Chicago Innovation Awards

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Chicago Innovation Awards was created by the Chicago Sun-Times and Kuczmarski & Associates in 2002. Each year the Awards recognize 10 Chicago area businesses, nonprofits, and government organizations that develop the year’s most innovative new products and services.

Contents

[edit] 2007

The 2007 Chicago Innovation Awards reception was held at the Goodman Theater. A Visionary Pioneer Award was given to Joe Mansueto, the CEO of Morningstar.

[edit] Recipients

  • Abbott Laboratories - The Abbott RealTime HIV-1 Assay and the m2000 System
  • Ovation Pharmaceuticals - Innovative Business Model
  • Experencia Immersive Learning Center - EarthWorks and Exchange City
  • DriFire - driFire Performance FR Wear
  • City Of Chicago - Chicago Department of Transportation's Green Alley Program
  • S&C Electric Company - TripSaver Dropout Recloser
  • SkinnyCorp - Threadless
  • Radio Flyer - Ultimate Family Wagon
  • SAVO - SAVO
  • Fellowes - The Powershred DS1 personal shredder with SafeSense

[edit] 2006

The 2006 Chicago Innovation Awards reception was held on October 30, 2006 at the Goodman Theater. A Visionary Pioneer Award was given to Gerald Putnam, the founder of Archipelago, an electronic stock exchange that was recently bought out by The New York Stock Exchange. The event was hosted by Thomas Kuczmarski, President and Senior Partner of Kuczmarski & Associates and Dan Miller, Business Editor of the Chicago Sun-Times.

[edit] Recipients

[edit] 2005

In 2005, the Chicago Innovation Awards reception was held on October 18th at the Goodman Theater. Casey Cowell, founder of U.S. Robotics was the keynote speaker and the winner of the 2005 Visionary Pioneer Award.

[edit] Recipients

  • Abbott Laboratories - PathVysion
  • City of Chicago/Millennium Park, Inc. - Millennium Park
  • Intellext - Watson
  • Laminar Technologies, LLC - TurboTap
  • LISC/Chicago - The New Communities Program
  • Motorola - RAZR V3
  • Novarra - nWeb Mobile Browser
  • United States Gypsum Company - DUROCK Tile Membrane
  • Vibes Media - iRadio Text Messaging Platform
  • Solvent Systems, International - Grease Gator

[edit] 2004

[edit] Recipients

[edit] 2003

[edit] Recipients

[edit] 2002

[edit] Recipients

  • Aon Risk Services - Wired for Growth
  • Argonne National Laboratory and SourceTech Medical - “Fast Track” Commercialization for Production of 125 Implant Seeds
  • City of Chicago - Mayor Daley’s Earned Income Tax Credit Program
  • Madison Information Technologies - ALIGNDEX
  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Best Patient Experience
  • QuesTek Innovations - Materials by Design
  • Rubbermaid Home Products - Tool Tower
  • Sara Lee Corporation - Bali Shoulder Spa
  • United Air Lines - EasyUpdateSM Provided by Centerpost Corporation
  • Walgreen Co. - Multi-Language Prescription Label

[edit] External links