Deadline: 14-Dec-20
Women in AI (WAI) is a global network of female experts and professionals in the field of Artificial Intelligence working towards gender-inclusive AI that benefits a global society. Their mission is to close the gender gap in the field by educating the next generation of female leaders in AI and to increase female representation and participation in AI.
Committed to supporting and rewarding excellence to women in AI, the WAI Awards 2021 will be prestigious in their recognition and vital in building the credibility and exposure for women in AI in Australia and New Zealand.
A spectacular invite-only WAI Awards Gala Dinner will be held in Sydney at the Museum of Contemporary Art on 23 February 2021 to announce the winners and the finalists, and to honour and recognise Australian and New Zealand women in AI.
Prize Information
- Total – $20,000;
- Grand Award Winner – $10,000;
- Grand Award first runner-up – $6,000;
- Grand Award second runner-up – $4,000.
Award Categories
- AI in Health: includes aged care and disability services;
- AI in Mining;
- AI in Law;
- AI in Finance: includes insurance and superannuation;
- AI in Agribusiness: includes natural resources and environmental management;
- AI in Cyber Security;
- AI in Education;
- AI in Defence: includes space;
- AI in Infrastructure: includes transportation, energy and water services;
- AI in Manufacturing;
- AI in Innovation: includes any ground-breaking, new and emerging AI process or technology in additional fields not mentioned in the above industry sectors.
Who can apply?
- The WAI Awards 2021 will honor the top Australian and New Zealand female innovators in AI: the pioneers who are taking the road less travelled; the women who are paving the way for others to reach even further and for those who dare to dream even bigger.
- They are looking for inspiring women who are working, leading, creating or demonstrating innovation in AI in the following sectors:
- Industry;
- Government;
- Universities;
- Research institutes;
- Startups;
- NGOs.
For more information, visit https://www.womeninai.co/waiawards2021aus-nz