Partners
XPRIZE Partners share expertise, technology, and global networks that strengthen every competition. Their collaboration helps shape the ecosystem around each prize—supporting innovators, opening doors, and paving the way for breakthrough solutions to scale.
GBIF—the Global Biodiversity Information Facility—is an international network and data infrastructure funded by the world's governments and aimed at providing anyone, anywhere, open access to data about all types of life on Earth.
Coordinated through its Secretariat in Copenhagen, the GBIF network of participating countries and organizations, working through participant nodes, provides data-holding institutions around the world with common standards, best practices and open-source tools enabling them to share information about where and when species have been recorded. This knowledge derives from many sources, including everything from museum specimens collected in the 18th and 19th century to geotagged smartphone photos shared by amateur naturalists in recent days and weeks
Global Green USA is the American affiliate of Green Cross International, founded by President Gorbachev to foster a global value shift toward a sustainable and secure future. For 20 years, Global Green USA has been a national leader in advancing smart solutions to climate change that improve lives and protect our planet.
We create transformative model projects and advance new policies that build sustainable and resilient communities and affordable housing. We help local governments, schools, and public agencies integrate sustainable design, clean energy, and water reduction measures and we help people reduce waste, live better, and act more sustainably today--and in the future.
Global Green USA has influenced more than $20 billion dollars worth of building construction by encouraging the integration of green building and sustainability practices, and we’ve educated millions of people about climate-friendly solutions through our five annual events, including the green event of the year, our Pre-Oscar Party. Our impact has been felt across the country, particularly in areas affected by disasters such as Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans where we led green rebuilding efforts and continue to provide assistance and resources to local residents.
Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit the Google website.
The Governors’ Climate & Forests Task Force is a subnational collaboration of 38 states and provinces working to protect tropical forests, reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and promote realistic pathways to forest-maintaining rural development through direct partnerships with subnational governments, civil society, the private sector, indigenous peoples, and local communities.
iNaturalist addresses the critical need for comprehensive, real-time biodiversity data. As one of the largest sources of recent, on-the-ground biodiversity information globally, our platform empowers communities and scientists to document and share geotagged photos of species. This crowdsourced data collection, enhanced by our AI models and verified by a dedicated community, creates a robust and reliable dataset. The urgency of our work is underscored by the rapid loss of biodiversity worldwide. Accurate, real-time data is essential for informed conservation efforts, enabling the discovery of new species, monitoring of endangered species, and guiding biodiversity management decisions at local, national, and global levels.
As a leading technology transfer and commercialization centre, Innovate Calgary works closely with startups, entrepreneurs, researchers and investors from the advanced tech sector to take innovation and ideas to the next stage of growth. Innovate Calgary has been successfully contributing to the growth and acceleration of the advanced technology sector for 35 years. Our integrated approach to commercialization focuses on facilitating connections among stakeholders and offering a comprehensive range of programs and services to achieve success.
The Kinetica Innovation Centre at SAIT (KICS) is a facility and program that helps clean energy technology innovators design, prototype and test their proprietary technologies. The 2,200-square-foot facility is located on the SAIT campus and offers a combination of co-working wet and technical lab space, a rigorous prototype development program and access to SAIT testing facilities and Innovate Calgary’s programs.
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit scientific research and communications organization supported by property insurers, reinsurers, and affiliated companies. IBHS’s building safety research leads to real-world solutions for home and business owners, helping to create more resilient communities.
IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. IUCN’s work focuses on valuing and conserving nature, ensuring effective and equitable governance of its use, and deploying nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and development. IUCN supports scientific research, manages field projects all over the world, and brings governments, NGOs, the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practices. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,200 government and NGO members and almost 11,000 volunteer experts in some 160 countries.
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is the global network for forest science cooperation, open to all individuals and organizations involved in forest research and forest related sciences. It is a non-profit, non-governmental and non-discriminatory organization with a mission to advance research excellence and knowledge sharing, and to foster the development of science-based solutions to forest-related challenges for the benefit of forests and people worldwide. IUFRO attains its objectives by networking activities including the generation, exchange, synthesis, and dissemination of scientific knowledge.
Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI) is a non-profit organization based in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, which was founded in December 2013. JITRI positions itself at the nexus of scientific research and technological transformation, striving to overcome structural and institutional barriers that restrict scientific and technological advances and exploring new mechanisms to facilitate technology transfer and new channels for to transform scientific and technological achievements into tangible products. In accordance with the concept of "R&D as an industry and technology as a product," JITRI focuses on two main roles. First, it acts as a bridge between universities or scientific research institutions and industry. Secondly, it acts as a bridge between global innovation resources and Jiangsu Province.
KICKOFF is a free digital learning tool that helps informal project managers and project team members launch successful projects—from start to finish—in just 45 minutes.
KICKOFF is a trademark of Project Management Institute, Inc.
Kinetica Ventures bridges the energy industry and tech innovators to accelerate world-class energy technologies. We support industry partners by working with technology developers who have emerging innovation that addresses industry’s key challenges, lowers costs and improves competitive advantages. This unique industry-driven program works closely with key energy sector partners in four areas: hydrocarbon recovery; energy transport; carbon capture, reuse and disposal; and renewable energy. Kinetica Ventures is powered by Innovate Calgary.
In the heart of Lower Downtown Denver (LoDo), adjacent to Coors Field, McGregor Square ushers in a new chapter of urban living, entertainment, food, and business travel in Colorado’s historic city. Spanning an entire block, it includes The Rally Hotel, McGregor Square Residences, McGregor Square Offices, various restaurants, retail outlets, and expansive food-hall, all circling a 17,000 square foot plaza complete with a stadium-sized LED screen.
The central outdoor plaza serves as a pre and post-game gathering place for Rockies fans, as well as a year-round destination for concerts, festivals, and movie nights. Retail and restaurants, multi-family residences, a hotel, and office space combine to create a rich sense of place and an inspiring vacation destination.
Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) is a global integrated business enterprise that develops and operates businesses together with its offices and subsidiaries in approximately 90 countries and regions worldwide, as well as a global network of around 1,700 group companies. MC has 10 Business Groups that operate across virtually every industry: Natural Gas, Industrial Materials, Petroleum & Chemicals Solution, Mineral Resources, Industrial Infrastructure, Automotive & Mobility, Food Industry, Consumer Industry, Power Solution and Urban Development. Through these 10 Business Groups, MC's current activities have expanded far beyond its traditional trading operations to include project development, production and manufacturing operations, working in collaboration with our trusted partners around the globe. Decarbonization is a common interest within the company and therefore Carbon Removal such as Carbon Capture & Utilization has been a joint effort together with multiple groups within the company. With an unwavering commitment to conducting business with integrity and fairness, MC remains fully dedicated to growing its businesses while contributing to a prosperous society.