Award winners for Western Australia’s longest-running technology awards program, INCITE Awards, have been announced at a gala ceremony at the weekend.
Now in its 35th year, the awards celebrate excellence in WA’s digital technology sector and aligns with the objectives of the Digital Industries Acceleration Strategy.
“Congratulations to all the winners and merit recipients from this year’s INCITE Awards,” said Acting Science and Innovation Minister, Don Punch.
“It is fantastic to see continued innovation in the digital technology sector thrive right here in WA.
“The Cook Labor Government remains committed to accelerating our digital transformation along with growing the State’s digital sector and capabilities.”
This year’s event is supported by the State Government through a $25,000 sponsorship, which was provided via the $40 million New Industries and Innovation Fund.
Winners and honorary awardees from the 2026 INCITE Awards:
| Award Category | Winner | Project |
| Student Tech Solution | Argus Sentinel by Om Prashanth, Japtoz Singh Puri, Osayed Abdullah Khan, Elena Jane Odtojan, Chonlada Srimungkhun and Virginia Frilly Analda Changir of Curtin University | An AI-based Android anti-malware system that performs real-time behavioural monitoring and APK analysis using lightweight on-device telemetry and cloud-hosted machine learning models. |
| Artificial Intelligence | Agili8 | Patented XRAI Vision® teleports offsite experts to guide frontliners by merging realities with XR + AI + computer vision into an instant Plug & Play solution. |
| Digital Government | LipReader by Jason Hall, Fiona Stanley Hospital and South Metro Health Services | LipReader is the world’s first co-designed, fully integrated AI lipreading phone app. |
| Diversity & Digital Inclusion | LipReader by Jason Hall, Fiona Stanley Hospital and South Metro Health Services | LipReader is the world’s first co-designed, fully integrated AI lipreading phone app. |
| Industrial Technology | Heat-Trap Solutions | A technology solution used for emergency eye/face wash supply systems in mining and high-risk environments. |
| People & Planet | MateriaPOD by Materia Health | Materia Health’s MateriaPOD is a smart, portable, reusable device for precise organ and tissue preservation. |
| Research & Development | Hypatia | Precision psychiatry is powerful, but high technical barriers prevent its use in the clinic. Hypatia uses a scalable, browser-based platform that interprets human behaviour at the causal level. |
| Start-Up | PlanAI by ThorAI Group | PlanAI is an end-to-end platform for financial planners to complete their statutory requirements for clients within 30 minutes rather than over 20 hours. |
| Technology & Business | Hola Health | Hola Health connects patients with doctors in under six minutes, 24/7. Australia’s only fully end-to-end telehealth platform. |
| Lead Judges Choice Award | AI Safety Guard by Pattricia Ruth Das of Southern Cross College | The multi-sensory driver drowsiness detection device is an edge-based, privacy-first system that monitors driver fatigue using real-time computer vision. |
| Chief Judge Award | Integrated System Modelling by Rio Tinto | Integrated System Modelling is a cloud-native platform that unifies digital supply chain and mine simulation models through a self-service web app. |
| Achiever of the Year | Professor Iain Murray AM | Awarded for a lifetime of building WA’s technology sector through inclusion, mentorship and innovation. |
| WA Tech Entrepreneur of the Year | Professor Girish Dwivedi | Awarded for his work in identifying opportunities, taking calculated risks and transforming world-leading Australian research into globally significant health technology companies. |
| WA Tech Company of the Year | CorePlan | CorePlan is the first integrated drilling management platform. |
Winners of INCITE Award categories will also represent WA at the iAwards, a national tech innovation awards night to be held in August at ICC Sydney.
