Diversity Award

OK RDY

The Women in Security Mentoring Network connects women looking to embark on or progress in their security careers, with experienced mentors across the cyber, security, national intelligence and STEM-related industries. This initiative is aimed to help attract, develop and retain female participation in Australia’s security sector through a secure and supportive mentoring network.

Chief Judge Innovation Award

VetChip

VetChip is developing a novel smart health tracking technology that will revolutionise the way we look after and care for our animals. VetChip supercharges existing microchips to work just like a FitBit under the skin providing animal owners with real-time health insights for healthier animals, empowered vets and happier owners.

Sustainability & Environmental Solution

WA Return Recycle Renew Limited

530 million 10¢ containers go to waste each year in WA, prompting WARRRL to develop an on-demand pick-up service for residential and commercial customers. With 6 million containers collected in just four months, and $600,000 returned to the community amidst a cost-of-living crisis, Collect demonstrates significant environmental and economic impact.

Student & Education Solution

InnerSteps (Incorporated as Ellie Holdings Pty Ltd)

InnerSteps is a pioneering mobile application designed to address the growing mental health crisis among children aged 5-12. Utilising advanced AI technology, InnerSteps offers personalised storytelling based on each child’s mental health needs, interests, and preferences, integrating clinical strategies to provide therapeutic benefits.

Technology Platform Solution

Telstra and the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management

TasGRN has brought together all Tasmanian Emergency Services (Police, Fire, Ambulance and SES), Land Managers and Power Authorities onto a single radio network who previously operated over 5 separate radio networks. TasGRN provides a single fully encrypted P25 Digital Trunked Radio network and covers 75% of Tasmania. It was built by Telstra in close collaboration with Motorola solutions and the State.

Government & Public Sector Solution

CSIRO – Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Quantum computing has the potential to solve problems beyond classical computing. Qubit errors in the quantum processing unit are a major barrier to broad adoption of quantum computing. Our patented quantum computing error mitigation innovation and the SEMO software implementation address the impact of qubit noise in solving optimisation problems, significantly improving quantum processing efficiency.

Inspiration Award

Nansen Digital Forensics

Chain-FS is a novel (patent pending) blend of blockchain, cloud and smart contract technologies that creates a vendor agnostic cost-effective, immutable, trust-less storage system. The first use case is focused on using Chain-FS to empower victims of domestic violence to break free from violence and rebuild their lives without the constant threat of critical data theft, alteration, or destruction, which often hinders their escape. Chain-FS is currently being piloted by four domestic violence support agencies in NSW and Victoria.

Trailblazer Award

Stoktake

Stoktake is an Australian innovation that introduces a pioneering AI-powered facial recognition platform for livestock, setting new industry standards in assurance, traceability, and verification. Stoktake not only optimises supply chain efficiencies but also enhances the safety and transparency of the livestock industry, contributing to improved food safety and animal welfare and enabling a plethorea of automations in the industry.

Not-For-Profit / Community Solution

Nansen Digital Forensics

Chain-FS is a novel (patent pending) blend of blockchain, cloud and smart contract technologies that creates a vendor agnostic cost-effective, immutable, trust-less storage system. The first use case is focused on using Chain-FS to empower victims of domestic violence to break free from violence and rebuild their lives without the constant threat of critical data theft, alteration, or destruction, which often hinders their escape. Chain-FS is currently being piloted by four domestic violence support agencies in NSW and Victoria.

Start-Up Solution

Stoktake

Stoktake is an Australian innovation that introduces a pioneering AI-powered facial recognition platform for livestock, setting new industry standards in assurance, traceability, and verification. Stoktake not only optimises supply chain efficiencies but also enhances the safety and transparency of the livestock industry, contributing to improved food safety and animal welfare and enabling a plethorea of automations in the industry.

Business & Industry Solution

Sprightly Transport Solutions Pty Ltd

Sprightly is a cutting edge hybrid technology solution for public route buses, merging multiple standalone IT system capabilities into one that is single black box, single antenna and single SIM. Sprightly is doing far more with far less, setting a new standard for efficiency; creating better solutions to long term problems such as passenger accessibility and safety, and driver stress and retention.

Technology Platform Solution

1Centre Limited

1Centre is the only unified B2B trade-credit and relationship platform that lets you visualise, engage, decision, and prove ROI by sales channel. Their full compliance platform is 90% faster than standard trade-credit processes. It comes with built-in credit bureaux integrations for credit checks, government agency integrations for identity checks, facial recognition, decisioning tools for custom workflows, anti-fraud smarts to de-risk approvals, on/off features to maximise customer onboarding at the point of sale, fully configurable workflows to solve complexities like risk profiles and approval processes and more.

Sustainability & Environmental Solution

University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

A water quality prediction toolkit has been implemented to assist the water industry in improving operational resilience in adapting to the evolving landscape of potable water quality management. The proposed solution involved a robust spatial-temporal machine learning approach, incorporating weather and upstream effects to predict multiple water quality indicators. The solution benefits over half a million people in Sydney and 80% of water users in Melbourne. It has made a further step towards properly using this vital natural resource on the earth.

Start-Up Solution

Know-Where

Good To Go specializes in digital readiness checks, operational inspections, and asset visibility solutions for first responders. Our solutions streamline the activities associated with managing and maintaining equipment, giving valuable time back to personnel throughout their day and ensuring emergency vehicles are ”Good To Go”.

Government & Public Sector Solution

University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

The ASARS solution introduces a unique approach to Search and Rescue operations in Vietnam and globally, by integrating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and remote sensing technologies. This notable innovation is the world’s first pre- and post- disaster surveillance and rescue system developed by UTS, achieving a 90% accuracy in detecting target objects, which significantly surpasses the effectiveness of traditional aerial surveillance methods.

Business & Industry Solution

Telstra Health

Telstra Health’s Smart Clinician capability accelerates the conduct of clinical trials at scale to enable translation of new evidence to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians. GPs can now easily participate as clinical trial study investigators to help identify, screen and recall eligible patients and bring new clinical trials to their patients. Patients, regardless of geographic location, can now be informed of and participate in clinical trials and contribute to the generation of new evidence via their regular care provider. Clinical trial organisations can now make informed decisions about where to set up clinical trials based on the availability of eligible patients and access a culturally diverse population that spans rural and metropolitan areas; reducing the administrative burden and time taken to enrol eligible patients.

Student & Education Solution

InnerSteps (Incorporated as Ellie Holdings Pty Ltd)

InnerSteps is a pioneering mobile application designed to address the growing mental health crisis among children aged 5-12. Utilising advanced AI technology, InnerSteps offers personalised storytelling based on each child’s mental health needs, interests, and preferences, integrating clinical strategies to provide therapeutic benefits.

Not-For-Profit / Community Solution

InnerSteps (Incorporated as Ellie Holdings Pty Ltd)

InnerSteps is a pioneering mobile application designed to address the growing mental health crisis among children aged 5-12. Utilising advanced AI technology, InnerSteps offers personalised storytelling based on each child’s mental health needs, interests, and preferences, integrating clinical strategies to provide therapeutic benefits.

Student & Education Solution

Deakin University & IBM

Careers Studio revolutionizes education by offering a personalized learning platform powered by IBM Watsonx technology. The innovative approach bridges the gap between academia and industry, preparing students for the workforce of the future. Careers Studio, in partnership with IBM, aims to skill 30 million people globally by 2030, closing the skills gap and shaping a more prosperous future.

Technology Platform Solution of the Year

CSIRO

Quantum Shield for Artificial Intelligence is an entirely new technology which has no existing counterpart. It is a paradigm shift from the existing classical artificial intelligence systems to highly innovative and emerging quantum artificial intelligence systems. The technology is poised to enable revolutionary new quantum AI-based applications offering supreme security, meeting a critical need across diverse user groups including military, Defence, healthcare, and transport.

Sustainability and Environmental Solution of the Year

Streamwise D.I. Pty Ltd

StreamwiseD.I. is an innovative and disruptive Digital/Cloud Based product solution within the WasteWater Treatment space. Through the ease of use Portal and App, real time condition monitoring and alarm thresholds, plant operators are given full visibility of their Wastewater Treatment. The use of secure Generative AI further enables Plant Operators to understand their operation in great detail and have the ability to compare this to external industry trends for their particular operation/ process.

Start-Up Solution

Gracenote Pty Ltd

Gracenote's mission is to change compliance forever by using AI to deliver real-time insights on compliance threats and opportunities tailored to the needs of each company. They maintain continuous monitoring of all regulatory change, together with genAI methods of extracting, processing, searching and engaging with compliance requirements. Their goal is to use technology to ensure that every single meaningful compliance requirement is managed for every business, anywhere in the world.

Not-For-Profit / Community Solution

National Heart Foundation of Australia

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Australia, responsible for over 18,000 deaths each year. The Aus CVD Risk Calculator has been uniquely modified and recalibrated for the Australian population and will enable a more accurate assessment of cardiovascular disease risk, so that treatment can be directed to those who will benefit most.

Government & Public Sector Solution

CSIRO – Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Quantum computing has the potential to solve problems beyond classical computing. Qubit errors in the quantum processing unit are a major barrier to broad adoption of quantum computing. Our patented quantum computing error mitigation innovation and the SEMO software implementation address the impact of qubit noise in solving optimisation problems, significantly improving quantum processing efficiency.

Business & Industry Solution

Sprightly Transport Solutions Pty Ltd

Sprightly is a cutting edge hybrid technology solution for public route buses, merging multiple standalone IT system capabilities into one that is single black box, single antenna and single SIM. Sprightly is doing far more with far less, setting a new standard for efficiency; creating better solutions to long term problems such as passenger accessibility and safety, and driver stress and retention.

Technology Platform Solution

Lynkz

DevBricks serves as a user story and code generation companion tool seamlessly integrated into users’ Azure DevOps instance, elevating and expediting the development of their business applications. This next-generation AI toolkit empowers users to leverage cutting-edge machine learning for fine-tuning project requirements, automating personalized code generation, and addressing prevalent industry challenges.

Start-Up Solution

SNAPI

The SNAPI AI-powered digital meter reader transforms “dumb” analogue utility meters that dominate the World’s energy networks into smart devices in just seconds. It does this by sticking onto any water, gas, or electricity analogue meter to remotely read consumption data with 99.9% accuracy. By efficiently capturing this data at higher-frequencies, SNAPI satisfies a time-critical, global demand for more energy and water consumption data, analysis, and action.

Not-For-Profit / Community Solution

DV Safe Phone LTD

DV Safe Phone aims to counter domestic violence by providing victims with mobile phones, a crucial lifeline to the outside world. DV Safe Phone’s mission is to raise awareness, secure ongoing phone donations and funding, and educate on safe technology use, emphasising the importance of not linking new devices to existing accounts that could alert perpetrators.

Government & Public Sector Solution

Sunshine Coast Council

This IoT monitoring service focuses on understanding the use and management of the Sugar Bag Rd Mountain Bike Track, a popular riding location for locals and visitors. Increasing visitor numbers have significantly impacted wear and tear of the bike tracks, including track erosion due to heavy rainfall. Council is using real-time and historical data insights that identify areas of high use that may require priority maintenance, and monitor environmental impacts.

Technology Platform Solution

CareApp

CareApp is a tailored solution for aged and disability sector, addressing the challenges inherent in caring for vulnerable individuals while facilitating meaningful engagement with their loved ones. What sets CareApp apart is its user-friendly interface reminiscent of social media platforms, coupled with robust privacy, visual design and reporting features tailored for care contexts.

Sustainability & Environmental Solution

VAILO

VAILO’s Zenith Gen-V PC Amber luminaire contributes to biodiversity conservation and sustainable ecosystem management in wildlife-sensitive areas by eliminating blue light while maintaining a broad spectrum of emitted light for effective outdoor area illumination for human use. The Zenith Gen-V PC Amber luminaire retains the advantageous features of VAILO’s original Zenith Gen-V. However, it offers a different light source at 1000 watts.

Government & Public Sector Solution

Department for Education, South Australia

EdChat is an innovative generative AI chatbot created by the Department for Education in South Australia, tailored expressly for enhancing the learning and teaching experience in schools. EdChat marks a significant advancement in the adoption of AI within education, equipping students and educators for a technologically driven future and establishing South Australia as a frontrunner in educational technology.

Business & Industry Solution

SA Water

Applying cutting edge IoT and ML technology, SA Water is proactively maintaining it’s critical pumping facilities in water, wastewater and desalination plants across South Australia. The use of online monitoring and automated maintenance leads to fewer breakdowns, asset life extension and greater pump availability to lower operational costs.

Start-Up Solution

Viortec Pty Ltd

SmartClamp redefines the standards for total knee replacement surgeries. With advanced sensors, the SmartClamp enables unprecedented precision and efficiency during knee balancing, offering real-time tactile feedback to surgeons for optimal control and accuracy. Developed by a team combining surgical expertise with engineering innovation, SmartClamp is at the forefront of medical device advancements, embodying a pivotal step towards integrating smart technology in orthopaedic surgeries.

Government & Public Sector Solution

Trellis Data

The AI powered Trellis data Universal Translator enables two or more people speaking in different languages to understand each other. It helps revolutionise communication for soldiers, police officers and first responders by providing secure, real-time translation across languages at the edge, without reliance on the internet or security risks that can come with other solutions.

Sustainability & Environmental Solution

Schematic Intel

Designed for emergency services, Schematic Intel (SI) is an online platform that displays interactive riverine catchment real-time flood data on a schematic interface. SI helps emergency services quickly identify at-risk areas during floods and start making decisions to protect lives, property, and biodiversity. By improving resource deployment and coordination during floods, SI increases your safety, my safety, and our community’s safety.

Not-For-Profit / Community Solution

Nansen Digital Forensics

Chain-FS is a novel (patent pending) blend of blockchain, cloud and smart contract technologies that creates a vendor agnostic cost-effective, immutable, trust-less storage system. The first use case is focused on using Chain-FS to empower victims of domestic violence to break free from violence and rebuild their lives without the constant threat of critical data theft, alteration, or destruction, which often hinders their escape. Chain-FS is currently being piloted by four domestic violence support agencies in NSW and Victoria.

Business & Industry Solution

Muse Consulting

LearnGauge stands as a trailblazing innovation within the educational tech space, uniquely addressing the need for effective teacher professional development. By aligning closely with the Australian Curriculum and individual state standards, it offers educators personalized self-assessment tools that deliver actionable insights. For educational leaders, it provides a data-driven lens to evaluate and enhance professional training programs across the board.

Technology Platform Solution

Aristotle Metadata

By making data easier, faster and safer for users to document, Aristotle Metadata is helping government organisations better protect their data and get more value from their data without increasing costs or burdens on citizens. Their quiet community of over 2000 data users across the state and federal sector are collaborating on data projects to reduce red tape and make it easier for government agencies to share data to implement positive social policy programs.