Australian Defence Industry Awards

 The Defence Connect Australian Defence Industry Awards recognised outstanding achievements and announced the winners across Defence and defence industry at the National Convention Centre in Canberra last week.

I am incredibly honoured to win 2 awards:

🏆Academic/ Researcher of the Year Award - back-to-back - winning it once is extraordinary but twice is a responsibility!
🏆 Excellence Award – the highest honour at the ADIA, recognising to the highest-scoring winner across all individual categories (out of 425 submissions)!

Thank you judges and for this recognition! I have a lot to say and many people to thank (it wouldn’t be possible to cover in one post… so more to come 😊).

📣You can read my acceptance speech for the ‘Excellence Award’ here: https://lnkd.in/gnz_JubR.

Receiving the Excellence Award is particularly rewarding as it is presented to the highest-scoring individual winner across all award categories, recognising outstanding leadership, innovation and contribution to Australia's defence and national security ecosystem.

This recognition reflects the incredible privilege of working alongside outstanding colleagues, Defence, industry and research partners who are committed to strengthening Australia's sovereign capability through research, education and innovation.

Congratulations to all the finalists and winners! It is an honour to be part of such an inspiring community committed to strengthening Australia’s defence capability!

📣Read the full list of Winners and Finalists here: https://lnkd.in/g9KcVPgj

Thank you to Defence Connect and the judging panel for this tremendous honour. I look forward to continuing to drive innovation and excellence through research, education and collaboration with Defence and industry.

📣You can read the ADIA 2026 announcements here: https://lnkd.in/gX3jmx-G