A Timeline of Our Work
Year 2024:
Gianfranco Zaccai presents at the Congreso Internacional de Disegno at the Universitad La Salle Bajio, Guanajuato, Mexico on the process for Human Centered Innovation and Neurodiversity.
The First Intelligence++ Imprendi Award for Neurodiversity Innovation is announced! The recipient is Professor Chiara Valeria Marinelli PhD.
Gianfranco Zaccai conducts a 4-hour Master Class on Human Centered Innovation process for Neurodiversity at the University of Padova.
Intelligence ++ and Fondazione Imprendi of Padua, Italy sign an agreement to launch an award to recognize important innovations in the domain of Neurodiversity in Italy.
Gianfranco Zaccai joins the board of The Arc of Massachusetts. The Arc enhances the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through advocacy for community supports and services.
7 student-designed products, services, and technologies meant to assist people with intellectual and developmental disabilities won recognition and seed funding at the Intelligence++ Showcase on April 25, 2024
Year 2023:
During 2023 and 2024, Gianfranco Zaccai attended the Lion Forum in Hyannis, Massachusetts. The Lion Forum, named in honor of Senator Ted Kennedy, is the community hub for startup innovation that transforms lives for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Forum convenes premier tech startups alongside influential policymakers, investors, advocates, and business leaders who are united in building a future where disability innovation draws the capital, resources, and focus it deserves.
Year 2020-2022:
The Intelligence++ journey began in August 2020 with the goal of developing innovative solutions through an interdisciplinary program that designs with and not for people with disability.
Gianfranco Zaccai presents at the Tijuana Innovadora Conference in Tijuana Mexico on the process for Human Centered Innovation and Neurodiversity
Intelligence ++ sign an agreement to sponsor the Intelligence++program at Syracuse University
September 2020-2021: The 1st Intelligence++ Interdisciplinary Course at Syracuse University is coordinated by the School of Design, The School of Education and InclusiveU, and the Whitman School of Management and the Syracuse University Libraries. Read more at: https://disabilityinclusioncenter.syr.edu/projects/intelligence/