Women in Digital Awards
The Women in Digital Awards were founded in 2018 based on the idea ‘you can’t be what you can’t see.’
The awards are a celebration of incredible women within the digital industries and the organisations that support them.
We believe that unless we have more visible role models in digital and technology we won’t change the status quo. By shining a light on industry leaders, we shine a light on the career pathways and possibilities that digital and technology provides to women.
We are fierce advocates of celebrating excellence and know that these awards support self-recognition and belief. In fact, in 2023 over 88% of nominees said that they had more career confidence after completing a Women in Digital awards nomination form.
About
You can’t be what you can’t see
Since 2018 we have championed over 95 award winners, 320 finalists and 2,328 nominees in their career, and we’re just getting started.
This awards program is run in collaboration with a range of incredible partners, industry leaders, and the Australian digital community which rallies around this program year on year to see more incredible humans receive the recognition they deserve.
Our nomination and entry process is quick, easy and creates greater awareness of professional accomplishments – in fact 88% of nominees rate greater belief in their abilities after completing their entry.
The shortlisting and judging process is undertaken with impartial industry leaders and culminates in an evening of celebration at our annual Women in Digital Awards Gala.
Categories
- AI Leader of the Year
- Allyship in Action (Manbassador)
- Champion of Change
- Customer Experience Leader of the Year
- Cybersecurity Leader of the Year
- Data Leader of the Year
- Digital Marketer of the Year
- Digital Transformation Leader of the Year
- Employer of the Year
- Executive Leader of the Year
- Founder of the Year
- Indigenous Leader of the Year
- Industry Excellence Award
- Innovator of the Year
- Product Manager of the Year
- Public Sector: Digital Transformation Team of the Year
- Rising Star of the Year
- Software Engineer of the Year
- Technical Leader of the Year
- UX Leader of the Year
Key Dates
Nominations Open: 29 May 2025 at 09:00 AM
Nominations Close: 13 Jul 2025 at 12:00 PM
Finalist Judging Day: 28 Aug 2025 at 09:00 AM
Finalists Announced:09 Sep 2025 at 09:00 AM
Ticket Sales Close: 17 Oct 2025 at 06:00 PM
Winners Announced: 24 Oct 2025 at 06:00 PM
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Nominate
Self-reflection and recognition.
The nomination process encourages you to pause and think about your achievements and then articulate them.
Career visibility.
Get your work out there, and let the success speak volumes about you.
Business visibility.
If you become a finalist or winner, you’ll have the industry’s best and brightest learning about the incredible work you do! This is business gold (hello free PR!) for Founders.
Inspiring others.
By putting yourself forward and showcasing your work in digital and technology you have the opportunity inspire young girls and women to follow in your footsteps and realise a career in technology.
Partner
Become a WID Awards partner
We love to partner with value-aligned companies that share our mission to harness the power of technology to create a better future for all. We are grateful to have partnered with some of Australia’s leading organisations to bring this event to life.
Get in touch with our team for our 2024 WID Awards prospectus and to discuss sponsorship opportunities.
Email us at awards@womenindigital.org
Attend
The awards gala is where the community comes together – providing a great opportunity to network with industry leaders.
We’ll be bringing back our signature awards gala experience in 2025. With a black-tie dress code, this is your chance to frock up and get fancy with some incredible industry leaders and colleagues as we champion some of the best in the business.
Date: 24th October 2025
Time: 5:30pm – 11:00pm (AEST)
Location: Brisbane
FAQs
- Can I really self-nominate for an award?
- Can men attend this event?
- How can I nominate for an award?
- What is the cost of nominating?
- I know an incredible woman in digital, can I nominate some else for an award?
Yes, you must!
Don’t be shy, visit our Women in Digital Awards Portal to nominate for a category. By nominating you’ll not only be recognising your own achievements, you’ll also be inspiring other young women to pursue a career in digital.
Yes absolutely! We love having male champions of change attend our events whether that’s in person or online. Our community is pro-diversity and pro-equality… approximately 30% of our community is made up of male champions of change #Manbassadors.
To nominate, head to our Women in Digital Awards Portal >>> https://awards.womenindigital.org/awards.
While you are here, you can also:
- Sign up for our newsletter so you never miss any important community and Awards-related updates. Click here to subscribe.
- Come along and cheer the finalists on at our Awards Gala.
To continue growing and elevating the Women in Digital Awards, we’ve introduced a nomination fee of $199 per nomination. This change will help us expand the program, create more meaningful opportunities for finalists and winners, and deliver an unforgettable experience on the night.
Absolutely!
Please visit our Women in Digital Awards Portal to nominate as many women and/or organisations as you like for an appropriate category.
What past winners say
Susan Toft, 2024 Founder of the Year
Shenal Harakh, 2023 Rising Star of the Year
“After winning the award I felt recognised in a way that I haven’t before. It was really refreshing to feel seen especially since I’ve been creating my own path for so long and it often felt lonely. My award has been a great talking point to raise awareness about women in tech, and it is often brought up when I run mentoring sessions, and an added bonus is being able to share the work of the other amazing winners too!”
Renee Nobel, 2023 Champion of Change Winner
This commendation has been a moment of reflection and redirection for me. The attention that winning the award brought really allowed me to see the scale of what I had accomplished in this 10 year journey, particularly with media outlets reaching out to me to tell that story. In seeing what I have been able to do, and what exists today from all of that work, I’m looking for the next challenge out there that I can put my mind to to continue to grow the scale of impact I make on the women in tech community.”
Tamara Mirkovic, 2022 Digital Transformation & Data Leader of the Year
Aishwarya Kansakar, 2021 Rising Star of the Year
“The Women in Digital Awards has driven awareness about my career and endeavours! I have received a number of speaking invitations to multiple national conferences and have spoken in front of hundreds of industry leaders. I’ve had the opportunity to increase my reach which has strengthened my position in the Australian technology community.”
Sasha Morrissey, 2022 Software Engineer of the Year
“I am beyond grateful to be awarded 2022 Software Engineer of the Year. As I said on the night, I’ve loved coding since I was a kid, the fact that I get to do this as my job feels like a real-life fairy-tale.I hope these awards show women everywhere that there are people like them in the digital industry. Let’s continue to change the world through technology!”
Sorcha Abel, 2020 Technical Leader of the Year
Tracy Whitelaw, 2021 Executive Leader of the Year
“One of my best friends’ daughters had a hero dress-up day for school. She told her mum that she wanted to dress up like her friend who was on stage winning the digital award (spoiler alert – that’s me!), which absolutely melted my heart. Its moments like that which demonstrate why we all need to nominate ourselves and the ladies in our life for the Women in Digital awards – to show young girls and women that a career in technology can be truly aspirational.”
Alexis Tyler, 2021 Software Engineer of the Year
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