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We fast track innovation to improve quality of life in cities.

MDIA transforms how municipalities pilot, procure, and scale emerging technology.

MDIA bridges gaps between private innovators and the public sector to fast-track the procurement of technology and innovation solutions that enable municipalities to more effectively and efficiently address pressing issues that impact resident quality of life in cities.

Through its signature Public Innovation Challenge, it identifies, invests in, and supports early-to-growth stage companies to pilot, test, and validate their technology in collaboration with the economic engines and local government.

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Supercharging Emergency Management Across Miami-Dade

Public Innovation Challenge No. 7 is Open

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Miami-Dade Innovation Authority (“MDIA”) seeks early-to-growth stage startup companies with innovative solutions that can enhance emergency management operations in Miami-Dade County, in order to improve departmental decision-making, strengthen situational awareness, and increase community resilience in the face of hazards and emergencies. Collaborators for this challenge include Miami-Dade County’s Department of Emergency Management (DEM), Florida International University’s (FIU) Academy for International Disaster Preparedness (AIDP), and Big City Emergency Managers (BCEM). 

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  • "We’re saying to entrepreneurs everywhere that we’re open for business, and we’re inviting the private sector to join us as we unlock more streamlined, more cost-effective solutions to big public sector problems. "

    Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Miami-Dade County

  • "Miami Dade is the new frontier of tech innovation and entrepreneurship. The Miami Dade Innovation Authority will help us embrace our future and our destiny. This is all about seizing and accelerating opportunity."

    Alberto Ibargüen, President, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

  • “This approach will fast-forward local solutions – while giving entrepreneurs a path to test and scale, making it faster and easier to innovate in Miami-Dade."

    Chairman Oliver G. Gilbert, III, Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners

  • "With pilot programs and an openness to creative solutions, we are flipping the way government does business by inviting businesses to pilot their innovations with us."

    Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Miami-Dade County

  • "This work will advance innovation, entrepreneurship and economic growth in South Florida."

    Ken Griffin, Citadel founder and CEO

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