Pontypool-born Eben Upton, founder and CEO of Raspberry Pi, was recognised for his contribution to STEM alongside 12 winners on the 2022 Wales STEM Awards final night.
The founding father of the small single-board laptop, which is manufactured in SONY UK TEC and has offered near 50 million units worldwide, was introduced winner of the Excellent Contribution to STEM award.
Hosted by broadcaster Sian Lloyd, the awards ceremony, which happened at Cardiff’s Mercure Lodge, recognised the revolutionary STEM work being undertaken in Wales, addressing the variety hole and expertise scarcity, and galvanizing and elevating the aspirations of the subsequent technology.
The ceremony noticed finalists from throughout all components of Wales compete for 12 awards in quite a lot of classes, starting from STEM Begin-Up of the Yr to Innovation in STEM.
Winners of the 2022 Wales STEM Awards:
Innovation in STEM Award – Llusern Scientific Restricted
STEM Ambassador of the Yr – Seb York, CatSci
STEM Lady of the Yr – Sharan Johnstone, College of South Wales
STEM Sustainability Award – Design Actuality Restricted
STEM Begin-up of the Yr – Assume Air
STEM Firm of the Yr (over 50 staff) – CatSci
STEM Firm of the Yr (beneath 50 staff) – SparkLab Cymru
STEM Instructional Programme of the Yr (Personal Sector) – Welsh Contact Centre Discussion board, Graduate Programme Wales
STEM Instructional Programme of the Yr (Public Sector) – Swansea College, Science for Faculties Scheme
STEM Instructional Programme of the Yr (Not-For-Revenue Sector) – EESW-STEM Cymru
STEM Worldwide Firm of the Yr – Laser Wire Options
STEM Rising Star of the Yr – Charlotte Lewis, Simbec-Orion Group
Eben Upton, founding father of Raspberry Pi, mentioned:
“I’m delighted to simply accept the Excellent Contribution to STEM award on behalf of everybody right here at Raspberry Pi and the broader Raspberry Pi neighborhood. We arrange Raspberry Pi again in 2008 to try to rekindle the passion for computing programming that I, and lots of of my pals, had again within the Eighties. As a toddler I had a beige field on my desk in my bed room and that was a BBC Micro Laptop. Like Raspberry Pi, it was designed right here in Cambridge and it was manufactured in south Wales. Within the decade since we launched our first Raspberry Pi laptop, a tool that we had imagined in our wildest desires would possibly promote 10,000 items, it has gone onto promote almost 50 million items not simply within the UK, however all over the world and we’re seeing compelling proof that the renaissance in curiosity in computing and STEM topics that we had hoped for is starting to occur. In order we enter our second decade, we hope to make much more computer systems in south Wales and I’m hoping to get much more youngsters all over the world excited in computer systems. Thanks very a lot.”
Head choose Dr Louise Brilliant, founding father of the Wales Girls in STEM community, mentioned:
“We wish to supply an enormous congratulations to all the winners of this yr’s Wales STEM Awards. The winners symbolize a number of the most progressive organisations and people on the forefront of STEM innovation in Wales.
“The calibre of the companies and people shortlisted for the awards was second to none and I’d wish to congratulate all finalists.
“The awards present that the way forward for the STEM sector in Wales is brilliant and we stay up for the trade going from energy to energy.”
Co-Founder Liz Brookes of Grapevine Occasion Administration mentioned:
“It has as soon as once more been unbelievable shining a highlight on the STEM sector in Wales. Our winners are pushing the boundaries of STEM innovation and serving to handle the variety hole and expertise scarcity that exists. These organisations and people are an inspiration to our nation and our subsequent technology. I wish to supply an enormous congratulations to all the winners and to all of these shortlisted. Your work is extremely essential, and we thanks to your contributions to STEM in Wales.”
Marine Energy Techniques, Tracy Thomas from Simbec-Orion Group, Assume Air, Dewin Tech, SparkLab Cymru, College of South Wales – Cyber Safety Instructional Programme, STEM Untapped CIC, Wales Interactive and Dr Rosie Cane from Exotopic Restricted, additionally obtained Extremely Counseled awards.
The Wales STEM Awards has been collectively organised by Grapevine Occasion Administration and communications company jamjar and are sponsored by The Centre of Excellence in Cell and Rising Know-how (CEMET), the Compound Semiconductor Purposes Catapult, Growth Financial institution of Wales, Enterprise Information Wales, Linea Resourcing, Educators Wales and Cardiff Metropolitan College.
The total listing of winners could be discovered at www.stemawards.wales
