Nick Bostrom was recently nominated for a WTA 2009 award, in the 'Policy' category (category winner President Paul Kagame, Republic of Rwanda). The results were announced at the World Technology Awards ceremony on July 16th at the Time & Life Building in NYC at the conclusion of the two-day World Technology Summit. The Award winners and finalists "are those individuals and companies/organizations (in 10 categories) who are -- in the opinion of the WTN Fellows and Founding Members, through Awards voting process -- doing the innovative work of "the greatest likely long-term significance" in their fields. They are those creating the 21st century." More from the WTA website.