Wrapped up a genuinely unexpected “awards season” last week at the Tech Impact Awards, but this time I had the joy of sharing it with my exceptional colleague, Amy Chao 🥂 The Innovate UK Immersive Tech Network, was nominated in the ‘Promoting Digital Skills - Not For Profit’ category for our work on the Innovate UK Immersive Tech Awards, which connects talent with industry & offers paid internship placements. I want to recognise that this programme would never be possible without Amy’s hard work. We share this honour with our team, and the army of passionate people from the UK’s #XR community who brought this initiative to life. A huge congratulations to the winner in this category - FutureDotNow 👏👏 The second nomination for the night I shared with my dear friend, Nina Salomons 🔜 IMMERSIVE TECH WEEK, for the nomination of the XR Diversity Initiative in the ‘Best Tech Inclusion Initiative’ category. We also share this recognition with the endless number of collaborators & volunteers who have worked with us over the years. Congratulations to the category winner - Alzheimer's Society 👏👏 We are all so honoured to be included in these categories alongside some very big organisations & programmes. Other major highlights from the evening: - Seeing BrainsparkGames nominated in the ‘Harnessing Tech in Education’ category & sitting with Reedah El-Saie 🎉 - Meeting Tess White & Asude Altintas Guray at our table whose organisations, Tech She Can & Twin Science & Robotics, won their respective categories. - Learning about how Switchee’s tech is being used to help protect/support some of the most vulnerable people in the UK. Thank you to London Tech Week & Informa for hosting this very inspiring & heart-warming evening ❤️❤️ #TechImpactAwards #immersivetech #responsibleinnovation Innovate UK Business Connect
We were so honoured winning our category "Inspiring the next generation - Not for profit" Such a brilliant night!
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Brilliant, well done both.
It was an absolute delight to see you Asha Easton and Amy Chao, so thrilled that all your hard work with Innovate UK was recognised and celebrated! Honoured to have been sharing the BrainsparkGames table with you!
Amazing well done both! 👏 👏 👏
Asha Easton Amy Chao Innovate UK Thankyou for all the work you do to support the startup ecosystem system in the U.K., without which BrainsparkGames led by Reedah El-Saie would not have grown!
You are a shining star and all the recognition is very well deserved ✨
Congratulations AGAIN Asha 💝
Fantastic achievement!
Innovation, XR, Creative+Tech, Startup & Impact Connector | Community & Ecosystem Builder | Operations, Strategy & Design Consultant | Mentor | Innovate UK Immersive Tech Network | Ex-Handbag Designer
1wAn absolute honour to be nominated and this award is really all about the UK's XR rising star talent!👏 👏 👏 And the power of collaboration for the XR industry!❤️ With our incredible internship partners Arup, Soluis Group, Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru | Wales Millennium Centre, ARCADE XR, StoryLab Research Institute and esteemed judges, equally passionate about recognising and nurturing emerging talent, and all those who have helped along the way. What a joy to share this journey together Asha- you're an inspiration to so many- and with our dream team, special shout out to Chris for his standout support. Super excited to launch the third edition with the 2025 awards! For anyone interested, please join us online 16 January and help spread the word 🤩 https://web-eur.cvent.com/event/3f32e22d-2b00-4768-a4df-9b34e0f4fa2c/