The ceremony was held to
reward the winners of the 12th edition of the annual initiative organised by
the Commerce Department, which is part of the Ministry for the Economy and
Industry. This initiative is the "Malta Intellectual Property Awards
2021".
The Malta Intellectual Property Awards are aimed at promoting
the creation of Intellectual Property in Malta and recognizes both innovative
projects originating from people who are fairly new in their field and of those
made by people of experience in the creative, scientific and technological
sector.
This year around €50,000 was distributed in prizes. It is
gratifying, particularly given the circumstances in which we are living, that
for this edition we had a high-level of projects with a range of initiatives in
the field of health, engineering, digital arts, culture and arts, medical
research and technology education.
The winners of the "Malta Intellectual Property Award
2021" were:
Category – Intellectual Property for Creative Initiative Award
Winner
‘Għidli Ħolma – A Hybrid Animated
Story about St. James Cavalier, in collaboration with ŻiguŻajg International
Arts Festival 2021 and Spazju Kreattiv’ – Mr Neil Zammit - Toontuloon Ltd
Runner-up
‘Dreams of a City’ – Mr Martin
Bonnici - Shadeena Entertainment Ltd
Category – Intellectual
Property for Scientific Initiative Award
Winner
‘Rapid Safe Production of Induced
Pluripotent Stem cells – Towards Cures for Many Diseases’ – Prof. Pierre
Schembri Wismayer MD
Runner-up
‘Biodegradable Implants for
Orthopaedic Scaffold Applications (BioSA)’ – Prof. Ing. Joseph Buhagiar, Prof.
Ing. Maurice Grech, Prof. Pierre Schembri Wismayer MD, Dr Arif Rochman, Ms
Christabelle Tonna and Mr Albert Curmi
Category: Intellectual
Property for Technological Initiative Award
Winner
‘An Innovative ADjustAble
Motorcycle Simulator (ADAMS)’ – Prof. Ing. Philip Farrugia
Runner-up
‘MedSolar’ – Prof. Luciano Mule
Stagno, Dr Ing. Daniel Micallef and Mr Alexander Tanti
Category – Intellectual
Property – Emergent Innovator: age between 16 and 30 years for Creative
Initiative
Winner
‘Flabbergasted! A digital first
tabletop roleplaying game’ – Ms Fleur Sciortino and Ms Chelsea Sciortino
Category – Intellectual
Property Award – Emergent Innovator: 31 years old and over for Technological
Initiative
Winner
‘A Novel Evaporative Cooling
Method for Lithium-ion Batteries’ – Dr Robert Camilleri
Page updated on the 25th
February, 2022