Business editors and business leaders from Northern Colorado, a technology rich area, recognized Ice Energy®as an innovator in the energy sector as part of the region’s Business Expo held at the 7,200 seat Budweiser Event Center near Fort Collins, CO. Rudi Giuliani, former mayor of New York, discussed the principles of leadership as the keynote speaker of the Expo. The event’s sponsor, the Northern Colorado Business Report, initiated the Innovation Quotient (IQ) Award program, which recognizes innovation leadership in the categories of: Energy, Biosciences, Environment, Hardware and Technology, Health and Consumer Products, Transportation, and Software. A panel of judges, comprised of business and technology leaders, selected the winners.