Edison Awards 2021 | Edison Awards | 21 April 2021 | Edison & Ford Winter Estates, 2350 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers, FL 33901, USA

The Edison Awards is an annual competition honoring excellence in new product and service development, marketing, human-centered design, and innovation. Our vision is guided by the legacy of Thomas Edison and his Menlo Park team who successfully brought an unprecedented number of innovations to the market.

Award Categories:
• Aeronautical Innovation
• Commercial Technology
• Consumer Goods
• Covid-19 Innovations
• Critical Human Infrastructure (Water, Energy, Telecommunications, Security)
• Education
• Engineering & Materials Science
• Innovative Services
• Living & Working Environments
• Manufacturing, Logistics, And Transportation
• Personal Technology
• Science, Medical & Dental
• Social Innovation
• Sustainability

2021 Speakers

Samer Elhoushy
9th Grader at The Weiss School, Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Student Co-Investigator of the NASA-selected CapSat-1 mission

Austin Jordan
Communications Director, Red Wire

Dale Ketcham
Vice President Government & External Relations, Space Florida

Syd Kitson
CEO, Kitson & Partners

Matt Valle
Vice President of Development, Florida Light and Power

Mario Azar
President, Global Power Business, Black & Veatch

Dr. Jennifer Holmgren
CEO, Lanzatech

Reinhold Schmieding
Founder & President, Arthrex

Dr. John C. Kagan
Orthopedic Surgeon

Jennifer Holmgren
CEO of LanzaTech

Reinhold Schmieding
President and Founder of Arthrex

MODERATORS:

Jon Cropper

Miles O'Brien

2021 Sponsors and Partners

SPONSORS:
• Black & Veatch
• City of Fort Myers, FL
• The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Fort Myers
• Horizon Foundation
• Florida Power & Light
• Sabic
• Behmke Innovation Group
• Babcock Ranch
• NeoGenomics Laboratories, Inc.
• Dow
• Caterpillar
• Incisal Edge
• NextBig
• PIB Law
• JPMorgan Chase
• Notre Dame Stayer Center
• Nielsen
• Discovery Channel
• USA Today
• Science
• McAndrews Held & Malloy
• ViridiSTOR

PARTNERS:
• American Productivity and Quality Center (APQC)
• The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• The Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE)
• BPI Network
• Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council
• Design Management Institute (DMI)
• Georgia State University Marketing RoundTable
• Hargraves Institute
• NewSpace Chicago
• The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA)

NOMINATION PARTNERS:
• The Aebli Group
• Best Practice Institute

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Manufacturers' Monthly
• Pavone Films
• Text100 Global Communications

ONGOING PARTNERSHIPS:
• New York American Marketing Association
• U.S. Patent Services