The Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) is set to hold its eighth annual Prometheus Awards at 6 tonight. The ceremony, which is at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, aims to recognize and celebrate the “innovation and brilliance of the state’s high-tech industry.”
For the first time, TAI is offering a livestream of the event and organizing two watch parties, one in Iowa City and the other in Spencer, for members of the tech community who can’t attend the event in person.
Here’s the event’s schedule:
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- 5 p.m. – VIP Cocktail Reception
- 6:15 – Dinner and Welcoming Remarks
- 6:30 – Prometheus Awards Presentation
Learn more about the Prometheus Awards and TAI’s series of events this week in our article: “Q&A: TAI leader Leann Jacobsen teases next week’s ‘TriTECHta’ “
2013 Prometheus Award Finalists
Categories featuring startups
- Software Company of the Year (Small/Medium): Dwolla, Santos Human and Spinutech
- Software Company of the Year (Large/Enterprise): RINAlliance and WebFilings
- Top Growth Company of the Year: Appcore, Caleris, Dwolla, Involta, MediRevv and WebFilings
- Mobile App of the Year: BettrLife, Higher Learning Technologies, Hy-Vee and Wellmark Care Finder App
- CEO of the Year: Dennis Henderson (Ready Wireless), Chris Klitgaard (MediRevv), Bruce Lehrman (Involta), Ben Milne (Dwolla) and Brian Patrick Donaghy (Appcore)
- Student Innovation of the Year: clusterFlunk, Farm Manuals Fast and TranslaCare, Inc.
- Break Out Award: Appcore, DomiKnow, Dwolla, Legosys Solutions and VIDA Diagnostics
- Outstanding Startup Company of the Year: DomiKnow, IDx, Legosys Solutions and Prositions, Inc.
- Technology Company of the Year (Small/Medium): Appcore, Circle Computer Resources, Dwolla and VIDA Diagnostics
- Technology Company of the Year (Large/Enterprise): Involta, John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group and WebFilings
Other categories
- IT Service Provider of the Year: Circle Computer Resources, Involta, Paragon IT Professionals and Sogeti
- Clean Energy Innovation: CQM Systems, Hy-Vee and RINAlliance
- Best User of Technology: Hy-Vee, Iowa State Association of Counties, John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group, Nationwide App Development Center and Quester
- Innovation in Teaching: Dallas Center Grimes – Ben Chadwick, East Buchanan – Mark Nall, Electronic Crime Institute at DMACC, St. Ambrose University and UNI Interactive Digital Studies
- CIO/CTO/CSO of the Year: Lane Arthur (DuPont Pioneer), Darren Baty (Hy-Vee) and Dennis Mehmen (Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance)
- Life Sciences Company of the Year: Harrisvaccines, IDx, MedCara Pharmaceuticals, Terpenoid Therapeutics and Trans Ova Genetics
