BioConnect Iowa and the Iowa Biotechnology Association have announced that they have reached an agreement to share leadership through a joint service arrangement. Through the agreement, Jessica Hyland, who has served as executive director of IowaBio since 2019, will now also lead BioConnect, the state’s public-private partnership for economic development…
Sanjeev Satturu, senior vice president and chief information officer at Casey’s, delivered the keynote presentation at the Technology Association of Iowa’s annual Iowa Technology Summit, held April 7-8 in Des Moines. The following are nine insights about innovation from his talk. Digital is an operating model. “It is your ability…
A four-day event designed to spotlight and celebrate entrepreneurship in Iowa is coming to Des Moines Sept. 28 through Oct. 1. Iowa Startup Week is organized by a group of 25 to 30 local volunteers and has a leadership team of Kaylee Williams, Safiya Lee-Evans, Tej Dhawan and Diana Wright….
GFiber, formerly Google Fiber, and Stonepeak announced earlier this month an agreement to merge GFiber with Astound Broadband, forming an independent fiber provider. Stonepeak, an investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, will be the majority stakeholder in the new company. Google’s parent Alphabet will remain a significant minority…
Ramero Jackson, an Urbandale resident, was unemployed and going through medical issues that precluded him from working. He had sought rental assistance and used a food bank. He was looking for a new opportunity. He linked up with Audrey Kennis, director of human services at the city of West Des…
On Feb. 19, the Morningside Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development held the first annual Northwest Iowa Pitch Challenge, with 14 student teams competing for $2,750 in total prize money. A total of 37 students from Morningside University, Dordt University and Buena Vista University competed. The prize money was…
Inside the new Des Moines University Regional Simulation Center, which provides simulation technology and training spaces for the region’s professional and academic health care programs, there is what organizers call a “House of Horrors.” It is a simulated home health care catastrophe. Students are tasked with entering this mock-up of…
In as early as the 1960s, top thinkers were predicting machines would take over a person’s work. That’s according to the Science Center of Iowa’s newest traveling exhibit, “Artificial Intelligence: Your Mind & The Machine.” The interactive exhibit will be on display through April 26. “Machines will be capable, within…
Technology leaders encouraged Iowa’s business and tech community to talk with lawmakers about artificial intelligence policy at the Technology Association of Iowa’s AI Public Policy Forum and legislative reception held Feb. 4 in Des Moines. “Your constitutional right is to talk to your legislators, voice your opinion,” said Jennifer G….
When Beth Lipman, an artist from Sheboygan Falls, Wis., was researching for her sculpture Hive Mind, she spent time with several faculty members at Iowa State University. “I had no idea how significant of a university it was,” Lipman said. “I really came in knowing very little about Iowa State…