In photo: APS Data Awards Dinner 2023 hosted by Bjorn Jarvis, General Manager (a/g) Population, Labour, Industry and Location Statistics at the Australian Bureau of Statistics

Following the Australian Government Data Forum, we celebrated achievements across the data landscape during the inaugural APS Data Awards Dinner on 17 May. The awards recognised innovative and resourceful solutions implemented across the APS, as well as outstanding APS leadership in improving the representation of data professionals from diverse cohorts.

Congratulations to all the APS award winners:

• Data Leadership: Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (Southpan) – Geoscience Australia
• Data Sharing: Understanding Socio-Demographic Cohorts in the COVID-19 Vaccines Strategy (AIR-MADIP Project) – Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
• Data Analytics and Visualisation: Project Artemis: Automatic Detection of Suspected Insider Trading – Australian Securities and Investments Commission
• Data Architecture: Like Domino’s Pizza, DEA delivers in real-time – Geoscience Australia
• Early Data Career: Telling Questacon’s story with impact! – Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre
• Diversity in Data Award: The Women in Data and Digital Community of Practice – Australian Public Service Commission

Highlight video

A video of the event is below or can be viewed on the IPAA ACT Vimeo channel.