Alice is streamlining the process of the wholesale fashion industry by creating scale in an old fashioned industry and addressing the major pains of retailers and labels. Whola makes buying better for fashion retailers – allowing them to search, compare and buy the best stock instantly.Â
Dr Amal Osman
Flinders University – Developing the first ‘awake’ sleep apnoea test to qualify noisy snoring/breathing problems for one billion people worldwide.
Amanda Mader
Vine Scout – for the development of technology that continuously logs bunch weight in wine grapes, between veraison to harvest, for improved yield estimation accuracy, irrigation management and water-use efficiency.
Carly Ascott
Bushfire Kids Connect – for developing an Australian-first STEM program in partnership with former Winnovation Awards winner Maker’s Empire, to teach bushfire awareness, resilience and wellness in regional school communities, empowering students to become problem solvers and innovators to help families threatened by future fires.
Carmen Garcia
Community Corporate – A national recruitment service with a social conscience, supporting corporates to maximise the untapped pool of skill, passion and experience of diverse cohorts including refugees, migrants, youth and women – helping each of these groups to access work.
Nina Sivertsen
Flinders University, who has developed the Malpa Nursing Model, a culturally responsive approach to teaching nursing students about First Nations Health.
Helen Banwell
University of South Australia – using 3D printed foot models to safely teach scalpel debridement of foot ulcers to podiatry students, to improve foot health in those at risk of amputation.
Kathy Smart
Joy Everafter Stories – producing the world’s first, full-length, fully-voiced and interactive, accessible storybook, for blind and deaf children.
Menasha Thilakaratne
The University of Adelaide –Using AI to generate automated novel research hypotheses and help unlock new innovations in medicine, with better health and wellbeing outcomes.
Susie Jones
SA Water – For her approach to building an innovation culture at SA Water, by bring together people, processes and technology so that SA Water can bring to life ideas that deliver value for customers and communities.