity.

Impact: Operation ASHA has facilitated treatment of more than 30,000 TB patients to date, with over 5,000 patients currently under care through 159 clinics in India. Treatment failures are greatly reduced, improving patient outcomes and saving lives, not to mention millions of dollars each year in healthcare expenses.

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Presenter: Erik Volkerink, Chief Technology Officer

At Flextronics, we enable and scale innovation! We have over 200,000 of the world’s brightest minds in more than 30 countries, spanning four continents, working to solve our customers’ most challenging problems.

By providing end-to-end design supply chain, manufacturing, logistics and services solutions, we are able to make our customers more competitive in the marketplace. We can do that because we provide cost-effective solutions specifically designed to increase speed to market.

We enable success by leveraging several key proprietary systems that ensure quality and maximize decades of supply chain management expertise through innovation and continuous improvement. Most importantly, we do all of these things in a way that is socially and environmentally responsible. Flextronics is proud to be the presenting sponsor for The Tech Awards’ Economic Development Award, and honor those represented here tonight for their courage and commitment to making a difference.

Flextronics Customer Innovation Center in Silicon Valley: Fueling innovation every step of the way.

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FLEXTRONICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AWARD

myAgrowatch the film

Problem: Rural subsistence farmers make up approximately 75% of the population of West Africa, where banks and microfinance institutions focus on urban clients and have strict lending requirements. With only 7% of the population having access to a regular bank account, it is very difficult for most farmers to save money for fertilizer and seed in preparation for the planting season.

Solution: The myAgro technology platform enables farmers to enroll at harvest time, plan how many hectares they want to plant the following season, and open a mobile layaway account to save money to buy enough fertilizer and seed to meet those goals. Because myAgro buys high-quality seed and fertilizer in bulk, farmers save money. They also get access to expert advisors.

Impact: myAgro currently has 5,100 farmers enrolled in Mali and Senegal. Using their unique client ID, farmers in remote villages can add money to their account at any time simply by sending an SMS message from a mobile phone. Clients experience 80% higher productivity and thus make more income than farms of comparable sizes, a dramatic benefit for subsistence farmers.

Sanergywatch the film

Problem: In Kenya, 8 million residents living in slums lack access to adequate sanitation. Poor sanitation results in pathogen-rich human waste contaminating water and food supplies. The resulting diarrheal diseases alone kill nearly 1.6 million children each year worldwide.

Solution: Sanergy builds and franchises a network of small-scale, high-quality sanitation centers featuring its innovative “Fresh Life Toilets.” These centers are run by local entrepreneurs and receive ongoing operational support. Waste from the toilets is sealed into cartridges and delivered to processing centers that convert the material into valuable products such as biogas (sold as cooking fuel) and organic fertilizer for farmers.

Impact: Since its launch in 2011, Sanergy has opened 387 franchises in the Mukuru slum in Nairobi, providing more than 15,000 residents with access to sanitary toilets and economically supporting 190 Fresh Life operators, most of whom are women. Sanergy has also hired a team of 156 staff members, 93% of whom are Kenyan, who earn over $1,700 annually plus benefits that include private medical insurance, pension, and skills development.

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LAUREATE SELECTION

Judging coordination

Leslie Zane, Director, The Tech Awards

Barbara Carman, Encore Fellow, The Tech Awards

Craig Stephens, Professor, Biology and Public Health, Santa Clara University

Judges and Evaluators

Flextronics Economic Development Award

Robert Eberhart, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Santa Clara University

Jitendra Kavathekar, Managing Director, Accenture Open Innovation at Accenture Technology Labs

Kay Kleinerman Ed.D., Managing Director, Music in the Schools

Michael MacHarg, Senior Business Advisor, Mercy Corps; 2012 laureate

Jenn Viane Riese, Founder, Modern Humanity Consulting

Intel Environment Award

Leslie Gray, Ph.D., Executive Director, Energy and Environment Affiliates Program, Stanford University

Victoria Kamsler, Ph.D., Director, Katerva Awards

Bill Mains, Director, Sustainability and Leadership Development, Santa Clara University

Elizabeth Hausler Strand, Ph.D., Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Build Change; 2009 laureate

Sean White, Ph.D., Technologist in Residence, Greylock Partners; 2009 laureate

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Microsoft Education Award

Lynda Cannon Greene, Consultant, Education and Philanthropy; The Tech Awards co-founder

Kay Kleinerman, Managing Director, Music in the Schools

Piya Sorcar, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer and Founder, TeachAIDS; 2012 laureate

Frank Worrell, Ph.D., Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley

Nokia Health Award

Marie Barry, Consultant, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries

Krista Donaldson, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, D-Rev; 2013 laureate

Ron Haak, Ph.D., Co-founder and President, Step Forward Initiative

Amy Lockwood, Research Chief of Staff, University of California, San Francisco, Global Health Services

Anurag Mairal, Ph.D., Program Leader, Technology Solutions Global Program, PATH

Katherine M. Swanson Young Innovator Award

Kyle Ozawa, MBA candidate, Stanford University

James Reites, S.J. Religious Studies Department, Santa Clara University

Sarah Soule, Ph.D., Morgridge Professor, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Elizabeth Sweeny, Program Manager, Frugal Innovation Lab, Santa Clara University

Susie Wise, Ph.D., Director, K-12 Lab Network Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (the d.school)

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THE TECH AWARDS CONVERGENCE

Each year, The Tech Museum of Innovation brings the laureates to Silicon Valley, where they are recognized and given access to resources and mentoring to aid them in scaling the impact of their organization.

The laureates experience five days of intensive activities designed to connect them to networking, funding, and media opportunities, in addition to introducing them to the laureate community — meeting past honorees who share their experience and wisdom.

Convergence Activities 2014

Social Media for Social Good Ryan Campbell, Client Services Director, PureMatter

LinkedIn Tour

Elevator Pitch Coaching Matt Weigand, Accel Partners; Alan Chiu, XSeed Capital

Dinner reception with Stanford business students

Building Gender Competency Bonita Banducci, Gender and Engineering teacher at Santa Clara University’s School of Engineering

Scaling Social Enterprises Benjamin Mangan, E.D., Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership at Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

How Kiva built its Community Lunch with Gerard Niemira, Director of Product Management at Kiva

Discover the Power of Your Authentic Voice Kay Kleinerman, Ed.D, voice expert, teacher/coach, researcher, and writer

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Reception and preview of laureate films at Accenture

Dinner with category sponsors and special guests

Overseeing Operations in Developing Nations Discussion moderated by Tina Tam, Director Programs and Operations Worldreader

Pitching to the Pros – Sponsored by RBC Capital Including Russ Hall, Legacy Venture; Dave Johnson, Intel Capital; Mark Straub, Khosla Ventures; Spiros Bouas, Litecap; Greg Papdopoulos, NEA; Pitch Johnson, Asset Management; Jennifer Ratay, SV2 and Sandhya Hegdé, Khosla Impact at New Enterprise Associates offices in Palo Alto

A Frank Conversation about Learning from Failed Projects Joshua Cohen member of the Apple University faculty and Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of Ethics in Society at Stanford

Tour/Lunch at Xilinx

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PHOTOGRAPHYSponsored by Bank of America

Tonight our guests will see the world in hundreds of images selected exclusively for The Tech Awards 2014 Gala by New York-based photography director Karen Mullarkey. Contributed by leading photojournalists around the world, these compelling images will be shown one time only as a tribute to The Tech Awards laureates and Global Humanitarian.

Karen Mullarkey, Photography Director

Karen Mullarkey returns for her sixth consecutive year as Photography Director for The Tech Awards. She began her career in photography at Life magazine in the 1960s. She has been the photography director at Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated; produced and directed HDTV documentaries for Japanese television; and been involved in editing and producing more than 75 photography books. Mullarkey served as a photographic consultant for the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, the National Constitution Center, and the National Monument to honor Disabled American Veterans. Her most recent projects include a book honoring the legendary photojournalist Eddie Adams, The Human Face of Big Data by Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt, and Doug Menuez’s Fearless Genius: The Digital Revolution in Silicon Valley 1985–2000, tonight’s gift book.

Photography courtesy of Karine Aigner, Greg Beals, , Robbie George, Frans Lanting, Claudio Majorana, Peter Menzel, Sherb Naulty, Roger Ressmeyer, John Stanmeyer, George Steinmetz, Babak Tafreshi, Raul Touzon, VII Photo Agency, NASA/NOAA, NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team, National Geographic Creative, and Panoramic Images.

© Doug Menuez / Menuez Archive Projects

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Karine Aigner

James P. Blair

Ira Block

Skip Brown

Paul Chesley

Jodi Cobb

David Doubilet

Jason Edwards

James Forte

Raymond Gehman

Robbie George

George Grall

Bill Hatcher

Lynn Johnson

Chris Johns

Frans Lanting

Sarah Leen

Peter Mather

Michael Melford

Michael Nichols

Paul Nicklen

Klaus Nigge

Richard Olsenius

Steve Raymer

Rich Reid

Cory Richards

Jim Richardson

Joel Sartore

George Steinmetz

Maria Stenzel

Paul Sutherland

Medford Taylor

Mike Theiss

Babak Tafreshi

Raul Touzon

Gordon Wiltsie

Steve Winter

VII Photo Agency

Ali Arkady

Marcus Bleasdale

Ron Haviv

Ed Kashi

Franco Pagetti

Stephanie Sinclair

John Stanmeyer

Anastasia Taylor-Lind

Michael James Brown

James Cowlin

Jeff Foott

Don Forthuber

Green Earth

Anthony Grote

Tom Jelen

I Kataoka

Zen Montage

New Moon

John Post

Mark Segal

Pete Saloutos

Ragnar Th. Sigurdsson

Komkrit Thusanapanont

Jim Wiebe

Thomas Winz

National Geographic Creative Panoramic Images

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FILMMAKERS

Advocate Creative

Advocate Creative is a Chicago-based communications strategy and creative services agency that works exclusively with nonprofit organizations, social ventures, and corporate social responsibility initiatives. This is their second consecutive year as The Tech Awards filmmakers.

Advocate Creative is Doug Scott, Randy Warren, Mallory Minor, Jessie McGrath, Jon McGrath and Joel Krogman. For The Tech Awards 2014 films, they sought additional help from their friends Ryan Trommer, Kevin Koesterer, Ryan Pribyl, Andrew Schuurmann, Mark Markley, and Chris Hall at Prehistoric Digital.

The Tech Awards films are sponsored by Qualcomm.

SPECIAL THANKS

Simran Sethi, Gala hostNamed “the environmental messenger” by Vanity Fair and a Top 10 eco-hero of the planet by the UK’s Independent, Simran Sethi is a journalist and educator focused on environmentalism, sustainability and social change. She is writing a book on the loss of biodiversity in our food system, is a visiting scholar at the Cocoa Research Centre in Trinidad, and is an associate at the University of Melbourne’s Sustainable Society Institute in Australia.

Resounding AchordKristina Nakagawa, Artistic Director

A Silicon Valley community chorus whose members work at various schools, The Tech Museum of Innovation, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Space Systems Loral, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Boehringer Ingelheim, FileMaker, Quark Games, Proofpoint, Communications & Power Industries, Apple, and SocialEars, among other companies.

PureMatterFor The Tech Awards 2014, The Tech partnered with PureMatter, a Silicon Valley social-media agency that has immeasurably magnified awareness of our program.

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The Tech Awards 2014 Executive Committee

Judy Swanson, Chair

Radha Basu, Dean’s Professor and Director, Frugal Innovation Lab, Santa Clara University; CEO, iMerit Technology Services

Sally Hazard Bourgoin, Principal, SHB Associates

Christopher DiGiorgio, Board Chair, The Tech

Siobhan Kenney, Director, Global Community Affairs, Applied Materials; Executive Director, Applied Materials Foundation

Dan’l Lewin, Corporate VP, Technology and Civic Engagement, Microsoft

Stuart C. Pann, VP, General Manager, Business Management Group, Intel

Tim Ritchie, President, The Tech

Judy Swanson, Director, The Swanson Foundation

Henry Tirri, Executive VP and CTO, Nokia

Erik Volkerink, CTO, Flextronics

The Tech Awards 2014 Team

David Whitman, Vice President and Executive Producer

Leslie Zane, Director, The Tech Awards

Richard King, Sponsorships

Barbara Carman, Encore Fellow

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THANK YOU TO OUR TABLE SPONSORS

Ted Turner Circle TablesAnn Bowers, Melinda and Bill Gates, Neeru and Vinod Khosla, James and Rebecca Morgan Family Foundation, N. R. Narayana Murthy, Skoll Foundation, UN Foundation

Luminary TablesBarbara and Bill Heil, Jami and Stephen Nachtsheim, John M. Sobrato

Visionary TablesAdobe Systems, Asset Management, Bank of America, Brocade, Renee and David Crawford and Bain & Company, Cisco, Ann and John Doerr, eBay, El Camino Hospital, EMC, First Tech Federal Credit Union, Foxconn, Good Technology, JPMorganChase, Legacy Venture, Lockheed Martin, Deedee and Burt McMurtry, Ron Olson and Munger, Tolles and Olson LLP, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Saama Technologies, Inc., SanDisk, SAP Labs, Silicon Valley Bank, Studio 9+, SunPower, SunTrust Bank, Synopsys, Marva and John Warnock and Bobbi and David Pratt

Leader TablesJimi and Ned Barnholt, Sally Hazard Bourgoin and John Bourgoin, Deloitte LLC, Lori and Joe Fabris, Barbara and John Glynn, Bob Grimm, Connie and Jerry Held, IBM, Nvidia, Santa Clara University School of Engineering, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

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Judy Swanson, Chair

Mechelle and Emmanuel Barbara

Jimi and Ned Barnholt

Christina and James Barrese

Radha and Dipak Basu

Suzie and Harry Blount

Sally Hazard Bourgoin and John Bourgoin

Ann S. Bowers

Chris Boyd

Jen and Chuck Boynton

Teresa Briggs

Mary Lee and Ed Cannizzaro

Claudia and Bill Coleman

Pattie and Dave Cortese

Renee and David Crawford

Aart de Geus

Kathy and James Deichen

Susan and John Diekman

Eileen and Christopher DiGiorgio

Jennifer and J. Philip DiNapoli

Michael Engh, S.J.

Lori and Joe Fabris

Denise Foderaro and Frank Quattrone

Thomas Fogarty, MD

Mary Ellen and Mike Fox

Jerome C. Glenn

Robert Grimm

Joan Hackworth

Barbara and Bill Heil

Connie and Jerry Held

Andrea and John Hennessy

Dave House

Cathie and Pitch Johnson

Shannon and Joe Kava

Neeru and Vinod Khosla

Cathy Kimball

Michele and Steve Kirsch

Patti and Michael Klayko

Anne and Jim Koch

Jennifer and Randy Krenzin

Lata Krishnan and Ajay Shah

Susan and Dan’l Lewin

Marka and Bill May

Jill and Tom McEnery

Kathy and Smith McKeithen

Dianne and Regis McKenna

Deedee and Burt McMurtry

Karen and Jeff Miller

Betty and Gordon Moore

Becky and Jim Morgan

Jami and Stephen Nachtsheim

Sukanya and Om Nalamasu

Josie and Dan Perez

David Pratt

Cathy and Roger Quinlan

Renuka and Peter Relan

Tony Ridder

Christine and Tim Ritchie

Jeanne and Sandy Robertson

Amy and Matthew Sapp

Archana and Shirish Sathaye

Jeff Skoll

Pat and Mike Splinter

Kirsi and Henry Tirri

Janet and Jim Vanides

John Vitalie

Erik Volkerink

Charmaine and Dan Warmenhoven

Marva and John Warnock

Ken Washington

Barbara and Steve Young

The Tech Awards 2014 Honorary Committee

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The Tech Awards Founders

Edward W. Barnholt

Peter B. Giles

Lynda C. Greene

Richard H. King

James L. Koch

James C. Morgan

Michael K. O’Farrell

Gwen E. Sobolewski

GIFT BOOK

Guests at The Tech Awards 2014 Gala will receive the book Fearless Genius: The Digital Revolution in Silicon Valley 1985–2000 by Doug Menuez (Atria Books, 2014), a gift made possible by Micron Technology, Inc.

In more than 100 photographs and accompanying commentary, Fearless Genius captures the human face of innovation and shows what it takes to transform powerful ideas into reality.

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THE TECH AWARDS 2014 SPONSORS AND PARTNERS

Sponsor Reception Underwriter

General Reception Sponsor

Film Sponsor

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Photography Sponsor

Supporting Gala Sponsors

The Sathaye Family Foundation

Charmaine and Daniel Warmenhoven

Principal Social Innovation Workshops Sponsor

Supporting Social Innovation Workshops Sponsors

Remembrance Gift Sponsor

VC Pitch Day Sponsor

Presenting Sponsor

James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award Sponsor

Category Sponsors

The Swanson Foundation

InKind Sponsors

Banducci Consulting

Martine and Ivo Bolsens

Alan Chiu

Joshua Cohen

Kay Kleinerman

Ben Mangan

Arun Mathew

Tina Tam

© Photo by Erin Lubin