The #TechDiversity Foundation is very pleased to announce the #TechDiversity Merit Award winners for the 2017 awards program.
A total of 13 projects/initiatives have been recognised across the four categories of media and advertising, government, education and business. The submissions were assessed according to expressions of behaviour, initiatives, commitment and courage — key touchstones to embrace inclusion and drive diversity.
The winners (listed below) will be presented with their #TechDiversity Merit Awards at a ceremony on Monday 31 July. Their achievements will then be recognised and celebrated among our community at the #TechDiversity Gala Dinner on Wednesday 2 August – at which we will announce the four category award winners, as well as the overall #TechDiversity Champion.
All nominees are still in the running to win the 2017 Innovation Minister’s Diversity Award, which will also be presented at the Awards and Gala Dinner.
Tickets are still available for
- Merit Award Ceremony — Monday 31 July at 10am, Storey Hall, RMIT
- #TechDiversity Awards Presentation and Gala Dinner — Wednesday 2 August at 7pm, Peninsula A, Docklands
#TechDiversity Merit Award Winners for 2017
BUSINESS
Power to Her — Vodafone Hutchinson Australia
Gender Equality – Bring your whole self to work — Avanade Australia
#apps4autism hackathon — Autism Cooperative Research Centre with ANZ Bank, The Still Dynamic & Salesforce
Femeconomy — Femeconomy
EDUCATION
Homeward Bound — Dattner Grant
Joko’s World — Cultural Infusion
Superhero Daughter Day — Diverse City Careers & Tech Girls Movement
Code Like a girl junior workshops — Code Like A Girl
MEDIA AND ADVERTISING
DCC Empowering Women to pursue rewarding careers and fast tracking gender equality — Diverse City Careers
LLULAS Universal Communications — BeInSync
GOVERNMENT
Seamless Web Accessibility Group — Seamless
Yes Trainee Program Extension — Victorian Department Health & Human Services
Ask Izzy for Aboriginal Communities — Infoxchange with the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet & Department of Health and Human Services
Congratulations to all the winners! Here at the #TechDiversity Foundation we are so proud and inspired by your efforts in the diversity space. Thank you for creating such a diverse technology community. (All nominations can be accessed and reviewed on our website at the #TechDiversity Awards Gallery.)
