Stories of Innovation
Global Innovation Spotlight
Can Online Mapping Software Beat Traditional GIS?
Reviewing 4 Platforms
Can Online Mapping Software Beat Traditional GIS? Reviewing 4 Platforms Geographic information systems used to belong to specialists. You needed a license, a training course, and a workstation that could handle the processing load. That was the cost of doing spatial analysis for a long time, and plenty of organizations...
United Nations Lesotho
UNITED NATIONS LESOTHO
MESSAGE BY THE RESIDENT COORDINATOR
Ka lebelo la Ntšoekhe – With the speed of Ntšoekhe and aligned to the call by UN Member States to accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, this Cooperation Framework (CF) calls for accelerated pace in decision making, delivering and coordinating of development priorities, while leveraging all available resources,...
INNOVATE® South Carolina
Code/+/Trust
Agile, On-Shore Product Studio for End-to-End Software Development
At Code/+/Trust, we’re more than just a development shop, we’re your strategic co-founders, product visionaries, and fractional CTOs. What do bourbon barrels, jails, and hospitals have in common? They’re all part of the industries our clients have disrupted with our help. We use a flexible, industry-agnostic process: discovery, user research,...
INNOVATE™ Estonia
RAY FOIL
FROM ESTONIA’S INNOVATION ROOTS TO THE FUTURE OF EFOILING
In the quiet tech landscape of Estonia, a bold idea was born—one that would soon reshape the way people move on water. Andres Nöps, an electrical engineer with a background in elite athletics and a passion for clean energy, began designing a new kind of electric hydrofoil. It had to...
INNOVATION Quebec
GERAD
LEVERAGING DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE TO SUPPORT INNOVATION
About usGERAD is an interuniversity research centre working at the heart of digital intelligence. It aims to be a reference point in the area of decision mathematics and its applications to complex systems, by bringing together university and industry researchers to carry out large-scale R&D projects. Its contributions can be...
INNOVATE™ Toronto
BLUEROCK THERAPEUTICS
DARES TO ASK, “WHAT IF?"
At BlueRock, our mission is to create authentic cellular medicines to reverse devastating diseases, with the vision of improving the human condition. Built on the research of some of the world’s foremost experts in induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) biology, BlueRock has revolutionized and scaled methods for creating authentic...
INNOVATION Quebec
CONSEIL DE L’INNOVATION DU QUÉBEC
LA RÉVOLUTION DE L’INNOVATION POUR L’AVENIR DU QUÉBEC
Le Conseil de l’innovation du Québec a pour mission de dynamiser l’innovation au sein des entreprises et de la société québécoise. Son équipe multiplie les actions afin d’insuffler une culture de l’innovation plus forte, partout à travers la province. Qu’il s’agisse d’innovation sociale, d’intelligence artificielle, de développement durable, de prospérité...
INNOVATE® Jacksonville
Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center-Uses The Most Advanced Technology And Research In The Fight Against Cancer
Bringing together world-renowned expertise, innovation and patient-centered care in one destination. Beating cancer demands the extraordinary. That’s why Baptist Health, Northeast Florida’s preferred health care provider, and MD Anderson Cancer Center, the No.1-ranked cancer center in America, created a destination for cancer treatment that is second to none. Jacksonville,...
Global Innovation Spotlight
3 Proven Ways to Master Golf Indoors Effortlessly
3 Proven Ways to Master Golf Indoors Effortlessly To master golf indoors effortlessly, players are leveraging a trifecta of technologies: advanced launch monitors for precision data, realistic hitting surfaces for injury prevention, and immersive projection ecosystems for course simulation. These innovations allow golfers to build consistent swing mechanics and lower...
INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2
TERRACYCLE
ON A MISSION TO ELIMINATE THE IDEA OF WASTE
TerraCycle is an international leader in innovative sustainability solutions, creating and operating first-of-their-kind platforms in recycling, recycled materials, and reuse. Through collaboration and innovation, we’ve developed the world’s first solutions in everything from recycling to reuse. Businesses, government entities, and consumers work with us globally to keep trash out of...
INNOVATE™ Curitiba
PRIME CONTROL
REFERENCE FOR INNOVATION IN SOFTWARE TESTING– A VICTORY CELEBRATED AT PARAGON ISG AWARDS BRASIL 2023
Located in the innovative city of Curitiba, Prime Control stands out as a guardian of quality in software testing. With over 15-years of dedicated service, this company has carved out a unique niche, bringing quality and efficiency in to the digital environment. Its team, comprising more than 270 specialists scattered...
INNOVATION Manitoba
PREGEASE
PRACTICAL INNOVATION FOR FERTILITY AND WOMEN’S HEALTH
PregEase Inc. is a Canadian MedTech company simplifying fertility and vaginal healthcare by focusing on practical, affordable, at-home devices instead of complex, high-cost interventions. Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the company has developed women’s health solutions that target two large, adjacent markets: the global fertility market, projected to surpass USD 93...
Global Innovation Spotlight
Antigro Designer
Powering the Future of Personalized Print
“We’re not in the business of printing. We’re in the business of unlocking potential.” One company is reshaping how the world thinks about printed products globally in the fast-rising design and tech landscape. Since 2016, Antigro Designer has been rewriting the rules for personalization, automation, and scalability in the print...
INNOVATE® Northern Virginia
MISSIONOVO
PEOPLE FIRST. MISSION ALWAYS.
Introduction In national security, capabilities are proven under pressure; not in theory. Too often, they fail because they were built too far from the mission. Missionovo was founded to close that gap. Three engineers, Grant Kuhnsman, Mike Dobry, and Matt O’Leary, saw the same failures: solutions built without the mission...
INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2
DELIA ASSOCIATES
MAKING THE SHIFT FROM “HOPE AND PRAY” TO “PLAN AND DO.”
Where are today’s opportunities and possibilities for business success? And with all the information available and options to consider, how can you recognize them? Prioritize them? Evaluate them? Align them with your organization’s growth objectives? And a question that we hear with great frequency when making a marketing commitment: “What’s...
INNOVATE™ Toronto
RADICAL VENTURES
AN AI-FOCUSED VENTURE CAPITAL FUND INVESTING IN PEOPLE WHO ARE SHAPING THE FUTURE OF HOW WE LIVE, WORK AND PLAY
Like Benjamin Franklin knotting a key to a kite in a lightning storm, today’s AI researchers are unlocking technology that is reshaping our world. From quantum neural networks and natural language processing, to AI for drug discovery, the path to future innovations and commercialization is charted by a small subset...
INNOVATE™ Stockholm
EINRIDE
THE COMPANY STEERING THE FUTURE OF FREIGHT
When Einride was founded in Stockholm in 2016, few imagined that a small team of technologists and transport visionaries would one day stand at the center of a global shift in how goods move. Yet within less than a decade, the company had become synonymous with the future of freight...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
KUDOTI
A TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM THAT ENABLES FMCG BRANDS TO TRACE THEIR WASTE MATERIAL, PROVIDES REALTIME DATA FOR BETTER DECISION MAKING AND IMPROVES SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL PROCUREMENT
Kudoti was founded in 2019, offering a tailored solution based on our clients sustainability goals and offers an end-to-end solution from developing strategy with our clients, implementation thereof, and right through to tracking and tracing and reporting, enabling brands to become fully circular through real-time data. Unlike solutions from outside...
INNOVATE™ Vancouver Vol.2
Thunderbird Entertainment
Harnessing Content as a Force for Good
The global pandemic accelerated the way audiences worldwide consume content — and the steady growth of streaming content continues today. In fact, Nielsen reported in July 2022 that streaming viewership surpassed pandemic records, with North American audiences watching an average of 190.9 billion minutes of streamed content per week. Fueling...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
STREETSCHOOL - Journeys of Discovery
As Humans We Are Still Foraging, But Instead Of Turning Over Rocks In Search Of Insects And Nuts, We Are Wanting To Understand It All
Our search for clarity is probably the oldest quest we have. We are forever asking “what must I do”, “why are things the way they are”, and “how could my life be different?” Our deepest motivating force is to make a difference, to experience meaning and live with purpose. We...
INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1
CSC CORPTAX
MORE THAN 45 YEARS OF TAX TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
CSC Corptax® provides technology-based tax solutions to corporate tax departments worldwide. We transform tax reporting for clients through software, business process expertise, and award-winning support, helping them achieve breakthrough performance using the first and only single system on the market for end-to-end tax. Our unmatched automation aligns tax processes, enhances...
INNOVATE® Philadelphia
Econsult Solutions, Inc.
Where Innovation Takes Root: The Economics of What Comes Next
Economic impact has a standard playbook: count jobs, measure spending, calculate activity, and produce a number. Oftentimes this approach defines how cities, institutions, and developers tell their economic story, but it can leave out the most important part—the context of the place and the tangible day-to-day impacts on the community....
INNOVATE® Nashville
LODESTONE ADVISORY GROUP
Is reimagining venture capital and economic development from the ground up
When we founded Lodestone Advisory Group in 2013, business leaders were tired of a management consulting industry that was a stiff, black box offering one-size-fits-all “solutions,” with little accountability on end results. Lodestone, named after the naturally occurring magnetic powder that gave early merchants and tradesmen the ability to navigate...
INNOVATION Quebec
ISEQ
LE PÔLE D’EXCELLENCE DE L’INDUSTRIE DES SYSTÈMES ÉLECTRONIQUES DU QUÉBEC (ISEQ) CONCERTE LES EN
Soyons le changement des produits électroniques québécois de demainIl agit comme vecteur de collaboration afin de favoriser l’innovation, la reconnaissance de l’industrie, l’élargissement des opportunités, la commercialisation et la compétitivité des entreprises. Il favorise l’exportation des biens, des services et des innovations du secteur de l’électronique pour profiter des opportunités...
Global Innovation Spotlight
Can Online Mapping Software Beat Traditional GIS?
Reviewing 4 Platforms
Can Online Mapping Software Beat Traditional GIS? Reviewing 4 Platforms Geographic information systems used to belong to specialists. You needed a license, a training course, and a workstation that could handle the processing load. That was the cost of doing spatial analysis for a long time, and plenty of organizations...
United Nations Lesotho
UNITED NATIONS LESOTHO
MESSAGE BY THE RESIDENT COORDINATOR
Ka lebelo la Ntšoekhe – With the speed of Ntšoekhe and aligned to the call by UN Member States to accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, this Cooperation Framework (CF) calls for accelerated pace in decision making, delivering and coordinating of development priorities, while leveraging all available resources,...
INNOVATE® South Carolina
Code/+/Trust
Agile, On-Shore Product Studio for End-to-End Software Development
At Code/+/Trust, we’re more than just a development shop, we’re your strategic co-founders, product visionaries, and fractional CTOs. What do bourbon barrels, jails, and hospitals have in common? They’re all part of the industries our clients have disrupted with our help. We use a flexible, industry-agnostic process: discovery, user research,...
INNOVATE™ Estonia
RAY FOIL
FROM ESTONIA’S INNOVATION ROOTS TO THE FUTURE OF EFOILING
In the quiet tech landscape of Estonia, a bold idea was born—one that would soon reshape the way people move on water. Andres Nöps, an electrical engineer with a background in elite athletics and a passion for clean energy, began designing a new kind of electric hydrofoil. It had to...
INNOVATION Quebec
GERAD
LEVERAGING DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE TO SUPPORT INNOVATION
About usGERAD is an interuniversity research centre working at the heart of digital intelligence. It aims to be a reference point in the area of decision mathematics and its applications to complex systems, by bringing together university and industry researchers to carry out large-scale R&D projects. Its contributions can be...
INNOVATE™ Toronto
BLUEROCK THERAPEUTICS
DARES TO ASK, “WHAT IF?"
At BlueRock, our mission is to create authentic cellular medicines to reverse devastating diseases, with the vision of improving the human condition. Built on the research of some of the world’s foremost experts in induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) biology, BlueRock has revolutionized and scaled methods for creating authentic...
INNOVATION Quebec
CONSEIL DE L’INNOVATION DU QUÉBEC
LA RÉVOLUTION DE L’INNOVATION POUR L’AVENIR DU QUÉBEC
Le Conseil de l’innovation du Québec a pour mission de dynamiser l’innovation au sein des entreprises et de la société québécoise. Son équipe multiplie les actions afin d’insuffler une culture de l’innovation plus forte, partout à travers la province. Qu’il s’agisse d’innovation sociale, d’intelligence artificielle, de développement durable, de prospérité...
INNOVATE® Jacksonville
Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center-Uses The Most Advanced Technology And Research In The Fight Against Cancer
Bringing together world-renowned expertise, innovation and patient-centered care in one destination. Beating cancer demands the extraordinary. That’s why Baptist Health, Northeast Florida’s preferred health care provider, and MD Anderson Cancer Center, the No.1-ranked cancer center in America, created a destination for cancer treatment that is second to none. Jacksonville,...
Global Innovation Spotlight
3 Proven Ways to Master Golf Indoors Effortlessly
3 Proven Ways to Master Golf Indoors Effortlessly To master golf indoors effortlessly, players are leveraging a trifecta of technologies: advanced launch monitors for precision data, realistic hitting surfaces for injury prevention, and immersive projection ecosystems for course simulation. These innovations allow golfers to build consistent swing mechanics and lower...
INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2
TERRACYCLE
ON A MISSION TO ELIMINATE THE IDEA OF WASTE
TerraCycle is an international leader in innovative sustainability solutions, creating and operating first-of-their-kind platforms in recycling, recycled materials, and reuse. Through collaboration and innovation, we’ve developed the world’s first solutions in everything from recycling to reuse. Businesses, government entities, and consumers work with us globally to keep trash out of...
INNOVATE™ Curitiba
PRIME CONTROL
REFERENCE FOR INNOVATION IN SOFTWARE TESTING– A VICTORY CELEBRATED AT PARAGON ISG AWARDS BRASIL 2023
Located in the innovative city of Curitiba, Prime Control stands out as a guardian of quality in software testing. With over 15-years of dedicated service, this company has carved out a unique niche, bringing quality and efficiency in to the digital environment. Its team, comprising more than 270 specialists scattered...
INNOVATION Manitoba
PREGEASE
PRACTICAL INNOVATION FOR FERTILITY AND WOMEN’S HEALTH
PregEase Inc. is a Canadian MedTech company simplifying fertility and vaginal healthcare by focusing on practical, affordable, at-home devices instead of complex, high-cost interventions. Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the company has developed women’s health solutions that target two large, adjacent markets: the global fertility market, projected to surpass USD 93...
Global Innovation Spotlight
Antigro Designer
Powering the Future of Personalized Print
“We’re not in the business of printing. We’re in the business of unlocking potential.” One company is reshaping how the world thinks about printed products globally in the fast-rising design and tech landscape. Since 2016, Antigro Designer has been rewriting the rules for personalization, automation, and scalability in the print...
INNOVATE® Northern Virginia
MISSIONOVO
PEOPLE FIRST. MISSION ALWAYS.
Introduction In national security, capabilities are proven under pressure; not in theory. Too often, they fail because they were built too far from the mission. Missionovo was founded to close that gap. Three engineers, Grant Kuhnsman, Mike Dobry, and Matt O’Leary, saw the same failures: solutions built without the mission...
INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2
DELIA ASSOCIATES
MAKING THE SHIFT FROM “HOPE AND PRAY” TO “PLAN AND DO.”
Where are today’s opportunities and possibilities for business success? And with all the information available and options to consider, how can you recognize them? Prioritize them? Evaluate them? Align them with your organization’s growth objectives? And a question that we hear with great frequency when making a marketing commitment: “What’s...
INNOVATE™ Toronto
RADICAL VENTURES
AN AI-FOCUSED VENTURE CAPITAL FUND INVESTING IN PEOPLE WHO ARE SHAPING THE FUTURE OF HOW WE LIVE, WORK AND PLAY
Like Benjamin Franklin knotting a key to a kite in a lightning storm, today’s AI researchers are unlocking technology that is reshaping our world. From quantum neural networks and natural language processing, to AI for drug discovery, the path to future innovations and commercialization is charted by a small subset...
INNOVATE™ Stockholm
EINRIDE
THE COMPANY STEERING THE FUTURE OF FREIGHT
When Einride was founded in Stockholm in 2016, few imagined that a small team of technologists and transport visionaries would one day stand at the center of a global shift in how goods move. Yet within less than a decade, the company had become synonymous with the future of freight...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
KUDOTI
A TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM THAT ENABLES FMCG BRANDS TO TRACE THEIR WASTE MATERIAL, PROVIDES REALTIME DATA FOR BETTER DECISION MAKING AND IMPROVES SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL PROCUREMENT
Kudoti was founded in 2019, offering a tailored solution based on our clients sustainability goals and offers an end-to-end solution from developing strategy with our clients, implementation thereof, and right through to tracking and tracing and reporting, enabling brands to become fully circular through real-time data. Unlike solutions from outside...
INNOVATE™ Vancouver Vol.2
Thunderbird Entertainment
Harnessing Content as a Force for Good
The global pandemic accelerated the way audiences worldwide consume content — and the steady growth of streaming content continues today. In fact, Nielsen reported in July 2022 that streaming viewership surpassed pandemic records, with North American audiences watching an average of 190.9 billion minutes of streamed content per week. Fueling...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
STREETSCHOOL - Journeys of Discovery
As Humans We Are Still Foraging, But Instead Of Turning Over Rocks In Search Of Insects And Nuts, We Are Wanting To Understand It All
Our search for clarity is probably the oldest quest we have. We are forever asking “what must I do”, “why are things the way they are”, and “how could my life be different?” Our deepest motivating force is to make a difference, to experience meaning and live with purpose. We...
INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1
CSC CORPTAX
MORE THAN 45 YEARS OF TAX TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
CSC Corptax® provides technology-based tax solutions to corporate tax departments worldwide. We transform tax reporting for clients through software, business process expertise, and award-winning support, helping them achieve breakthrough performance using the first and only single system on the market for end-to-end tax. Our unmatched automation aligns tax processes, enhances...
INNOVATE® Philadelphia
Econsult Solutions, Inc.
Where Innovation Takes Root: The Economics of What Comes Next
Economic impact has a standard playbook: count jobs, measure spending, calculate activity, and produce a number. Oftentimes this approach defines how cities, institutions, and developers tell their economic story, but it can leave out the most important part—the context of the place and the tangible day-to-day impacts on the community....
INNOVATE® Nashville
LODESTONE ADVISORY GROUP
Is reimagining venture capital and economic development from the ground up
When we founded Lodestone Advisory Group in 2013, business leaders were tired of a management consulting industry that was a stiff, black box offering one-size-fits-all “solutions,” with little accountability on end results. Lodestone, named after the naturally occurring magnetic powder that gave early merchants and tradesmen the ability to navigate...
INNOVATION Quebec
ISEQ
LE PÔLE D’EXCELLENCE DE L’INDUSTRIE DES SYSTÈMES ÉLECTRONIQUES DU QUÉBEC (ISEQ) CONCERTE LES EN
Soyons le changement des produits électroniques québécois de demainIl agit comme vecteur de collaboration afin de favoriser l’innovation, la reconnaissance de l’industrie, l’élargissement des opportunités, la commercialisation et la compétitivité des entreprises. Il favorise l’exportation des biens, des services et des innovations du secteur de l’électronique pour profiter des opportunités...