Steve Bachar, Ellen Bruss and Mark Falcone, Bruce DeBoskey, Al and Agatha Doerksen, Zach Frisch,

Paula Herzmark, Peter Kudla, Laura and David Merage, Mike McCune, Dave Taylor, Jory Wolf,

and Les and Marianne Woodward invite you to attend

The Inauguaral iDE Paul Polak Award for Social Innovation

Join us at the acclaimed Smithsonian / Cooper Hewitt “Design for the Other 90%” 
exhibit for an evening of commemoration, conversation and inspiration.

THURSDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER 2011, 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.

RedLine Urban Laboratory, 2350 Arapahoe Street, Denver, CO
6:00 p.m. • Cocktails, Passed Hors D’Oeuvres and Music 
7:00 p.m. • Dinner
7:30 • Award Program

$300 per ticket; $2500 per table of eight

Please contact Heidi Cuppari at 720-235-3444 or hcuppari@ideorg.org for more information.

If you cannot attend but would like to support the Award by making a donation to iDE in honor of Paul Polak, please click here.

Ball Corporation is the presenting sponsor for this award

About the award recipient:

Paul Polak, author of ‘Out of Poverty’ and the visionary behind this concept, inspired this design revolution by founding iDE in 1982.  For the past three decades, Paul Polak has worked with farmers in countries around the world—including Bangladesh, India, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe–to help design and produce low–cost, income–generating products that have already moved 19 million people out of poverty.

About the iDE Paul Polak Award for Social Innovation:

Established in 2011, concurrent with the closing of the “Design for the Other 90%” exhibit at RedLine in Denver, the Paul Polak Award for Social Innovation honors the important legacy of Paul Polak, whose work has inspired 19 million of the world’s poorest people to become entrepreneurs; increasing their income and livelihoods, and bringing their families out of poverty for generations. This award will be presented annually to a deserving individual social innovator or organization that has significantly advanced design that serves the “other 90%,” or otherwise demonstrated significant impact using principles articulated by Paul Polak throughout his career.

In its inaugural year, the award will be given to its namesake, Dr. Paul Polak. In subsequent years, iDE will select a jury of industry leaders and development practitioners to review nominated individuals and entities, and choose the award recipient from that pool of nominees. Each year, iDE will offer an organization partner the opportunity to sponsor the award in its name.