Friday, October 27, 2023
National Museum of Natural History
Washington, D.C.

The Marconi Society Awards Gala honored established and emerging innovators whose leadership and creativity in advanced communications technology will create a more digital inclusive world.

This gathering of the greatest minds in technology, policy, and digital inclusion raised funds for the Marconi Society and our vision of a connected world where information and communications technologies empower everyone to reach their full potential.

By joining us, you helped the Marconi Society continue to encourage and celebrate innovators who push the technical, creative and entrepreneurial boundaries of information and communications technology for the benefit of humanity.

Honorees

Hari Balakrishnan

Photo credit: MIT CSAIL, Mike Grimmitt

2023 Marconi Prize

Recognized for his fundamental contributions to mobile sensing, networking, and distributed systems.

Vint Cerf

Lifetime Achievement Award

Recognized for decades of selfless devotion to the advancement of the Internet, its technologies, and numerous supportive organizations, including the Marconi Society

Gala Agenda

6:30-10:00 PM

Cocktail and Appetizer Reception
Welcome Remarks

Presented by our emcees, Dennis Roberson and Andrea Goldsmith

A smiling man wearing a light suit

Dennis Roberson

Chairman of the Board

Andrea Goldsmith

Chair of Marconi Prize Committee

Dinner
Paul Baran Young Scholar Award Presentation

Celebrating top young researchers in Information and Communications Technology
Presented by Joseph Kakande

Joseph Kakande

Chair of the Young Scholar Award Committee

Marconi Prize Award Presentation

Recognizing 2023 Marconi Fellow Hari Balakrishnan

Hari Balakrishnan

Fujitsu Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence,
MIT and Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer, and
Chairman of Cambridge Mobile Telematics

Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation

Recognizing 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Vint Cerf

Vinton G. Cerf

Marconi Society Fellow, Marconi Society Chairman Emeritus and
Chief Internet Evangelist, Google

Closing Remarks

Presented by our emcees, Dennis Roberson and Andrea Goldsmith

Accommodations

Our room block at the Marriott Marquis is now fully booked. Please contact Flora Tromelin at ftromelin@marconisociety.org for more information about hotel availabilities. 

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