‘Interakt’ claims 2022 i3 Program crown

POSTED November 29 2022 , News

Earlier today, 195 Year 10 students participated in St Mary’s 2022 i3 Live Pitch Showcase.

All teams did a tremendous job of pitching their digital solution to solve a UN Sustainable Development Goal, which they have been working on all year. We are in awe of their courage, resilience, creative thinking and team spirit.

Congratulations to the overall winning team, Interakt, who developed an app to provide personalised education support to people living in remote and regional locations. Interakt won the inaugural i3 Live Pitch Showcase Perpetual Trophy, kindly sponsored by Bankwest, and were invited to attend a tour of Bankwest’s corporate headquarters tomorrow.

Second place was awarded to ‘Her’, third place to ‘FishyEats’, fourth place to ‘ClimateX’ and fifth place to ‘IHearU’. The People’s Choice Award for the best stand was won by ‘Healthy Homes’.

Thanks to the following companies, who supported our i3 Program in a mentoring or judging capacity: Anglicare, Apple, Apps People, Bankwest, BHP, Commonwealth Bank, CompNow, Curtin University, Dell, Deloitte, Engie Impact, Fortescue Metals Group, Microsoft, Murdoch University, Office of Kate Chaney MP, PwC, Rio Tinto, Scalabl, Sentient Computing, SpaceDraft, United Nations Association of Australia WA Division, University of Notre Dame, University of Western Australia, Until It’s Not, Wood plc and Woodside Energy.

Thanks also to Bankwest, Scitech, CompNow, Murdoch University and The University of Notre Dame, who generously donated prizes for the winning teams, and Ninja Software for assisting with the judging app, ‘JudgeFest’.

Guest speakers included Bankwest Chief Information Officer Rebecca Mitchell, St Mary’s 2023 Technology Captain Louisa Lu and some of our Year 10 Students who shared their work experience stories.

St Mary’s is proud of the innovative work that our Year 10 girls have undertaken throughout the i3 Program this year.