Stories of Innovation

INNOVATE™ Adelaide

THINK.DIGITAL

INNOVATING TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE

Think Digital is one of Australia’s leading innovative XR studios creating VR, AR and AI solutions for agriculture, to assist with marketing, education, training and on farm productivity gains. Founders Tim Gentle and Kat Bidstrup both have strong links to agriculture, having grown up in regional Australia – Kat on...

INNOVATE® Nashville

MOMENTUM UNIVERSITY

MOMENTUM UNIVERSITY-

FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT NEED, WE GOT YOU COVERED

Momentum University offers in-person and virtual sessions to over 1200 corporate leaders in over 60 companies around the globe. Whether it’s experiencing high-energy keynote speeches, training, or group coaching, the business is one of the fastest growing minority owned leadership and development companies in the state of Tennessee. The mission...

AI Québec

IA QUÉBEC

RETAIL INNOVATION LAB- AT THE BENSADOUN SCHOOL OF RETAIL MANAGEMENT

LE LABORATOIRE D’INNOVATION EN COMMERCE AU DÉTAIL À L’ÉCOLE BENSADOUN DE COMMERCE AU DÉTAIL DE L’UNIVERSITÉ MCGILL

L’École Bensadoun de commerce au détail de l’Université McGill a récemment lancé un laboratoire d’innovation en commerce au détail, fruit d’une collaboration entre l’Université McGill et Alimentation Couche-Tard inc. (ACT). Situé sur le campus de l’Université McGill, le laboratoire est à la fois un dépanneur et un laboratoire vivant, et...

Global Innovation Spotlight

Innovative Moving Solutions: How Technology Is Transforming the Relocation Industry

The moving industry has traditionally relied on manual labor and logistics, but recent innovations in technology are driving a significant transformation in how relocations are handled. From digital platforms that connect customers with movers to AI-powered solutions that streamline operations, technology is making moving faster, more efficient, and customer-centric. This...

INNOVATION Quebec

REAI

TRANSFORMING MANUFACTURERS ONE PROJECT AT A TIME

For the past 18 years, REAI has been a non-profit organization bringing together members specialized in automation, robotics and services from all areas of automation expertise and manufacturing niches. As part of MEIE’s digital transformation offensive, we are pursuing our mission to stimulate collaboration between innovative companies as part of...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

BALANCE

BALANCE -SECURES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF DIGITAL ASSETS

SECURES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF DIGITAL ASSETS

Balance is Canada’s largest digital asset custodian. Our solution powers financial services companies such as over-the-counter trading desks, exchanges, lenders, and ATM networks. The assets are kept secure on specialized hardware, kept fully offline in geographically distributed bank grade vaults that are access controlled, monitored, and guarded 24/7. Our internal...

INNOVATE™ Flanders

B4PLASTICS

Redesigning tomorrow’s plastics. Today.

B4Plastics is a Belgian Biopolymer Tech Company specialised in: Creating (R&D), Producing (up to kton), Selling and Licensing novel biomaterials, based on a unique range of Bio Based Building Blocks (hence the B4), tailored to an extended variety of applications. This Belgian-based company, located in Limburg, is a pioneer in...

INNOVATE™ Vancouver Vol.2

LUCENT BIOSCIENCES

GROUNDBREAKING INNOVATION IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

In the upcoming decades, global food systems will profoundly change as we adapt to more sustainable food production and distribution approaches. Farmers are currently being challenged to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Backed by years of research...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

JUST VERTICAL

JUST VERTICAL-FURNITURE THAT FEEDS YOU - INDOOR GARDENS BUILT BY PLANT SCIENCE FOR EVERY GROWER AND EVERY HOME.

FURNITURE THAT FEEDS YOU - INDOOR GARDENS BUILT BY PLANT SCIENCE FOR EVERY GROWER AND EVERY HOME.

How salmon & sangria started a green revolution.Some of the most inspiring inventions come at the most innocuous times. In 2017, Just Vertical co-founders Conner Tidd and Kevin Jakiela were completing their Masters of Science at the University of Toronto. Bright eyed and full of enthusiasm, they hoped to equip...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

RETROVIRAL MATCHKIT

RETROVIRAL MATCHKIT-Slick & Easy

Slick & Easy

I TRAVELLED TO ANFIELD JUST BEFORE THE HARD LOCKDOWN. I’M A HUGE LIVERPOOL FAN AND WANTED TO WATCH THE TEAM PLAY AT HOME BEFORE THEY WON THE LEAGUE, WHICH – FORTUNATELY – THEY DID. SO I RETURNED HOME ON A HIGH, BUT THEN GLOBAL AND LOCAL SPORT CAME TO A...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

THIRD-i MARKETING INTELLIGENCE

THIRD-i MARKETING INTELLIGENCE- NO MORE MYSTERY SHOPPERS – THIRD-i SMART POINT OF SALE DISPLAYS – A RETAIL INNOVATION FROM SOUTH AFRICA

NO MORE MYSTERY SHOPPERS – THIRD-i SMART POINT OF SALE DISPLAYS – A RETAIL INNOVATION FROM SOUTH AFRICA

The third eye represents intuition and insight—an inner vision and enlightenment beyond what the physical eye can see. Modern shoppers are increasingly time-starved and brand-agnostic. It is therefore imperative for brands to understand as much as they can about the people who are buying their products and how they feel...

INNOVATE® Detroit

HRPro/BenePro

Exceptional Client Service And Innovation.

Throughout its almost 35-year history, two things have defined HRPro/BenePro – exceptional client service and innovation. Among its earlier innovations: While it is difficult to imagine a market without any of these, HRPro/BenePro helped create new categories when they first dived into them. More recently, they have been focused on...

INNOVATION Quebec

REAI

TRANSFORMER LES MANUFACTURIERS-UN PROJET À LA FOIS

Le REAI est un organisme à but non lucratif regroupant depuis 18 ans des membres spécialisés en automatisation, robotique et services de tous les pôles de compétences en automatisation et de créneaux de fabrication. C’est dans le cadre de l’offensive de transformation numérique du MEIE que nous poursuivons notre mission...

INNOVATE™ Estonia

INNOSTEPS

ESTONIA’S INNOVATION COMPASS

Innosteps is a tool for increasing the innovation capacity of Estonian companies and developing a common culture of innovation. Innovation steps (innosteps) is an Estonian public–private initiative designed to enhance innovation capabilities across businesses and organisations by providing a structured assessment framework, targeted guidance, and access to a network of...

INNOVATE® Nashville

MITER HEALTH

INTELLIGENT CARE DELIVERY PLATFORMS

The healthcare industry works towards caring, promoting health, and quality of life. The growing aging population and rise in cost associated with eldercare is a concern to home health care providers. The challenges faced by home health care providers are immeasurable. From rising costs to providing the care, tracking staff...

INNOVATE® Milwaukee

INTERNSHIP ON DEMAND

HOW INTERNSHIP ON DEMAND IS REDEFINING THE PATH TO CAREER SUCCESS

Every year, millions of college students graduate without ever having experienced the workplace firsthand. Employers demand experience, but when only 30% of college students complete an internship on an annual basis, what do those left on the outside looking in do? That’s where Internship on Demand comes in. Launched in...

INNOVATE® South Carolina

MIDLANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE

YOU CAN GET ANYWHERE FROM HERE

150+ Programs Eight Schools of Study make up a curriculum that is continously reviewed and optimized to meet workforce demand. Students are known by their name, not a number, with an average class size of 17. Over $150,000 in Scholarships Affordable tuition ensures students can complete their programs without substantial...

INNOVATION Quebec

CMC MICROSYSTEMS

ACCÉLÉRER L’INNOVATION ET LA RECHERCHE

« CMC permet aux entrepreneurs et innovateurs l’accès aux meilleurs outils et plateformes au monde. Cela offrira à nos clients et partenaires de tout le cycle de vie de conception, de mise à l’essai et de fabrication des produits technologiques de pointe qui façonneront l’économie de demain. » – Gordon...

INNOVATE® Detroit

RIVET WORK, INC

Scheduling and moving labor across construction projects sounds simple. But in reality, that couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s a never-ending process that’s nigh impossible to do accurately, efficiently and indefinitely. To make this less of a hurdle, RIVET Work Inc. (RIVET) created a Workforce Management platform tailor-made for...

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

STEMLINGO

Unlocking Hidden Genius in STEM

Recognizing a significant gap in STEM exposure products and materials for students aged 13 and above, LINGO steps in to fill this void. Aisha Bowe, the Founder and CEO of LINGO, knows firsthand the importance of having access to quality STEM education. Graduating high school with a 2.3 GPA, she...

INNOVATE® Milwaukee

DCI MARKETING

CELEBRATING ITS 80TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2024, DCI MARKETING FOSTERS A CULTURE OF INNOVATION FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS FOR FORTUNE 50 COMPANIES, MAJOR RETAILERS AND CONSUMERS.

As American forces crossed the English Channel to liberate France in June 1944, Milwaukee native Lloyd A. Sauer was thinking forward to a post-war era. Sauer purchased a small company called ColorPrint Products Printing and began producing window signage for shoe stores. But it was Cadillac and Harley-Davidson that propelled...

INNOVATE® Philadelphia

SHARE FOOD PROGRAM

FOOD IS A HUMAN RIGHT AND HUNGER CAN BE SOLVED

Hunger is solvable, and one organization headquartered in North Philadelphia maintains that they know exactly how. Founded 40 years ago, Share Food Program is the leading hunger-relief organization on food bank in the Greater Philadelphia region. Though food distribution, education, and advocacy, Share serves around 500,000 individuals each month, more...

INNOVATE™ Adelaide

LEIDOS AUSTRALIA

Leading the way in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems engineering

Leidos Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortune 500 company Leidos, has been a trusted partner to the Australian Government for over 25 years, having delivered some of the most complex software and systems integration projects in Australia. Led by a local leadership team, Leidos delivers projects and services through...

INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports

GIIKS GAME CITY

GIIKS GAME CITY-Live Streams

Live Streams, Discussions, Co-Operative And Competitive Games. What Are You Waiting For?

We are Giiks Game City (GGC), a non-profit organization with the primary goal of organizing gaming events, TV content, creating and re- modify existing local and contemporary games, for a wider audience.  Video gaming, a subculture of E-Sports (Electronic Sports) is seeing rapid growth in Ghana. The ubiquity of PC...

INNOVATE™ Adelaide

THINK.DIGITAL

INNOVATING TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE

Think Digital is one of Australia’s leading innovative XR studios creating VR, AR and AI solutions for agriculture, to assist with marketing, education, training and on farm productivity gains. Founders Tim Gentle and Kat Bidstrup both have strong links to agriculture, having grown up in regional Australia – Kat on...

INNOVATE® Nashville

MOMENTUM UNIVERSITY

MOMENTUM UNIVERSITY-

FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT NEED, WE GOT YOU COVERED

Momentum University offers in-person and virtual sessions to over 1200 corporate leaders in over 60 companies around the globe. Whether it’s experiencing high-energy keynote speeches, training, or group coaching, the business is one of the fastest growing minority owned leadership and development companies in the state of Tennessee. The mission...

AI Québec

IA QUÉBEC

RETAIL INNOVATION LAB- AT THE BENSADOUN SCHOOL OF RETAIL MANAGEMENT

LE LABORATOIRE D’INNOVATION EN COMMERCE AU DÉTAIL À L’ÉCOLE BENSADOUN DE COMMERCE AU DÉTAIL DE L’UNIVERSITÉ MCGILL

L’École Bensadoun de commerce au détail de l’Université McGill a récemment lancé un laboratoire d’innovation en commerce au détail, fruit d’une collaboration entre l’Université McGill et Alimentation Couche-Tard inc. (ACT). Situé sur le campus de l’Université McGill, le laboratoire est à la fois un dépanneur et un laboratoire vivant, et...

Global Innovation Spotlight

Innovative Moving Solutions: How Technology Is Transforming the Relocation Industry

The moving industry has traditionally relied on manual labor and logistics, but recent innovations in technology are driving a significant transformation in how relocations are handled. From digital platforms that connect customers with movers to AI-powered solutions that streamline operations, technology is making moving faster, more efficient, and customer-centric. This...

INNOVATION Quebec

REAI

TRANSFORMING MANUFACTURERS ONE PROJECT AT A TIME

For the past 18 years, REAI has been a non-profit organization bringing together members specialized in automation, robotics and services from all areas of automation expertise and manufacturing niches. As part of MEIE’s digital transformation offensive, we are pursuing our mission to stimulate collaboration between innovative companies as part of...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

BALANCE

BALANCE -SECURES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF DIGITAL ASSETS

SECURES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF DIGITAL ASSETS

Balance is Canada’s largest digital asset custodian. Our solution powers financial services companies such as over-the-counter trading desks, exchanges, lenders, and ATM networks. The assets are kept secure on specialized hardware, kept fully offline in geographically distributed bank grade vaults that are access controlled, monitored, and guarded 24/7. Our internal...

INNOVATE™ Flanders

B4PLASTICS

Redesigning tomorrow’s plastics. Today.

B4Plastics is a Belgian Biopolymer Tech Company specialised in: Creating (R&D), Producing (up to kton), Selling and Licensing novel biomaterials, based on a unique range of Bio Based Building Blocks (hence the B4), tailored to an extended variety of applications. This Belgian-based company, located in Limburg, is a pioneer in...

INNOVATE™ Vancouver Vol.2

LUCENT BIOSCIENCES

GROUNDBREAKING INNOVATION IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

In the upcoming decades, global food systems will profoundly change as we adapt to more sustainable food production and distribution approaches. Farmers are currently being challenged to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Backed by years of research...

INNOVATE™ Toronto

JUST VERTICAL

JUST VERTICAL-FURNITURE THAT FEEDS YOU - INDOOR GARDENS BUILT BY PLANT SCIENCE FOR EVERY GROWER AND EVERY HOME.

FURNITURE THAT FEEDS YOU - INDOOR GARDENS BUILT BY PLANT SCIENCE FOR EVERY GROWER AND EVERY HOME.

How salmon & sangria started a green revolution.Some of the most inspiring inventions come at the most innocuous times. In 2017, Just Vertical co-founders Conner Tidd and Kevin Jakiela were completing their Masters of Science at the University of Toronto. Bright eyed and full of enthusiasm, they hoped to equip...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

RETROVIRAL MATCHKIT

RETROVIRAL MATCHKIT-Slick & Easy

Slick & Easy

I TRAVELLED TO ANFIELD JUST BEFORE THE HARD LOCKDOWN. I’M A HUGE LIVERPOOL FAN AND WANTED TO WATCH THE TEAM PLAY AT HOME BEFORE THEY WON THE LEAGUE, WHICH – FORTUNATELY – THEY DID. SO I RETURNED HOME ON A HIGH, BUT THEN GLOBAL AND LOCAL SPORT CAME TO A...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

THIRD-i MARKETING INTELLIGENCE

THIRD-i MARKETING INTELLIGENCE- NO MORE MYSTERY SHOPPERS – THIRD-i SMART POINT OF SALE DISPLAYS – A RETAIL INNOVATION FROM SOUTH AFRICA

NO MORE MYSTERY SHOPPERS – THIRD-i SMART POINT OF SALE DISPLAYS – A RETAIL INNOVATION FROM SOUTH AFRICA

The third eye represents intuition and insight—an inner vision and enlightenment beyond what the physical eye can see. Modern shoppers are increasingly time-starved and brand-agnostic. It is therefore imperative for brands to understand as much as they can about the people who are buying their products and how they feel...

INNOVATE® Detroit

HRPro/BenePro

Exceptional Client Service And Innovation.

Throughout its almost 35-year history, two things have defined HRPro/BenePro – exceptional client service and innovation. Among its earlier innovations: While it is difficult to imagine a market without any of these, HRPro/BenePro helped create new categories when they first dived into them. More recently, they have been focused on...

INNOVATION Quebec

REAI

TRANSFORMER LES MANUFACTURIERS-UN PROJET À LA FOIS

Le REAI est un organisme à but non lucratif regroupant depuis 18 ans des membres spécialisés en automatisation, robotique et services de tous les pôles de compétences en automatisation et de créneaux de fabrication. C’est dans le cadre de l’offensive de transformation numérique du MEIE que nous poursuivons notre mission...

INNOVATE™ Estonia

INNOSTEPS

ESTONIA’S INNOVATION COMPASS

Innosteps is a tool for increasing the innovation capacity of Estonian companies and developing a common culture of innovation. Innovation steps (innosteps) is an Estonian public–private initiative designed to enhance innovation capabilities across businesses and organisations by providing a structured assessment framework, targeted guidance, and access to a network of...

INNOVATE® Nashville

MITER HEALTH

INTELLIGENT CARE DELIVERY PLATFORMS

The healthcare industry works towards caring, promoting health, and quality of life. The growing aging population and rise in cost associated with eldercare is a concern to home health care providers. The challenges faced by home health care providers are immeasurable. From rising costs to providing the care, tracking staff...

INNOVATE® Milwaukee

INTERNSHIP ON DEMAND

HOW INTERNSHIP ON DEMAND IS REDEFINING THE PATH TO CAREER SUCCESS

Every year, millions of college students graduate without ever having experienced the workplace firsthand. Employers demand experience, but when only 30% of college students complete an internship on an annual basis, what do those left on the outside looking in do? That’s where Internship on Demand comes in. Launched in...

INNOVATE® South Carolina

MIDLANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE

YOU CAN GET ANYWHERE FROM HERE

150+ Programs Eight Schools of Study make up a curriculum that is continously reviewed and optimized to meet workforce demand. Students are known by their name, not a number, with an average class size of 17. Over $150,000 in Scholarships Affordable tuition ensures students can complete their programs without substantial...

INNOVATION Quebec

CMC MICROSYSTEMS

ACCÉLÉRER L’INNOVATION ET LA RECHERCHE

« CMC permet aux entrepreneurs et innovateurs l’accès aux meilleurs outils et plateformes au monde. Cela offrira à nos clients et partenaires de tout le cycle de vie de conception, de mise à l’essai et de fabrication des produits technologiques de pointe qui façonneront l’économie de demain. » – Gordon...

INNOVATE® Detroit

RIVET WORK, INC

Scheduling and moving labor across construction projects sounds simple. But in reality, that couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s a never-ending process that’s nigh impossible to do accurately, efficiently and indefinitely. To make this less of a hurdle, RIVET Work Inc. (RIVET) created a Workforce Management platform tailor-made for...

INNOVATE® Washington DMV Edition

STEMLINGO

Unlocking Hidden Genius in STEM

Recognizing a significant gap in STEM exposure products and materials for students aged 13 and above, LINGO steps in to fill this void. Aisha Bowe, the Founder and CEO of LINGO, knows firsthand the importance of having access to quality STEM education. Graduating high school with a 2.3 GPA, she...

INNOVATE® Milwaukee

DCI MARKETING

CELEBRATING ITS 80TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2024, DCI MARKETING FOSTERS A CULTURE OF INNOVATION FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS FOR FORTUNE 50 COMPANIES, MAJOR RETAILERS AND CONSUMERS.

As American forces crossed the English Channel to liberate France in June 1944, Milwaukee native Lloyd A. Sauer was thinking forward to a post-war era. Sauer purchased a small company called ColorPrint Products Printing and began producing window signage for shoe stores. But it was Cadillac and Harley-Davidson that propelled...

INNOVATE® Philadelphia

SHARE FOOD PROGRAM

FOOD IS A HUMAN RIGHT AND HUNGER CAN BE SOLVED

Hunger is solvable, and one organization headquartered in North Philadelphia maintains that they know exactly how. Founded 40 years ago, Share Food Program is the leading hunger-relief organization on food bank in the Greater Philadelphia region. Though food distribution, education, and advocacy, Share serves around 500,000 individuals each month, more...

INNOVATE™ Adelaide

LEIDOS AUSTRALIA

Leading the way in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems engineering

Leidos Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortune 500 company Leidos, has been a trusted partner to the Australian Government for over 25 years, having delivered some of the most complex software and systems integration projects in Australia. Led by a local leadership team, Leidos delivers projects and services through...

INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports

GIIKS GAME CITY

GIIKS GAME CITY-Live Streams

Live Streams, Discussions, Co-Operative And Competitive Games. What Are You Waiting For?

We are Giiks Game City (GGC), a non-profit organization with the primary goal of organizing gaming events, TV content, creating and re- modify existing local and contemporary games, for a wider audience.  Video gaming, a subculture of E-Sports (Electronic Sports) is seeing rapid growth in Ghana. The ubiquity of PC...

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