The future of innovation appears to be female, at least based off the roster of honorees at the Tech for Global Good awards ceremony last Saturday night.
Chris DiGiorgio, chair of the Tech Interactive’s board of trustees, proudly announced that this year’s laureates were all organizations founded and led by women, a first in the awards’ 21-year history, which earned a loud roar of applause from the audience at the Signia by Hilton hotel. As usual, the Tech for Global Good celebration was an inspiring evening, as the crowd of more than 300 people watched videos illustrating how the laureates were working to solve big problems: India-based Strawcture Eco makes building materials out of leftover straw; MicroByre uses data and robotics to turn bacteria into factories that turn bio-waste — rabbit poop, in one case — into helpful chemicals like life-saving cancer drugs; Goodr uses an app to reduce food waste by connecting restaurants...
Sarah Richardson of MicroByre, Aliya Nealy of GoodrCo, Joan Salwen of Blue Ocean Barns, Shriti Pandey of Strawcture Eco received the awards Saturday night. By the way, the videos — which explain in a really entertaining way how each company got started — are showing at the Tech Interactive in downtown San Jose and on its website,The evening also served as a second chance for LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, who was honored with the James C.
Meanwhile, San Jose’s historic Japantown will be hosting a trio of events appealing to kids and grown-ups for Halloween. On Oct. 29, 12 breweries will be pouring suds at three locations for the Halloween edition of the Beerwalk Then on Oct. 30, Exhibit at JTown will host a family-friendly event with Empire 7 Studios, with art, games, a pumpkin patch and maker exhibits. And then Monday on Halloween, Japantown businesses again will welcome costumed kids for trick-or-treating from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
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