Awards

Award Categories and Eligibility Information

If your company is contemplating submitting a nomination for the 2010 Governor's Celebration of Innovation but not aware of the different award categories, click here to view all of the award categories. To find out eligibility information, click here.

Submitting an Award Nomination

The Governor's Celebration of Innovation will begin accepting nominations for the 2010 awards ceremony in May, with finalists being announced in August. Click here to see previous years' winners.

Interactive Voting for Lifetime Achievement Award

Again in 2010, the Governor's Celebration of Innovation's Lifetime Achievement Award is an interactive award that you can vote on. Sponsored in 2010 by OneNeck IT Services, the Lifetime Achievement Award honors an individual who has greatly impacted the technology industry here in Arizona. This prestigious honor was awarded to renowned architect Paolo Soleri in 2008 and former Intel CEO Craig Barrett in 2009.

The Arizona Technology Council will begin taking suggestions for finalists for this prestigious award at the end of May 2010.

The Judging Process

The Nominations Subcommittee is responsible for the judging of the award applications. Subcommittee participants are carefully selected to represent technology, business and education sectors across the state. They are chosen on the basis of their experience in the field and their ability to fairly evaluate each entry. Participants rely heavily on information provided by entrants - all information submitted is confidential. Only members of the Nominations Subcommittee have access to the submissions. Participants on the Nominations Subcommittee are independent professionals and are not employees of the Arizona Technology Council.

Featured Event

2010 Arizona Technology Council Partnering Conference

Is your company looking to partner with other companies to help grow your business? If so, the 2010 Partnering Conference is the chance for your company to present who you are, what you do, and what your partnering needs are. As a presenter, your company has three minutes and five PowerPoint slides to do this. As an attendee, you have over 250 people to network with, including over thirty exhibiting companies.

Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010

Time: 2:00pm - 7:00pm

Cost to Attend: Members, $35 | Non-Members, $50 | Presenter Fee, Arizona Technology Council Members, $300 | Presenter Fee, Non-Members, $400

For more information or to register, please click here.