2008 Spirit of Innovation Awards-Winners Announced

We have determined our Winners for the KAST Spirit of Innovation Awards. We are grateful to all of the finalist. We can all be incredibly proud of the breadth and depth of the innovation community in our region, as demonstrated by these winners.

Each of the 35 nominations received in the four categories were, without exception, extremely well qualified. It was a challenging process, for our judging panel, to select the four finalists in each category, and then narrowing the field down to one winner per category. After much deliberation by our judges, here are the winners.

Innovative Company Award Finalists

D-Pace (Dehnel Particle Accelerator Components and Engineering, Inc.)


Innovative Organization Award Finalists (non-profit & public organizations)

The Centre for Innovative and Entrepreneurial Leadership (CIEL).


Innovative Individual Awards Finalists

Selena Davis (Selena Davis & Ass., Health Informatics Consulting)


Most Promising Emerging Company Award Finalists

AC Global Systems


Thanks again to all of our nominees, nominators, finalists and congratulations to the winners!

KAST also thanks our Spirit of Innovation Awards & Conference sponsors including:

Spirit of Innovation Award Sponsors:
Teck Cominco Metals Ltd. - Applied Research & Technology Group, Columbia Power Corporation, Columbia Basin Trust, Scotia Bank
Conference Title Sponsor: FortisBC
Gala Sponsors: Chinook Scaffolding Systems, Hall Printing, Venture Mechanical Systems
Contributing Sponsors: Firebird Technologies, All Hit KBS, The Western Star, Trail-Rossland News, Business Development Bank of Canad,  Dillon Consulting