2023 Winners and finalists

Academic of the Year

Anne Bettens, The University of Sydney
Caitlin Byrt, Australian National University Institute for Space
Iver Cairns, The University of Sydney, ARC Training Centre for CubeSats, UAVs, and Their Applications (CUAVA), Waratah Seed
Aakash Chhabra, Monash University
Rowena Christiansen, The University of Melbourne
David Coward, The University of Western Australia
Alice Gorman, Flinders University
Anita Ho-Baillie, The University of Sydney
Tristan Shelley, University of Southern Queensland

Marta Yebra, Australian National University

Engineer of the Year

William Daniels, Fleet Space Technologies

James Gilbert, Australian National University

Douglas Griffin, Skykraft
Lauren Hassall, KBR
Daniel Keeley, Shoal Group
Ranjith Obeyesekera, K-HART International
Brenton Smith, Nominal Systems
Angela Teale, CSIRO, SKAO
Ben Tett, Equatorial Launch Australia
Ryan Whitside, Hypersonix Launch Systems

Executive of the Year

David Ball, Lockheed Martin Australia
William (Bill) Barrett, Asia Pacific Aerospace Consultants

Russell Boyce, UNSW Sydney

Sarah Cannard, Nova Systems
Christopher Capon, Nominal Systems
Michael Cratt, Av-Comm Space and Defence
Melanie Johnston-Hollitt, Australian Space Data Analysis Facility
Michael Jones, Equatorial Launch Australia
Anna Moore, Australian National University
James Orman, Australian Youth Aerospace Association
Karl Rodrigues, Australian Space Agency

Female Space Leader of the Year

Rowena Christiansen, The University of Melbourne
Diviya Devani, Space Machines Company
Catherine Grace, South Australian Space Industry Centre
Natalie Harbert, LeoLabs Australia
Emma James, Ernst & Young
Michelle Keegan, AROSE
Myrthe Snoeks, Deloitte Australia, UQ Space & Australian Youth Aerospace Association
Cassandra Steer, Australian National University Institute for Space

Flavia Tata Nardini, Fleet Space Technologies

Stephanie Wan, KPMG Australia

Graduate of the Year

Michael Copeland, Australian National University
Nathan Drummond, Southern Launch
Nathanael Gandhi, Space Machines Company

Isabella McCulloch, Australian Space Agency

Meaghan Munro, Shoal Group
James Robertson, Neumann Space
Nadia Sarunic, Nova Systems
Benjamin Wanders, KBR
Daniel Wikner, Deloitte Australia
Matthew Willson, Southern Launch

Indigenous Space Leader of the Year

Daniel Joinbee, Gunggandji Aerospace

Innovator of the Year - Individual

Rowena Christiansen, The University of Melbourne

James Gilbert, Australian National University
Muhammad Akbar Hussain, Mareekh Dynamics
Joseph McCormack, Black Sky Aerospace
Ranjith Obeyesekera, K-HART International
Kiriti Rambhatla, Metakosmos
Edward Robinson, Robinson Aerospace Systems

Mentor of the Year

Paulo de Souza, Griffith University

Julia Gibney, Nova Systems
Peter Rossdeutscher, Atomic Sky
Helen Tung, NewSpace2060

Scientist of the Year

Caitlin Byrt, Australian National University Insitute for Space

Iver Cairns, The University of Sydney, ARC Training Centre for CubeSats, UAVs, and Their Applications (CUAVA), Waratah Seed

Alex Held, CSIRO
Volker Hessel, University of Adelaide
Anita Ho-Baillie, The University of Sydney
Muhammad Akbar Hussain, Mareekh Dynamics
Katarina Miljkovic, Curtin University
Ranjith Obeyesekera, K-HART International
Marta Yebra, Australian National Univerity
Nicolas Younes, Australian National University

Space Professional of the Year

Cameron Boyd, Salentis International
Christopher Capon, Nominal Systems
Anntonette Dailey, Australian Space Agency (former)
Amy Featherston, Southern Launch
Michael Jones, Equatorial Launch Australia

Michelle Keegan, AROSE

Kym Kraljevic, NSW Space Research Network
David Reynolds, NSW Space Research Network
Jacqui Tyack, Skykraft
Jack White, Ernst & Young

Research and Development Project of the Year

Jarrod Stilp, Advanced Navigation

Joseph McCormack, Black Sky Aerospace

Ryan Whitside, Hypersonix Launch Systems
Ranjith Obeyesekera, K-HART International
Graham Bell, NextAero
Brenton Smith, Nominal Systems

Rising Star of the Year

Thomas Cernev, Shoal Group
Daniele Dallari, Department for Trade and Investment (South Australia)
Steven Despotellis, Neumann Space, SITAEL Australia
Diviya Devani, Space Machines Company
Kacey Lam-Evans, Pyne & Partners
Eamon Lawson, Southern Launch
Chloé Leclerc, Fleet Space Technologies

Alexander Linossier, FrontierSI

Smitha Ratnam, Boeing Defence Australia
Myrthe Snoeks, Deloitte Australia, UQ Space & Australian Youth Aerospace Association