The KIRA Awards' Selection Committee yesterday announced the finalists for the 2013 Knowledge Industry Recognition and Achievement award.

The winners of the New Brunswick award will be named at a dinner May 2 at the Fredericton Convention Centre. Information on the tickets is available here.

The nominees are:

Exporters

•Green Imaging Technologies Inc. •LuminUltra •Vimsoft

Most Promising Start-Up

•IntroHive •Rt Tech Software Inc. •TotalPave

Technological Advancement and/or Innovation - Private

•Inversa Systems •Smart Skin Technologies •SPIELO International

Technological Advancement and/or Innovation - Public

•Department of Health, Horizon Health, Vitalité & FacilicorpNB •Service NB, Department of Natural Resources, Department Environment & Local Government •Vicky Chester UNB

Community Engagement and Industry Commitment

•Remsoft Inc. •Science East Science Centre •T4G

Special Recognition

•Dr. Ali Ghorbani, Dean of the UNB Faculty of Computer Science •Mary Goggin, co-founder and VP, Corporate Programs for Accreon •Trevor MacAusland, Executive Director, PropelICT