The recipients of the Geospatial Council of Australia’s (GCA) 2024 Geospatial Excellence Awards for Western Australia were announced during the GCA’s WA Conference in Perth on Friday, 8 November.
The recipients are as follows:
- Educational Development Award: Amir Allahvirdi-Zadeh, Curtin University
- Professional of the Year Award: Mary Murphy, Esri Australia
- Community Impact Award: NGIS, FrontierSI and CSIRO for the Vanuatu Climate Futures Portal
- Environment and Sustainability Award: FrontierSI, Rio Tinto, Roy Hill, BHP, FMG, Atlas Iron, Mineral Resources, Curtin University, DWER, DBCA for the ENVestigator Toolkit
- Innovation Award, Medium to Large Business: NGIS and Google for TraceMark
- International Partnership Award: NGIS and Google for TraceMark
- Technical Excellence Award: Cartographic Services Unit of the DBCA for the Thematic Mapping for the Forest Management Plan 2024-2033
All recipients are eligible for the prestigious Oceanic awards competition, the recipients of which will be announced during the Locate Conference, to be held in Brisbane from 6 to 10 April 2025.
You can check out the recipients of the recent Victorian, South Australian, New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmanian awards, too.
The final regional event, the 2024 ACT Geospatial Conference & Excellence Awards, will be held next week on 21 November in Canberra.
You can find many more upcoming industry conferences and events listed on the Spatial Source Events page.
