The MIPRO Annual ICT Award, "Tesla's Beacon of Knowledge", honored individuals whose pioneering achievements had made outstanding contributions to the advancement of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), science, and innovation. Inspired by the legacy of Nikola Tesla, the award recognized visionary leadership, scientific excellence, and technological breakthroughs that shape the future of society.

MIPRO ICT Award “Tesla’s Beacon of Knowledge” 2026

MIPRO ICT Award “Tesla’s Beacon of Knowledge” 2026 made a decision to accept two proposals.

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Prof. dr. Ferenc Krausz, awarded by the Nobel Prize

Prof. Dr. Ferenc Krausz is a physicist who was awarded the Wolf Prize and the Nobel Prize. In 2004, he was appointed Director of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany. Since 2004, alongside his role at the Max Planck Institute, he has been the Chair of Experimental Physics – Laser Physics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität. Between 2006 and 2009, he co-founded and served as the Founding Director of the Munich-Centre for Advanced Photonics. From 2010 to 2019, he served as the Director of the center, and from 2010 to 2016, he was also a Visiting Professorat Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea. Since 2015, he has been the Founding Director of the Centre for Advanced Laser Applications at LMU Munich. In 2019, he became the Executive Director of the Center for Molecular Fingerprinting.