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What an incredible evening at the 2024 KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards! 🎉✨

Last night, we came together at the Viaduct Events Centre to celebrate the innovative projects and extraordinary talent driving our sector forward. Our finalists exemplify what's possible when clever Kiwi innovations and exceptional commercialisation leadership combine. Their mahi shows how public research can create jobs, boost exports, strengthen the economy, and address the world’s biggest challenges. 🌍💡

Congratulations to this year’s winners who are leading the way:

🏆 Commercialisation Icon Award: Melissa Yiannoutsos – Booster NZ

🏆 Momentum Student Entrepreneur Award: Emma Arvidson – Teiny / University of Canterbury

🏆 Sprout Agritech Breakthrough Innovator Award: Emily McIsaac – Daisy Lab / Massey University

🏆 Bank of New Zealand Researcher Entrepreneur Award: Distinguished Professor Geoff Chase – University of Canterbury

🏆 KCA Commercialisation Rising Star Award: Ben Pearson – UniServices

🏆 PwC New Zealand Breakthrough Project Award: ZealaFoam® – AgResearch / Plant and Food Research / Scion

🏆 AJ Park Commercialisation Impact Award: Toku Eyes and The University of Auckland

📖 Read more about the winners and their achievements here: https://bit.ly/3YgYTjR