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Nomination for Fourth Annual Idaho Innovation Awards Now Open
6/22/2009
CONTACT: Nicole Kershaw, Business Development Manager, (208) 389-9000
BOISE - The nomination period for the fourth annual Idaho Innovation Awards, presented by Stoel Rives LLP and Kickstand, is now open. The Idaho Innovation Awards is Idaho's only innovation awards program in the state and is designed to recognize innovations, innovative professionals and companies. Nomination forms can be submitted online at www.stoel.com/innovation until August 7, 2009.
"We expanded the scope of the program in light of the role that innovation plays in all of Idaho's industries and business sectors," said Paul Boyd, a corporate attorney with Stoel Rives. "Success in every venture, and at every level, no matter what the business, depends on innovative thought, direction and design. We want to recognize all facets of innovation taking place across the state." The 2009 Idaho Innovation Awards program will recognize accomplishments in the following categories:
| Category |
Description |
| Commercialized Innovation of the Year |
This category is designed to recognize innovations from companies that have been established for five or more years; the innovation must be on the market and generating revenue. |
| Early-Stage Innovator of the Year |
This category is designed to recognize innovations from university technology transfer offices, and companies that are less than five years old. The innovations are not commercialized, still in or just emerging from the R&D stage, and are NOT generating revenue. |
| Innovative Company of the Year |
This category is designed to recognize innovative companies through its management style, product line, or service approach. |
| Innovator of the Year |
This category is designed to recognize innovative business professionals; individuals who demonstrate innovative characteristics in their careers and workplace. |
Additional information on the categories and submission qualifications can be found at www.stoel.com/innovation. Nominations will be reviewed by a Selection Committee consisting of leaders from Idaho's business and technology sectors. Finalists will be announced in September. Finalists and winners will be recognized at an Awards Banquet on October 8, 2009 at the Boise Centre on the Grove.
About Stoel Rives LLP: Stoel Rives is a business law firm providing counseling and litigation services to a wide range of clients throughout the United States. The firm has more than 350 attorneys operating out of ten offices in six states. Stoel Rives is regarded as a leader in energy, natural resources, environmental, litigation, corporate and intellectual property law. For more information, visitwww.stoel.com.
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