New Prizes Added to Innovation Prize Central
Innovation Prize Central, a
project of the Hidary Foundation, has added new prizes to its website.
IPC is a new destination that will serve as a clearinghouse for all
info related to innovation prizes. These challenges catalyze new thinking and
ingenuity and are increasing in number around the world.
Jack D Hidary Huffington Post Article
Jack Hidary's piece on the price of oil has been featured in the Huffington Post.
Oil Gone Wild
The price of oil struck an ominous chord for the US economy with
yesterday's record trade of $147 per barrel. At these prices we are
sending more than $1 million every minute of every day to oil rich
countries. As oil hits a new high the dollar has hit a record low
against the euro. Our equity is draining away and flowing to foreign
hands.
How can we get ourselves out of this mess? This crisis will take
nothing short of a restructuring of our core industrial and transport
sectors. Just as a turnaround CEO comes in to fix a troubled company,
we need a retooling to rid ourselves of oil dependency. We do not need
politicians looking for fake fixes such as a summer gas tax holiday.
We do not need the President of the United States of America to beg sheiks for a bit more of the black gold. Keep your dignity, Mr. President.
The $4 Million Freedom Prize- Politico.com Feature
Freedom Prize Featured in Politico
For all you hardened Washington insiders out there who think it takes an army of lobbyists and consultants to get something done in this town, well, you’re usually right. But today a couple of business guys showed that a good idea and some shoe leather salesmanship can work just as well.
Three years ago, two executives, Jack Hidary and Josh Becker, came to Washington to lobby Congress to fund a cash prize that would reward efforts to reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil. And the Energy Policy Act of 2005 was just days away from congressional completion.
Freedom Prize and Department of Energy Announce Freedom Prize Awards
The Freedom Prize Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today unveiled the Freedom Prize, the first competition of its kind that will direct more than $4 million to reward and encourage efforts to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil and enhance the nation’s security, economic prosperity and health.
The Freedom Prize Foundation also announced the primary categories for the awards, and introduced its Advisory Council, a top-notch group of energy, environmental, and public sector experts that will help guide the development of the Freedom Prize. Joining the Freedom Prize Foundation and the DOE for today’s announcement on Capitol Hill are U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico), Chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Senator Pete Domenici (R-New Mexico), ranking member of the committee, and Assistant Secretary Andy Karsner (DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy). The Freedom Prize was established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 which authorized the DOE to support the Freedom Prizes.
“Our reliance on oil poses a significant risk to our nation’s security, economy and health,” said Freedom Prize Chairman and co-founder Jack Hidary. “it doesn’t have to be this way.
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Jack Hidary name Chairman, Business Council of World Science Summit
Jack Hidary has been named Chairman of Business Council for the World Science Summit. The World Science Summit is a production of the Science Festival Foundation, a non-profit organization headquartered in New York City. Their mission is to cultivate and sustain a general public informed by the content of science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its implications for the future.
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The Hidary Foundation promotes the use of prizes as a motivation to create change in the energy and transportation sectors. The Foundation supported the Ansari X-Prize and was the first supporter of the Automotive X-Prize that was just launched. Latest developement with the Auto X-Prize (March 18th 2008)
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