IBJ: Mark Howell – Let’s Keep Indiana on Top of Advanced Manufacturing

2021-01-12T17:11:16-05:00July 22, 2019|

Mark Howell, president and CEO, Conexus Indiana Mark Howell, president and CEO of Conexus Indiana, the advanced manufacturing and logistics initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), says a number of key companies including Allison Transmission, Cummins Inc. and General Motors Co. are part of an expanding list of advanced manufacturers that are embracing the new industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0.  Howell has more in a recent IBJ op-ed. [READ MORE] (Sources: IBJ, Conexus Indiana)

Podcast: Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) and the Power of a Guiding Force

2021-01-14T11:12:13-05:00July 22, 2019|

CICP is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. To kick-off the celebration, CICP and its initiatives (Ascend Indiana, AgriNovus Indiana, BioCrossroads, Conexus Indiana, Energy Systems Network and TechPoint) are participating in a six-week podcast mini-series through CICP's agbioscience initiative AgriNovus Indiana. Listeners will hear about innovation/technology convergence, economic development, talent attraction and more. All shared priorities among CICP initiatives and what makes AgriNovus and its work to support the agbioscience sector (a sector entirely focused on interaction and collaboration) so successful. CICP President and CEO David L. Johnson starts the conversation with his episode “Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) and the Power of a Guiding Force”, which is now live. Here are some links where you can tune-in and subscribe: Apple: https://apple.co/2LwGDiV Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LQOmUP Stitcher: http://bit.ly/2Mcj92F Google Play: http://bit.ly/AgBioSciGP Youtube: http://bit.ly/AgriNovusYT (will be up later today) Podcast Site: http://bit.ly/2RR1wDA The podcasts are [...]

IIB: Topping Out Ceremony Held for 16 Tech’s First Building, CICP HQ

2021-01-14T11:12:13-05:00July 11, 2019|

WATCH 16 Tech President and CEO Bob Coy talk with Inside INdiana Business' Gerry Dick about the progress of the Innovation District and what is next in its transformational development. Topping Out Ceremony Held for 16 Tech's First Building, CICP HQ The structural steel has been going up at the 16 Tech Innovation District for a number of weeks now, setting the stage for today's topping out ceremony for the first building known as the Advanced Research and Innovation Building. As a part of the build, 16 Tech’s developer has been taking around a 10 foot beam from the building to have people in the community sign their names, including the first tenants of the building. The tenants of the $30 million building will be the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute (IBRI) and the IU [...]

WISH-TV: Indiana Groups, Companies Launch Tech Talent Search

2021-01-12T17:50:08-05:00June 26, 2019|

TechPoint, CICP's tech initiative, and TMAP are rolling out the red carpet to attract tech talent back to Indiana. The two organizations want people in the tech industry to apply for 25 spots for a Red Carpet Weekend in October. "Either people just haven't heard of us, Indianapolis hasn't been on their radar and this is our chance to put it on their radar, or there are people who many be from here, attended universities here and then left. Thought that they had to do that for their career and don't realize all of the growth that's happened," Merillat Flowers, TechPoint, said.  WISH-TV's Nina Criscuolo has more. WATCH

Media: Collaborative program to address shortage of licensed clinical social workers

2021-04-05T16:46:42-04:00February 19, 2019|

As the Indiana opioid crisis continues, there is a shortage of trained behavioral health professionals to ensure those suffering from substance use disorders (SUD) receive treatment. To help address this gap, Community Health Network, in collaboration with Ascend Indiana, IU School of Social Work (IUSSW-IUPUI) and the University of Indianapolis, is launching a program that will prepare more licensed clinical social workers to provide treatment in central Indiana, while also improving the quality of the training they receive to better serve patients. The program provides a model that can be replicated in communities across the state. WRTV - Collaborative effort underway to groom behavioral health specialists - [WATCH] The Daily Journal (Ryan Trares) - New program addresses shortage of addiction specialists - [READ] Inside INdiana Business - New program to meet need for substance use treatment - [READ AND LISTEN]

IBJ: Indiana life sciences companies raise record $115 million in venture capital

2021-01-14T12:07:35-05:00January 22, 2019|

The Indianapolis Business Journal's John Russell is reporting that Indiana life sciences companies raised $115 million in venture capital funding in 2018, a three percent jump from 2017 and 133 percent higher than 2015. “The thing that jumped out at me was the variety,” said Brian Stemme, who tracks venture deals for BioCrossroads (CICP's life sciences initiative), pointing to products under development ranging from cancer drugs to tele-health software. [READ MORE] (Sources: IBJ and BioCrossroads)

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