Winners & Finalists

Professional of the Year Award

Paul is a high achiever and this is reflected in the success of NGIS in gaining unique and high profile partnerships with Esri and Google and also being one of the most awarded spatial business in the Asia Pacific Region. He is incredibly active in the spatial industry through many prominent roles that promote the value of spatial technology to the wider community and influence the direction of research and development. Paul is clearly well respected by his peers through his sustained contribution to the spatial industry over many years and this has been significant in lifting the status of the profession.

Young Professional Award

The advice and the contribution Aaron is making to the surveying profession is outstanding. He has delivered a significant improvement in business processes and driven a change in business culture to that of continual improvement and quality outcomes. He is a strong advocate for land surveying and has taken on the role of Chair of the SSSIWA Land Surveying Commission with gusto. He has bought a fresh face and innovative ideas to the delivery of CPD to the industry and shows enthusiasm not only for his chosen profession but also to promote his profession at every chance he gets.

Women's Leadership Award

Dr Yun is passionate about health GIS and has provided support, leadership and many opportunities to her staff to enable them to develop and excel in their careers. This is an outstanding effort and contribution over many years and she has made a lasting influence particularly for the women in the profession. Her work on the Maternity Services Viewer is a huge success and has led to the development of similar interactive online health services which provide significant benefits to the community. Her service to the spatial profession has been invaluable in the use of GIS to develop and improve health services in WA.

Post Graduate Student Award

Dr Zaminpardaz focus on the new navigation satellite signals from the global and regional satellite systems and combining them into processing models is highly complex and brings with it new challenges and error sources. She has demonstrated a thorough understanding of these new systems through this comprehensive and detailed research. Dr Safoora’s research is of a very high calibre to receive an A score from international examiners and producing 12 peer reviewed scientific papers is exceptional. As a professional, Dr Safoora has taken the "extra mile" and her diligence is obvious.”

Undergraduate Student Award

Jeffrey’s research required a wide range of skills including field work, ecology, morphology, species distribution modelling and genetics. Given a very short timeframe, Jeffrey has delivered a complex project to a very high standard and has been rewarded for his efforts with first class honours. This is a novel concept that has real potential to support future biodiversity, conservation and rehabilitation efforts – a challenge for the current generation.

Educational Development Award

Associate Professor Ahmed is clearly passionate about providing a learning environment that engages students and delivers rounded graduates that are well equipped for employment. Ahmed has shown significant leadership throughout his career in developing innovative education tools and supporting students and tutors in their learning environment. He has been recognised by a number of awards and has also been prolific in publishing teaching and learning works in journals and books. The work that Ahmed has done in improving the delivery of surveying education is to be highly commended.