C4F Awards 2011
Image of the Future - nominees
Visualization has become the language of the future. Nominees for this award are professionals who create stunning images and develop the visual communications of the future.
![Scott Fahlman](http://www.forumdavos.com/uploads/cf4/nominees/photo_4.jpg)
Scott Fahlman
Scott Fahlman is credited with originating the first ASCII-based smiley emoticon or :-), which he thought would help to distinguish between posts that should be taken humorously and those of a more serious nature. Now, everybody uses them in messenger programs, chat rooms, and e-mail.
![Alexey Kostarev](http://www.forumdavos.com/uploads/cf4/nominees/photo_5.jpg)
Alexey Kostarev
CEO and Co-Founder of i-Jet Media, world leading social games publisher and distributor
Founded 4 years earlier, in April 2009 i-Jet Media launched Happy Farmer (Happy Harvest) which simply blasted the Russian Internet: the game succeeded to collect 10 million unique active users, and earned USD million in less than a year. This "Ru-net" record has remained unbroken till today. Happy Farmer was also honoured with the Google Trend prize as the best game of 2009.
![Diane McEachern](http://www.forumdavos.com/uploads/cf4/nominees/photo_6.jpg)
Diane McEachern
Diane McEachern states in her "Big Green Purse" blog that the best way to fight industries polluting the planet is to mobilize the world's most powerful consumer force - women. Her message is simple but revolutionary. If women harness their "purse power" and intentionally shift spending money onto commodities with environmental benefit, they can create a cleaner, greener world.