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Nominees and winners 2008

Industry

  • Alain Porte, André Robert, Hervé Batard (France)
  • Winners: Norbert Enning, Ulrich Klages, Heinrich Timm, Gundolf Kreis, Alois Feldschmid, Christian Dornberg, Karl Reiter (Germany)
  • Svend Havelund, John Broberg Halstrom, Ib Jonassen, Asser Sloth Andersen, Jan Markussen (Denmark)

SMEs/research

  • Bertrand Séraphin, Guillaume Rigaut (France)
  • Sönke Siegfriedsen (Germany)
  • W inners : Douglas Anderson, Robert Henderson, Roger Lucas (UK)

Non-European countries

  • Van L. Phillips (US)
  • W inner : Philip S. Green (US)
  • Stephen R. Quake, Marc A. Unger, Hou-Pu Chu, Todd A. Thorsen, Axel Scherer (all US)

Lifetime achievement

  • Leonardo Chiariglione (Italy)
  • W inner : Erik De Clercq (Belgium)
  • Stefan Hell (Germany)

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