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TechPoint to Celebrate 25th Anniversary ‘Best of Tech’ Mira Awards at Old National Centre

admin41332023-10-10T08:31:00-04:00October 6, 2023|

INDIANAPOLIS — Celebrating its silver anniversary next year, TechPoint’s Mira Awards gala—known as the “Oscars of Tech in Indiana”—will be held on Friday, April 26, 2024, at the Old National Centre in Indianapolis. TechPoint and its sponsors and partners will take over the entire venue, including an awards show in the Murat Theatre followed by a community celebration and afterparty in the Egyptian Room. With the event attracting sold-out crowds over the past 10 years, this new location enables doubling attendance at the gala from 1,200 to 2,400 people. Extra seating capacity is also important as the organization recognizes digital innovation statewide across all industries. Additionally, TechPoint will reduce the general admission ticket price by at least $100 to make it more affordable for startup teams and traditionally underrepresented groups in tech. “Digital innovation is the key to keeping our [...]

New art exhibit shines light on Indiana’s advanced manufacturing industry through the lens of Indiana photographer

admin41332023-10-06T14:48:38-04:00October 5, 2023|

INDIANAPOLIS – The Hoosiers and the technologies behind Indiana’s advanced manufacturing industry take center stage in a new art exhibit, featuring images captured by Indianapolis photographer Michael Durr. “The Art of Modern Manufacturing: Views through a different lens” opens on Friday, October 6 and runs through Friday, October 27. The exhibit, which is free to the public, is accompanied by an audio tour with commentary from Durr, writer Sandra Cline and Conexus Indiana Director of Innovation and Digital Transformation Ryan Henderson. Durr, in partnership with Conexus Indiana, traveled statewide to capture nearly 80,000 images to document how Indiana manufacturers and Hoosier workers are using smart manufacturing technologies – such as cobots, additive manufacturing and advanced robotics – to increase productivity and competitiveness. Sixteen of his photos are on display in The AMP at the 16 Tech Innovation District. Durr’s work [...]

BCforward CEO and Founder Justin Christian to receive TechPoint’s Trailblazer Award during Mira Awards gala

admin41332021-04-08T18:11:37-04:00April 6, 2021|

INDIANAPOLIS (April 6, 2021) — TechPoint, the nonprofit, industry-led growth initiative for Indiana’s technology ecosystem, will honor entrepreneur and business leader, philanthropist, “girl dad” and arbiter of cool Justin Christian, with the Trailblazer Award, during a live broadcast of the 22nd annual Mira Awards gala (Thursday, April 22, beginning at 8 p.m. EDT). Christian co-founded IT consulting firm BCforward in 1998, which he has since grown into the state’s largest Information Technology solutions and staffing corporation and one of the top ten largest black-owned companies in the country. The Mira Awards—with presenting sponsor Salesforce—celebrate the best of tech in Indiana each year, including people, products, companies and places. The Trailblazer Award recognizes visionaries whose contributions have had lasting and signifxicant impact on the state and its technology ecosystem. Trailblazers are among the tech community’s most inspiring and influential players. They [...]

Conexus Indiana J. Mark Howell: Pandemic Lessons Will Leave Us Stronger

admin41332021-04-08T18:16:01-04:00April 5, 2021|

J. Mark Howell, president and CEO, Conexus Indiana A little over a year ago, Indiana’s advanced manufacturing and logistics companies were preparing for another banner year. A key contributor in Indiana’s 10 straight years of record economic expansion, the sector was growing, but also critically assessing itself to ensure it would be positioned to fuel the state’s economy well into the future. We know what happened next: As a result of the global pandemic, we all learned new definitions for the word “essential.” [READ MORE] (Sources: J. Mark Howell, president and CEO, Conexus Indiana, Inside INdiana Business)

Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation Grant Opens Doors for Marion County Residents to Get Paid Training and Employment with Local Manufacturing Companies

admin41332021-04-08T18:09:54-04:00March 31, 2021|

INDIANAPOLIS (March 31, 2021) Marion County has nearly 1,000 manufacturing companies providing an average starting hourly wage of $16/hour, more than 20 percent higher than Indiana’s family sustaining wage. The Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation has awarded Conexus Indiana a $350,000 grant to train and place residents in these opportunity jobs and to help fill the nearly 10,000 advanced manufacturing job openings in and around Marion County. Today’s announcement is the first step in Conexus Indiana’s mission to bring its proven career training program to Marion County residents and create pathways for employment and career growth with local manufacturers. Conexus Indiana’s program, Catapult Indiana, is available in five communities around Indiana and has placed on average 85 percent of its graduates in advanced manufacturing jobs. “As employers, advanced manufacturers offer Marion County residents rewarding work making everything from life-changing pharmaceuticals to [...]

Bloomington to receive Rising Tech City Award during TechPoint’s 22nd annual Mira Awards gala

admin41332021-04-11T11:48:30-04:00March 30, 2021|

INDIANAPOLIS (March 30, 2021) — TechPoint, the nonprofit, industry-led growth initiative for Indiana’s technology ecosystem, will recognize the City of Bloomington with a prestigious Rising Tech City Award during the 22nd annual Mira Awards gala on Thursday, April 22, beginning at 8 p.m. EDT. The awards are being held virtually again this year due to the pandemic and the public may watch the live broadcast for free online at https://techpoint.org/riseup. The Mira Awards—with presenting sponsor Salesforce—celebrate the best of tech in Indiana each year, including people, products, companies and places. The Rising Tech City award honors a city, town, region or community within the state of Indiana and celebrates the projects and the people behind them who have championed the location’s advancement and tech friendliness. The emphasis is on developing compelling places where diverse, tech-skilled people want to live. While [...]

State of the Logistics Industry: Moving Indiana

admin41332021-04-08T18:03:46-04:00March 3, 2021|

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Hopes and Challenges for Community and Civic Life: Perspectives from the Nation and Indiana

admin41332021-04-08T17:59:04-04:00February 10, 2021|

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State of renewal: Charting a new course for Indiana’s economic growth and inclusion

admin41332021-04-08T18:04:39-04:00February 10, 2021|

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AgriNovus Indiana announces spring ambassadors for its career exploration platform Field Atlas

admin41332021-04-05T16:43:55-04:00February 2, 2021|

INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 2, 2021) – AgriNovus Indiana, a non-profit initiative focused on growing Indiana’s agbioscience economy, announced today its Spring 2021 class of Field Atlas ambassadors to spark conversation about agbiosciences on university and college campuses across Indiana. Field Atlas ambassadors are college students selected to serve as on-campus connectors between students, professors and academic advisors and the Field Atlas career exploration platform (myFieldAtlas.com). The ambassadors will provide information about career paths, companies and fields of study in the agbioscience industry. AgriNovus selected the following students to serve as Field Atlas ambassadors for the Spring 2021 semester: Alston Dsouza, Sophomore, IUPUI Maranda Elswick, Sophomore, Purdue University MacKinley Fix, Senior, Grace College Emily Miller, Junior, University of Southern Indiana Lara Santiago, Freshman, Purdue University Morgan Sparks, Senior, University of Southern Indiana Samantha Worden, Senior, Butler University Katherine Urasky, Junior, University of [...]

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