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LINK Awards 2010
LINK AMERICAS™ Foundation's highest
honor is awarded to four individuals whose outstanding leadership and
personal dedication advances "Technology Serving Humanity" in the areas of:
Life - Information
- Nature - Knowledge
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Life Award 2010
The
Honorable Sebastián Piñera, President of Chile
President Piñera showcased the use of advanced
technologies by his government in providing access to
the global media throughout the entire rescue of the
trapped Chilean miners. The world was able to observe
and share in the rescue efforts on a minute by minute
basis. More importantly, families of the miners,
doctors, and rescue workers were able to maintain
constant contact throughout the months of the ordeal –
ensuring the physical and mental health of the trapped
miners. This openness and use of information and
communications technologies brought the country of Chile
and the entire global community together in an
incredible humanitarian process. Congratulations to
President Sebastián Piñera for his recognition of the
benefits of technology in the rescue effort and in
demonstrating the human factors of “Technology Serving
Humanity”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_iLjWLFhTc
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 Information
Award 2010
Katie Couric, Journalist and CBS Anchor.
Ms. Couric is a pioneer in advancing the
transition from traditional media to the use of new
social media in journalism. Her @katiecouric website
along with her use of Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and
interactive communication has been a model in the
industry. Ms. Couric has transformed the traditional
half hour anchoring of a national nightly news broadcast
into truly a 24/7 dynamic news and information sharing
new media environment now modeled by others in the
industry. Congratulations to Ms. Couric for her efforts
to present journalism that supports “Technology Serving
Humanity”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg7I5mUs0Nw
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 Nature Award 2010
Kevin Costner, Actor, film producer, and environmental activist.
Mr. Costner was an unlikely hero of the Gulf oil leak
disaster. Costner created Ocean Therapy Solutions to
produce machines that separate oil from water using a
centrifuge system. He has spent seventeen years and
more than twenty million dollars of his own money to
hire scientists to develop the oil extracting water
purification machines - based on technology originally
developed by the Department of Energy. During the BP
oil spill he testified before Congress on the need for
this technology for environmental clean up. The machines
are designed to purify two hundred thousand gallons of
water each day of operation. Congratulations to Mr.
Costner in demonstrating a commitment to “Technology
Serving Humanity”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oFjTWs_FWY
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 Knowledge
Award 2010
The Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Governor of California.
Governor Schwarzenegger has shown leadership in
advancing recognition of Digital Literacy as the new
literacy of the 21st Century.
Governor Schwarzenegger issued the
Executive
Order S-06-09 in 2009, calling attention to and
supporting the need for Information and Communications
Technologies (ICT) Digital Literacy. The order stated
that “ICT Digital Literacy is a defining component of
California’s competitiveness for a knowledge-based
economy and is growing in importance to attract capital
investment that will generate higher quality jobs.”
In 2010, he
continued his efforts by supporting the development and
implementation of a statewide action plan for digital
literacy.
Congratulations to the Governor for recognizing digital
literacy as fundamental to ensuring that all citizens
have the skills to benefit from “Technology Serving
Humanity”.
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