CORE HOT 30 AWARDS
CORE Innovation Hub’s Hot 30 is a curated list of technologists and entrepreneurs driving innovation across Australia’s most important industries: mining, energy, resources, oil & gas, space and defence.
The Hot 30 Awards exist to showcase the next generation of businesses who are successfully developing technology and using innovation to shape the future of their industries, today.
Comprised of small and medium enterprises, CORE Innovations Hot 30 are Australian start-ups who have successfully scaled their ideas into businesses, solving real-world problems with innovative means.
They are new and exciting challengers to industry who have yet to have their time on the big stage, until now!
APPLY OR NOMINATE NOW - 2025 HOT 30 AWARDS NOW OPEN
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APPLY OR NOMINATE NOW - 2025 HOT 30 AWARDS NOW OPEN -
Nominations and applications for the 2025 Awards are now open!
Australian start-ups, scale-ups, and SMEs with innovative technology and services with proven applications in the energy and mining sector are encouraged to apply.
2025 AWARD Sponsors
2025 EVENT SPONSORS
2025 HOT 30 AWARD CATEGORIES
In addition to being named as a 2024 Hot 30 recipient, there will be 8 awards given to companies who can demonstrate exceptional leadership and innovation in the following categories:
Indigenous Innovation Award
South Australian Innovation Award
West Australian Innovation Award
Pilbara Innovator of the Year Award
Innovator of the Year Award
Sustainability Innovation Award
Female Led Innovation Award
Safety Innovation Award
10 Reasons to Nominate your Business for the Hot 30 Awards
RECOGNITION
Recognition as one of Australia’s leading innovators in energy and resources
Profile Building
Raise your profile nationally through the Awards PR
SHOWCASE
Showcase your business profile on the Hot 30 Awards website
CELEBRATE
Celebrate with your peers at the National Awards Ceremony
PROMOTION
12 months ongoing promotion across CORE digital communications
LEVERAGE
Leverage CORE’s 5000+ national energy and mining ecosystem to meet some of the industries most influential people and companies
VALIDATE
Validate your success with custom badges to share to your social channels
SPACE
Network like a boss with free access to CORE Hub events in Adelaide, Perth and Newman throughout 2024
INNOVATION ZONE
First access to CORE Innovation Zone exhibition packages, providing discounted rates to showcase your business at major conferences in 2024 (eg. Austmine and IMARC)
ECOSYSTEM
12 months CORE community membership including 20% discount on meeting room and event space bookings
Know an innovative start up, scale up or SME doing big things in the energy and mining industry?
NOMINATE NOW
What better way to highlight the achievements of a small Aussie business than by nominating them for the Hot 30 Awards? Simply fill in the nomination form and we will do the rest.
2025 Application CRITERIA
To be selected as part of the Hot 30 Awards, organisations must meet the following criteria:
Have an Australian business number
Be developing or have developed your own unique technology, product, or service that has the potential to enhance productivity and improve efficiency in the energy resources supply chain
Have been developing this technology for less than 5 years
Be working to grow your business to a global market
Support CORE's culture of open innovation and collaboration
Have not being previously named in the Hot 30 Awards
HOT 30 GROWTH NETWORK
Hot 30 recipients are supported by CORE for the following 12 months designed to give Hot 30 recipients the tools and opportunities to continue to effectively grow and scale their businesses.
Marketing Development
National PR exposure
Promotional Opportunities
Business Validation
Industry Recognition
Promotional Opportunities
Ongoing Business Support
Connection to Industry
Access to CORE Hubs in Perth,
Newman & Adelaide
Workshops & Masterclasses
Connection to Industry
Leverage 5000+ CORE ecosystem
Connect with Tier-1 companies
Innovation Events & Networking
Conference Showcase Opportunity
2024 Judging Panel
Rachelle Doyle
Manager Research & Development
Rio Tinto
Renee Hakendorf
National Innovation Hub Lead
CORE Innovation Hub
Roy Smith
State Manager, WA, SA & NT
Radium Capital
Zane Prickett
Unearthed Founder & Director of
CORE Innovation Hub
Scott Vilé
Principal
Wrays
Nikhil Patel
Principal - Improvement
BHP
Michael Malone
Consultant
JourneyOne
National Reach
The Hot 30 Awards looks for innovative organisations working in mining, energy, resources, oil & gas, space and defence across the whole of Australia, reinforcing our place as a global leader in innovation.
Past recipients included companies from the following locations:
CORE Innovation Hub
Where the resources & energy sector powers the enterprises of the future.
CORE Innovation Hub is Australia’s first innovation hub for the resources sector. We have established a national ecosystem for suppliers, researchers, entrepreneurs and industry to connect and collaborate on innovative solutions across mining, resources, energy, defence and space sectors.
CORE delivers Community, Culture, Capability to the sector, with:
Pipeline of innovators
Proximity to industry
Culture of entrepreneurship and collaboration
Solutions to industry challenges
Skills pathways for Industry 4.0
CORE Community
CORE Capabilities
