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Ohio AI in Education Strategy

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 14:20:00 -0500

We're thrilled to see Ohio steadily emerging as a leader in AI education. Achieving this vision requires collective effort and collaboration from all of us!

InnovateOhio’s release of the "Ohio AI in Education Strategy," developed in partnership with business and education leaders, marks a critical step in ensuring our education system is equipped to lead and thrive in the AI revolution.

Save the date: The Innovate Summit (May 20-May 22, 2025)

Sat, 31 Aug 2024 18:50:00 -0500

After the very successful 2024 Innovation Summit, Brian Wallace is already planning the 2025 event (May 20-May 22, 2025).

Innovation Summit is an action-packed conference that brings together industry experts providing thought provoking and game changing insights on innovation, leadership development, deep dives on the latest trends, and exclusive networking opportunities with many anticipated experts from around the nation.

Who is this event for?

Investors looking for new innovation
Business development
Startups looking for capital
Conference organizers and companies looking for an iconic new experience

If you're interested in speaking at the event, submit you info here

This is what the media has written about the event:

Messenger-Inquirer.com – 5/23/2024 – Beyond business: The Innovate Summit draws professionals from across nation, globe
GritDaily – 04/16/2024 – Innovate Summit Is Bringing a New Conference Experience in Owensboro, Kentucky
CommPRO – 3/29/2024 – The Making of a Movement: The Innovate Summit
NextMentors.com – 03/04/2024 – The Innovate Summit: A Conference for Growth
ThriveInsider.com – 01/31/2024 – The Innovate Summit: Archetype of the Future of Events
The Owensboro Times – 12/27/2023 – Innovation Summit to be held in Owensboro this May
Messenger-Inquirer – 9/19/2023 – International Summit Coming in May
The Associated Press – 9/21/2023 – Debut of Global Innovation Summit in Owensboro (see also; Benzinga, Digital Journal)
The Associated Press – 11/22/2023 – The Innovate Summit Launches Pre-Event Summit to Highlight Business Innovation in Israel

UC alumni 3.3 times more likely to achieve unicorn status of their startups

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 07:30:00 -0500

Very exciting news about the great work that UC is doing:

Founders of a U.S. startup who studied or worked at the University of Cincinnati are 3.3 times more likely to achieve unicorn status than grads from other schools, says a Stanford professor.

Here are the top 5 schools with the highest odds ratio of producing a unicorn:

University of Cincinnati — 3.3 times more likely

University of Utah — 3.2

Yale and Vanderbilt — 2.0

Columbia, BYU, and Stanford — 1.6

The University of California, Berkeley — 1.5.

More info: https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/a-midwest-college-is-most-likely-to-produce-unicorn-founders/470419

UC celebrates Digital Futures grand opening

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 23:50:00 -0500

From left, Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval, chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education Randy Gardner, Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, UC President Neville G. Pinto, UC Chief Innovation Officer Ryan Hays and UC Vice President for Research Patrick A. Limbach

Awesome day for University of Cincinnati, and the Cincinnati Innovation District: the grand opening of the new, state-of-the-art UC Digital Futures building. (read more about it at UC News)

This 189k-sq-ft multidisciplinary research facility will house cutting-edge, collaborative innovation that will propel our city and our state forward, and will help to create high-paying jobs for our residents!

The collaboration between State of Ohio, City of Cincinnati, and University of Cincinnati, to make it all happen, was remarkable! We need more of this!

Cincinnati at Smart City USA Expo in Miami

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 22:40:00 -0500

It's exciting to see Cincinnati participating in the Smart City USA Expo in Miami!

Smart City USA Expo is a leading event for cities, focused on building Smart, Equitable, and Sustainable 21st Century Cities!

Lincoln Heights Innovation Hub

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:40:00 -0500

Congratulations to Lincoln Heights community for initiating an "Innovation Hub" with the goal to use Innovation to reverse Poverty in Lincoln Heights!

You can see the presentation here

Cincinnati Innovation District Announced

Mon, 09 Mar 2020 20:10:00 -0500

CINCINNATI, Ohio — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, JobsOhio, the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center announced a first-of-its-kind partnership designed to build, retain and attract talent to Ohio by formally introducing the Cincinnati Innovation District™.

Anchored by the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s, Cincinnati Innovation District™ will serve as a ‘blueprint’ for the state and ensure Cincinnati becomes a magnet for talent that attracts Fortune 500, mid-size and developing start-up companies.

“In partnering with the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s to create this Innovation District, we are investing in opportunities for students and incumbent workers to build a successful career in Ohio, while unleashing the research and innovation happening on our university campuses and hospitals to help drive job creation,” said Governor Mike DeWine.

Talent is attracted to collaborative and innovative environments, and companies are attracted to locations that have this talent. Ohio’s research institutions are the state’s economic engines to fuel current and future needs of organizations. The University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s contribute more than $450 million annually in research. This research results in discoveries that become the basis for innovative startups in the tech and healthcare sectors.

“The three most important elements to developing a vibrant, modern economy are innovation, talent and investment,” said Lt. Governor Jon Husted. “Today’s announcement represents an aggressive effort to build our capacity and align these resources to create a world-class innovation district in Cincinnati. Great ideas must find a way from the lab to the marketplace if they are to improve the quality of life for the public and create jobs and economic opportunity. This innovation district will make this process faster and more effective.”

The catalyst within this partnership will be JobsOhio investing up to $100 million that aims to, over the next 10 years, result in up to 15,000 STEM graduates as well as the execution of $2 billion of research and real estate development within the Cincinnati Innovation District™, ultimately resulting in an estimated 20,000 new jobs and $3 billion of annual economic impact. JobsOhio investment will be paired with investments the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s will be making to scale their respective operations. The Cincinnati Innovation District™ positions our region to compete at a national and international level for talent and the companies that seek that talent.

“To compete and win, we must invest in research and talent while establishing vibrant, amenity-rich communities to realize our long-term vision of making Ohio the best place in the country for tech and life science jobs,” said J.P. Nauseef, JobsOhio president and chief investment officer. “We applaud UC, Cincinnati Children’s and the many partners who have stepped up and made significant new investments to drive these outcomes.”

“We are energized by JobsOhio’s commitment to research and innovation,” said Michael Fisher, president and CEO of Cincinnati Children’s. “This unprecedented investment will help us continue to attract, retain and inspire exceptional talent from around the world; accelerate new discoveries, treatments, and cures; and, most importantly, make a difference in the health and lives of children in Ohio, and well beyond. We are very grateful for this exciting new partnership.”

The University of Cincinnati developed an innovation district blueprint through the creation of the 1819 Innovation Hub and the developing Digital Futures complex. These sites have already attracted Fortune 500 companies, small- and mid-sized companies and generated significant start-ups. Through this co-located ecosystem, UC has leveraged its economic engine to strengthen the Ohio economy. The storied history of UC’s innovation expertise is long-standing, making the vision of attracting even more industry and the talent to serve them a reality.

“We are humbled and inspired by this historic investment in our Next Lives Here vision for talent, research and innovation,” said UC President Neville Pinto. “The nimble, forward-thinking, results-driven work of JobsOhio has never been more important or appreciated. Our highly innovative partnership with them, fully supported by the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, will transform the University of Cincinnati’s impact for generations to come.”

The district is expected to attract significant investment in mixed-use buildings that will provide office/lab, retail, housing and nightlife that will make the area attractive to job creation, private investment, and talent seeking an urban experience.

“The Cincinnati Innovation District is the next big thing for Cincinnati’s growth,” said Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley. “This partnership among the state, JobsOhio, the city, the University of Cincinnati, and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital will pay dividends for decades to come.”

Cincy Job Outlook 2028

Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:40:00 -0500

Great presentation today at Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber about Cincinnati Jobs Outlook 2028, which provided a data-driven picture of where the Cincinnati economy is expected to produce new jobs through 2028—and provides insights into the projections. In addition to charting the fastest-growing occupations in our region, this new report—an update of the Jobs Outlook 2020—looks at the entire job landscape through the lenses of income, education, gender, and race.

You can download the report from here

UC to open 'digital futures' building in Uptown Innovation Corridor

Thu, 23 Aug 2018 20:20:00 -0500

The University of Cincinnati announced that it plans to lease a new building in the Uptown Innovation Corridor to promote the "digital future of tech innovation."

This is definitely a great news for Innovation in Cincinnati, bringing us closer to remaking our city as a "City of Innovation"

UC President, Neville G. Pinto, shared this:

"Building on our Next Lives Here vision, the University of Cincinnati has signed an agreement to lease a 180,000 square-foot building to be constructed within Uptown Cincinnati’s Innovation Corridor. The building is part of a development on 5.8 acres on the southeast corner of the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Reading Road, adjacent to our 1819 innovation hub at 2900 Reading Road.

Our multi-year commitment will anchor this development, which is planned as a major mixed-use project by the joint team of Terrex Development & Construction and the Messer Construction Company. Conceived as an environment for innovation, education and technological advancement, the entire project consists of a hotel with a potential residential component, two parking garages and three office buildings. Our agreement addresses the first of these office buildings, which we have, for now, dubbed the “digital futures” building.

As you may recall, the Innovation Corridor has been a decade in the making — a vision growing out of a strategic partnership of Uptown institutions, the City of Cincinnati, the OKI Regional Council of Governments, the Ohio Department of Transportation and the surrounding neighborhoods. Following the opening of the new I-71/Martin Luther King Boulevard interchange, the assembly of over 100 parcels of land, and the renovation of the historic old Sears building into the anchor tenant of the district (our 1819 hub), it is exciting to see this vision is now becoming a reality.

We feel that logistically the proximity of this additional space to the 1819 hub – our front door for industry and community to access UC talent – is critically important. The digital futures building will enable industry and the community to further connect with us through a digital research commons and will provide space for UC faculty and students to work with them to address opportunities and challenges in a digital future. Amplifying and accelerating our Next Lives Here vision, it will be interdisciplinary in form and forward-leaning in function. It will empower diverse teams of thinkers and doers to push the boundaries of what’s possible – to bend the future in Cincinnati’s direction.

Vice President for Research Patrick Limbach will be leading the work to define the programs for this new interdisciplinary building and will be engaging the campus community in this discussion.

I want to add my thanks to the Uptown Consortium and its President and CEO, Beth Robinson, for their tremendous efforts in spearheading investment in Uptown for more than 15 years."

Second Annual Smart Cincy Summit + Community Day (April 25-26)

Fri, 20 Apr 2018 14:30:29 -0500

The first Smart Cincy Summit served to launch Regional Smart Cities Initiatives throughout the Greater Cincinnati's Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Region. The second summit will highlight the organizational leadership, active projects, and community goals.

The Smart Cincy Summit brings together local, regional and national leaders for a dynamic day of programming centered around smart city planning. This year the focus will revolve around the pillars of smart planning, mobility and infrastructure, and community impact. A limited number of tickets and sponsorships are still available.

Morning Speakers and Panels
Leadership Luncheon and Awards
Smart Infrastructure Challenge Announcements
Afternoon Smart Planning Workshops

A free community day will be open to the public on Wednesday, April 25th at the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments Board Room.

Final Announcements: April 19th, 2018

Learn more about the largest group focused on smart cities in the Midwest. Visit smartcincy.org.

Contact hello@smartcincy.org to learn more or to get involved.