On the night of Monday, March 13, SXSW registrants gathered for the twenty fourth Annual SXSW Innovation Awards introduced by Pittsburgh Regional Well being Initiative’s “Affected person Security Know-how Problem.” Host Carlton Wilcoxson energized the group as presenters Janice Omadeke and Tiffany Dufu introduced winners within the 14 classes together with Finest in Present and Folks’s Alternative as decided by a jury of skilled judges and pageant goers.
This ceremony additionally acknowledged the 5 2023 SXSW Group Service Award honorees who impressed attendees with their tales of how they’ve applied grass-roots group and activism with the particular communities that they serve.
Moreover, Texas journalism legend Dan Relatively was inducted into the SXSW Corridor of Fame as a part of this March 13 occasion. In his emotionally stirring acceptance speech, Relatively urged “braveness to our total nation to face up for what is correct within the face of fascism and different threats.” He additionally challenged SXSW to proceed to be the “beacon right here in Austin for the entire world to see and carry on representing these infinite potentialities.”
“Amongst the various unbelievable highlights at March Magic 2023, this yr’s SXSW Innovation Awards ceremony was notably noteworthy.” mentioned SXSW Co-President and Chief Programming Officer, Hugh Forrest. “Spotlighting the mind-blowing achievements of so many massively artistic corporations from throughout the USA and around the globe is what continues to make the South By expertise so compelling for forward-thinking business professionals.”
Congratulations to all the 2023 winners!
2023 Profitable tasks
Immersive
The Immersive class is geared to probably the most thrilling new tasks in AV, VR, XR and different new types of storytelling.
Transfer.ai iOS Utility | London, UK
Media
The Media class acknowledges tasks and platforms that enhance the best way we talk with one another.
for Tomorrow: an Innovation Ecosystem | Los Angeles, CA
Convergent Gaming
The Convergent Gaming class acknowledges excellent innovation within the house the place video video games merge with present movie, tv or pop music content material.
Time Investigators | Bourne Finish, UK
Audio
The Audio class is the touchdown spot for music and sound-related tasks, in addition to tasks that stretch the boundaries of audio-based platforms.
Nomono Sound Capsule | Trondheim, Norway
Enterprise Range, Fairness, and Inclusion
This class acknowledges and celebrates the exemplary impression and leads to advancing firm variety, fairness, and inclusion targets.
Sephora – Inspiring Inclusion In The Magnificence Business
Mid-Measurement Range, Fairness, and Inclusion
The Mid-size DEI Office Innovation Award class acknowledges and celebrates the exemplary impression and leads to advancing firm variety, fairness, and inclusion targets.
Bitwise Industries
Rising Range, Fairness, and Inclusion
The Rising DEI Office Innovator Award class acknowledges people who commonly go above and past what is predicted to create a extra inclusive, and welcoming office.
Included.ai
Social Affect
The Social Affect class spotlights tasks that assist empower underserved communities around the globe.
The 35*2 Free Initiative | Towson, MD
City Infrastructure
The City Infrastructure class is residence to next-generation options to reinforce the expertise of metropolis life.
itselectric | Brooklyn, NY
Sustainability
The Sustainability class focuses on tasks that positively tackle the disaster of local weather change.
World’s Whitest Paint–Thinner Than Ever | Lafayette, IN
Synthetic Intelligence
The Synthetic Intelligence class honors tasks that leverage the groundbreaking energy of machine studying and AI.
Hen Buddy Sensible Hen Feeder | Kalamazoo, MI
Design
The Design class honors forward-thinking tasks that span the various aspects of product, interface and expertise design.
The Pollinator™ Equipment for Renewable Design | Alameda, CA
Well being and MedTech
The Well being and MedTech class uncovers the very best new tasks serving wellness and drugs.
NeuraLight – Digitizing Neurology | Tel-Aviv, Israel
Affected person Security Know-how
The Affected person Security Know-how class acknowledges probably the most revolutionary technology-enabled options centered on a number of of the 5 main causes of affected person hurt: medicine errors, affected person care, procedural/surgical, infections and diagnostic error.
Kalogon | Melbourne, FL
Finest In Present
GAF Beats the Warmth by Cooling Streets | Parsippany, NJ
Folks’s Alternative
educbank: Increasing entry to high quality schooling | São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2023 Group Service Honorees
These honorees symbolize the 4 important pillars of SXSW (Training, Movie, Music, and Know-how) – plus one extra award designated for an Austin-based group.
Alvin Irby | Barbershop Books | New York Metropolis, NY
Sabaah Folayan | Firelight Media | Philadelphia, PA
Yvette Griffith | Jazz re:freshed | London, England
Joe Paul | Byte Again | Washington, D.C.
Meme Kinds | Measure | Austin, TX
