Sir Arthur Clarke Award

Nominations for the awards are made by members of the public, with shortlists drawn up by a panel of judges, who also choose the winner.

Founded in 2005, the idea for the awards was proposed by Dave Wright to Jerry Stone, who then suggested they be named after Sir Arthur Clarke.

Initially the awards were presented at the UK Space Conference (the British Rocketry Oral History Programme until it was renamed in 2008) which was held annually at Charterhouse School, Surrey, from 1998 to 2010.

[6] The 2020 awards were presented at the Reinventing Space Conference Gala Dinner on Tuesday 29 June 2021, which was delayed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[9] [10] The 2017 awards were presented at a gala dinner at the 2017 UK Space Conference, held at Manchester Central on Wednesday 31 May 2017.

[12] The 2015 awards were presented at the UK Space Conference Dinner in St George's Hall, Liverpool on Tuesday 14 July 2015.

[13] The Sir Arthur Clarke Awards 2014 were presented at an event at The Royal Aeronautical Society[14] on Wednesday 8 October 2014, by the Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency, Dr. David Parker.

[30] Among the other nominees were Sir Richard Branson, and the Robson Green drama television series Rocket Man.

[31] Sir Arthur was also presented with a special award commemorating the 60th anniversary of his paper on global communication by satellite in the October 1945 edition of Wireless World.