DSI congratulates winners of Indo Pacific 2023 Innovation PitchFest

The Melbourne-based Defence Science Institute has  congratulated the three winners at its Indo pacific 2023 Innovation Pitchfest:

• Best Overall Innovation – MrHenry Hamilton, MRead Limited – ‘Introducing next-gen explosive detection technology’
• Best Maritime Innovation – MsRebekah Manley, OneTide Modular – Mission Deck: no-weld seafastening system for rapid VOO deployment for specialist task operations

Best Presenter – Ms Katie Donaldson, Praxis Labs – Solar that goes anywhere: ‘Structural Solar’

The Pitchfest saw twenty three-minute pitches delivered to a capacity audience, demonstrating Australasian innovation, R&D and collaboration at its finest. The panel of five judges had a very difficult task selecting the winners:

• DrMelissa Laws, Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG)
• Major GeneralFergus (Gus) McLachlan, AO, FRSN
• MrGeoff Thomas, Axant Corporate Advisory
• MrKevin Hernan, ARM Hub (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing)
• CMDRPeter Teichmann, Royal Australian Navy

Innovation PitchFest is organised by DSI with AMDA Foundation Limited and DSI’s ADSUN partners in SA (Defence Innovation Partnership), WA (Defence Science Centre), NSW (Defence Innovation Network) & Queensland (QDSA (Queensland Defence Science Alliance))