
ATSE Awards 2023 Gala Dinner
Thursday 26 October 2023
6:30pm-10:00pm AEDT
National Aboretum Canberra
The 2023 ATSE Awards Gala Dinner will continue a legacy of bringing together Australia’s brightest minds across STEM who are collaborating for a better Australia and world. The evening will celebrate the ATSE Awards winners in the following categories:
> Clunies Ross Awards
> Batterham Medal for Engineering Excellence
> ICM Agrifood Award
> Ezio Rizzardo Polymer Scholarship
> David & Valerie Solomon Award
> Traditional Knowledge Innovation Award
> ATSE President’s Medal
We are pleased to share that the following high-profile guests will be joining us at the ATSE Awards 2023 at the National Arboretum in Canberra:
- ATSE Fellow and Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia His Excellency the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) FTSE
- The Honourable Ed Husic, Minister for Industry and Science
- Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM FTSE FAA, Australia’s Chief Scientist
ATSE Awards 2022
Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf, Sydney




2022 ATSE Award winners (left to right)
Jefferson Lam, Monash University, plant-to-panel solar engineer, Ezio Rizzardo Polymer Scholarship
Dr Zoë Doubleday, seafood safeguard specialist, University of South Australia, ICM Agrifood Award
Dr Joanne Daly PSM FTSE, ATSE change champion, ATSE President’s Medal
Professor Saeid Nahavandi FTSE, Deakin University, haptic systems pioneer, Clunies Ross Award
Professor Jason Monty, The University of Melbourne, COVID-19 healthcare game-changer, Clunies Ross Award
Dr Forbes McGain, Western Health, COVID-19 healthcare game-changer, Clunies Ross Award
Professor Veena Sahajwalla FTSE FAA, UNSW Sydney, Sustainable systems innovator, Clunies Ross Award
Dr George Chen, The University of Melbourne, dairy industry innovator, ICM Agrifood Award
Dr Aaron McFadyen, QUT, drone automation accelerator, Batterham Medal for Engineering Excellence
Absent: Associate Professor Laura Downie, The University of Melbourne, vision health innovator, David and Valerie Solomon Award
DURING THE DAY OF THE ATSE AWARDS
ATSE New Fellows Showcase
Thursday 26 October 2023
8:00am-4:00pm AEDT
National Portrait Gallery Canberra
During the day of Thursday 26 October ATSE will be holding the New Fellows Showcase. Join us as we welcome our 2023 Fellows elected by the Fellowship on the basis of excellence, accomplishment, and fit with a modern and future-facing Academy – ensuring they contribute to the Academy’s mission of helping Australians understand and use applied science, technology and engineering to solve complex problems. Over the day we will hold a number of panels to discuss the theme Breaking Barriers: Realising Australia’s technological advantage. This event is open to all.
