2017 Awards Videos
BNZ Supreme Award
This award celebrates the supreme entry which demonstrates overall excellence in all core areas of research commercialisation.
Winner BNZ Supreme Award
Professor Richard Furneaux - Victoria University of Wellington. Carbohydrate chemistry delivers sweet success to NZ
Also Winner of the Baldwins Researcher Entrepreneur Award
Norman Barry Foundation Emerging Innovator Award
This award recognises an upcoming entrepreneurial researcher who is making outstanding contributions to business innovation or is creating innovative businesses in New Zealand through technology licencing, start-up creation or by providing expertise to support business innovation.
Winner
Dr Geoff Rodgers – University of Canterbury. Seismic damping solutions for buildings and joint implant diagnostics
Finalist
Dr Sadakat (Saad) Hussain – Scion Research. Growing New Zealand’s forest-based bioeconomy with packaging innovations
Finalist
Dr Daniel Xu – Spark 64 & University of Auckland. UVLens® Personal UV management and skin cancer prevention tool
Baldwins Researcher Entrepreneur Award
This award recognises an entrepreneurial researcher who has made outstanding contributions to business innovation or has created innovative businesses in New Zealand through technology licencing, start-up creation or by providing expertise to support business innovation.
Winner
Professor Richard Furneaux - Victoria University of Wellington. Carbohydrate chemistry delivers sweet success to NZ
Also Winner of the BNZ Supreme Award
Finalist
Professor Steve Henry – Auckland University of Technology & Kode Biotech. Bioactive paint: Kode™ Technology
Finalist
Dr Mark Sagar - University of Auckland and Soul Machines. Emotionally intelligent avatars: Humanizing the interface between man and machine
MinterEllisonRuddWatts Research & Business Partnership Award
This award recognises the deeply embedded working relationship between a research organisation and business that delivers significant commercial value for New Zealand.
Winner
University Of Auckland, Orion Health and Waitemata District Health Board: Precision Driven Health. Empowering data-driven healthcare solutions through a public-private research partnership
Finalist
Defence Technology Agency and MetOcean Solutions. SurfZoneView - A Software Safety Tool For Beach Landings
Finalist
Malaghan Institute and The Hunan Zhaotai Medical Group: Trialling Car-T Cell Therapies in New Zealand. Commercialising novel cancer therapies from China to take to the world
PwC Commercial Deal Award
The commercial award celebrates excellence in research commercialisation delivering outstanding innovation performance and the potential for generating significant economic impact for New Zealand.
Winner
University of Auckland and Uniservices: Soul Machines: Humanizing the interface between man and machines
Finalist
VicLink: Licensing Medical Drug Compounds from Victoria University to Biocryst. A New Zealand – US alliance generating commercial profits
Finalist
ESR STRmix™: Unravelling DNA mixtures to solve crime
Other Videos
KiwiNet Intro
Transforming Scientific Discoveries into New Business
Taking Scientific Discoveries to Market
2017 KiwiNet Awards Finalists: How do you feel about Taking Scientific Discoveries to Market?