19th Annual Innovation Awards (2008)
EDN has not yet issued the call for nominations for
the next Innovation Awards, the 19th Annual Awards, which will take
place in early 2009 and honor innovations making their debuts during
2008. The call for nominations will be posted on this page when the nomination period opens,
along with detailed instructions. Until then, no further
information is available. Seriously, please don't write to us asking
about it; we will simply refer you politely back to this page. Please
read the background section (right) for further information.
18th Annual Innovation Awards
(2007)
EDN announced the winners of the 18th Annual Innovation Awards at a
ceremony April 14, 2008, in San Jose, CA. We congratulate the winners
and all of the finalists, and thank everyone, including the nominated
companies, the sponsors, and the EDN.com visitors who voted, for their
participation.
Innovation history
Details on past finalists, winners, and awards ceremonies:
Note: The dates above refer to the year eligible
products hit the market. Like the Academy Awards telecast, the EDN Innovation Awards
ceremony takes place early in the year following the year of
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Innovation background
The annual EDN Innovation Awards honor outstanding engineering professionals and products.
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The Innovator of the Year award recognizes an electronics engineer or engineering team for innovation
in product design or technical leadership.
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The Innovation of the Year
awards recognize
unique, state-of-the-art electronics products in several categories.
Encouraging future innovation
EDN donates a portion of the proceeds from the
nominations and the awards event to an engineering college or university
chosen by the Innovator of the Year. It's our way of encouraging and supporting tomorrow's
great minds.
Process and timeline
The EDN Innovation Awards carry special
meaning because the winners are chosen by a jury of their peers.
First, EDN accepts nominations from the industry via this Web
site. Though the exact dates vary from year to year, the nomination
period normally runs from early fall until mid November.
Next, working in panels organized by area of expertise, EDN’s
technical editors select the most deserving nominees as finalists.
Early in the new year, EDN publishes the names of the
finalists and information about them both in print and on this site.
EDN then invites its worldwide audience of engineers and
engineering managers to vote using an online ballot. The voting
period lasts about one month.
Finally, EDN uses a combination of these audience votes,
balloting by the EDN Editorial Advisory Board, and voting by EDN’s
editorial staff to determine the ultimate winners.
EDN presents the awards at a ceremony held the week of the Embedded Systems Conference (normally late March or early
April).
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