The following Laureates were announced in categories of Business & Management, Science & Technology, Culture & Society, Lifetime Achievement:
Science & Technologies
dr. Birutė Galdikas, Professor, conservationist, activist
dr.Viktoras Sniečkus, Bader Chair, Queens University
J.Karol Bo Bobko, NASA Hall of fame astronaut
Business & Management
Ivan Glasenberg, Glencore International,CEO
Ilja Laurs, Get Jar Founder & CEO,
Antanas Mockus, Corpovisionarios, President
Art & Culture
Ruta Sepetys, Writer
Ray Bartkus, Artist, illustrator
Maximiliano Fuksas, Architect
Lifetime Achievement
prof. Algirdas Avižienis, world-renowned scientist, professor
Jonas Mekas, Fluxus artist
dr. Juozas Kazickas, Businessman, philanthropist
DELFI readers Prize
dr. Juozas Kazickas, Businessman, philanthropist
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Public nomination process for Global Lithuanian Awards was finished on 1st of December 2012.
| Category 1. Global Lithuanian Business and Management Award: to showcase achievements, innovation, leadership and inspiration in the fields of management, entrepreneurship and financial success. | ||||
| Nr. | Nominee | Company | Position | Country |
| 1. | Antanas Mockus | Corpovisionarios | President | Colombia |
| 2. | Arūnas Šlekys | Hughes Network Systems | Vice President | USA |
| 3. | Bradford A Benz | RedShift Group | Partner | USA |
| 4. | Eglė Garrick | Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority | General Manager | Australia |
| 5. | Gintaras Vaišnys | Defibtech | Founder & CEO | USA |
| 6. | Ilja Laurs | Get Jar | Founder & CEO | USA |
| 7. | Ivan Glasenberg | Glencore International | CEO | South Africa |
| 8. | James Oates | Cicero Invest | Partner | UK |
| 9. | John Mack | CIE Automotive | President | China |
| 10. | Jurga Žilinskienė | Today Translations | Founder & CEO | UK |
| 11. | Kęstutis Sasnauskas | East Capital | Co-founder & CEO | Sweden |
| 12. | Len Judes | Israel - British Chamber of Commerce | President | Israel |
| 13. | Marius Griškonis | White & Case LLP | Senior Associate | USA |
| 14. | Marius Vismantas | World Bank | Private Sector Development Programs in the East Asia & Pacific Region | Washington DC |
| 15. | Mindaugas Paunksnis | Columbia University | Administrator | USA |
| 16. | Michael Ragunas | Bank of America | Senior Vice President | USA |
| 17. | Nawar Sukkar | NASCO | Chairman of the Board of Directors | Syria |
| 18. | Ruta Laukien | C.W Downer & Co. | Director | USA |
| 19. | Romualdas Vildžius | Neris Philippines Inc. | Chairman | Philippines |
| 20. | Steve Felder | Maersk Nairobi | Regional Managing Director – East Africa | Kenya |
| Category 2. Global Lithuanian Science & Tech Award: to showcase achievements, innovation, ambition, leadership, inspiration in the fields of science, engineering and technologies. | ||||
| Nr. | Nominee | Accomplishments | Country | |
| 1. | Algirdas Pakštas | Professor, London Metropolitan University | UK | |
| 2. | Birutė Galdikas | Professor, conservationist, activist | Canada | |
| 3. | Eimutis Juzeliūnas | Visiting professor, University of Cambridge | UK | |
| 4. | J.K Bobko | Hall of fame astronaut | USA | |
| 5. | Jonas Cicėnas | Kinase expert, Swiss Institute of BioinformaticsFounder MAP Kinase Resource | Switzerland | |
| 6. | Lucy Vincent | General Director of External Affairs at Servier | France | |
| 7. | Remis Bistras | Walden Vision, President | USA | |
| 8. | Saulius Juodkazis | Professor/ Physicist at Swinburne University of Technology/ Centre for Micro-Photonics | Australia | |
| 9. | Victor Sniečkus | Bader Chair, Queens University | Canada | |
| Category 3. Global Lithuanian Arts and Culture: to compliment and showcase achievements, leadership, inspiration in the fields of creative industries, arts and culture. | ||||
| Nr. | Nominee | Accomplishments | Country | |
| 1. | Antanas Šileika | Director, Humber School for Writers | Canada | |
| 2. | Ernest Zacharevicius | Street Artist | Malaysia | |
| 3. | Julija Šukys | Writer | Canada | |
| 4. | Kristina Sabaliauskaitė | Writer, Journalist | UK | |
| 5. | Massimiliano Fuksas | Architect | Italy | |
| 6. | Marius Markevičius | Film Director | USA | |
| 7. | Mūza Rubackytė | Pianist/Professor | France | |
| 8. | Ray Bartkus | Illustrator, artist | USA | |
| 9. | Rūta Šepetys | Writer | USA | |
| 10. | Ronald Harwood | Writer, author of ‘Pianist’ script | United Kingdom | |
| 11. | Violeta Urmanavičiūtė-Urmana | Soprano/Artist | Germany | |
| Category 4. Global Lithuanian Lifetime Achievement Award: to compliment the life time achievement in any of the professional field and show-case how global Lithuanian link can benefit to the growth and global competitiveness of Lithuania and/or for making Lithuania’s global stand. | ||||
| Nr. | Nominee | Accomplishments | Country | |
| 1. | Algirdas Avižienis | World-renowned scientist, professor | USA | |
| 2. | Jonas Mekas | Filmmaker, writer | USA | |
| 3. | Juozas Kazickas | Businessman, philanthropist | USA | |
| 4. | Regina Narušienė | Lawyer, World Lithuanian Community representative in Seimas | USA | |
| 5. | Richard J. Durbin | U.S. Senator from Illinois | USA | |
| 6. | Stasys Bačkaitis | Founder of World Lithuanian symposium of Sciences and Arts | USA | |
| 7. | Tomas Venclova | Professor Emeritus at Yale university | USA | |
| 8. | Valdas Adamkus | President of Lithuania | Lithuania | |