THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ASIA NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES FOR "ASIAN INNOVATION AWARDS 2010"
Launches Inaugural Credit Suisse Technopreneur of the Year Award
The Wall Street Journal Asia is now accepting entries for the prestigious "Asian Innovation Awards 2010." The awards, presented in a three-year sole partnership with Credit Suisse, recognize innovations that break with conventional processes in creative ways to improve quality of life or productivity.
The deadline for entries is April 9, 2010.
The Asian Innovation Awards is committed to finding the next big ideas in Asia, from entirely new inventions to the advancement of a classic. Entries to the awards may come from individuals, small businesses, large corporations and academia in Asia Pacific.
An independent panel of judges selected by The Wall Street Journal Asia will judge this year's entries. The three criteria for judging are: level of creativity or degree of innovation; quality of execution; and the potential impact on quality of life or productivity.
Twelve finalists will be selected from the entries and each finalist will be profiled each week for a consecutive 12 weeks in The Wall Street Journal Asia as well as online at www.asia.WSJ.com<http://www.asia.wsj.com/>.
All entries will also be considered for The Credit Suisse Technopreneur of the Year Award that honors the entry that best applies technology with the greatest potential for commercial success. This award recognizes the importance of having a strong business model behind an innovation. That, in turn, ensures a new application makes it to the market where it can benefit a much wider audience.
The winners for both awards will be announced in a special feature of The Wall Street Journal Asia.
For more information or an application form, please go to www.asia.wsj.com/aia or request an application form by emailing [email protected]
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About The Wall Street Journal Asia
The Wall Street Journal Asia is the leader in global business news for Asia. Since 1976, it has provided indispensable news and analysis of regional and global business developments for an influential pan-Asian audience of corporate and government decision-makers. The Wall Street Journal Asia has been voted the most "important business reading" among international daily newspapers in Asia in every ABRS/BE:ASIA study since the survey's inception in 1985.
The Wall Street Journal's China staff won a Pulitzer Prize in 2007 for coverage of the consequences of the nation's rapid growth. Dow Jones publications won a combined five awards in the 2009 Society of Publishers in Asia Awards for Editorial Excellence.
Edited and published in Hong Kong, The Wall Street Journal Asia is printed in eleven Asian cities-Bangkok, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Mumbai, New Delhi, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo-and distributed throughout the Asia Pacific region. More than 75% of its subscribers are Asian.
The Wall Street Journal's Web site for Asia is at www.asia.wsj.com<http://www.asia.wsj.com/> and homepage for India is at www.india.wsj.com<http://www.india.wsj.com/>. The Wall Street Journal is also published online in Japanese at www.japan.wsj.com<http://www.japan.wsj.com/> and in Chinese at www.chinese.wsj.com<http://www.chinese.wsj.com/> .
About Credit Suisse AG
Credit Suisse AG is one of the world's leading financial services providers and is part of the Credit Suisse group of companies (referred to here as 'Credit Suisse'). As an integrated bank, Credit Suisse offers clients its combined expertise in the areas of private banking, investment banking and asset management. Credit Suisse provides advisory services, comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally, as well as to retail clients in Switzerland. Credit Suisse is headquartered in Zurich and operates in over 50 countries worldwide. The group employs approximately 47,400 people. The registered shares (CSGN) of Credit Suisse's parent company, Credit Suisse Group AG, are listed in Switzerland and, in the form of American Depositary Shares (CS), in New York. Further information about Credit Suisse can be found at www.credit-suisse.com<http://www.credit-suisse.com/>.
Media contacts:
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Georgette Lee
Corporate Communications, Asia Pacific
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Juliette Leong
Corporate Communications, Asia Pacific
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