2018 Idaho Innovation Awards
Join us for the ninth annual Idaho Technology Council Hall of Fame featuring the Idaho Innovation Awards, presented by Stoel Rives LLP with support from Trailhead and Deloitte. This year’s 15 Idaho Innovation Awards’ finalists will be honored alongside Hall of Fame inductees Joe Albertson, founder of the Albertsons chain of grocery stores and philanthropist, and Bob Miller, Chairman of the Board of Albertsons Companies. The keynote speaker is Steve Young, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback and Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Huntsman Gay Global Capital.
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. – Innovation Showcase, Networking
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Dinner & Awards Program
Boise Centre on the Grove – 800 W. Front St., Boise
2018 Idaho Innovation Awards Finalists
Commercialized Innovation of the Year
- MultiGrip Workholding by VersaBuilt Robotics
- Retrolux by Retrolux, Inc.
- Submersible & Direct Burial Splice Connector by Melni Connectors
Consumer Product of the Year
- Ammon Fiber Optics by City of Ammon
- Expandals by GroFive
- Kodiak by Inergy
Early-Stage Innovation of the Year
- Additive Manufacturing Evaporative Casting (AMEC) by Skuld LLC
- Continuous Fiber 3D Printing (CF3D™) by Continuous Composites
- LoTempLene by Idaho National Laboratory
Innovative Company of the Year
- Intermountain 3D Inc and Brownfield’s Prosthetics and Orthotics
- Sloan Security Group, Inc.
- Wilkinson Baking
Innovator of the Year
- Ryan DeLuca, Co-Founder and CEO, Black Box VR
- Tracy Lotz, Founder and CEO, LiveRez.com
- Dr. Hussein Moradi, Chief Wireless Technical Director in National & Homeland Security, Idaho National Laboratory