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WOMEN & WORK PRIZE FOR
FEMALE INVENTORS:
PROMOTING FEMININE INGENUITY
From the dishwasher, through the first computer language in the world, to the foundation for the first au-
topilot – all this is FrauenWerk! But hardly anyone knows them: the inventors and pioneers from past and
present. The women & work prize promotes more feminine ingenuity and at the same time makes success-
ful inventors of the present visible.
Dr. Thomas Zielke, Head of Technology Transfer at the German Federal Ministry of Economics, opened the
award ceremony of Women & Work Prize on November 1, 2018 with his keynote address: “Inventors have
changed our lives enormously to this day, and we can’t afford to renounce the talent of inventive women in
Germany. This year’s winners prove this because they have helped established technologies to new applica-
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women visible to the general
public”.
tions using information technology. That is why the Women & Work Inventors Award is so important, as it
focuses on a target group that is under-noticed in Germany: female inventors.”
Claudia Rougoor
In the category Business Model & Organization, civil engineer Claudia Rougoor won a prize with her mod-
el of sustainable inspection by UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) along the entire value chain tor traditional
monuments and buildings.
Jeanette Spanier
The scaffolding master and founder Jeanette Spanier received the Inventors Award in the category Tech-
nology for her software development “Scaffeye”. SCAFFEYE digitally manages scaffolding, creating security
and transparency, and effectively saves time and money as a versatile, digital tool.
Karen Dolva
The prize in the Service & Social category went to social entrepreneur Karen Dolva. She played a key role in
the AV1 (telepresence robot) for children and adolescents with long-term illnesses, who can participate in
the school curriculum via an avatar and app. The start-up is called “No Isolation”.
DPMA (German Patent and Trade Mark Office) Vice President Christine Moosbauer also personally congrat-
ulated the winners. In her opening speech, she emphasized that the subject of female inventors was a par-
ticular focus for the DPMA this year “We, too, have set ourselves the task of making the often unrecognized
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