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36 nominations encompassing 17 different nationalities are in the running for this Award, the last of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, now in their 42nd year.

Scientific experts in the field of artificial intelligence Geoffrey Hinton (Canadian and British), Yann LeCun (French and American), Yoshua Bengio (Canadian) and Demis Hassabis (British) have been bestowed with the 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, as announced today by the Jury responsible for conferring said Award.

47 nominations encompassing 16 different nationalities are in the running for this Award, the seventh of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, now in their 42nd year.

Former yachtswoman and social entrepreneur Ellen MacArthur has been granted the 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, as announced today by the Jury responsible for conferring said Award.

30 nominations encompassing 14 different nationalities are in the running for this Award, the sixth of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, now in their 42nd year.

He published his first play, Siete hombres buenos, in 1989, which earned him the Marqués de Bradomín Runner-up Prize from the Spanish Youth Institute. He has taught Playwriting and Philosophy at the Royal School of Dramatic Art in Madrid and directed the seminar “Memory and Thought in Contemporary Theatre” at the Spanish National Research Council’s Institute of Philosophy.

41 nominations encompassing 19 different nationalities are in the running for this Award, the fifth of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, now in their 42nd year.

The Olympic Refuge Foundation and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team have been bestowed with the 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports, as announced today by the Jury responsible for conferring said Award.

24 nominations encompassing 10 different nationalities are in the running for this Award, the fourth of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, now in their 42nd year.