The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), the nation’s peak industry body for the technology sector, has announced the Queensland iAwards winners for 2018. 

Now in its 25th year, AIIA’s iAwards is Australia’s leading awards program for innovation in the digital economy.

Awards were presented in a number of categories, including Business Service Markets, Community Service Markets, Consumer Markets, Industrial & Primary Industries, Infrastructure & Platforms, Public Sector & Government, Research & Development, Startups, Students, and the Queensland Premier’s iAward for Public Sector Innovation.

Codebots is AIIA’s Queensland Startup of the Year, also taking out the Infrastructure & Platforms Innovation of the Year award and a merit in Business Service Markets category. The Codebots platform utilises artificial intelligence to write code and is capable of writing, on average, 92% of a software application's code. Its most popular bot, Lampbot, can write 300,000 lines of code in one minute.

Winner of the Business Service Markets award as well as Research & Development Project of the Year, V2i Group produces globally recognised 3D visualisation and software products for the mining and resources, health and eLearning sectors. The Group’s V2i Realtime simplifies complex information using design simulation and business-oriented analysis tools.

Minister for Innovation, Kate Jones, who presented the Australian eHealth Research Centre (AEHRC) & CSIRO with the Queensland Premier’s iAward for Public Sector Innovation at tonight’s gala event, congratulated the winners and merit recipients across all categories.

“The Palaszczuk Government is proud to support the iAwards, which for the past 25 years have recognised excellence in innovation,” she said.

“The awards highlight the best in technology and recognise how technology has a positive impact on people - through their work, their lives and through the provision of services.”

Rob Fitzpatrick, AIIA CEO, said the 2018 finalists added to the iAwards’ legacy of recognising the important work being done in Australian innovation.

"Each year the iAwards publicly recognise the exceptional achievements of those at the forefront of Australian innovation, and the projects shaping our modern economy. We're proud to provide a platform for, and encouragement to people prepared to bring an idea to life, enabled by technology. Whether they're in startups, the public sector, community services, academia, or private enterprise, small and large, the work of the finalists is an inspiration to us all," he said.

Winners and merit recipients across all categories will go on to represent Queensland and compete at the National iAwards, held in Melbourne on 30 August 2018.

The full list of 2018 Queensland iAwards winners and merit recipients:

Queensland Premier's iAward for Public Sector Innovation

• Australian eHealth Research Centre (AEHRC) & CSIRO – mobile-Pulmonary Rehabilitation Platform (m-PR) (winner)

Business Service Markets

• V2i Group – V2i Realtime (winner)
• Calxa Australia – The Invisible Accountant (merit)
• Codebots – Codebots Platform (merit)

Community Service Markets

• RFDS (Queensland Section) and Buckham & Duffy – H.A.L.O. (winner)
• Osler Technology – Osler Clinical Portfolio (winner)
• CSIRO & Metro South Health – PD-Buddy: Support for Peritoneal Dialysis Patients (merit)

Consumer Markets

• Your Digital File – Cryptoloc Encryption Algorithm (winner)

Industrial & Primary Industries

• CSIRO's Data61 – Hovermap (winner)

Infrastructure & Platforms Innovation of the Year

• Codebots – Codebots Platform (winner)
• Department of Housing and Public Works – Queensland Government MyAccount (merit)
• Your Digital File – Cryptoloc Encryption Algorithm (merit)

Junior Students

• Manly State School – Hands Free Hydration (winner)

Public Sector & Government

• Australian eHealth Research Centre (AEHRC) & CSIRO – mobile-Pulmonary Rehabilitation Platform (m-PR) (winner)
• Department of Housing and Public Works – Queensland Government MyAccount (merit)
• Sunshine Coast Council – 3D Visualisation & Mixed Reality (merit)

Research & Development Project of the Year

• V2i Group – V2i Realtime (winner)
• Australian eHealth Research Centre (AEHRC) & CSIRO – mobile-Pulmonary Rehabilitation Platform (m-PR) (merit)
• CSIRO & Metro South Health – PD-Buddy: Support for Peritoneal Dialysis Patients (merit)

Senior Students

• Villanova College – StudentCafe Plus (winner)

Startup of the Year

• Codebots – Codebots Platform (winner)
• Yodal – Yodal (merit)

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