These updates come from Northeast Tennessee all the way to the Mississippi River.

Two University of North Carolina System campuses, University of Louisville, and Mississippi State University also are leading teams.

The top prize in the "Boyd Venture Challenge" went to Wesley Pitts, who founded KnoxBots, an innovative robotic lawn care company. The start-up was awarded $20,000.

This is your chance to engage with key players who are shaping the future of sustainable mobility—and to learn how Chattanooga is at the center of it all.

Also upcoming are The Biz Foundry's Made Here Market, "Demo Day" for the teams participating in BioTN's "Scipreneur Challenge" and TennSMART's "Smart Mobility Challenge," and the final showcase of Vanderbilt University's "Climate Innovation Accelerator."

Innovators and innovation enablers share the stories of their organizations within the book’s industry-specific chapters.

Other items include a Johnson City start-up being selected for the "gBeta Indiana Energy and Sustainability Accelerator" and a new name for a long-standing program operated by the UT Center for Industrial Services.

This event is focused on ideas developed by faculty, staff, and graduate students from UT at Chattanooga.