6th British Female Inventors and Innovators Awards

The hunt is on for the nations most creative and inventive women following the launch of the 6th British Female Inventors and Innovators Awards 2005. Organized by the Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network (GWIIN), the event will take place on 16 - 17 February 2005 at Maritime Greenwich, London. It will feature a one-day conference, exhibition and an awards dinner during which the winners of the Female Inventor and Innovator of the Year Awards 2005 will be announced.

(PRWEB) January 15, 2005 -- The Awards are now perceived as the foremost accolade for women inventors and provides inspiration for those seeking to turn their unique ideas into commercial propositions. During the past six years, the event has showcased many remarkable and innovative products and previous winners have included Dr Dawn Gibbins MBE, who went on to become the prestigious Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year 2004.

Women are the worlds natural innovators", says Bola Olabisi founder of the Global Women Innovators and Inventors Network (GWIIN). Many tend to solve problems they find, rather than find problems to solve."

Tish Fearn, voted 'Best British Female Inventor of 2003/4 has recently announced a major deal with retailer B&Q, who is to stock her Lite-Lift products in stores across the UK. Established in 2002, Lite-Lift manufactures equine and gardening tools, designed to reduce the need to bend and to spread the weight evenly across the body, alleviating the aches and strains of arduous work.

Sarika Patel, Director of Innovation and Sector Development at the London Development Agency which is part funding the event said: Women inventors and innovators are a fundamental ingredient for the success of the economy. The London Development Agency is proud to be supporting these awards which will not only celebrate the achievements of some remarkable women inventors but also inspire other women, in particular those from the BME community to put their inventions into sound business ideas"

Dr Elizabeth Pollitzer, Director of Equalitec - Advancing Women in ITEC, a major EU project to advance women in Information Technology, Electronics and Communications (ITEC), funded in part from the European Social Fund and also part funders to the event stressed her support for the initiative. "It certainly will encourage more women especially those wishing to return to the use of ITEC following a break from the sector as a means to re-orient their career. It is a great opportunity to take on the innovation challenge in ITEC and increase the importance in all areas of business and life. The awards will open opportunities for many more innovative women wishing to make impact with the development of products and applications while transforming the whole world of work processes in ITEC".

It is hoped that the 6th annual BFIIN event will bring a new surge of commercially viable ideas to market and entries are being sought from women across the UK. The closing date for entries has been extended to the 17 January 2005.

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