Australia’s peak industry representative body for innovation technology, the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 Victorian iAwards. The awards unearth, recognise and reward excellence in Australian innovation.

The iAwards are Australia's longest-running and most broadly scoped innovation recognition program, promoting excellence in the Australian digital technology ecosystem.

The 28th annual ceremony recognising the Victorian entrants took place on 16 June at its second ever fully virtual award ceremony. The entry process for the 2021 iAwards followed the widely popular 2020 entry process, with entrants submitting a three-minute pitch along with their submission, for what was called “The BIGGEST Pitch”. They demonstrated the incredible ways that businesses, government departments, startups and not-for-profit organisations continue to change and embrace innovative digital technologies.

AIIA CEO, Ron Gauci, said: “The innovation demonstrated at this year’s iAwards is second to none and has amazed the judging panel once again. A huge congratulations to the winners this year as they are brilliant examples of individuals and organisations who are making a difference and have the potential to create positive change for the community. All entrants deserve recognition for their hard work and brilliant ideas. We want to thank them for their continued commitment to furthering Australia’s capability in innovation technology.

“Despite the challenges of the past year, this year’s iAwards entrants are a demonstration of the fact that innovation and digital technologies can help lead Australia’s future. At the heart of the technology industry is the need for growing and nurturing strong local ICT skills. We endeavor for the iAwards to be such a platform for budding innovators. The AIIA strongly believes we need to be inspiring younger generations, both in school and post school, to take up a career in the digital technology sector.

“The AIIA is proud to unearth some of Australia’s best innovations. The winners of the 2021 iAwards continue to reflect the immense talent in Australia and the largely untapped potential Australia’s ICT sector holds.” Mr Gauci said.

2021 Victorian iAwardees

The 2021 Victorian iAwards are presented in six categories to showcase the breadth of innovation and technology across multiple sectors.

The 2021 Victorian iAwards winners by Category are (Details on each of our winners can be found below):

• Government & Public Sector Solution of the Year sponsored by Sypaq
  - Level Crossing Removal Project, AECOM-GHD JV, Viseo, Systra, MTM
  Innovation: Optimising transport disruption planning with big data

• Education & Student Solution of the Year sponsored by Telstra Purple
  - Edge-perience
  Innovation: Edge-perience

• Not for Profit & Community Solution of the Year sponsored by Deloitte
  - GS1 Australia - Scan4Transport Centre of Excellence 
  Innovation: Scan4Transport

• Start-Up of the Year sponsored by Deloitte - ShopExp Pty Ltd 
  Innovation: Virtual TryOn

• Business & Industry Solutions of the Year sponsored by Holding Redlich
  - Level Crossing Removal Project, AECOM-GHD JV, Viseo, Systra, MTM
  Innovation: Optimising transport disruption planning with big data

• Technology Platform Solution of the Year sponsored by Telstra Purple
  - Linius Technologies 
  Innovation: Whizzard

• Chief Judges Innovation Awards
  - Nutromics
  Innovation: Nutromics Continuous Molecular Monitoring Platform

Each of the 2021 Victorian iAwards winners will now compete for the coveted National iAwards title which will be announced at the Gala event in September.

The AIIA iAwards are supported by the Victorian Government, NBN Co, The University of Queensland, Dell, Telstra Purple, ServiceNow, the ACT Government, CDC Data Centres, IBM and QUTeX. The AIIA thanks them for their commitment to supporting the tech sector.

AIIA is a not-for-profit organisation aimed at supporting and advocating for Australia’s future social and economic prosperity through technology innovation.