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Dutch inventor and entrepreneur Boyan Slat, 2020 FPdGi International Award

The jury recognised the work of this young man who is developing technological solutions for cleaning up plastic in the world’s oceans and rivers through The Ocean Cleanup foundation. • The winner stands out for his capacity to tackle one of the most important global environmental threats using “innovation, entrepreneurial spirit and a continuous search for technological solutions”

Entrepreneur Pepita Marín Rey-Stolle, 2020 FPdGi Business Award

The winner was chosen for “bringing tradition and modernity together by turning the ancient craft of knitting into a modern hobby” through her company We Are Knitters (WAK)

Director and screenwriter Guillermo García López, FPdGi Arts and Literature Award

The jury highlighted his commitment to “looking beyond frontiers” and the way the winner “focuses his attention on pressing social issues”, such as migration and climate change. The Foundation’s award joins the Goya and Doc Spain Award (Seminci Film Festival) García López received in 2017.

Technology innovator Guillermo Martínez, 2020 FPdGi Social Award

This young social entrepreneur, who designs and sends 3D-printed prostheses to economically disadvantaged people all over the world through his Ayúdame3D project, was chosen for ‘his inspiring work to make revolutionary 3D printing technology accessible to vulnerable people’.

Valencian chemist Rubén Darío Costa Riquelme, FPdGi Scientific Research Award

The Princess of Girona Foundation consolidates its talent community

More than 800 young people and professionals took part in the second day of the Foundation’s tenth anniversary commemorative events

A workshop on talent raises the need for intergenerational cooperation if real change is to take place in society

On the second day of the FPdGi's 10th Anniversary celebration, Julia Otero moderated a debate with 15 professionals working in different fields and from different generations to spark inspiring ideas for the future.

The FPdGi extolls the virtues of young people as role models for society and leaders of change at its 10th anniversary celebration

Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain presided over the 2019 FPdGi Awards ceremony in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses the Princess of Asturias and of Girona and Infanta Sofía.

Speech by H. M. the King