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Fieldays Innovation Awards
celebrating ideas
Among the foggy morning of day two of
Fieldays 2019, a group gathered in the
Innovations Centre to celebrate talented
individuals and organisations who
are strengthening the future of the primary
industry.
Judges commented that the quality of
entrants this year was very high which
made it difficult for them to make their
decisions. They were impressed by the
breadth of talent and the number of
young innovators involved saying the
future of ag innovation looks stronger
than ever.
The Fieldays Innovation Awards are
supported by a team of knowledgeable,
passionate and well-connected organisations
with three new partners being
added to the already impressive group.
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Gait International
and James & Wells join Vodafone
NZ, Callaghan Innovation and Massey
University to form the strong team
of sponsors fostering New Zealand
agricultural innovations in the Fieldays
Innovation Awards.
Fieldays 2019 Innovation Award winners:
Fieldays Grassroots Prototype Award –
PICMI
PICMI removes the need for paperwork
when hiring staff. The platform enables
employers to personalise and manage
their on-boarding process saving time
and money whilst acting as an intermediary
between employee and employer.
PICMI was the star of the show receiving
three awards for their innovation.
Inspired by problems faced personally,
she fought to find a solution to the problem
of finding seasonal workers, funding
the innovation from their house deposit
she developed her inspired idea.
Fieldays Grassroots Established Award
– Imaginus Ltd
Imaginus Ltd’s animal health innovation
involves a unique prototype design for
a packaging and delivery system for
intramammary dry cow treatments and
teat sealants. They focused on environmental
sustainability and the reduction
of plastic packaging (compared to traditional
alternatives) and reduction of
labour and costs the key benefits.
Imaginus utilised their knowledge in a
variety of industries to develop a faster,
safer and more environmentally friendly
solution to an important dairy task.
Fieldays Launch NZ Award – Future Post
Future Post have invented an environmentally
friendly fence post made from
100% recycled plastics; their innovation
boasts a stronger build with more
durability than traditional fence post
designs.
Judges said this product provides a way
for farmers to participate in addressing
what is a massive environmental problem
for New Zealand. This is a positive
and potential game changing step towards
dealing with New Zealand’s plastic
recycling challenge.
Fieldays Innovations Partners Awards:
• Young Innovator of the Year – St
Paul’s Collegiate School with ‘Bobble
Trough’. Judges said they were
impressed with their development
process, their use of external expertise,
their understanding of IP and of
course their solution
• Vodafone Innovation Technology
Award – PICMI
• AWS Innovation in Data – Riverwatch
• Sprout Global Growth Award – Matrex
Blockchain
• James & Wells Innovation Award –
PICMI
• Gait International Award for Product
Design and Scalability – Modusense
Ltd
• Callaghan Innovation Partnership and
Collaboration Award – Aepea
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