The Spatial Industry Business Association (SIBA) and the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI) has announced the following Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards (APSEA) finalists. The award winners from each of the ten regions will go into the running to win the overall APSEA awards that will presented at the Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards Gala Presentation Dinner (APSEA) during the Locate 2016 Conference.
Held over August and September, the awards seek to recognise excellence by organisations and individuals in the spatial industry across the Asia Pacific region in six industry award categories and five individual award categories.
Still to come are the awards for the Northern Territory and the Pacific Islands.
2015 New Zealand finalists
Supreme Award (overall industry winner): Dale Harris, Interpret Geospatial Solutions – Vehicle speed and curve risk modelling for road safety
Environment & Sustainability Award: Wayne Tyson, Department of Conservation – Battle for our birds
Innovation and Commercialisation Award: Gerard Lelieveld, Eagle Technology Group – Remote seismic survey – a spatial approach
People and Community Award: Julie Reynolds, Scouts New Zealand – Putting Scouts on the map
Spatial Enablement Award: Andrew Cullen, Network Delivery Alliance – Enabling an integrated system
Technical Excellence Award: Dale Harris, Interpret Geospatial Solutions – Vehicle speed and curve risk modelling for road safety
Student of the Year (undergraduate) Award: Hamish Kingsbury
Student of the Year (postgraduate) Award: Richard Law
Education and Professional Development Award: Mairead de Roiste
Young Professional of the Year Award: Natalie Scott
Professional of the Year Award: Matti Seikkula
2015 South New South Wales finalists
Innovation and Commercialisation Award: Esri Australia – Smarter Scheduling NSW
Technical Excellence Award: Burton & Field Pty Limited & Surveying & Land Development – AE2 Ermington-Developing a Piece of Anzac History
People and Community Award: Spatial Vision and the NSW Office of Water – Our Water
Spatial Enablement Award: Monteath and Powys – Deformation Survey of Newcastle Breakwalls Utilising UAV Technology
Spatial Professional of the Year Award: Graeme Stewart
Young Professional of the Year Award: Alex Pescud
Educational Development Award: Karen McLean
Undergraduate/Graduate Student Award: Robert Dicker
2015 South Australia finalists
Technical Excellence Award: Flinders Ports and Esri Australia – Flinders Ports Common Operating Picture (vPort) project
People and Community Award: Digitalglobe and The South Australian Government Department of Community and Social Inclusion – Sampson Flat Fires Critical Information project
Environment and Sustainability Award: University of Adelaide – Remote sensing and spatial analysis enhancing ecological understanding of wetlands in South-Eastern South Australia – A Goyder Institute Project
Spatial Enablement Award: City of Port Adelaide Enfield – Graffiti Cleaning Project
Spatial Professional of the Year Award: Franco Rea
Young Professional of the Year Award: Beau Thorley
Educational Development Award: Bertram Ostendorf
Undergraduate/Graduate Student Award: Brooke Schofield – identifying acid sulphate soils using hyperspectral signatures and imagery
Undergraduate/Graduate Student Award: David Phillips – asset management project on the Kidman Trail
2015 Tasmania winners
Award for Spatial Enablement: Jacobs Group & Mineral Resources Tasmania, Department of State Growth – St Marys Pass Slope Risk Assessment
Award for People and Community: Land Tasmania, Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment, and Curriculum Services, Department of Education – Spatial Discovery and Technology in Schools GPS
Spatial Professional of the Year: John Dent
Young Professional of the Year: Alex Leith
2015 Victoria winners
Award for Environment and Sustainability: Federation University Australia, Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation, Corangamite Catchment Management Authority – project Corangamite Soil Health Knowledge Base
Award for Export: OMNILINK Pty Ltd – Improving Education Property Portfolio Management in the United Kingdom
Award for Innovation and Commercialisation: Geomatic Technologies – Bushfire Clearance Safety Program
Award for People and Community: Federation University Australia, Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation and City of Ballarat – Historic Urban Landscape and Visualising Ballarat
Award for Spatial Enablement: GHD and Melbourne Water – Stormwater Asset Condition Assessment
Award for Technical Excellence: University of Melbourne, IBM Research Australia, RMIT University, Monash University, Emergency Management Victoria and University of California San Diego – Resilient Information Systems for Emergency Response
Victorian Government Award for Spatial Excellence: University of Melbourne, IBM Research Australia, RMIT University, Monash University, Emergency Management Victoria and University of California San Diego – Resilient Information Systems for Emergency Response
Professional of the Year: Professor Abbas Rajabifard
Young Professional of the Year: Holly Voller
Educational Development Award: Professor Matt Duckham
Postgraduate Student Award: Xiaoling Wu
Undergraduate Student Award: Jiajun Sun
2015 Queensland winners
Award for Export: GIS People – Gruntify
Award for Innovation and Commercialisation: Ergon Energy – Real world savings enabled by spatial innovation
Award for People and Community: DigitalGlobe, CRCSI, NGIS Australia – Cyclone Pam Crisis Map
Award for Spatial Enablement: Cohga & Dept of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Partnerships – Online portal of the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Cultural Heritage Database & Register
Award for Technical Excellence: Land Solution Australia – Queensland State Velodrome
Award for Environment and Sustainability: Dept of Science, Information Technology & Innovation (DSITI) – Regrowth Benefits Tool
Professional of the Year Award: Chris Swane
Young Professional of the Year: David Heycock
Educational Development Award: Museum of Lands, Mapping & Surveying
Postgraduate Student Award: Muhammad Kamal
Undergraduate Student Award Clem Jones Medal: Alex Darton
2015 Western Australia winners
Award for Innovation and Commercialisation: Aerometrex and Landgate – project aero3DPro-earthmine integrated solution
Award for People and Community: NGIS Australia, CRCSI and DigitalGlobe – project Cyclone Pam Crisis Map; Highly Commended: Department of Fisheries Esri Australia – project Fishability Map
Award for Spatial Enablement: Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty Limited – project TRIS Mapping Framework
Western Australian 2015 Most Outstanding Project: Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty Limited – TRIS Mapping Framework.
Young Professional of the Year: Katherine Townsley
Professional of the Year: Kerry Smyth
Education Development Award: Mentors & Sponsors of the Student Survey Expedition
Undergraduate Student Award: Rebekah Daley
Postgraduate Student Award: Amir Khodabendeh
Award closing dates
- SA entries close 17 July 2015; Winners announced 14 August 2015
- ACT entries close 17 July 2015; Winners announced 14 August 2015
- TAS entries close 7 August 2015; Winners announced 5 September 2015
- VIC entries close 24 July 2015; Winners announced 11 September 2015
- QLD entries close 17 August 2015; Winners announced 12 September 2015
- WA entries close 21 August 2015; Winners announced 17 September 2015
- NSW entries close 2 October 2015; Winners announced 29 October 2015
- NT entries close 20 October 2015; Winners announced 23 November 2015
- NZ entries close 7 August 2015; Winners announced 19 November 2015
- PACIFIC ISLANDS entries close 29 October 2015; Winners announced at the SPC Conference scheduled for November in Fiji
Online entries are invited for both industry and individuals through the APSEA website.
