31 July 2017

Newsletter Articles

WA iAWARDS FINALISTS

15 WAITTA INCITE Award Winners and National iAwards Finalists, who were awarded at the Gala Presentation Dinner, will represent WA at the iAwards in Melbourne at the end of August. We are extremely proud of the WA team and wish them all the best with their presentations in Melbourne.

The WA iAwards finalists are:

BEST TERTIARY STUDENT PROJECT OF THE YEAR

• Stefan Prandl from Curtin University for Power Law Based Quick Denial of Service Detection System
• Wilmer Reyes, Donovan Flack, Tyson Mcelroy, Kashyap Vijay & Joanna Irungu from Edith Cowan University for The Modern Honey-Pi Network

MOST CREATIVE MEDIA/ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY

• Lateral for Thred

MOST DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY

• Fastbrick Robotics Limited for Fastbrick Robotics
• NGIS Australia and CSBP Limited for GreenPrecision

MOST EFFECTIVE EBUSINESS SOLUTION

• Norwood Systems for Corona Compliance Management

MOST EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT SOLUTION

• EnergySafety, Department of Commerce for eNotice
• Frontline Services Pty Ltd for Intelicare - Connecting Care

MOST EFFECTIVE PLATFORM

• NGIS Australia and CSBP Limited for FERTview

MOST IMPACTFUL SOCIAL BENEFIT

• Balconi Telecommunications for Balconi Smart Torch - Global Live
• Fogarty Foundation for CoderDojo WA

MOST INNOVATIVE COLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGY

• Balconi Telecommunications for Balconi Smart Torch - Global Live
• Process Automation Group for Omniflow

STARTUP OF THE YEAR

• Azimuth Labs Pty Ltd for Stuck
• Formalytics for Formalytics

With Alliance partner Just Start IT, three secondary student teams will also represent WA at the national iAwards.

National iAwards Program

iAwards Judging

State iAwards finalists will present their pitch to the judges on Monday, 28 and Tuesday, 29 August. The judges will finalise the winners and merit recipients in each category, to be presented at the iAwards Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, 30 August.

PitchFest 2017

PitchFest 2017, where this year’s iAwards finalists have the unique opportunity to ‘pitch’ their innovation to an expert panel of leading ICT mentors and judges. PitchFest 2017 will be held at KPMG’s Docklands offices and will commence at 8.30am and conclude at 3.30pm. The day’s program will culminate with the presentation of the PitchFest Winner for each of the 5 PitchFest program sessions. Access to PitchFest 2017 in included in the Gala Dinner ticket.

iAwards Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony

For 23 years, the iAwards have been recognising and celebrating achievements of Australian students, businesses and individuals in conceptualising and developing innovations in technology.

The iAwards recognises and rewards those leading innovators who are making a difference by being part of the 2017 National iAwards program.

On Wednesday 30 August, the iAwards Gala Dinner and Awards ceremony will be held to recognise, celebrate and ‘shine a light’ on the incredible innovations that are being developed across Australia.

Event Details:

Date: Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Time: 6.00pm registration for a 6.30pm start
Venue: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne Room, 1 Convention Centre Place, South Bank

Tickets:

AIIA Member price (incl. GST)
Single ticket (standard):$295
Table ticket (standard):$2915

AIIA Non-member price (incl. GST)
Single ticket (standard):$355
Table ticket (standard):$3520

For more information and registration, please click here.

ALLIANCE INDUSTRY ADVISORY MEMBERS NEWS AND EVENTS

eGroup Forum – 8 August 2017

With Charlie Gunningham, eGroup Foundation Member, Inaugural eGroup Chairman and Digital Community Guru

Charlie Gunningham will discuss what it took to bring Business News into the digital world.

Charlie is the former chief executive of Business News. Originally an Economics teacher from the UK, Charlie taught in Singapore prior to landing in Perth in 1997, whereupon he did an MBA at UWA Business School graduating as top student in 1999. Later that same year he set up aussiehome.com, an online real estate business which we sold to REIWA in 2010. He ran reiwa.com for 3 year before joining Business News as GM of Digital in 2013. Charlie is the co-founder of eGroup and a past 40under40 winner (2003)

FORUM DETAILS

Date: Tuesday, 8 August 2017
Time: 5:30pm (register) to 8.30pm (ends)
Address: WRAYS, 56 Ord Street, West Perth (plenty of street parking available)
Cost: Free for eGroup Members (Members only event - places are limited and there will be no exceptions once the numbers are met)

Tickets:

• Already an eGroup Member? : Then click here to RSVP (choose the ‘Members’ ticket type).
• Not already a member? : Please click here to register Memberships. (Membership is only $100 per year and gives you access to all eGroup events for free).

**Important Notes**:

• Due to the exclusivity of this forum, members will not be able to bring guests.
• If you are not registered as a member yet, please ensure you are registered.
• Doors will close at 6:00pm after registration, please ensure you arrive on time.
• Registration is essential for catering and name tag purposes. Light snacks, beer & wine will be provided.

Innovation Bay Perth Angel Dinner - Wednesday, 23 August

Are you building an amazing startup and looking to raise seed funding, make connections and get expert advice?

Then you should definitely apply to pitch at the next Angel Dinner on Wednesday 23rd August.

Pitch submissions close at 5.00pm (WST) Wednesday, 2 August

Click here for more details and how to submit your pitch!

Angel dinners present a fantastic opportunity to get in front of a room full of Angel investors who, in addition to possible funding, also provide invaluable advice, introductions and mentorship to help you on your journey.

You can check out some of our success stories here.

Schoolzine

Schoolzine is proud to be a digital partner and supporter of WAITTA.

Schoolzine has been an industry leader in digital school communications for 10 years. They are dedicated to customer service, product development and understanding the school landscape that keeps them at the top of the industry. Schoolzine’s Parent Engagement Platform consists of 3 packages, an eNewsletter, Mobile App and Website offering. Purchased separately or together, they guarantee each package will make engaging with parents easy and even enjoyable for a school of any size. Schoolzine addresses the need for media-rich, interactive content that engages parents.