During the  Civic Reception and Prizegiving,  Bailie Stewart, ICT Spokesperson to the Council said: "It is very appropriate that our ceremony takes place at the end of Glasgow's time as Intelligent Community of the Year, a global award, which recognised the benefits the City and its people are deriving from the use of technology. The applications have been of a very high standard and help to give an insight into the impact this can have on real people and their opportunities in life."

The awards were presented by Johann Lamont, Deputy Minister for Communities and MSP for Glasgow Pollok.   Ms Lamont said "Technology is changing at a fast pace and we need to make sure that the opportunities which that brings are taken full advantage of to ensure that the digital divide is bridged and that real differences can be made to the quality of life for Scottish people".

The Formal Response was made by Gordon Kennedy, Deputy Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise Glasgow who with Bailie Stewart had received the Intelligent Community of the Year Award for the City in New York in June 2004

The Sponsors of the competition were represented on the evening by :

Joe Docherty of Hewlett Packard     

John Trower and Michael Newman of Thus    

Heather Davis and Jennifer Gunnion of Microsoft   

And now for details of The Winners