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Award Categories

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Honorary Award Categories

Achiever of the Year

The Achiever award is the INCITE Awards’ peak award, and recognises an individual’s outstanding contribution to the technology industry in Western Australia.

Past winners have included educators, technology managers, academics and persons who have built significant technology or innvation organisations in Western Australia.

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Pearcey Western Australian Entrepreneur of the Year

Pearcey Foundation The Pearcey Western Australian Entrepreneur Award recognises an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the Western Australian ICT Industry.  It is aimed at finding an outstanding entrepreneur who has “taken a risk”, “made a difference” and “is an inspiration”.

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Dr. Mal Bryce WA Tech Company of the Year

This award recognises the growing range of business sectors and markets in Western Australia, and the positive impact of technology in the State. The Dr Mal Bryce WA Tech Company of the Year is a leader in the industry, making an outstanding contribution to the diverse economy of Western Australia, standing in its own right while changing and transforming industry.

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Digital Inclusion - the Connected State Award

The Digital Inclusion - the Connected State Award recognises organisations that have significantly contributed to expanding digital access and use for all Western Australians, thus bridging the digital divide.

Organisations that provide technology services, solutions and support that enable Western Australians at risk of digital disadvantage to access and use digital technology and online services are encouraged to enter.

Sponsored by the Office of Digital Government Western Australia


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Project Award Categories

Innovating Government 

This award recognises an outstanding digital or technology solution created in Western Australia, dedicated to making governments digitally innovative and inclusive. Through ready and reliable access to modern technologies and digital services, the following public benefits can be realised: 

  • Improve the lives of people, 
  • Enable economic prosperity, 
  • Further social inclusion, education and training, 
  • Simplify and increase access to health and other government services
  • Increase civic participation.

These services and solutions should provide evidence that ensures that people can confidently and safely enjoy the benefit of digital technologies.

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Life Sciences and AgriTech

New for the 2025 INCITE Awards program, the Life Sciences and AgriTech Award is open to any life sciences and/or agritech digital and/or technological solution that demonstrates excellence, innovation and benefit to people and/or the environment by:

  • Promoting the health, welfare, sustainability and/or needs for people
  • Providing sustainability of the planet
  • Improving the wellbeing, quality of life and standard of living for people.

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Social Impact Award


This award recognises an outstanding digital and/or technology solution created in or based in WA that solves pressing social challenges and/or injustices, to deliver:

– a significant positive change through excellence in social responsibility,
– improved human dignity and,
– opportunity, improvement in essential resources and services.   

The solution breaks down barriers to health, education, social impact and/or social justice. It improves sustainability for people, the environment, the protection of human rights and/or ethical sourcing.

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Startup 

For outstanding digital innovation by a Western Australia-based company in the start-up phase of development.

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Research & Innovation (Industry)

Research and Innovation constitutes the first stages of development of a potential new service or product by individuals, the community or industry. The award includes digital research development activities undertaken in developing novel/new to market services or products or improving existing services or products within Western Australia.

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Research & Innovation (Post-Graduate)

Recognising academic contributions to the sector, the Research & Innovation Award (Post-Graduate) constitutes the first stages of development of a potential new service or product. The award includes digital research development activities undertaken in developing novel/new to market services or products.

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Emerging Leader

This award recognises a Western Australian emerging leader in the digital and/or technology field undertaking study for the first time e.g. an undergraduate/ diploma/ basis (“undergraduate student”) in a higher-learning institution, such as a college, TAFE or university.

Please note: Tertiary postgraduate students or group of students undertaking research Masters, Doctoral or Post-Doctoral programs are not eligible, but may enter the “Research and Innovation (Post-Graduate)” award category.

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