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About the Awards

The Winnovation Awards showcases and celebrates the successes of female innovators changing the game in South Australia.

Thank you again to everyone that applied and nominated this year, 2020 has certainly been challenging and we are so proud and excited to read about of ALL of the innovation happening in South Australia.

Watch the 2020 Winnovation Awards Ceremony recording to celebrate with us:

Congratulations to the 2020 Winnovation Awards Finalists

Dr Christina Bursill

Heart disease prevention research, SAHMRI

Novel nano-sized particles for detecting and preventing heart disease.

Award Category 2020 Science

Assoc Prof Lyndsey Collins-Praino

University of Adelaide

'Cagefighting' neurodegenerative disease. A new nanomedicine based strategy to halt the spread of neurodegenerative diseases, like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

Award Category 2020 Science

Dr Manuela Klingler-Hoffmann

University of South Australia

Dr Klingler-Hoffmann is fulfilling the vision to make personalised medicine a reality for women with ovarian cancer by developing disruptive laboratory technology.

Award Category 2020 Science

Alice Fitch

Whola

Whola makes buying better for fashion retailers - search, compare and buy the best stock instantly.

Award Category 2020 Technology

Lyndsey Jackson

Platfarm

Platfarm makes any tractor a smart tractor by getting data off the map and into the field, so growers can turn insights into action, simply, with just a smart device.

Award Category 2020 Technology , Emerging Innovator

Talei Stewart

Security Risk Manager Platform

Security Risk Manager (SRM) Platform keeps people safe by making smart software universally available (in both quality and price) where only 5% of the industry currently use them.

Award Category 2020 Technology

Kelly Keates

Liquid Integrity Systems, Zonge Engineering

Liquid Integrity Systems is a real-time leak detection system for industrial use such as wastewater storage.

Award Category 2020 Engineering

Dr Christiane Schulz

Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia

Tackling a $30 billion problem of wear and tear through innovative surface cladding systems that extend the life of mining industry machinery components by up to five times.

Award Category 2020 Engineering

Jordan Bell

Aunt Jodie’s Guides

'Aunt Jodie's Guides' use the power of storytelling to bring grown-up science to little minds, inspiring a love of STEM, and informing our future citizens.

Award Category 2020 Arts

Celia Craig

Artaria

Artaria offers immersive audiovisual online experiences which deliver an engaging interface inviting you to enjoy classical music: unique, world class artistry and instruction, direct to a global audience.

Award Category 2020 Arts

Jelina Haines

Past and Present: Indigenous Elder Knowledge

Weaving the past to the present: understanding how Indigenous Elders’ knowledge is created, synthesised, and translated, and understanding the ethical dissemination of both cultural stories and communal activities.

Award Category 2020 Arts

Katie Gloede

STEMfooty, Adelaide Football Club

STEMfooty is a free bespoke integrated program for schools, using AFL as the vehicle to engage the interests of students (in particular females) in STEM curriculum and pathways.

Award Category 2020 Maths & Data , Open Category

Dr Niusha Shafiabady

Computational mathematics: Ai-Labz

An Artificial Intelligence Tool that gives everyone the opportunity to harness the power of AI, even those with no knowledge of AI and programming.

Award Category 2020 Maths & Data

Dr Selina Tually

The Australian Alliance for Social Enterprise

A framework for supporting evidence-building and knowledge-translation within the Adelaide Zero Project, the ambitious effort to end street (rough sleeping) homelessness in Adelaide’s inner city.

Award Category 2020 Maths & Data , Social Impact

Dr Alice Jones

The University of Adelaide

Climate action through coastal ecosystem conservation and restoration. Managing South Australia's coastal ecosystems to help reduce climate change and its impact on coastal communities.

Award Category 2020 Regional Rural and Remote

Dr Mary Retallack

EcoGrowers, Retallack Viticulture

EcoGrowers is enhancing the biodiversity and resilience of EcoVineyards throughout South Australia.

Award Category 2020 Regional Rural and Remote

Tanya Weiler

The Aboriginal Pathway Program, University of South Australia

The Aboriginal Pathway Program boosts university participation of regional and remote students through an innovative and tailored academic program which builds academic skills and confidence.

Award Category 2020 Regional Rural and Remote , Social Impact

Eddie Blass

Inventorium

An innovative, fully student centred, online high school option that gets disengaged kids back into learning and creating their future.

Award Category 2020 Open Category

Simone Douglas

The Duke Of Brunswick

A venue that is living proof that catering to the diverse needs of wider society is a winning business model, not just a nice idea.

Award Category 2020 Open Category

Allys Todd

ValAi

An AI, machine learning and distributed ledger platform that accurately predicts values for assets beneficial for managing investment and lending decisions.

Award Category 2020 Emerging Innovator

Marion Vigot

Mister Rye

The first Australian rye straw, 100% home compostable and the first truly sustainable alternative to imported drinking straws.

Award Category 2020 Emerging Innovator , Social Impact

Alex Keay

Unley Council

Empowering Council staff to use a People Centred Design approach when responding to community challenges, particularly when designing services and providing them online.

Award Category 2020 Innovation & Intrapreneurship within Government

Michelle English

City of Adelaide

Championing low carbon transition and innovation in Adelaide. Working within the City of Adelaide for a municipal council to embrace low carbon and climate ready solutions as an area of innovation and economic development.

Award Category 2020 Innovation & Intrapreneurship within Government

Serena Yang

Disaster Waste Management, Green Industries SA

Green Industries SA’s nation-leading foresight to include Disaster Waste Management in the State Emergency Management Plan was successfully put to the test in the 2019-2020 South Australian Bushfire Season, proving that managing post-disaster debr...

Award Category 2020 Innovation & Intrapreneurship within Government

Janhvi Sirohi

Feel the Beatz

Feel The Beatz is a social media platform that provides easy accessibility to the world of dance while providing opportunities for unrecognised talent.

Award Category 2020 Young Innovator

Kira Bain

Kaurna Language in Schools, Tauondi Aboriginal College

A series of custodian-endorsed teacher resource packs to support Kaurna language in schools, addressing the current lack of a language curriculum.

Award Category 2020 Young Innovator

Leah Itsines

BARE

BARE is an evidence based, innovative online guide for women looking to become leaner, fitter, stronger and more confident.

Award Category 2020 Young Innovator

Who are these women?

Women who live, work and play in South Australia, but whose initiative could have impact anywhere. They are the unsung heroes, quiet achievers, the difference makers and the mavericks; each one dedicated to challenging the known or solving the unknown in their contribution to South Australian enterprise. Their fields of endeavour range from art to zoos; diving into the southern ocean; scanning the stars above; -or caring for the land in between. From studios to shop fronts; research facilities to workshop floors, laboratories to boardrooms.

What have they contributed?

Crossed the chasm with an innovation that seemed impossible

Searched for and found new ways to do old things

Leapt insurmountable hurdles

Created solutions to wicked problems

Challenged the known; the accepted; the norm

Championed social change

Imagined and played a bigger game

Disrupted the status, developing people, systems or processes

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