Western Australia: State of Energy

🏆 ChemCentre, Forensic Science Laboratory and PathWest, Forensic Biology are the winners of the 2025 Western Australia's Innovators of the Year (WAIOTY) Government Innovators of the Year category! 🏆

Introduced in 2024, the Government Innovators of the Year category recognises Western Australian government entity employees who are innovating, creating novel IP and adding value to public service delivery.

This award is sponsored by the Australian Innovation Management Institute (AIMI), who will provide places for up to 5 team members on their AIMI Certified Innovation Catalyst Program.

The team created a new forensic capability in Western Australia by using the hair shaft proteome for protein-based human identification. Their work is focused on translating long-established biological concepts into a technology for identification of humans into a usable forensic tool, developing and implementing an internationally accredited forensic process that will provide a robust and objective analysis of single hair shafts, providing a proteomics profile to achieve unique human identification for both evidential and investigative purposes.

The winning team members are:
⭐Dr Joel Gummer (ChemCentre)
⭐Mrs Romy Keane (ChemCentre)
⭐Ms Rebecca Tidy (ChemCentre)
⭐A/Prof Glendon Parker (ChemCentre - Consultant)
⭐Dr Marie Rye (PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA)

🎥 Watch the video below to learn more about their winning project!

Now in its 19th year, the WAIOTY awards recognises innovative and entrepreneurial individuals, businesses and creative minds whose work benefits the broader WA community.

To learn more about WAIOTY and the 2025 winners visit 👉 https://loom.ly/hcVGP1U

The 2025 Western Australia's Innovators of the Year is proudly sponsored by:
Primary Sponsor: Rio Tinto
Platinum Sponsors: Business News, Biodesign Australia, Wesfarmers, Woodside Energy, Entrepreneurs' Academy of Western Australia (YEA)
Gold Sponsors: Nexia Australia, CERI - Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation, Wrays | Intellectual Property
Silver Sponsors: CSIRO, BetterLabs, Moore Australia, Australian Innovation Management Institute (AIMI)

🏆 Medi Manage (Automated Pill Dispenser) is the winner of the inaugural Western Australia's Innovators of the Year (WAIOTY) Young Entrepreneurs Academy of WA (YEA) Young Innovators of the Year category! 🏆

Sponsored by the YEA, the WA Young Innovators of the Year award acknowledges and rewards exceptional young innovators in Western Australia who have developed an outstanding innovative product, technology, or service that clearly demonstrates an economic, social or environmental benefit to Western Australia.

The winner of this award category will receive a $1,000 cash prize as well as $10,000 value in-kind support facilitated by the advertising, subscription and sponsorship pack with YEA.

Current products on the market include automatic container dispensers that release one manually pre-filled container per day, requiring users to manually place the correct dosage of each pill into each container. If an error occurs during setup, the user will have the incorrect pills dispensed.

Medi Manage is an automated SMART pill dispenser connected to an iOS mobile app via Bluetooth. It organises multiple medications and releases the correct dose at the right time, helping users manage complex routines safely and reliably.

🎥 Watch the video below to learn more about Medi Manage's winning project!

Now in its 19th year, the WAIOTY awards recognises innovative and entrepreneurial individuals, businesses and creative minds whose work benefits the broader WA community.

To learn more about WAIOTY and the 2025 winners visit 👉 https://loom.ly/hcVGP1U

The 2025 Western Australia's Innovators of the Year is proudly sponsored by:
Primary Sponsor: Rio Tinto
Platinum Sponsors: Business News, Biodesign Australia, Wesfarmers, Woodside Energy, Entrepreneurs' Academy of Western Australia (YEA)
Gold Sponsors: Nexia Australia, CERI - Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation, Wrays | Intellectual Property
Silver Sponsors: CSIRO, BetterLabs, Moore Australia, Australian Innovation Management Institute (AIMI)

🏆 SafeStyle is the winner of the 2025 Western Australia's Innovators of the Year (WAIOTY) Business News Great for the State Platinum Award category! 🏆

The Business News Great for the State Platinum Award category goes to a WA innovator that has a compelling story to tell and best promotes Western Australia as an ‘innovative state’.

The winner of this award category will receive an advertising, subscription and sponsorship pack with Business News to the value of $20,000 as well as a cash prize of $10,000.

SafeStyle began in 2017 with a rear-view mirror moment driving home from work, launching the mission to create the world’s first pair of stylish certified safety glasses.

From humble beginnings as an idea for mates on the tools to leading a revolutionary shift in the safety eyewear industry, SafeStyle set out to build a brand that inspires and protects legends of every generation, from the worksite to the weekend.

Along the way, every pair sold has helped SafeStyle give back, create careers, reduce eye injuries, and support a sustainable future, proving that style, safety, and purpose can work together to change the game and improve lives.

🎥 Watch the video below to learn more about SafeStyle's winning project!

Now in its 19th year, the WAIOTY awards recognises innovative and entrepreneurial individuals, businesses and creative minds whose work benefits the broader WA community.

To learn more about WAIOTY and the 2025 winners visit 👉 https://loom.ly/hcVGP1U

The 2025 Western Australia's Innovators of the Year is proudly sponsored by:
Primary Sponsor: Rio Tinto
Platinum Sponsors: Business News, Biodesign Australia, Wesfarmers, Woodside Energy, Entrepreneurs' Academy of Western Australia (YEA)
Gold Sponsors: Nexia Australia, CERI - Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation, Wrays | Intellectual Property
Silver Sponsors: CSIRO, BetterLabs, Moore Australia, Australian Innovation Management Institute (AIMI)

🏆 Emyria is the winner of the 2025 Western Australia's Innovators of the Year (WAIOTY) Wesfarmers Wellbeing Platinum Award category! 🏆

The Wesfarmers Wellbeing Platinum Award category is awarded to a WA innovator who has developed an outstanding innovative product, technology, process or service that advances social or medical wellbeing in the community.

The winner of the award category will be awarded a cash prize of $30,000.

Emyria operates Australia’s first psychiatrist-led, evidence-based medication-assisted therapy program for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), in purpose-built Empax Centres. Designed for severe, treatment-resistant PTSD, the program combines potent medication, intensive psychotherapeutic support, advanced in-room monitoring, and AI-generated music within a trauma-informed, multidisciplinary care model.

Emyria is the only service nationally with a major agreement with Medibank Private, enabling broader patient access. Underpinned by rigorous clinical governance and continuous real-world data collection, the program not only aims to transform lives but also generates critical insights to guide safe, scalable adoption of innovative mental health treatments, positioning Western Australia as a leader in psychiatric care.

🎥 Watch the video below to learn more about Emyria's winning project!

Now in its 19th year, the WAIOTY awards recognises innovative and entrepreneurial individuals, businesses and creative minds whose work benefits the broader WA community.

To learn more about WAIOTY and the 2025 winners visit 👉 https://loom.ly/hcVGP1U

The 2025 Western Australia's Innovators of the Year is proudly sponsored by:
Primary Sponsor: Rio Tinto
Platinum Sponsors: Business News, Biodesign Australia, Wesfarmers, Woodside Energy, Entrepreneurs' Academy of Western Australia (YEA)
Gold Sponsors: Nexia Australia, CERI - Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation, Wrays | Intellectual Property
Silver Sponsors: CSIRO, BetterLabs, Moore Australia, Australian Innovation Management Institute (AIMI)

🏆 Clear Carbon is the winner of the 2025 Western Australia's Innovators of the Year (WAIOTY) Rio Tinto Emerging Innovation Category! 🏆

The Woodside Energy Platinum Award category is awarded to a Western Australian innovator who has developed a product or service that inspires and informs the future direction of oil, gas, and new energy production in Western Australia with new technology and new business models.

The winner of this category will be awarded a cash prize of $30,000.

Clear Carbon is a Western Australian climate-tech innovator solving one of heavy industry’s most persistent challenges: the inability to accurately track, report, and reduce emissions across air, water, and land at enterprise scale and in real time.

Manual, siloed processes can’t keep up with complex operations, global compliance standards, and mounting pressure for supply-chain transparency. Clear Carbon's intelligent, cloud-native platform delivers finance-grade accuracy, full audit trails, and actionable insights through their proprietary technologies - Emissions Prism™, Carbon Fabric™, Rapid Onboarding Automation, Energy Insights, and advanced predictive analytics.

🎥 Watch the video below to learn more about Clear Carbon's winning project!

Now in its 19th year, the WAIOTY awards recognises innovative and entrepreneurial individuals, businesses and creative minds whose work benefits the broader WA community.

To learn more about WAIOTY and the 2025 winners visit 👉 https://loom.ly/hcVGP1U

The 2025 Western Australia's Innovators of the Year is proudly sponsored by:
Primary Sponsor: Rio Tinto
Platinum Sponsors: Business News, Biodesign Australia, Wesfarmers, Woodside Energy, Entrepreneurs' Academy of Western Australia (YEA)
Gold Sponsors: Nexia Australia, CERI - Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation, Wrays | Intellectual Property
Silver Sponsors: CSIRO, BetterLabs, Moore Australia, Australian Innovation Management Institute (AIMI)

🏆 Greenroom Robotics is the winner of the 2025 Western Australia's Innovators of the Year (WAIOTY) Rio Tinto Growth Innovation Category! 🏆

The Rio Tinto Growth category is awarded to a Western Australian winner and runner-up who have developed an outstanding innovative product, technology, process, or service that is post-revenue. The innovations must also clearly demonstrate an economic, social and/or environmental benefit to Western Australia.

The winner of the Rio Tinto Growth category will be awarded a cash prize of $60,000.

Greenroom Robotics builds the software backbone for maritime autonomy to deliver Safe, Clean, and Protected oceans. GAMA is our upgrade for boats: a software-first, hardware-agnostic platform that lets existing and new vessels operate remotely or autonomously. Think of it as Android for boats.

Operating as a ‘team’ with human crews, GAMA handles the grind, raising vigilance, shrinking human error, while cutting fuel and emissions through precise control and smarter routing. Designed for dual use, it is proving itself across offshore energy, transport, and naval operations. The result is practical innovation that makes the ocean safer, cleaner, and better protected.

🎥Watch the video below to learn more about Greenroom Robotics' winning project!

Now in its 19th year, the WAIOTY awards recognises innovative and entrepreneurial individuals, businesses and creative minds whose work benefits the broader WA community.

To learn more about WAIOTY and the 2025 winners visit 👉 https://loom.ly/hcVGP1U

The 2025 Western Australia's Innovators of the Year is proudly sponsored by:
Primary Sponsor: Rio Tinto
Platinum Sponsors: Business News, Biodesign Australia, Wesfarmers, Woodside Energy, Entrepreneurs' Academy of Western Australia (YEA)
Gold Sponsors: Nexia Australia, CERI - Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation, Wrays | Intellectual Property
Silver Sponsors: CSIRO, BetterLabs, Moore Australia, Australian Innovation Management Institute (AIMI)

🏆 ProGenis Pharmaceuticals is the winner of the 2025 Western Australia's Innovators of the Year (WAIOTY) Rio Tinto Emerging Innovation Category! 🏆

ProGenis Pharmaceuticals is a Perth-based biotechnology company focused on developing next-generation RNA therapeutics for acquired and genetic diseases and co-founded by Professor Rakesh N. Veedu (Murdoch University) and Professor Marvin Caruthers (University of Colorado; co-founder of Amgen and Applied Biosystems).

Leveraging proprietary ‘thiomorpholino’ RNA drug platform, ProGenis efficiently addresses key limitations of existing RNA therapies including safety and efficacy.

PGP-011 is ProGenis’s lead breakthrough RNA treatment for Insulin Resistance in type 2 diabetes. Together with experienced research, clinical and advisory Team, and collaborators, ProGenis is advancing the development of innovative RNA drug molecules into life-saving therapies for people globally.

🎥Watch the video below to learn more about ProGenis's winning project!

Now in its 19th year, the WAIOTY awards recognises innovative and entrepreneurial individuals, businesses and creative minds whose work benefits the broader WA community.

To learn more about how WAIOTY and the 2025 winners visit 👉 https://loom.ly/hcVGP1U

The 2025 Western Australia's Innovators of the Year is proudly sponsored by:
Primary Sponsor: Rio Tinto
Platinum Sponsors: Business News, Biodesign Australia, Wesfarmers, Woodside Energy, Entrepreneurs' Academy of Western Australia (YEA)
Gold Sponsors: Nexia Australia, CERI - Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation, Wrays | Intellectual Property
Silver Sponsors: CSIRO, BetterLabs, Moore Australia, Australian Innovation Management Institute (AIMI)