Stories of Innovation
INNOVATE® Blockchain
ENTREPRENEUR JOE HOLDINGS
Today the founder of Entrepreneur Joe Holdings, LLC, Joe Miller, is currently on a philanthropic mission of deploying new age Bitcoin ATM’s internationally for an assortment of high value Bitcoin ATM companies based throughout the United States. Joe accredits his first hearing about Bitcoin in June 2017 from an...
INNOVATION Quebec
Concordia-University
THE SECURITY RESEARCH CENTRE (SRC)
The Security Research Centre (SRC) is a comprehensive multidisciplinary training, R&D and innovation unit that provides practical and efficient technological solutions to cybersecurity related problems of the government and industry. The SRC has over 75 cybersecurity researchers, including 55 doctoral and Master thesis students, 20 faculty members, among which six...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
SHOUT-IT-NOW
TACKLING HIV THROUGH INNOVATIVE, TECH-ENABLED, COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMMING
Shout-It-Now (Shout) is an innovative social enterprise, empowering youth to own their sexuality. We concentrate on hard to reach communities; we go to the places where they are, provide services they want, in such a way that they choose to keep coming back. We are a local South African organisation...
INNOVATE™ Adelaide
SOLINNOV
EMPOWERING DEFENCE WITH AGILITY IN ELECTROMAGNETIC OPERATIONS
Solinnov, an Adelaide-based company specialising in embedded signal processing systems, delivers advanced solutions in electromagnetic operations for Defence and Law Enforcement organisations. They are at the forefront of designing groundbreaking real-time signal processing algorithms for software-defined radios (SDRs) that interpret and transmit signals. The company’s expertise enables efficient and accurate...
INNOVATE™ Botswana Vol.1
NUBIAN SEED (PTY) LTD
BEAUTY ROOTED IN NATURE AND INDIGENOUSLY INSPIRED BY AFRICA
Established in 2016, Nubian Seed (PTY) Ltd is a green beauty manufacturer of natural and organic personal care products, made using raw plant based ingredients which are indigenous to the African continent. The Nubian Seed product range is a reflection of Africa’s bio diversity, as well as global growing interest...
INNOVATE® Georgia
SENTINEL DEVICES
REDUCE YOUR DOWNTIME / PROTECT YOUR DATA
The world relies on critical infrastructure. Water, power, manufacturing – all are incredibly important to our everyday lives, affecting how we live, how we play, and how we function as a society. Some of these systems are connected to the internet, delivering efficiencies and improvements by unleashing the power of...
Global Innovation Spotlight
CHAPTER
For nearly every retiring American, Medicare is both universal and universally complex
For nearly every retiring American, Medicare is both universal and universally complex. Yet, Medicare enrollment remains broken, and the program is near-impossible to navigate. Anyone who has signed up for Medicare or helped a loved one knows this reality firsthand. The problem is so bad that nearly 40% of the...
INNOVATE® Milwaukee
DATA HOLDINGS
KEEPING BUSINESSES’ DATA SECURE AND AVAILABLE
Data Holdings is a premier Tier III+ commercial data center, centrally located in Milwaukee with a LEED gold design. Offering a full suite of solutions and services designed to meet any needs, Data Holdings is a highly secure facility with 24/7 staffing and monitoring. Commissioned in 2013 by Potawatomi Ventures,...
INNOVATE® Nashville
GENERAL MOTORS SPRING HILL
FROM FIXED TO FLEXIBLE
The Rise of Adaptive Manufacturing Systems The future of mobility isn’t on the horizon. It’s unfolding around us, reshaping how vehicles are designed, powered, and produced. Electric vehicles are gaining market share, autonomous technology is being deployed, supply chains are being rebuilt, and new technologies are reshaping manufacturing. In this...
INNOVATE™ Antwerp Vol.2
ELIXIR D’ANVERS
ARTISAN LIQUEUR. UNIQUE TASTE. UNCOMPROMISING QUALITY. 160 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
19th of March 1863, in a house in a suburb of Antwerp, François-Xavier de Beukelaer – after finishing his studies as a doctor and pharmacist – discovered early in the morning after years of research, the recipe for a delicious liqueur: Elixir d’Anvers. Elixir d’Anvers soon became famous for his...
INNOVATE® Georgia
R2 LABS
SOLUTIONS ALLOW ANY MODERN SOFTWARE ENGINEER TO CONTROL EQUIPMENT THROUGH CODE ALONE.
R2 Labs builds robotic control and monitoring systems to help companies address skilled worker shortages, increase operational efficiency, and decrease time-to-market for newly introduced equipment. Their disruptive technology and tailor-made turnkey solution development services empower businesses to solve the most demanding robotics applications. HISTORY R2 was founded in 2021 by...
INNOVATE™ Curitiba
BEENOCULUS
METAVERSE A NEW HUMAN EXPERIENCE
Beenoculus made its epic debut in 2015 with an innovative vision to accelerate innovation in education through disruptive solutions in extended reality. Through the development of hardware, software, and content for spatial computing, the company has evolved significantly, becoming a leading force in technological development in this sector in Latin...
INNOVATE™ Adelaide
PERSONIFY CARE
INNOVATIVE HEALTH TECH PLATFORM ENABLES PATIENTS TO ACCESS THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE
Personify Care is a flexible and scalable health tech platform that accelerates health services to transform their patient experience whilst simultaneously reducing the administrative and cognitive burden on our frontline staff. Led by South Australian CEO Ken Saman, Personify Care’s approach is to support healthcare teams to rapidly adapt and...
INNOVATION Quebec
OPTONIQUE
LUMIÈRE SUR L’INNOVATION
La photonique se retrouve partout : chirurgie laser, manufacture de batteries, ordinateur quantique sont parmi tant d’autres applications qui bénéficient des technologies utilisant la lumière. La présence en sols québécois de centres de recherche et d’industries a mené à un terreau fertile d’innovation chez les jeunespousses technologiques et les entreprises...
INNOVATE® South Carolina
Southeastern Freight Lines
Serving the Sunbelt since 1950
Southeastern Freight Lines, a privately-owned company, has been a trusted name in South Carolina’s business community since its founding in 1950. Established in Columbia by W.T. Cassels, Sr., the company began with 14 trucks, 20 associates, and a $5,000 loan. From the very beginning, Cassels emphasized a simple yet powerful...
INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2
QREDIBLE®
CULTIVATING TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY: HOW QREDIBLE® IS REVOLUTIONIZING THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY
Qredible is a first-of-its-kind platform, leading the way in building trust and transparency in the cannabis, CBD, and hemp supply chains. The legalized cannabis industry can be a maze of false, misleading, outdated, or missing information. Qredible’s unique platform is revolutionizing the industry by connecting the entire CBD, hemp, and...
INNOVATE® Nashville
DARVIS
Fueling companies of the future with automation and innovation
DARVIS empowers companies with ultimate visibility of objects, processes and efficient solutions. This productivity as a service platform uses cutting edge artificial intelligence and computer vision technology to track objects and processes with the highest precision and privacy standards on the market. OUR TECHNOLOGY Using an existing camera infrastructure, DARVIS...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
OGILVY
HOW FEARLESS PARTNERSHIPS DRIVE BRAND GROWTH
BRAVE IDEAS ARE WHAT ENABLES A BRAND TO RELENTLESSLY CAPTURE THE ATTENTION AND LOYALTY OF CONSUMERS. Creating a partnership based on shared responsibility enables clients and their agencies to build brands that become permanent fixtures in the hearts and minds of consumers. It is a philosophy and way of...
INNOVATE® Austin Volume 2
ABILITIE
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WITH IMPACT
Abilitie offers world-class leadership development experiences that inspire, shape and develop people through differentiated learning programs, tools for self-discovery, and networks that expand opportunities. The most transformational training hinges on experiential learning. This belief drives Abilitie’s team-based leadership simulations which put participants under pressure in rich, complex environments that...
INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
A research, training and innovation powerhouse
With nearly 7,000 students across eight schools and an array of centers and institutes, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) leverages the university’s clinical, behavioral, public health, laboratory, engineering, and social science capabilities to train health professionals and researchers and expand access to quality care. RBHS is among the few...
INNOVATE® Nashville
TRACTOR SUPPLY CO
POWERING LIFE OUT HERE
How Tractor Supply Blends Tradition, Technology and Trust to Serve Rural America. Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO) has quietly become one of the most successful and innovative retailers in the United States, earning a loyal following while staying true to its core mission: serving the needs of rural lifestyles. Since...
INNOVATE® Puerto Rico
ASM GLOBAL
DELIVERS LIVE EXPERIENCES
PUERTO RICO’S PREMIERE SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUESASM Global is the world’s leading venue management and services company. The company has an elite venue network that spans five continents, with a portfolio of more than 350 of the world’s most prestigious arenas, stadiums, convention and exhibition centers, and performing arts venues....
INNOVATE™ Curitiba
DR. PEANUT
WHO SAID THAT HEALTHY FOOD HAS TO BE TASTELESS OR BORING?
Motivated by the unwavering and curious desire to respond to that question, in 2017, Lucas Castro, founder and CMO of DR PEANUT, decided to embark and find an ideal recipe that would bring an unbelievable flavor to people focused on health, sports and whoever require balanced energy. This is the...
INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports
METARENA
BUILDING THE (INCLUSIVE) BRIDGE BETWEEN WHERE ESPORTS IS AND WHERE IT COULD BE
MetArena provides an easy and positive way for communities and companies to engage using gaming and esports. Democratization and education are the driving forces behind our mission to provide the world with an opportunity to experience all the good games can bring. If you’re working in esports, one of the...
INNOVATE® Blockchain
ENTREPRENEUR JOE HOLDINGS
Today the founder of Entrepreneur Joe Holdings, LLC, Joe Miller, is currently on a philanthropic mission of deploying new age Bitcoin ATM’s internationally for an assortment of high value Bitcoin ATM companies based throughout the United States. Joe accredits his first hearing about Bitcoin in June 2017 from an...
INNOVATION Quebec
Concordia-University
THE SECURITY RESEARCH CENTRE (SRC)
The Security Research Centre (SRC) is a comprehensive multidisciplinary training, R&D and innovation unit that provides practical and efficient technological solutions to cybersecurity related problems of the government and industry. The SRC has over 75 cybersecurity researchers, including 55 doctoral and Master thesis students, 20 faculty members, among which six...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
SHOUT-IT-NOW
TACKLING HIV THROUGH INNOVATIVE, TECH-ENABLED, COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMMING
Shout-It-Now (Shout) is an innovative social enterprise, empowering youth to own their sexuality. We concentrate on hard to reach communities; we go to the places where they are, provide services they want, in such a way that they choose to keep coming back. We are a local South African organisation...
INNOVATE™ Adelaide
SOLINNOV
EMPOWERING DEFENCE WITH AGILITY IN ELECTROMAGNETIC OPERATIONS
Solinnov, an Adelaide-based company specialising in embedded signal processing systems, delivers advanced solutions in electromagnetic operations for Defence and Law Enforcement organisations. They are at the forefront of designing groundbreaking real-time signal processing algorithms for software-defined radios (SDRs) that interpret and transmit signals. The company’s expertise enables efficient and accurate...
INNOVATE™ Botswana Vol.1
NUBIAN SEED (PTY) LTD
BEAUTY ROOTED IN NATURE AND INDIGENOUSLY INSPIRED BY AFRICA
Established in 2016, Nubian Seed (PTY) Ltd is a green beauty manufacturer of natural and organic personal care products, made using raw plant based ingredients which are indigenous to the African continent. The Nubian Seed product range is a reflection of Africa’s bio diversity, as well as global growing interest...
INNOVATE® Georgia
SENTINEL DEVICES
REDUCE YOUR DOWNTIME / PROTECT YOUR DATA
The world relies on critical infrastructure. Water, power, manufacturing – all are incredibly important to our everyday lives, affecting how we live, how we play, and how we function as a society. Some of these systems are connected to the internet, delivering efficiencies and improvements by unleashing the power of...
Global Innovation Spotlight
CHAPTER
For nearly every retiring American, Medicare is both universal and universally complex
For nearly every retiring American, Medicare is both universal and universally complex. Yet, Medicare enrollment remains broken, and the program is near-impossible to navigate. Anyone who has signed up for Medicare or helped a loved one knows this reality firsthand. The problem is so bad that nearly 40% of the...
INNOVATE® Milwaukee
DATA HOLDINGS
KEEPING BUSINESSES’ DATA SECURE AND AVAILABLE
Data Holdings is a premier Tier III+ commercial data center, centrally located in Milwaukee with a LEED gold design. Offering a full suite of solutions and services designed to meet any needs, Data Holdings is a highly secure facility with 24/7 staffing and monitoring. Commissioned in 2013 by Potawatomi Ventures,...
INNOVATE® Nashville
GENERAL MOTORS SPRING HILL
FROM FIXED TO FLEXIBLE
The Rise of Adaptive Manufacturing Systems The future of mobility isn’t on the horizon. It’s unfolding around us, reshaping how vehicles are designed, powered, and produced. Electric vehicles are gaining market share, autonomous technology is being deployed, supply chains are being rebuilt, and new technologies are reshaping manufacturing. In this...
INNOVATE™ Antwerp Vol.2
ELIXIR D’ANVERS
ARTISAN LIQUEUR. UNIQUE TASTE. UNCOMPROMISING QUALITY. 160 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
19th of March 1863, in a house in a suburb of Antwerp, François-Xavier de Beukelaer – after finishing his studies as a doctor and pharmacist – discovered early in the morning after years of research, the recipe for a delicious liqueur: Elixir d’Anvers. Elixir d’Anvers soon became famous for his...
INNOVATE® Georgia
R2 LABS
SOLUTIONS ALLOW ANY MODERN SOFTWARE ENGINEER TO CONTROL EQUIPMENT THROUGH CODE ALONE.
R2 Labs builds robotic control and monitoring systems to help companies address skilled worker shortages, increase operational efficiency, and decrease time-to-market for newly introduced equipment. Their disruptive technology and tailor-made turnkey solution development services empower businesses to solve the most demanding robotics applications. HISTORY R2 was founded in 2021 by...
INNOVATE™ Curitiba
BEENOCULUS
METAVERSE A NEW HUMAN EXPERIENCE
Beenoculus made its epic debut in 2015 with an innovative vision to accelerate innovation in education through disruptive solutions in extended reality. Through the development of hardware, software, and content for spatial computing, the company has evolved significantly, becoming a leading force in technological development in this sector in Latin...
INNOVATE™ Adelaide
PERSONIFY CARE
INNOVATIVE HEALTH TECH PLATFORM ENABLES PATIENTS TO ACCESS THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE
Personify Care is a flexible and scalable health tech platform that accelerates health services to transform their patient experience whilst simultaneously reducing the administrative and cognitive burden on our frontline staff. Led by South Australian CEO Ken Saman, Personify Care’s approach is to support healthcare teams to rapidly adapt and...
INNOVATION Quebec
OPTONIQUE
LUMIÈRE SUR L’INNOVATION
La photonique se retrouve partout : chirurgie laser, manufacture de batteries, ordinateur quantique sont parmi tant d’autres applications qui bénéficient des technologies utilisant la lumière. La présence en sols québécois de centres de recherche et d’industries a mené à un terreau fertile d’innovation chez les jeunespousses technologiques et les entreprises...
INNOVATE® South Carolina
Southeastern Freight Lines
Serving the Sunbelt since 1950
Southeastern Freight Lines, a privately-owned company, has been a trusted name in South Carolina’s business community since its founding in 1950. Established in Columbia by W.T. Cassels, Sr., the company began with 14 trucks, 20 associates, and a $5,000 loan. From the very beginning, Cassels emphasized a simple yet powerful...
INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2
QREDIBLE®
CULTIVATING TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY: HOW QREDIBLE® IS REVOLUTIONIZING THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY
Qredible is a first-of-its-kind platform, leading the way in building trust and transparency in the cannabis, CBD, and hemp supply chains. The legalized cannabis industry can be a maze of false, misleading, outdated, or missing information. Qredible’s unique platform is revolutionizing the industry by connecting the entire CBD, hemp, and...
INNOVATE® Nashville
DARVIS
Fueling companies of the future with automation and innovation
DARVIS empowers companies with ultimate visibility of objects, processes and efficient solutions. This productivity as a service platform uses cutting edge artificial intelligence and computer vision technology to track objects and processes with the highest precision and privacy standards on the market. OUR TECHNOLOGY Using an existing camera infrastructure, DARVIS...
INNOVATE™ South Africa
OGILVY
HOW FEARLESS PARTNERSHIPS DRIVE BRAND GROWTH
BRAVE IDEAS ARE WHAT ENABLES A BRAND TO RELENTLESSLY CAPTURE THE ATTENTION AND LOYALTY OF CONSUMERS. Creating a partnership based on shared responsibility enables clients and their agencies to build brands that become permanent fixtures in the hearts and minds of consumers. It is a philosophy and way of...
INNOVATE® Austin Volume 2
ABILITIE
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WITH IMPACT
Abilitie offers world-class leadership development experiences that inspire, shape and develop people through differentiated learning programs, tools for self-discovery, and networks that expand opportunities. The most transformational training hinges on experiential learning. This belief drives Abilitie’s team-based leadership simulations which put participants under pressure in rich, complex environments that...
INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
A research, training and innovation powerhouse
With nearly 7,000 students across eight schools and an array of centers and institutes, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) leverages the university’s clinical, behavioral, public health, laboratory, engineering, and social science capabilities to train health professionals and researchers and expand access to quality care. RBHS is among the few...
INNOVATE® Nashville
TRACTOR SUPPLY CO
POWERING LIFE OUT HERE
How Tractor Supply Blends Tradition, Technology and Trust to Serve Rural America. Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO) has quietly become one of the most successful and innovative retailers in the United States, earning a loyal following while staying true to its core mission: serving the needs of rural lifestyles. Since...
INNOVATE® Puerto Rico
ASM GLOBAL
DELIVERS LIVE EXPERIENCES
PUERTO RICO’S PREMIERE SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUESASM Global is the world’s leading venue management and services company. The company has an elite venue network that spans five continents, with a portfolio of more than 350 of the world’s most prestigious arenas, stadiums, convention and exhibition centers, and performing arts venues....
INNOVATE™ Curitiba
DR. PEANUT
WHO SAID THAT HEALTHY FOOD HAS TO BE TASTELESS OR BORING?
Motivated by the unwavering and curious desire to respond to that question, in 2017, Lucas Castro, founder and CMO of DR PEANUT, decided to embark and find an ideal recipe that would bring an unbelievable flavor to people focused on health, sports and whoever require balanced energy. This is the...
INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports
METARENA
BUILDING THE (INCLUSIVE) BRIDGE BETWEEN WHERE ESPORTS IS AND WHERE IT COULD BE
MetArena provides an easy and positive way for communities and companies to engage using gaming and esports. Democratization and education are the driving forces behind our mission to provide the world with an opportunity to experience all the good games can bring. If you’re working in esports, one of the...