2009 Coverage
Chicago Innovation Award Winners Open NASDAQ Stock Market
Read Full ArticleIn continuation with ongoing efforts to raise visibility for the high-tech industry in Illinois, Chicago Innovation Award sponsor TechAmerica Midwest and several Chicago Innovation Award 2009 Honorees convened in New York City last Tuesday to open the NASDAQ Stock Market on Tuesday. The event, arranged by TechAmerica, emphasized the association's Illinois Technology Index (ILTI), and the winners of the 2009 Chicago Innovation Awards.
Chicago Innovation Awards
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By Michael Arndt, Damian Joseph, Venessa Wong
Chicago may have lost out on the 2016 Olympics, but it still hosts an annual competition in innovation. After poring through more than 200 entries, the judges of this year's Chicago Innovation Awards honored these Top 10. The 2009 winners range from huge institutions such as the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago to a startup called Rescue Vac Systems, an emergency equipment maker begun by a veteran firefighter. In addition, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) picked up the People's Choice Award, based on votes registered at the Chicago Innovation Awards Web site, while another Chicago-area firefighter was awarded a special "visionary" award for his public safety invention. Here are profiles of the most innovative companies and people in metro Chicago.
Chicago Innovation Awards: A Role Model
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Eight years ago a close colleague and I launched the Chicago Innovation Awards to promote innovation in the Midwest. Since then, I have learned three things from running this program. First, there is a critical need to recognize the work of innovators. Second, Chicago has an incredible breadth of inventive thinking that runs through all sectors. And third, I had no idea that creating and running a program like this would take so much time, effort, and money.