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2024 Arthur C. Clarke Awards and Clarke Conversation on Imagination

THE SIR ARTHUR CLARKE INNOVATOR AWARDEE

JULIE PACKARD

for her global leadership in ocean conservation and initiating the importance of ecological education.

Julie Packard is the founding executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. She has led the Aquarium to become a global force for ocean conservation, through innovative exhibits and education programs, and science-based initiatives addressing sustainable seafood, plastic pollution, climate change and protection of ocean wildlife and ecosystems.

A trustee of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, she chairs the board of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, a leader in deep ocean science and technology.

She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a recipient of the Audubon Medal for Conservation.

A marine biologist, Packard earned bachelors and master’s degrees in biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, with a focus on marine algae.

THE SIR ARTHUR CLARKE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDEE

NICHOLAS NEGROPONTE

for his leadership and vision, designing the future of human- computer interaction in business and society.

Nicholas Negroponte is the co-founder (with Jerome B. Wiesner) of the MIT Media Lab (1985), which he directed for its first 20 years. A graduate of MIT, Negroponte was a pioneer in the field of computer-aided design and became a member of the MIT faculty in 1966. He gave the first TED talk in 1984, as well as 13 since. He is author of the 1995 best seller, Being Digital, which has been translated into more than 40 languages.

In 2005 he founded the nonprofit One Laptop per Child, which deployed $1 billion of laptops for primary education in the developing world.

In the private sector, Negroponte served on the board of directors of Motorola (for 15 years) and was general partner in a venture capital firm specializing in digital technologies for information and entertainment. He has personally provided start-up funds for more than 40 companies, including Zagat’s and Wired magazine.

THE SIR ARTHUR CLARKE IMAGINATION IN SERVICE TO SOCIETY AWARDEE

SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE

for allowing us through stunning images and to feel like fellow explorers of the universe.

The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy. STScI helps humanity explore the universe with advanced space telescopes and ever-growing data archives. Established in 1981, STScI has helped guide the most famous observatory in history, the Hubble Space Telescope. Since its launch in 1990, the institute has performed the science operations for Hubble.

About Jennifer M.. Lotz
Dr. Jennifer M. Lotz is the director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScl), an 800-person multi-mission operations center for NASA’s flagship astronomical observatories and a world-class astronomical research center. She provides leadership and vision for all institute activities and champions a science-driven approach to support our missions and the communities we serve. STScl conducts science and flight operations for NASA’s flagship astronomical observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), and science operations for both the iconic Hubble Space Telescope and the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Observatory. As director, Dr. Lotz works closely with government, corporate, academic, international, and public partners to help humanity explore the wonders of the universe with advanced space telescopes and their data archives.

Pictured,from the left: George R.R. Martin, Margaret Atwood, Martin Rees, Stephen Hawking, Cixin Liu, Jill Tarter, Irwin Jacobs, Mark Dankberg, Fred Ordway III.