2012 Consensus Innovation Awards

- NOMINATIONS are Open

Nominations for the inaugural Consensus Innovation Awards are open until the end of April and will be presented in late June 2012. Mrs Sophie Mirabella, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science has been invited to present the Awards in Sydney.

Sophie Mirabella
Mrs Sophie Mirabella, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science

The Awards are supported by New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, KPMG and Wholesale Investor. If you would like to receive an Entry Form, get involved as a supporter or be a judge of these prestigious awards please send us an email.

The Aims of the Awards

The Awards exist to reward Innovation in Australian and New Zealand industry including manufacturing, engineering, electronics and other sectors and to grow and strengthen Australia's and New Zealand's contribution to innovation worldwide. Award recognition can be vital in building the credibility and exposure necessary for locally developed technology to break into new markets. The Consensus Innovation Awards have been developed to provide this credibility by using an open and transparent judging process based on the Consensus Model.

Judging Criteria

To achieve a Consensus Innovation Award, the technology must be Australian or New Zealand designed and developed and be judged by the invited panel of judges to be Innovative, deliver performance benefits to the user, and have further potential for product or market development. Entrants are invited to present the evidence to the judging panel first through a written and then by direct presentation. Since each product is assessed directly against the judging criteria there are no categories and the judges may recommend as many or few Awards as they deem to be worthy each year.