
The 2009 ACES Winners after
the Award Ceremony
Academic entrepreneurs from France, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom were recognised in the second annual ACES awards, held in Paris City Hall on 10 December.
| 2009 Amgen Life Sciences Award Winner | |
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Molly Stevens |
| Bioceramic Therapeutics | |
| Imperial College London | |
| 2009 Microsoft ICT Award Winner | |
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Jean-Christophe Baillie |
| Gostai | |
| ENSTA-ParisTech | |
| 2009 Energy/Environment Award Winner | |
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Nikolaos Vlasopoulos |
| Novacem | |
| Imperial College London | |
| 2009 Materials/Chemistry Award Winner | |
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Mattias Grufberg and Anders Axelsson |
| Lamera | |
| Chalmers University of Technology | |
| 2009 Fast Start Award Winner | |
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Nigel Brown and Ted Roberts |
| Arvia Technology | |
| University of Manchester | |
| 2009 Bridge Award Winner | |
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Riccardo Pietrabissa |
| Professor of Bio-engineering | |
| Vice-Rector, Politecnico di Milano | |

The ACES is a pan-European competition among companies spun out from universities – to recognize the best academic entrepreneurs from across all technology disciplines. This year, the ACES drew nominations from around Europe and culminated in an awards ceremony at Paris City Hall.









