In Florida, The Digest announced the official opening of nominations for the 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy for 2024-25.

Voting Rules

Voting will be open to all registered voters, and you can register here. As a courtesy, ABLC delegates are automatically registered as voters. 

Nominations

Hot 50 nominations will begin Tuesday, September 24th 2024 and continue through Friday, October 4th 2024 at 5pm ET.  You can make nominations here. As a courtesy, ABLC attending organizations are automatically added to the ballot.

Voting period

Hot 50 voting will begin Monday, October 7th 2024 and continue through Wednesday, Octiber 23rdd, 2024 at 5pm ET.

Announcement of Hot 50 results at ABLC NEXT 2024 in Washington, DC – March 23rd and Hot Party

Hot 50 rankings will be announced on Thursday October 24th, live at the Hot Party at ABLC  NEXT 2024 in San Francisco. Results will be announced at 6pm ET October 24th in The Daily Digest.

Voting Links to the Ballot

Registered voters will receive a link to their official ballot by email.

Write-in votes

If there is a deserving company that did not register for the Official Ballot, voters are welcome to cast a write-in vote for that company.

Voting criteria

Voters may judge for themselves what makes a company “hot”.

In our view, we believe that “hot” represents an ideal blend of visibility and credibility. Companies that are substantive but unknown may be credible, but they are not hot. Likewise, companies that are widely-known but hyped are visible, but not hot. Hot is not the same as “best” – nor is it the same as “popular” – and the Rankings are neither intended to be a popularity contest nor a quality rating system.

Prohibited voting practices

Prohibited voting practices include but are not limited to: creating multiple digital accounts in order to submit multiple ballots; using faked or borrowed digital accounts to submit multiple ballots in violation of daily ballot restrictions; or encouraging potential voters to create, borrow to otherwise use multiple digital accounts in order to submit multiple ballots.

The Digest reserves the right to reject any ballot it deems to be the product of a probited voting practice — or to cancel all ballots from that voter, or remove a company from the competition — and such a determination will be made in the Digest’s sole discretion, and its decision is final.

In general, any practice designed to prevent a fair ballot is prohibited, and may result in the suspension of a company from the Hot 50 or the cancellation of any and all ballots which the Digest, in its sole discretion, deems to be tainted.

Permitted voting practices

Companies or individuals may exhort colleagues, friends or the general public to vote for a deserving company or to remember to register to vote – campaigning for the Hot 50 is not prohibited so long as the voting itself is fair and ethical. Voters are permitted to vote for companies they are personally, directly or indirectly, affiliated with.