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NGN Altitude 2023 Winner Announced

NGN ALTITUDE 2023 WINNER DEEPA SELVA

Being the 9th year, this year’s Altitude event was no less unique and innovative than our previous years, where future strategic leaders ranging from students, graduates, and professionals under 35 years of age share their ideas on shaping the future of Australia’s aviation, aerospace and space sectors in the form of a pitch. Presenters are challenged to pitch a future-focused, big-picture oriented, proactive, and considerate solution from conception to execution, to this year’s theme: What are the sustainability challenges and opportunities for the future of the Australian aviation, aerospace, and space sectors? (Subthemes being environmental and workforce sustainability)

The event was moderated by Melanie Hill, Global Employee Experience at QinetiQ Australia, and we invited industry judges: Tony Carolan, Business Development Manager, Engineering at Marand Precision Engineering, Heidi Hauf, Regional Sustainability Lead, APAC at Boeing & Chair, GreenSkies Committee at Aviation/Aerospace Australia, and Delphine Spaterna, Airspace Mobility Solutions Engineering Manager at Thales Australia. Our finalists were Manatsawee (San) Limprapuwiwattana, PhD Candidate at RMIT University, Ruben Richard Mariadas, Air Cargo Operations at M&C Aviation Australia, Deepa Selva, Student at Swinburne University of Technology, Gene Wang, Aeronautical Engineer at MicroTau, Emma Watson, Sustainment Operations Engineering Manager at Boeing Defence Australia, and Thomas Callary, Technical Lead Engineer at Boeing Defence Australia.

The winner for this year was Deepa Selva, her winning pitch being titled: Satellites: Solutions from Space and Beyond. She used examples in space technology, such as remote data sensing satellites that mitigate natural disasters, and ecosystem-related crime, while raising awareness to the potential of churning space debris. Deepa’s solution was to couple innovation with science diplomacy in most research fields, emphasizing the need to involve scientists in policy-making to promote sustainability when innovating technology.

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