Motion Capture Ambassador Award

Promote a person who makes a good ambasador for the motion capture industry and technology.

The nomination period for the 2025 Award has started.
All nominations shall be submitted before January 15 2025.

Background

To honor Mats Kanarbik, a Qualisys colleague who tragically passed away on May 8th, 2018, Qualisys established the  Motion Capture Ambassador Award – in memory of Mats Kanarbik, 2019.

The award will be annually granted to a candidate exhibiting outstanding leadership in the networking and expansion of motion capture values. Anyone can nominate a person in the world of motion capture working in that spirit.

Read about the previous recipients here

Previous recipients

2024

Dr. Kim Hébert-Losier

Gilles Jobin

2023

Gilles Jobin

2022

Lisa MacFadden

2021

Jose Heredia Jimenez

2020

Stéphane Armand

Nominate

The nomination period for the 2026 Award has started.
Promote a person who makes a good ambassador for the motion capture industry and technology.
All nominations shall be submitted before January 31 2026

To nominate a person who fulfills the criteria, please submit this form.

  • Your name
  • Your e-mail
  • The name of the nominee
  • The e-mail to the nominee
  • Describe the person's work and engagement that fills the assessment criteria
Mocap Ambassador Award (old) - feature photo

Assessment criteria and personality for an award winner:

– The person is driving, energetic, and responsible for contact building and networking.

– The person is taking the lead in relationship-promoting and knowledge-sharing activities, recurring contacts, and linking stakeholders with each other.

– The person is active within the Motion Capture network.  

The recipient of the Motion Capture Ambassador Award – in memory of Mats Kanarbik 2025 will be announced on this page on March 9, 2025.

The award constitutes EUR 1000, a Certificate of Achievement and a small Swedish piece of glass art from the famous Swedish glass artists Bertil Vallien.