The Drake University School of Journalism and Mass Communication will host a one-day workshop with in-person and virtual options on current generative AI tools. Attendees will test out tools such as ChatGPT, Google Bard, Midjourney, DALL-E 2 and more. The director of Drake University’s artificial intelligence major, Chris Porter, and digital media professor Chris Snider […]
World Intellectual Property Day recognizes women’s advancement in IP This year, the celebration of World Intellectual Property Day, recognized each year on April 26 by the World Intellectual Property Organization, was dedicated to the continued advancement of women’s innovation and creativity in the field. Gender disparities in intellectual property rights are as old as the field […]
The Iowa District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration has named the city of Iowa City the recipient of its 2023 SBA Iowa Small Business Community of the Year Award. The award is presented in honor of the SBA’s annual National Small Business Week celebration, held the week of April 30-May 6 this year. Iowa […]
The University of Northern Iowa Family Business Center will host Robert Pasin, chief wagon officer at Radio Flyer, during its Virtual Breakfast Series event on May 19. Pasin will speak about balancing the legacy of the business and the spirit of entrepreneurship that emerging leaders are experiencing. “One of the most powerful attributes of a […]
Meta and Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs are hosting a premiere of a short documentary about an Iowa family-owned business followed by two panels discussing how to support the future of small businesses on Tuesday, April 25 at Fleur Cinema and Cafe. The documentary, “They Came From All Over,” was directed by Academy Award winner […]
Pella’s head of data science speaks at Iowa Technology Summit When Jacey Heuer joined Pella Corp. in 2020 as manager of advanced analytics and data science he was tasked with leveraging data and AI to help the nearly 100-year-old company reach its goal of doubling in size by 2025. In leading Pella’s team of data […]
Last week the Business Record honored the 2023 class of Forty Under 40. Four of this year’s honorees work in the technology industry or entrepreneurial community. Learn what issue they would like to see Central Iowa leaders address below and read their full profiles by clicking on their name. Watch a replay of last week’s […]
Registration for the Iowa Technology Summit 2023, hosted by the Technology Association of Iowa, is now open. Scheduled for April 3-4 in Des Moines, the event will again feature several sessions on a category of topics. This year’s tracks include cybersecurity, leadership, transformation, innovation and data. Author, founder and futurist Kian Gohar will give the keynote […]
A diverse lineup of speakers is set to present at next week’s ciLive! (Celebrate Innovation Live) event, including physician, astronaut and aquanaut Dr. Shawna Pandya, and Iowa native Mitch Matthews, a coach, speaker and host of the podcast “Dream Think Do.” While Matthews and Pandya have different encounters with innovation day to day, they prove […]
The Greater Des Moines Partnership’s sixth annual Small Business Success Summit will take place on March 22 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the FFA Center on the DMACC Ankeny campus. The summit will feature a pitch competition for the first time geared toward business owners or entrepreneurs starting or growing a business in […]