#Mira2025 at the Palladium on February 27, 2025 announced
Award submissions open for #Mira2025
#Mira2025 Award Gala at the Palladium
Recognizes organizations and their programs or platforms that inspire and open doors for STEM talent, create economic opportunities and have a positive impact on talent pipeline development and the future workforce. Learn more about each organization here.
WINNER: Brian Belch
Recognizes outstanding and high-achieving licensed computer science teachers who teach full CS courses at any public, charter, parochial or other school in the state of Indiana.
Winner to be selected by NexTech.
Recognizes visionary leaders helping underserved students in Indiana access experiential learning that inspires the pursuit of STEM careers. Winner to be selected by TechPoint Foundation for Youth.
Learn more about each nominee here.
Recognizes teams that achieved a significant milestone in cutting-edge technology development, tech discovery or R&D; product development, design or engineering; or other innovation advancements. Learn more about each team here.
Recognizes exceptional student startup founders and/or operators of any age and experience who have started a company or launched a product or service and generated revenue. Learn more about each student here.
Recognizes exceptional startup founders and/or operators of any age and experience who have looked outside the box, started something new, and generated momentum. Learn more about each entrepreneur here.
WINNER: the City of South Bend’s Department of Innovation and Technology
Recognizes companies that are developing talent through skills-based hiring of STEM roles; advancing diversity, equity and inclusion; cultivating workplace culture; and making a positive impact in the community.
Winner to be selected by an independent judging panel.
WINNER: Kate Maxwell
Recognizes inspiring and influential visionaries whose contributions have had lasting and significant impact on the state and its technology ecosystem. Trailblazers are innovative risk-takers whose achievements and bold leadership are catalysts for growth and success.
Winner to be selected by TechPoint Executive Committee.
Recognizes the relentless spirit of those who have turned adversity into opportunities, inspiring others with stories of their journey to success and leadership within Indiana’s tech and digital innovation communities. Learn more about each nominee here.
Recognizes teams from any industry that have demonstrated outstanding vision and innovation for driving digital adoption, and leveraging technology to revolutionize and elevate their operations and/or overall industry standards. Learn more about each team here.
Recognizes tech R&D efforts and other trailblazing discoveries that are on path to ground-breaking products that have significant impact potential to transform a product category or an entire industry. Learn more about each company here.
Evaluation Criteria:
Recognizes outstanding innovations in the development and application of hardware technology, particularly those that push the boundaries of what is possible in the world of advanced manufacturing.
Conexus Indiana through its Select Committee determines finalists and winner for this award from the 2023 Indiana Manufacturing Readiness Grant recipients.
Read more about the nominees here.
WINNER: Anu
Recognizes the winner of HungerTech, a month-long technology challenge that tasks innovators with ideating and implementing tech solutions that connect people experiencing food insecurity to adequate and sustainable food sources.
This award includes a $25,000 cash grant and the winner is selected through HungerTech Challenge Select Committee.
WINNER: Sortera
Recognizes technology-related Indiana companies and/or their investors that have secured the most investment capital in a single round or effected a merger or acquisition transaction or public listing with the highest enterprise value.
Winner to be selected by the TechPoint Executive Committee.
Recognizes the remarkable contributions of mission-driven organizations that have helped to pull our tech community forward—the impact makers of the year. These inspiring champions are creating a brighter, more equitable future for everyone. Learn more about each organization here.
Recognizes professional services firms or internal corporate teams that are pioneering transformative technology solutions or providing other professional innovation services that demonstrate excellence, creativity, and impact for clients or the industry at large. Learn more about each company here.
Recognizes high-potential, high-growth companies that are five years old or younger and have shown the greatest development/progress and market traction, including significant year-over-year growth and a solid management team. Learn more about each startup here.
Recognizes high-growth, innovation-driven companies older than five years that have attained a pinnacle of achievement within the tech industry. These pathfinding pioneers are showcases of extraordinary leadership and performance. Learn more about each company here.
