Beata Agnieszka Gutarowska – is a Polish microbiologist and professor at Łódź University of Technology, where she serves as Head of the Department of Environmental Biotechnology at the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences. Her research specialization includes technical and environmental microbiology, biodeterioration of materials, and applied biotechnology.
She has been included in the prestigious global ranking of the Top 2% of the World's Scientists, compiled by Stanford University.
If You Love Your Children is a 2014 Canadian short film - depicting climate change, directed and produced by Sanjay Patel. The film has received many awards and nominations since its release in August 2014.
Paulo Andrez is a Portuguese businessman, angel investor, speaker, and author. He is the author of Zero Risk Startup, published by Forbes Books in the United States and subsequently translated and published in several countries.
He is also President Emeritus of the European Business Angels Network (EBAN), having served as its president from 2012 to 2014.
In 2024, he received the EBAN Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the European angel investment ecosystem. Andrez was a shareholder and member of the Board of Directors of Novabase when the company completed its initial public offering (IPO) on the Lisbon Stock Exchange in 2000. He later became active in angel investing and entrepreneurship development in Europe.
He also co-organised the first World Business Angels Congress in Beijing in 2009.
He has advised European governments and institutions on entrepreneurship, innovation and early-stage investment policies, including expert missions organised by the European Commission. He also contributed to the European Innovation Council report Realising the Deep-Tech Entrepreneurial Talent of Europe.
He co-founded DNA Cascais, a Portuguese business incubator established to support entrepreneurship and startup creation.
Andrez is a frequent speaker at international entrepreneurship and technology events, including the Global Entrepreneurship Congress, SXSW (Austin, Sydney and London), LEAP, EU-Startups Summit, Supernova, TechArena, Techfest and Techsauce. He has also contributed articles and commentary on entrepreneurship and innovation to publications including Entrepreneur.com and Science|Business.
The Tamaiaz wa Falak Tayyeb awards (Tamaiaz means excel and wa Falak Tayyeb means 'and consider it done') were launched in 2008 by Mawarid Finance PJSC to foster local potential by rewarding innovations by young UAE nationals, and helping them embark on successful and rewarding careers. It sought to drive Emiratisation and "help fill the gap between academic education and the job market by empowering [young Emiratis] to enter the market and guiding them on how to convert their innovative ideas into reality."
UAE national students or recent graduates under 25 years of age, pursuing an education in the UAE or abroad can apply. The winners get cash prizes between AED 5,000 and AED 20,000 (1 USD = AED 3.67). Other than the cash, trophies and certificates, winners also get special job offers (from the local sponsors, with a 25% pay bump on entry-level salaries), special benefits after they are employed and training to ensure their professional success. Mawarid offers employment to the toppers in each category.
The initiative, with an annual budget of AED 1 million, is sponsored by His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai. The five sponsors, other than Mawarid Finance, who joined in 2011 are Dubai Investments, Dar Altakaful, du, Commercial Bank International, Al Naboodah Group and NextLevel Consultancy.
The award has been promoted in several universities in the region and at various fora and career fairs. Strict international standards are applied to the registrants to determine the final participants. Participation in the competition more than doubled from 250 finalists (500 applicants) in the first year to 785 finalists (960 applicants) in the second year.