The Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce is enhancing a long-term goal of perpetuating a "Community of Innovators" by merging its Annual Acadiana Innovation Awards with INNOV8. 

Applications for the 2013 INNOV8 Awards are now being accepted and winners will be recognized during INNOV8 2013.  A project of the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce Innovation Division, the INNOV8 Awards will recognize the top innovations of 2012 in Acadiana to showcase the innovative spirit and inspire new innovators to dream big.

The 2013 INNOV8 Awards is the fourth year of searching for and recognizing innovators in Acadiana.  INNOV8, in its second year, will be an eight-day festival of creativity and innovation held throughout Lafayette from Friday, April 19 to Friday, April 26, 2013.