AIIA Announces 2005 iAwards Finalists
13 April 2005
www.aiia.com.au
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) is delighted to announce the finalists for the 2005 iAwards.
The select group of finalists were revealed this morning at a special breakfast at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, before a crowd of ICT industry leaders, media and government officials.
The iAwards is the Australian ICT industry's premier awards program, presented by AIIA, the Australian Financial Review and the CSIRO ICT Centre.
Speaking at the breakfast, AIIA's Chief Executive Officer, Rob Durie said that he was impressed with the quality of the nominees this year. "The iAwards program is a celebration of ICT innovation and ingenuity. The high calibre of this year's finalists reflects the entrepreneurial spirit of the Australian ICT industry," Mr Durie said.
Finalists will now proceed to the rigorous second round of judging to be held in Sydney on 5 and 6 May. Each finalist will make a 30-minute presentation to the judging panel, and take part in a meticulous Q&A session on their innovation. The eventual winners will be chosen by the judging panel of more than 20 high-profile members of the Australian media, academia, government and the ICT industry.
These winners will be awarded at the prestigious iAwards gala dinner on Wednesday 25 May, held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre as part of CeBIT Australia.
2005 iAwards finalists have been selected in each of the 13 following categories:
Agriculture & Primary Industries
- Hearne Scientific Software Pty Ltd and CSIRO Entomology for Dymex-Climex risk assesment software
- Theta Technologies Pty Ltd for Information Leader
Applications & Infrastructure Tools
- Beonic for Traffic Insight (version 2.0)
- Commonwealth Bank Wealth Management for Proxima Technology Centauri
- Energetics for EnTERPRIZE.EM
Communications Applications
- Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service (NTFRS) for Northern Territory Fire Alarm System Transmission (NTFAST)
- engin for Broadband Phones
- Telstra Research Labs for RF-Map
Education & Training
- Inchain & Northern Territory Department of Health & Community Services for Marvin Consortium
- AudioRead for Audio-Read
- MyInternet for myportfolio
E-Government & Services
- NT Fire & Rescue Service for Northern Territory Fire Alarm System Transmission (NTFAST)
- Arrow Research Corporation for Arrow eAS
- Inchain & Northern Territory Department of Health & Community Services for Marvin Consortium
Financial Applications
- CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences for Innovative Exotic Options Platform: Reditus
- Shine Technologies for NBV
- E-Novation Pty Ltd for BizWise
General Applications
- Intergraph for IntelliWhere TrackForce Mobile Resource Management
- Weblogics Australia for Intralogic Knowledge Management Solution
- Netsuite for Getting SMEs back to business
Healthcare
- Children's Hospital at Westmead for Electronic Medical Record
- Centre for Health Informatics for Quick Clinical
- National Health & Sciences Centre for Innovative Protocol Hypothesis System
Industrial Applications
- CITECT for CTECTIIM Software at WMC's Olympic Dam
- Vehicle Management Corporation for enTire - Tyre Management System
- Fuji Xerox for The Fuji Xerox Eco Manufacturing Centre
Media & Entertainment
- Imagination for DVD Games
- Destra Corporation for Musicpoint
- Mapshed for LOC3
Research & Development
- Bay Technologies Pty Ltd for BayO.net
- Torian for InFusion
- e-Health Research Centre and CSIRO for Health Data Integration
Security
- Securewrap for SAWBI Services
- KAZ Group for SayPassword
- Media Sphere for SecureLearn
Tourism & Hospitality
- i4U for i4U:ELRes Product Range
- ActiveCall for Perth Airport Emergency Response System
A further five category winners will be announced on 25 May at the iAwards dinner. These categories are:
- CSIRO ICT Centre Individual Contribution to ICT
- Secondary Student Project
- Tertiary Student Project
- Local Industry
- Community
- Inspiration (Minister's Award for Excellence)
The iAwards provides a showcase for many of Australia's ICT success stories. Each of the finalists announced today will represent Australia at the Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) in Bali in late 2005, providing a further opportunity to present their ICT solutions to a global audience.
AIIA would like to acknowledge the following partners for the 2005 iAwards: CSIRO ICT Centre, The Australian Financial Review, Telstra, National ICT Australia (NICTA), Welsh Development Agency, IBM, the Department of Communications IT and the Arts (DCITA), CeBIT Australia, I-Nex Corporation, Accenture and ZDNet.
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