Fieldays Innovation Awards
Fieldays is the ultimate launch platform for Innovation.
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The Fieldays Innovation Award winners have been announced, and this year the competition was as fierce as ever, with the highest number of entries received in 10 years.
You can view the winners and participants agri-solutions and groundbreaking ideas in the Fieldays Innovation Hub and on the Innovation Trail at the event.
| 2024
2024 Fieldays Innovation Awards Prizegiving
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About the awards
The Fieldays Innovation Awards deliver a global platform for creative problem-solvers to showcase their innovation to the primary industries while providing the opportunity to be recognised as a Fieldays Innovation Award winner.
Important dates:
Entries open - soon for 2025!
2024 Fieldays Innovation Award Winners
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Young Innovator:
St. Peter’s, Cambridge - Mark-It
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Prototype:
Fleecegrow Blocks
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Early Stage:
KiwiFibre
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Growth & Scale:
WoolAid
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People's Choice:
Iona College
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2024 Fieldays Innovation Awards finalists announced
Fieldays Innovation Awards
The Fieldays Innovation awards clearly represent the innovation lifecycle in three award categories: Prototype, Early-Stage, and Growth & Scale. Special recognition is also given to younger innovators, with an award for the Fieldays Young Innovator of the year.
The total prize package is over $70,000 worth of cash, services and products to help innovators in their journey to accelerate the growth of their products.
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Fieldays Innovation Prototype Award
Test your idea with an audience of thousands and gather on-the-spot feedback!
Find out all the info about the Prototype Category.
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Fieldays Innovation Early-Stage Award
Network with investors and corporate decision-makers to launch your product to the next level!
Find out all the info about the Early-Stage Category.
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Fieldays Innovation Growth & Scale Award
Connect with industry professionals and showcase your international potential!
Find out all the info about the Growth & Scale Category.
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Fieldays Innovation Young Innovator of the Year Award
Special recognition is also given to younger innovators, with an award for the Fieldays Young Innovator of the year.
All entrants in any category who are 19 years old and younger can indicate they would like to also be considered for this award, and potentially win $2,000.
Watch our recorded info session about the Fieldays Young Innovator of the Year Award.
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Fieldays People's Choice Award
This year we are also introducing a People's Choice Award that all selected Innovation Awards exhibitors will be in the running for.
The winning entrant will receive $2,000 cash from Fieldays, and a lucky voter will receive a prize to the value of $500. You can vote for your favourite innovation by tapping your Fieldays Smart Band at the kiosk at the Fieldays Innovation Hub during the event.
Innovation Award Judges
Meet the judging pool for the Fieldays Innovation Awards. These judges are sector experts, and represent a wide range of experience from around the innovation eco-system.
Each year 15 of these judges participate in the judging process.
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PETER DOWD
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SHANE DOOLEY
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BRENDAN O'CONNELL
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JACQUELINE ROWARTH
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DR HAYDN READ
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GIL MERON
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ROSIE SPRAGG
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PROF. TONY PARKER
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DR. JULIET ANSELL
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ANDRE WISSE
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JENNY CAMERON
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ANDREW COOKE
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DON GRAY
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CRAIG WATKINSON
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KATIE SIZELAND
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JASON TUCK
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KATHERINE SANDFORD
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JONATHAN PRINCE
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Thanking and spotlighting our Fieldays Innovation Sponsors
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Protecting your Innovation FAQs
A patent is a proprietary right in an invention. It provides the owner with the exclusive right for up to 20 years to make, sell or use a product or process. In exchange for this monopoly, the patent is published so others can see how the invention works and build on that knowledge. Once the patent lapses or expires, the invention is available for the public to use.
In New Zealand, no. Only the true and first inventor of the subject matter of the patent application, an assignee of that inventor or the estate of the inventor/assignee can apply for a patent in New Zealand. The assignee may be a person or a company.
You can apply for a patent up to six months after displaying your innovation at the event as Fieldays will gazette the event as an industrial or international exhibition with IPONZ,
No, to be patentable the subject matter of the application must be novel (i.e. new), inventive, and must have utility (i.e. be useful). In New Zealand patentable subject matter can include apparatus and products, processes, new uses of known products, foodstuffs and associated methods of manufacture, and some business methods and applications. However, some subject matter is excluded, such as methods of medical treatment of humans, schemes or plans, pure discoveries without an industrial use and naturally occurring substances or organisms.
Innovation Awards FAQs
- Fieldays Innovation Award - Prototype
- Fieldays Innovation Award - Early Stage
- Fieldays Innovation Award - Growth & Scale
- Fieldays Young Innovator of the Year Award
The entry and Judging criteria can be viewed on our website.
We’ll be happy to help you find the right category to enter. Please call our Programme Developer Steve Chappell on 021642882 or email him at steve.chappell@nznfs.co.nz
Yes, you can – and we encourage you to! You are best suited to enter Prototype Innovation category where you can showcase ideas, design and prototypes that have the potential to improve rural practices
| 2023
Fieldays Innovation Awards 2023 - Katherine Sandford
We were lucky enough to have tech-visionary Katherine Sandford, former Executive Chair at UBCO, as a guest speaker at the Fieldays Innovation Awards evening in June 2023.
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