- Innovation Awards Team
13th Annual Idaho Innovation Awards Nomination Period Opens
Updated: Oct 25, 2019
BOISE, ID — The submission period for the 13th Annual Idaho Innovation Awards, which are organized and hosted by Stoel Rives LLP, Trailhead and the Idaho Technology Council, with support from Deloitte, opens June 4, 2018. The Idaho Innovation Awards recognize innovations, innovative professionals and innovative companies statewide. Nomination forms may be submitted online through July 31, 2018.
Nominations from all industries are welcome in the following categories:
Additional information on the categories and nomination criteria can be found here. Nominations will be reviewed by a selection committee consisting of leaders from Idaho’s business and technology sectors. Finalists will be announced in September, and finalists and winners will be recognized on Oct. 17, 2018, at an awards ceremony to be held at Boise Centre in conjunction with the Idaho Technology Council Hall of Fame banquet.
The Idaho Innovation Awards, which Stoel Rives first organized and hosted in 2006, has recognized some of the most promising and successful Idaho companies, products, science and technology advancements, and professionals. The following were recognized as winners and finalists in 2017:
Commercialized Innovation of the Year
PharmaWatch eGlycol by AmericanPharma Technologies, Inc.
PreView Sentry Plus by PRECO Electronics (Winner)
Data Integrity through Blockchain Technology by ULedger
Consumer Product of the Year
Killer Whey! Frozen Dessert by Killer Whey!
Predictable Ryde by Predictable Ryde (Winner)
ShapeShift Modular Holster System by Alien Gear Holsters / Tedder Industries LLC
Early-Stage Innovation of the Year
Apparatus and Method for the Production of Radiopharmaceutical Copper-67 by Idaho State University (Winner)
Systems and Related Methods for Determining Self-discharge Currents and Internal Shorts in Energy Storage Cells by Idaho National Laboratory
The APR Phosphate Sponge by Idaho National Laboratory
Innovative Company of the Year
Innovator of the Year
Jeff Walker, President and General Manager, Idaho Information Consortium LLC / Access Idaho
Matt Rissell, Co-Founder and CEO, TSheets (Winner)
Tracy Lotz, Founder and CEO, LiveRez
About the Innovation Awards: Stoel Rives has celebrated innovative companies and their accomplishments since hosting the first Innovation Awards in Salt Lake City in 2002. Each consecutive year, the law firm has honored groundbreaking advancements from emerging to established businesses. In its commitment to foster the innovation ecosystem across its footprint, Stoel Rives has since expanded its Innovation Awards program to Boise, Idaho (2006) and Sacramento, California (2016). In 2017, the firm partnered with the Puget Sound Business Journal as a presenting sponsor of the publication’s inaugural innovation awards program in Seattle, Washington. www.stoel.com/innovation
About Stoel Rives LLP: Stoel Rives is a leading U.S. corporate and litigation law firm. One of the largest national firms focused on energy, natural resources, climate change and the environment, Stoel Rives also serves the agribusiness, food and beverage, health care, life sciences, and technology industries. With more than 350 attorneys operating out of 10 offices in seven states and the District of Columbia, Stoel Rives is a leader in regulatory and compliance matters, and business, labor and employment, intellectual property, land use, and real estate development and construction law. For more information, follow us @stoelrives or visit www.stoel.com.
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