special award

The Tech4Good Judges’ Award is given by the judges to an inspiring individual or organisation  using technology to make the world a better place. Past winners have included Stephen Hawking, Dame Stephanie Shirley … Read more

Over the past five years we’ve handed out over 40 Tech4Good Awards, met hundreds of incredible individuals and organisations, and celebrated the hard work of people up and down the … Read more

The Winner of the Tech4Good Awards Judges’ Award 2014 is Jimmy Wales, co-founder of the world’s largest encyclopaedia, Wikipedia. Wikipedia is the 5th most popular website on the planet. It … Read more

Professor Hawking has transformed our understanding of the universe and is a perfect example of the power of technology to transform people’s lives.

Arriving as a refugee from Nazi Germany at the start of the Second World War Dame Stephanie Shirley’s early hardship was a spur to an amazingly successful career in IT. Having … Read more

Professor Stephen Hawking won a Special Award for Excellence in Accessibility at the Awards Ceremony at BT Centre, London in 2012. The 200-strong audience heard a specially recorded acceptance speech from … Read more