Academy Awards 2008

The 2008 Academy Awards showcases and celebrates the best of British engineering achievement. This year the theme will be Engineers Design the Future with a special focus on recognising innovation in engineering. Held at the Merchant Taylors' Hall on 9 June, this year's Awards evening will be held in the presence of HRH The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh KG KT and Academy President Lord Browne of Madingley.

The Master of Ceremonies will be Alastair Stewart OBE and a number of the Academy's major Medals and Awards will be presented. These will include:

• 2008 Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award finalists and winner

• The Royal Academy of Engineering Prince Philip Medal

• The Independent-Bosch Technology Horizons Award

• The Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medals

• The Royal Academy of Engineering ERA Foundation Entrepreneurs Award

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London's Science Museum will be showcasing the iLIMB prosthetic hand in a special display in the Antenna science news gallery. The free exhibition runs from Thursday 12 June 2008 for three months.

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