Svetlana V. Boriskina, School of Radiophysics, V. Kharazin Kharkov National University, in Kharkov, Ukraine, has won the 2007 ICO/ICTP Award. The cermony took place in the ICTP Main Lecture Hall during the Winter College on Fibre Optics, Fibre Lasers and Sensors, 12-23 February. Boriskina is being honoured for ther original work in the development of numerical modeling techniques for optoelectronic devices, micro-optical resonators, dielectric lenses and waveguides and for her active commitment aimed at the diffusion of research in optics in Ukraine.