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In addition to the two Luminary Awards, SIX AI Awards, SIX Robotics Awards and FOUR Neurotechnology Awards will be presented at the FAIR Awards 2025 Gala Dinner and Awards Night in Brisbane on the 21st March 2025.

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Applications for the AI, Robotics and Neurotechnology Awards are now open and will close on the 30th November 2024.

Award Categories

Award Categories

1. Innovation Excellence Award

Criteria:

  • Innovation:  Evidence of how the application of AI has significantly improved processes, products, or services

  • Originality: Uniqueness of the application of AI compared to existing approaches

  • Scalability: Potential for widespread adoption or scalability of the AI solution

  • Potential for Societal Benefit: Potential for positive impact on leveraging AI to significantly benefit society, the environment, or humanitarian efforts

2. AI Ethics and Responsibility Award

Criteria:

  • Transparency & Explainability: Clear communication if/when AI is used in making decisions, how AI systems are making those decisions, and their potential biases

  • Fairness: Evidence of efforts to mitigate bias and ensure fairness in AI algorithms and applications

  • Accountability: Processes in place to address the importance of responsibility and accountability in AI decision-making

  • Respect for Privacy: Measures taken to protect user data and privacy in AI systems

3. AI for Social Good Award

Criteria:

  • Social Impact: Evidence of leveraging AI to significantly benefit society, the environment, or humanitarian efforts

  • Ethical Applications: Demonstrates the ethical application of AI to address challenges

  • Alignment with UN SDGs: Contributions to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

  • Measurable Benefits: Clear evidence of realised change or positive outcomes and benefits

4. AI Industry Impact Award

Criteria:

  • Efficiency and Productivity: Demonstrates significant improvements in efficiency and productivity

  • Problem-Solving: Effectively alleviates one or more critical problems in a particular sector or sectors

  • Transformative Applications:  Innovative applications that drive significant benefits in cost reduction or increased revenues for businesses, economies, or communities

  • Real-World Deployment: Proven impact and deployment in real-world settings

5. Emerging AI Entrepreneur or Startup Award

Criteria:

  • Innovation: Demonstrates outstanding innovation in applying AI for new business solutions or industry disruption

  • Potential: High potential for growth and significant impact in the industry

  • Australian or New Zealand Focus: Restricted to startups or entrepreneurs based in Australia or New Zealand

  • Economic and Societal Advancements: Contributions to economic growth and societal advancements.

6. Best AI Research Contribution Award

Criteria:

  • Research Impact: Significant contributions to advancing the field of AI through research

  • Originality and Novelty: Introduction of novel ideas and approaches in AI research

AI Awards

These categories provide a balanced and comprehensive framework for evaluating AI projects and contributions, addressing innovation, ethics, social good, industry impact, entrepreneurial spirit, and research excellence.

1. Integration Excellence Award

Criteria:

  • Efficiency: Demonstrates significant improvements in efficiency through robotics integration

  • Safety: Demonstrates improvements in workplace safety

  • Productivity: Increases productivity in existing processes

  • Cost-savings/Revenue increase: Achieves notable cost reductions or increase in revenues

  • Scalability: Ability to scale the solution across different scenarios and industries

  • Real-World Impact: Proven enduring (beyond pilot study or proof of concept) impact in real-world applications, including but not limited to manufacturing, food packing, bushfire and cyclone recovery

2. Autonomous Systems Award

Criteria:

  • Navigation: Advanced navigation capabilities in various environments

  • Self-Driving Technology: Innovations in self-driving vehicles, drones, and other unmanned systems

  • Safety and Reliability: Ensures high safety standards and reliability

  • Adaptability: Adapts to different conditions and scenarios

  • Deployment: Evidence of enduring, commercially viable deployment in real-world settings, not just pilot or proof of concept studies

3. Robotics for Social Impact and Sustainability

Criteria:

  • Sustainability: Projects that prioritise sustainability

  • Social Challenges: Addresses pressing social issues including but not limited to for e.g. disaster response, healthcare, and assistive technologies for people with disabilities

  • Inclusivity: Promotes inclusivity and accessibility

  • Community Resilience: Builds more resilient communities

  • Alignment with UN SDGs: Contribution to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

4. Emerging Robotics Entrepreneur or Startup Award

Criteria:

  • Early Career Achievements: Notable achievements early in their career

  • Innovation: Innovative contributions to robotics research or industry

  • Entrepreneurship: Success in entrepreneurial endeavours

  • Community Engagement: Active involvement in community and outreach activities

  • Potential: Demonstrates high potential for future contributions

5. Robotics Innovation Award

Criteria:

  • Creativity: Demonstrates exceptional creativity and originality

  • Real-World Problems: Potential to solve significant real-world problems

  • Technological Advancements: Introduces cutting-edge technologies

  • Impact: Potential for significant impact in the robotics field

  • Collaboration: Encourages collaboration across different sectors and disciplines

6. Robotics Education Training Excellence

Criteria:

  • Innovative Teaching: Utilises innovative teaching methods in robotics/mechatronics education, with quantitative demonstrated learning outcomes

  • Curriculum Development: Develops comprehensive and forward-thinking curricula

  • Mentorship Programs: Provides mentorship programs that inspire and educate future generations of roboticists

  • STEM Promotion: Actively promotes STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education

  • Outreach and Engagement: Engages in outreach activities to increase interest and participation in robotics

Robotics Awards

This comprehensive framework ensures a balanced evaluation across different aspects of robotics, addressing research, training, commercial applications and broader social impacts.

1. Neurotechnology Innovation Award- Startups

Criteria:

  • Innovation and Originality: Demonstrates exceptional creativity and originality in neurotechnology solutions

  • Impact potential: High potential for significant impact in the neurotechnology field especially where that impact has a positive social or healthcare benefit

  • Scalability: Potential for widespread adoption or scalability of the technology

  • Early-Stage Success: Evidence of early-stage success, such as initial funding, pilot projects, or early customer adoption

  • Ethical Considerations: Demonstrates outstanding ethical practices in promoting human rights, well-being, equitable access, transparency and accountability

2. Neurotechnology Innovation Award- Established Companies

Criteria:

  • Technological Advancement: Significant advancements in neurotechnology developed by the company

  • Commercial Success: Demonstrated commercial success and market impact or significant progress towards the realisation of such potential

  • Research and Development: Strong commitment to R&D in neurotechnology

  • Societal Impact: Clear evidence of positive societal or healthcare impact or likely potential impact

  • Ethical Considerations: Demonstrates outstanding ethical practices in promoting human rights, well-being, equitable access, transparency and accountability

3. Scientific and Engineering Research in Neurotechnology Award

Criteria:

  • Research Excellence: Significant contributions to the field of neurotechnology through research

  • Innovative Solutions: Introduction of novel ideas and approaches in biomedical engineering and neurotechnology

  • Academic Impact: High-quality publications in respected journals and citations

  • Practical Relevance: Relevance and potential application of research findings in real-world settings

  • Collaboration: Demonstrates successful collaboration with other researchers or industry partners

  • Eligibility: Aimed at researchers, biomedical engineers, and scientists in universities or research institutions

  • Ethical Considerations: Demonstrates outstanding ethical practices in promoting human rights, well-being, equitable access, transparency and accountability

4. Neurotechnology Ethics and Law Award

Criteria:

  • Ethical Practices: Demonstrated commitment to ethical practices in the development and application of neurotechnology

  • Legal Contributions: Significant contributions to the legal framework governing neurotechnology

  • Policy Impact: Influence on policy development and regulation in neurotechnology

  • Public Engagement: Active involvement in public discussions and education on neuroethics

  • Interdisciplinary Work: Collaboration between neurotechnology experts, ethicists, and legal professionals

  • Eligibility: Open to individuals in neurotech companies, lawyers (private practice/government), and neuroethicists in universities

Neurotechnology Awards

This structured framework ensures comprehensive evaluation and recognition of contributions in neurotechnology across different stages of company development, research excellence, and ethical and legal considerations.

Interested in aligning your organisation with a category and presenting the award to the winner?

For more details contact andra@jewelrock.com.au

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